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  • Norway: STX OSV Delivers Platform Supply Vessel to Solstad

    6 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    Solstad Offshore ASA (SOFF) has today taken delivery of “Normand Arctic” from STX OSV AS, Langsten. “Normand Arctic” is a large LNG fuelled plat­form supply vessel (PSV). The vessel will be trading in the North Sea for Statoil for a firm period of 3 months with additional 5 montly options. [mappress] Offshore Energy Today Staff, […]

  • Infographic: Maritime Piracy in 2015

    24 September 2015

    Interested in how many piracy incidents have taken place this year? The following infographic provides you with key information on the main piracy hot spots along with key figures on pirate activity so far this year. In addition, there are also some tips on techniques used to fend off pirates, so take a look. World Maritime News Staff; […]

  • Alam Maritim Secures $190 Mln Contract from Petronas Carigali (Malaysia)

    17 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    Malaysia’s Alam Maritim Resources Berhad has received a contract from Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd for the provision of six vessels. The Contract which has taken effect from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2017 is for a firm period of five (5) years. The contract is valued at approximately RM576 million (USD 190.7 million) [mappress] […]

  • Image of the Day: CMA CGM Matisse Sailing past Sydney Opera House

    28 August 2014

    This photo has been taken during the CMA CGM Matisse’s approach near the famous Sydney Opera House. CMA CGM Matisse is 195.6- long container ship, built by China Shipbuilding Corporation in 1999 and delivered to CMA CGM shipping company in 2007. She is currently underway to the Port of Panama.   [mappress] World Maritime News […]

  • More RTGs head for RSGT

    16 October 2009

    The Red Sea Gateway Terminal (RSGT) being developed at the Saudi Arabian port of Jeddah has taken delivery of another batch of rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs). Manufactured by Shanghai Zhenhua Machinery Co in China, the eight RTGs join 12 that were delivered earlier this year. Six super-post panama cranes are already on the site, with […]

  • Rescue crews scour bay after publisher’s boat found adrift

    11 June 2006

    Rescue crews searched the Chesapeake Bay on Sunday for a prominent publisher and former diplomat whose sailboat was found empty and drifting in shallow water. Philip Merrill, 72, an experienced sailor, had taken his sailboat out alone Saturday, and he typically followed an 18-mile round trip without wearing a lifejacket, said Col. Mark Chaney, superintendent […]

  • Glenn Bourke Set To Depart

    17 December 2007

    Glenn Bourke has resigned from his position as CEO of the race. Bourke, 47, has taken the decision, a very difficult one he said, for family reasons. He has held the position since November 2002 and helped establish the Volvo as the world’s leading offshore ocean race. Bourke will relocate from England to take up […]

  • Two Eimskip boxships sent to dirty scrapyards in India, investigation reveals

    25 September 2020
    Infrastructure, Safety, Vessels

    Icelandic transportation Eimskip has reportedly sold two of its containerships to dirty and dangerous scrapyards in India.

  • Somali militants free 25 kidnapped sailors

    30 July 2006

    MOGADISHU, Somalia — Twenty-five sailors who were taken hostage in April off Somalia’s lawless coast were released Sunday after more than $800,000 in ransom was paid, a Somali militia commander said. The sailors were headed to the Seychelles islands off the coast of Africa, the commander, Abdi Mohamed, told The Associated Press. He did not […]

  • 400,000 port workers to undergo ID checks

    26 April 2006

    The government will do background checks on 400,000 seaport workers in an effort to protect the nation’s ports from terrorism, the Homeland Security Department announced Tuesday. Port workers and others will also be given “tamper-proof” identification cards to tighten security in areas where millions of metal cargo containers are taken off ships each year and […]

  • BP enhances Amsterdam fuel terminal

    2 July 2009

    UK energy company BP has completed a project to expand its fuels terminal in the Amsterdam harbour area in The Netherlands. An increase in the number of jetties and modifications to existing facilities will reduce waiting times for seagoing vessels and barges and enable the terminal to significantly grow its throughput. The €65 million project […]

  • Vroon Offshore Receives New AHTS Vessel from Chinese Shipyard

    9 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    Vroon Offshore Services (VOS) has taken delivery of a new addition to its offshore fleet. The VOS Thalia, a 1,400 dwt anchor handling tug support (AHTS) vessel built at the Fujian Shipyard in China, was delivered on April 5th 2012, in China. The vessel will operate out of Singapore and will be managed by Vroon […]

  • Image of the Day: Bringing Reasons to Be Thankful

    8 December 2014

    This magnificent view was captured on board the container ship Dresden Express, sailing under the flag of Bermuda. The photo was taken on the Thanksgiving day, during her morning arrival at the Port of Tacoma, located in Washington. The ship, 294-meter long with a breadth size of 32 meters, was built in 1991 and has […]

  • Vroon Takes Delivery of ‘VOS Purpose’ PSV

    24 June 2013

    Vroon Offshore Services (VOS) have taken delivery of a new addition to their offshore fleet.   VOS Purpose, a platform supply vessel (PSV), is the second of two 75-m PSVs built at Fujian Southeast Shipyard in China. The vessel was delivered Friday 21 June 2013 in China and will be operated in the Mediterranean by Vroon Offshore […]

  • Infographic: Maritime Piracy in 2015

    24 September 2015

    Interested in how many piracy incidents have taken place this year? The following infographic provides you with key information on the main piracy hot spots along with key figures on pirate activity so far this year. In addition, there are also some tips on techniques used to fend off pirates, so take a look. World Maritime News Staff; […]

  • Gazprom, Ukraine Gas Talks Continue

    10 November 2011

    Kiev hosted Wednesday a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of Gazprom’s Management Committee and Viktor Yanukovich, President of Ukraine. The meeting was held as part of negotiations with Ukraine on collaboration in the gas sector. The parties were satisfied with the results of current negotiations. Intense efforts are taken and a range of complicated issues have been discussed by now. [mappress] Source: Gazprom, November […]

  • Denmark: Chellsea Takes Over PSV Durga Devi from Niels Winther

    26 August 2011
    Business & Finance

      Last weekend the platform supply vessel Durga Devi (ex VOS Prevail) was taken over by the Singapore-based ship owner Chellsea Pte Ltd in the port of Esbjerg. Niels Winther acted as owner’s agent and handled the local formalities. In addition to this, a ceremony in connection with the handover of the vessel was arranged […]

  • Searcher Completes PNG 3D Reprocessing Project

    8 June 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    Searcher Seismic has completed the Laurabada Ultracube 3D reprocessing project offshore Papua New Guinea. The Laurabada Ultracube project entailed the reprocessing of two open-file 3D datasets with a broadband deghosting and pre-stack depth migration sequence over what is highly sought-after acreage. The Ultracube is split into two cubes: The Eastern cube is near-shore, shallow water whilst […]

  • Drewry: European LNG Demand Not Enough to Lift Freight Rates

    30 October 2015

    European LNG demand growth will not be sufficient to raise LNG shipping freight rates, according to the LNG Forecaster report published by shipping consultancy Drewry. Namely, LNG shipping freight rates continue to be under pressure from weak Asian demand and a growing fleet and shipowners are seen pinning their hopes on a revival in European demand. Until the recent […]

  • USACE Completes Repairs of Buffalo Confined Disposal Facility

    26 September 2016
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, recently completed repairs to a confined disposal facility (CDF) at the Buffalo Outer Harbor, Buffalo, NY. Since 1970, four CDFs were built in the City of Buffalo. Only one remains active, Buffalo CDF 4, which is used primarily to store contaminated sediment which could not be otherwise […]

  • Searcher Seismic expands Papua New Guinea database

    8 June 2018

    Searcher Seismic has expanded its seismic database off PNG following the Laurabada Ultracube 3D reprocessing project.

  • OEEC Talk-Show: Future proof your business

    27 October 2016

    Offshore Energy Today this week streamed several talk shows from the Offshore Energy Exhibition and Conference in Amsterdam, one of which was titled “Future Proof Your Business.”  The talk show explored how energy companies are preparing for a low carbon world and how traditional energy companies can be successful in their transition to that world? […]

  • Carnival Cruise Ship Damaged During Panama Canal Transit

    23 September 2019

    The ship came in contact with one of the locks.

  • SedNet Event in September

    3 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    The 9th International SedNet conference will be held on 23-26 September 2015, in Kraków, Poland. At the core of this SedNet conference, hosted and co-organized by the Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection, AGH University of Science and Technology, will be the link between sediment and society, and the exchange of knowledge and respective experiences […]

  • Two Executives Leave Siemens

    18 July 2014

    Siemens Wind Power has been shaken up by two senior executives’ resignations. Chief executive for onshore wind, Jan Kjaersgaard, is leaving Siemens to take the CEO position with an undisclosed Danish company. Henrik Stiesdal, chief technology officer, will also leave the company “to devote most of his time to family and private life.“ Morten Rasmussen, […]