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  • Highlights of the Week

    27 May 2018
    Business & Finance

    Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (May 21 – May 27). https://subseaworldnews.com/2018/05/22/van-oord-names-sri-vessel-bravenes-in-rotterdam/ https://subseaworldnews.com/2018/05/22/bibby-offshore-nets-north-sea-irm-deal/ https://subseaworldnews.com/2018/05/25/gc-rieber-narrows-loss/ https://subseaworldnews.com/2018/05/23/seabird-schedules-north-west-europe-2d-survey/ https://subseaworldnews.com/2018/05/22/subsea-7-updates-board-member-roles/

  • Satellite Imagery Shows Thai Oil Spill Dispersing

    2 August 2013

    PTTGC, the company responsible for the oil spill which closed the Ao Prao beach at the Thai tourist resort on the Koh Samet island, yesterday issued a statement in which it said it has “been mitigating the incident by collecting oil from the sea surface, and spraying oil-spill dispersants both by ships and navy’s aircrafts.” […]

  • South Humber Bank Flood Defence Repairs Near End (UK)

    24 March 2014

    Repairs to flood defences that help reduce flood risk to communities on the South Humber bank will soon be completed. The Environment Agency is scheduled to finish the initial repairs to the flood defences, which were damaged by December’s tidal surge, by the beginning of April. It will have taken just three months to complete […]

  • Qingdao Hyundai Shipyard Holds Delivery Signing Ceremony for Tanker Symi (China)

    12 April 2012

    Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc has taken delivery of the Symi, a 6,270 dwt newbuild double-hull bunkering tanker from Qingdao Hyundai Shipyard in China. The Symi, which is expected to be deployed to the Company’s market in West Africa, represents the final vessel under Aegean’s plan to take delivery of 31 double-hull bunkering tanker newbuildings. E. […]

  • Solstad CSV cuts fuel consumption by quarter after upgrade

    26 September 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vessels

    Solstad Offshore’s construction support vessel (CSV) Normand Ocean is saving more than 25% fuel since the installation of a battery and shore power system. Investing in battery hybrid systems for its vessels is one of Solstad’s measures taken to achieve the target of 50% emission reduction by 2030, the Norwegian company said. Earlier this year, […]

  • Petrobras starts oil output at Roncador field

    13 May 2014

    Petrobras started-up production on platform P-62 in the Campos Basin’s Roncador field on Monday, May 12, 2014.   Deployed at a water depth of 1,600 meters, P-62 is an integral part of the Module 4 project for the Roncador field. Twenty-two wells, 14 oil and gas production and eight water-injection, will be connected to the […]

  • Spotted: Salish Orca Gets Wrapped in Decal

    18 October 2016
    Business & Finance

    Canadian ferry operator BC Ferries has finished wrapping its new vessel Salish Orca in a massive decal in Poland.  Being built at Remontowa Shipbuilding S.A. in Gdansk, the vessel will be the company’s first liquefied natural gas- (LNG) powered ferry, capable of operating on either LNG or Ultra Low Sulphur Diesel Oil (ULSD). The Salish […]

  • Navig8 Product Tankers Takes 1st Newbuild from CSSC Offshore

    23 May 2016
    Business & Finance

    Navig8 Product Tankers Inc has taken delivery of the Navig8 Grace, a 113,000 DWT LR2 tanker from China-based CSSC Offshore & Marine Engineering Company Limited, formerly known as Guangzhou Shipyard International Company. The Navig8 Grace is the first of eight vessels contracted at CSSC Offshore to be delivered to the company and is the first […]

  • DOF Subsea books NOK 1.5 billion loss

    27 May 2020
    Business & Finance

    DOF Subsea has reported loss in Q1 2020 of NOK 1.5 billion, against NOK 25 million in Q1 2019. Earnings hit was due to depreciation and impairment of NOK 976 million. This was because of the weakening market for vessel services and the low demand visibility for services going forward. DOF Subsea also booked a […]

  • Total brings West Franklin Phase 2 on stream

    15 January 2015
    Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Total has started gas and condensate production from the West Franklin Phase 2 project in the Central Graben area of the UK North Sea. The project will supply 40,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d) to the Elgin/Franklin hub. “With the start-up of the West Franklin Phase 2 project, Total consolidates the production capacity […]

  • GasLog Shrinks Loss, Remains Optimistic

    3 August 2018
    Business & Finance

    GasLog managed to cut its net loss amid a seasonal weakening in demand for LNG shipping.

  • USA: Destroyer Laffey Returns from Shipyard Creek

    23 January 2012

    The way is clear for the return of the destroyer Laffey to Patriots Point this week. A 60-foot section of the pier leading to the aircraft carrier Yorktown was lifted onto a barge Sunday, leaving a gap to bring the Laffey home. The Laffey was taken to Shipyard Creek in North Charleston … By Dave […]

  • Genco Shipping & Trading Limited Takes Delivery of Fifth Capesize Vessel

    22 February 2008

    Genco Shipping & Trading Limited yesterday announced that it has taken delivery of the Genco Constantine, a 180,183 dwt Capesize newbuilding. The Genco Constantine is the fifth vessel to be delivered to the Company under Genco’s previously announced agreement on July 18, 2007 to acquire nine Capesize vessels from companies within the Metrostar Management Corporation […]

  • Trawler crew will remain in watery grave

    12 May 2005

    Bodies will not be retrieved from the sunken trawler Lindsay because of the great depth at which the vessel lies, the ship’s owners said on Wednesday. “We have taken advice from experts and have been told that the Lindsay lies about 150 metres below the surface of sea,” said Craig Bacon, a director of Viking […]

  • Going overboard! Cruise passenger drops anchor – in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico

    30 November 2010

    A cruise ship passenger was enjoying his Caribbean vacation so much he tried to delay the vessel’s arrival back in port. But Ryan Ehlert’s efforts to slam the brakes on his homeward bound journey went completely overboard – after he released the anchor of the 1,260-passenger liner in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico.

  • Town to lose cross-Channel ferry

    22 December 2009

    A cross-Channel ferry to France which has been operating from a Dorset town for the past 17 years will be withdrawn due to declining passenger numbers. Brittany Ferries said the Barfleur ferry between Poole and Cherbourg had been losing money since 2003 and would be taken out of service in the spring.

  • BC Ferries’ first LNG-fueled vessel starts service

    18 May 2017
    Vessels

    Salish Orca, the first of three LNG-fueled ferries built for BC Ferries, entered service on the Comox – Powell River route on Tuesday.

  • TGS acquires three Polarcus 3D multi-client seismic surveys

    23 June 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Norwegian energy data and intelligence provider TGS has acquired three 3D multi-client seismic surveys of Polarcus offshore Australia.

  • Photo of the Day: Offshore Wind Bonanza at Eemshaven

    13 January 2017
    Operations & Maintenance

    Our latest photo of the day shows four vessels at berth in Beatrixhaven, one of Eemshaven Port’s docking basins, getting ready for or returning from their respective offshore wind projects. Erik Bertholet, Business Manager Offshore Wind at Groningen Seaports, said the photo was taken on Thursday, 12 January. At the forefront, we have the service operations vessel […]

  • Watch: Crew airlifted from troubled cargo vessel off Norway

    6 April 2021
    Human Capital, Safety, Vessels

    All 12 crew members of the heavy-lift vessel Eemslift Hendrika were evacuated yesterday by the Norwegian coast guard after their ship started listing west of Ålesund, Norway. The Dutch-flagged ship, built in 2015, is managed by Amasus Support BV. The cargo vessel’s crew sent a distress signal on Monday morning after the cargo started shifting […]

  • Nakilat Takes Over 3rd LNG Carrier Management from Shell

    23 November 2016
    Business & Finance

    Nakilat, the shipping arm of Qatar’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector, has assumed full ship management and operations of Q-Max liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier Umm Slal from Shell Trading and Shipping Company Ltd. (STASCo) with effect from November 23. Umm Slal is the third Q-Max vessel that will come under the management of Nakilat Shipping […]

  • Azerbaijani President Inspects Boyuk Shor Project

    18 March 2015
    Business & Finance

    Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev today visited a large remediation project near the national capital Baku. International engineering and consultancy firm Witteveen+Bos is working with local and international partners on improving the environmental and landscape qualities of Boyuk Shor situated north of the city and the largest of nine lakes subject of study for remediation. The […]

  • USA: New Geothermal Bags May Speed Up Wares Creek Project, Says Official

    30 March 2012

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers spokesperson stated that new geothermal bags were placed at Wares Creek recently. These new bags will be used to speed up the flood control project in this area, reports bradenton.com. After the dredging operations the extracted materials needed to dry out in order to be taken away to a landfill. […]

  • Tokyo Gas: Daily Supply Volume Hits Record

    16 January 2014

    Tokyo Gas of Japan said its daily gas supply volume on Wednesday was 59.05 million cubic meters, which has broken the past record of 57.29 million cubic meters. “As the weather on Wednesday, January 15th was cloudy, and the average temperature of January 15th was 3.0 degrees Celsius, 3.1 degrees below the average year, the […]

  • Cargotec to Axe 220 Jobs at MacGregor

    28 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    Finnish cargo-handling machinery maker Cargotec plans to lay off around 220 employees at its subsidiary MacGregor, justifying the decision by the weakening offshore and merchant shipping market. MacGregor, which specializes in the construction of marine and offshore cargo-handling equipment, saw a dip in the number of orders due to the low oil price and low number of new […]