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  • USGS, NASA Release Study on Louisiana’s Shoreline Loss

    21 November 2016
    Business & Finance

    A pattern of dramatic, widespread shoreline loss along Louisiana’s coast caused by the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill has been revealed by a new study by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Researchers used NASA’s annual mapping to analyze shoreline loss across most of upper Barataria Bay, located […]

  • Drewry: Owners Need to Sacrifice Some Capacity

    15 June 2015

    In order to combat the sluggish westbound volumes that have brought about the worst spot market rate collapse that Asia-North Europe trade has experienced, owners will have to sacrifice some capacity, according to shipping consultancy Drewry. Headhaul volumes since Chinese New Year in February have remained subdued, failing to drive up vessel utilisation factors from the low […]

  • Photos: Damen’s Two Floating Docks Arrive in Curaçao

    30 April 2018
    Business & Finance

    Damen’s two floating dry docks have arrived in Curaçao after sailing 5,000 miles on board Xin Guang Hua.

  • Fugro Expects Disappointing First Half of 2014

    10 July 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Following a weak first quarter and due to poorer than expected results during the past months, Fugro has decided to disclose preliminary non-audited information on its performance in the first half of 2014. Fugro expects to report over the first half of 2014 low single digit EBIT margin (excluding non-cash impairments). This compares to an […]

  • Havyard, PowerCell to Develop Zero-Emissions Fuel Cell System

    5 November 2019
    Business & Finance

    The system may be installed on Havila Kystruten’s new vessel that will service the route from Bergen to Kirkenes.

  • J. Lauritzen Takes Four Ships on Time-Charter

    17 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    Danish shipping company J. Lauritzen added more vessels to its chartered fleet during the third quarter of 2017, as the dry cargo markets strengthened in the period. The company said that it took three handysize bulk carriers on medium-term time-charter up to two years, with options to extend. Additionally, a smaller pressurized gas carrier was also taken on […]

  • Maersk jack-up rig drills Norway’s deepest ever well

    25 August 2016
    Equipment

    Danish offshore driller Maersk Drilling has made history by drilling the deepest ever well on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The company on Thursday said that using the jack-up rig Maersk Gallant had beaten the record by reaching a total depth of 5.491 meters while drilling the ultra high-pressure, high-temperature Solaris well for Total E&P. “We […]

  • Kea Trader’s Stern Partially Submerged in Cyclone Aftermath

    23 February 2018

    The split hull of Lomar Shipping’s ill-fated Kea Trader has gotten further into trouble following a cyclone.

  • Norway’s oil output in July down 7 pct y-o-y

    18 August 2017

    Norway’s oil production in July was 7 percent below the output in July 2016, according to a Friday report by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD), a government agency in charge of regulating the petroleum resources in the country.  Preliminary production figures for July 2017 show an average daily production of 2 000 000 barrels of oil, […]

  • ONGC Videsh names new Exploration Director

    20 March 2014

    Dr. Anil Bhandari has taken over as Director (Exploration) of ONGC Videsh Limited, the overseas arm of ONGC, from March 1, 2014. Dr. Bhandari will be responsible for managing overseas exploration assets, opportunity evaluation and spearheading the business development process for new acquisitions of both exploration and producing assets. Dr. Anil Bhandari obtained his M.Tech […]

  • Norway: Land base pay talks collapse

    20 May 2016

    Collective pay talks held over the past three days in Norway, between the oil companies and the land base workers serving the offshore sector have collapsed. The Norwegian Oil Industry Association, representing the employers, said that the talks on collective pay deals with the Norwegian Union of Industry and Energy Workers (Industry Energy) and Parat on […]

  • Video: Christening Ceremony for AIDAstella (Germany)

    18 March 2013

    The new cruise ship, AIDAstella, was christened at a special ceremony held in Warnemünde on the evening of March 16, 2013. The most emotional moment was the remarkable ceremony in the Theatrium when a total of ten godmothers performed the actual christening with the words: “You exquisite ship, we christen you with the name AIDAstella. […]

  • Bibby Offshore Strikes Dunlin Decom Deal with Fairfield Energy

    7 February 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Fairfield Energy has awarded Bibby Offshore a contract for the subsea infrastructure decommissioning (SID) of the Greater Dunlin Area. Bibby Offshore has been awarded the contract with a consortium of companies including The Port of Cromarty Firth. The scope of the contract includes the subsea infrastructure associated with the Osprey and Merlin subsea fields and […]

  • Inauguration of Antwerp’s Kieldrecht Lock: 3 Days Left

    7 June 2016
    Business & Finance

    His Majesty King Philippe of Belgium will visit the Port of Antwerp on June 10 to officially open the Kieldrecht lock, the largest in the world.  Construction of the Kieldrecht lock was necessary in order to ensure better access to the port area on the left bank of the Scheldt, as the existing Kallo lock […]

  • SHEP Continues to Gain Momentum

    30 September 2016
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Nearly two decades in the making, the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP) continues to gain momentum with more contracts awarded and new ground broken. In addition to progress made on the Raw Water Storage Impoundment and Dissolved Oxygen Injection System, work advanced this month on the dike raising and tide gate removal mitigation feature. Herve Cody Construction […]

  • CGG Starts Re-Imaging of Cornerstone Multi-Client Dataset

    4 September 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    CGG announced that it has started the re-imaging of its entire Cornerstone multi-client dataset to create a 35,000-km2 contiguous broadband PSDM volume, covering the Central North Sea. The existing conventional north-south long-offset data will be reprocessed with a deghosting technique to produce an extended-bandwidth dataset as a complement to the growing BroadSeisTM true broadband east-west […]

  • CGG to Offer Central North Sea PSDM Data

    4 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    CGG announced today that it has started the re-imaging of its entire Cornerstone multi-client dataset to create a 35,000-km2 contiguous broadband PSDM volume, covering the Central North Sea. The existing conventional north-south long-offset data will be reprocessed with a deghosting technique to produce an extended-bandwidth dataset as a complement to the growing BroadSeisTM true broadband […]

  • NPD: Norwegian Sea Could Store 5.5 Gigatonnes of CO2

    28 January 2013
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The Norwegian Sea may be able to store 5.5 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide, according to the NPD’s new storage atlas. This is more than 100 times Norway’s total CO2 discharge last year. The mapping is a follow-up on the atlas from 2011 for the Norwegian part of the North Sea, which was estimated to be […]

  • Norden in Fleet Optimization Mode

    3 May 2018
    Business & Finance

    Norden continued to overhaul its fleet during Q1 with several sales and purchase deals reported.

  • J. Lauritzen Hires Additional Bulk Carriers

    18 May 2018
    Business & Finance

    J. Lauritzen charters additional bulkers as it expects dry cargo market improvements.

  • Oil production in July beats NPD forecast (Norway)

    14 August 2014
    Equipment

    So far this year the oil production is about 1 percent above the NPD’s prognosis.

  • Greens: Budget Fails Great Barrier Reef (Australia)

    9 May 2012

    The devil is in the detail for Australia’s iconic Great Barrier Reef, with the Government’s failure to extend the successful $200 million Reef Rescue program in this year’s Budget or to review the mass dredging plan which has caused ‘extreme concern’ within the international community. The Australian Greens welcomed the small increase of $8 million […]

  • Drewry: Chemical Vessel Oversupply to Continue Squeezing Rates

    2 February 2017
    Business & Finance

    The expected expansion of the chemical shipping fleet in 2017, driven by the large number of orders placed in previous years, will continue “squeezing rates on major routes over the next two years,” shipping consultancy Drewry said. Time charter rates weakened in 2016, especially for larger tankers, and freight rates on major long-haul routes dropped. Although […]

  • NGO: 158 Ships Hit South Asian Beaches in Q2

    12 July 2017
    Business & Finance

    Out of 210 ships, which were broken in the second quarter of 2017, a total of 158 ended up on South Asian beaches for breaking, according to the latest report by NGO Shipbreaking Platform. The worst dumping country this quarter was Germany with 16 beached ships, a consequence of the multiple bankruptcies “due to the […]

  • GMS: Uncertainty Looms over Pakistani Shipbreaking Yards

    7 February 2017
    Business & Finance

    The decision to halt shipbreaking activities at Gadani yards in Pakistan has left many fearing for the fate of new arrivals and clearance permissions on existing deals, according to GMS, a cash buyer of ships for recycling. Namely, the uncertainty arose after Chief Minister of Balochistan, Sardar Sanaullah Khan Zehri, banned all demolition activities related to tankers […]