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  • Oil prices rise on Nigerian outages, Goldman forecast

    16 May 2016

    By Henning Gloystein and Dmitry Zhdannikov SINGAPORE/LONDON (Reuters) – Oil prices jumped over 2 percent on Monday to their highest since October 2015 on growing Nigerian oil output disruptions and after long-time bear Goldman Sachs said the market had ended almost two years of oversupply and flipped to a deficit. Brent crude futures were trading […]

  • Oil subdued on worries Middle East rift will undermine output cuts

    6 June 2017

    By Henning Gloystein SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices bounced around low levels in choppy trading on Tuesday, with Brent crude holding below $50 over concerns that a political rift between Qatar and several Arab states would undermine efforts by OPEC to tighten the market. Persistent gains in U.S. production also dragged on benchmark crude prices, […]

  • Sweden: Damen Shiprepair Götaverken Appoints New MD

    19 June 2012

    Damen Shiprepair Götaverken aims to be the best within the Nordic countries, according to its new strategy. As part of this focus, Ms Monica Svenner has been appointed as the new MD. Ms Svenner has wide industrial experience as MD for several international companies, such as Stena Recycling and Atlas Copco. She is the first […]

  • Competition Review Report Additional Burden for Australian Shipping?

    30 September 2014
    Business & Finance

    National shipping association Shipping Australia voiced its disappointment with the draft report released by the Competition Review Panel that has recommended removal of the existing shipping exemptions in Part X of the Competition and Consumer Act. The Australian Federal Government appointed a panel of experts to undertake a major review of Australian competition laws and […]

  • Australian Senate Embarks on FOC Inquiry following Death Ship Exposé

    19 June 2015

    The Australian Senate has decided to launch an inquiry into Flag-of-Convenience shipping following the recent damning exposé on Australia’s Four Corners television programme into three mysterious deaths at sea on board the MV Sage Sagittarius, also known as the “death ship”. The Inquiry by the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee will examine […]

  • RV Professor Khlustin Starts Kamchatka and Kuril Islands Survey

    1 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    A grand ceremony was held in Vladivostok to mark the start of a special voyage for research and training ship Professor Khlustin, which is sponsored by Sovcomflot in collaboration with the Russian Ministry of Transport and the Russian Geographical Society (RGS). The ceremony was attended by: Sergey Ivanov, Chief of the Presidential Administration of Russia, Yury […]

  • Germany: Brunsbuttel Ports, Gasnor Agree on Bunkering Vessels with LNG

    27 October 2011
    Business & Finance

    On 18.10.2011 Brunsbüttel Ports GmbH and Gasnor AS (LNG market leader in Norway) agreed on bunkering vessels with LNG in the Elbehafen at Brunsbüttel, Germany. With this important step they are leading the way in offering LNG fuel at Brunsbüttel and the Northern German area, at the crossing of the river Elbe and the Kiel-Canal. […]

  • UK Energy Minister Opposes EC’s Offshore Safety Regulation

    5 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    The Energy Minister, Charles Hendry MP, will give the keynote speech at a special Oil & Gas UK seminar focusing on the European Commission’s (EC) proposals to take overall regulatory control of offshore safety. Sponsored by EnQuest PLC, the event on Monday 11 June has been organised by Oil & Gas UK in order to […]

  • Norway: Bergen Group Reports Strong Order Intake in Q1

    20 May 2012

      Bergen Group keeps delivering good margins both within the offshore division and the service division, while experiencing a strong order intake in the 1st quarter of the year. Delays in the hull production at the subcontractor’s weaken the quarterly result significantly, due to provisions in the shipbuilding division. In the 1st quarter the group […]

  • Growth in Offshore Wind Parks Is Good News for Shipdock

    18 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    The increase in offshore activities means a lot of new work for the repair and conversion industry – and Shipdock is busily improving its position in this market: most recently with the lengthening of the GMS Endeavour’s four massive ‘legs’. New orders are streaming in at Shipdock Amsterdam from the rapidly growing offshore wind energy […]

  • Most Popular News Stories in 2013

    31 December 2013

    MOL Comfort Suffers Damage During Trip to Jeddah Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. informed that the MOL-operated containership MOL Comfort suffered a crack amidships and ingressed water in the hold while under way from Singapore to Jeddah on the Indian Ocean on June 17, 2013 due to inclement weather. State-of-the-Art Heavy-Lift Vessel Dockwise Vanguard Ready for […]

  • Update 1: And the Tow Begins

    23 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    The departure of Costa Concordia has begun and the wreck is being towed to Genoa at two knots. The four day journey began at around 11 a.m. this morning, the salvage team informed.   Preliminary activities for Costa Concordia’s departure maneuvers began at 6 am, this morning. The arrival in Genoa is planned at the […]

  • Moog Introduces Turbine Blade Pitch Control Technology

    11 March 2014
    Technology

    Moog has presented important developments in control systems to ensure safe operation of wind turbines in adverse conditions at the European Wind Energy Association Event, EWEA 2014, in Barcelona. Dr. Tobias Rösmann, Technology Development Manager, has presented the latest information on Moog’s self-sensing closed-loop pitch speed control for wind turbines. The system enables synchronous motors […]

  • Update: Pirates Free Kalamos Crew

    25 February 2015

    Three crew members of Maltese-flagged tanker Kalamos, taken hostage earlier in February during a pirate attack off Nigeria, have been freed, local media report. The vessel is owned by the Kalamos Shipping Corporation and managed by Aeolos Management. Reportedly, the shipping company paid a ransom of USD 400,000, which resulted in the release of the […]

  • Pirates Free Kidnapped Russian Crew

    23 December 2016

    Three Russian crewmembers, who were kidnapped by pirates from the merchant vessel Saronic Breeze, were released on December 20, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation informed. The ministry said that N.A.Troschihin, A.M.Vilms and N.V.Frolov were released after they were taken from the Greek vessel on November 30. “The seamen’s physical condition is satisfactory. Currently, they are […]

  • Turkey: Besiktas Shipyard Commences Construction Works on 9.000 cbm Ethylene Carrier

    15 February 2012

    The 26 million Euro (approx USD 34.2 millon) shipbuilding contract for the construction of a new gas carrier, signed in Turkey by the end of 2011, has been officially authorized. Construction of the 9,000 cbm ethylene carrier will commence in the Asian part of Istanbul at Besiktas Shipyard of Yalova Bay, in April and the […]

  • Nakilat transitions Al Rekayyat to in-house management

    21 September 2020
    Infrastructure, Vessels

    Qatari LNG shipping giant Nakilat has taken the next step in the second phase of its planned fleet management transition.

  • Sri Lanka President Stops Illegal Land Reclamation

    10 January 2017
    Business & Finance

    The Central Environmental Authority of Sri Lanka has taken an emergency action to halt large-scale land reclamation carried out illegally in two separate locations in Dandugama, Ja-ela, under the direction of President Maithripala Sirisena.  After received a complaint lodged by the locals, President Sirisena instructed the chairman of the Central Environmental Authority to investigate the incident and […]

  • Norway: Ulstein Takes Chairman of the Board Position at Ulstein

    21 June 2011

    Tore Ulstein has taken on the position as Chairman of the Board for Ulstein Group ASA. Tore Ulstein has taken on the position as Chairman of the Board for Ulstein Group ASA. Idar Ulstein will continue as board member. Ingerid Ulstein takes on the position as deputy Chairman. Other members of the board: Gunvor Ulstein […]

  • Cape Sharp Tidal Recovers Turbine at FORCE

    19 June 2017
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Cape Sharp Tidal, an OpenHydro and Emera company, has retrieved its 2MW tidal turbine from the Bay of Fundy. The operation was carried out last week and it took approximately 70 minutes. The turbine has been taken to West Bay for preliminary inspection and to prepare it for transport. It will be taken directly from West […]

  • Turkey: Besiktas Shipyard to Build Ethylene Carrier

    15 February 2012
    Business & Finance

    The 26 million Euro (approx USD 34.2 millon) shipbuilding contract for the construction of a new gas carrier, signed in Turkey by the end of 2011, has been officially authorized. Construction of the 9,000 cbm ethylene carrier will commence in the Asian part of Istanbul at Besiktas Shipyard of Yalova Bay, in April and the […]

  • OEECLive: Watch two live streams on Wednesday!

    26 October 2016

    Offshore Energy Today crew is at the Offshore Energy Exhibition and Conference in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. On the second and final day of the event, we will be live streaming two talk shows from Community Square at the exhibition floor. First up is a talk show themed “From bust to boom” where there will be a […]

  • 9-month ordeal of Heroic Idun crew approaching resolution after a plea bargain

    8 May 2023
    Green Marine, Human Capital, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    The protracted ordeal endured by the crew members of the 300,000 dwt very large crude carrier (VLCC) Heroic Idun, who were detained in Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea since August last year, seems to be nearing a resolution. At the end of April, a Nigerian court approved a plea bargain between the ship owners, their insurers […]

  • Spinnaker pole injury on Pretty Fly II, third retirement

    27 December 2007

    A second crewman has been injured and a third yacht has this afternoon retired from the 63rd Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. The NSW yacht Pretty Fly II, skippered by Colin Woods, is heading for Eden this afternoon after crew member Derek Brown suffered a suspected broken nose and cheek bone when he was hit […]

  • Shipping firm in new first

    27 August 2010

    A Danish shipping firm is to become the first non-Russian enterprise to sail through the North East Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. M/V Nordic Barents, which is leased from Nordic Bulk Carriers, yesterday left Rotterdam in Holland for Kirkenes in Norway, where it will be loaded with 41,000 tonnes of iron ore […]