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  • IMB: Kidnappings Persists Despite Drop in Piracy

    1 November 2016
    Business & Finance

    Kidnapping and hostage-taking persists off the coasts of West Africa and South East Asia, despite a 20-year low in piracy on the world’s seas, according data provided by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Maritime Bureau (IMB). IMB’s latest global piracy report shows that pirates armed with guns or knives took 110 seafarers hostage […]

  • Ithaca Hires Peterson Logistics Services for Harrier Development

    2 February 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Energy logistics provider Peterson has been awarded a contract to provide integrated logistics for Ithaca Energy UK. The contract, Peterson’s first with Ithaca, will be in support of the Harrier field development, which is part of the Ithaca operated Greater Stella Area, located in the heart of the Central Graben area of the Central North […]

  • Baltic Ports Conference in September

    12 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    ‘Facing a change: opportunities or threats for the Baltic market?’ will be the theme of the Baltic Ports Conference 2015 organized by the Baltic Ports Organization and hosted by the Freeport of Riga Authority. The conference is an associated event with the BPO General Assembly. The meeting will take place in Free Port of Riga […]

  • Ports Event Starts Tomorrow in Riga

    2 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    ‘Facing a change: opportunities or threats for the Baltic market?’ will be the theme of the Baltic Ports Conference 2015 organized by the Baltic Ports Organization and hosted by the Freeport of Riga Authority. The conference is an associated event with the BPO General Assembly. The meeting will take place at Free Port of Riga […]

  • Fire Engulfs Cargo Ship off Japan

    9 November 2015

    A fire broke out on Sunday, November 8th aboard a Belize-flagged general cargo ship identified as Soya Maru while sailing some 2 nautical miles west off Matsuyama, Japan. The Japanese Coast Guard dispatched at least three firefighting vessels to the scene to help extinguish the fire that had broken out in the ship’s engine room before […]

  • Noreco: Luna Well a Duster (Denmark)

    19 March 2012
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian Energy Company ASA (Noreco) reports it is in the process of completing the drilling of exploration well Luna-1X in licence 1/11 in Denmark. The well did not encounter hydrocarbons. Luna is located in a small half graben with the pinch out edge to the south east of the structure. The well was spudded a […]

  • Upturn in Demand for Upgraded Post PanaMax Car Carriers

    20 June 2013

    The new Panama Canal, to be completed in 2014, has shown an increase in orders for upgraded car carriers. So far in 2013, TTS has received orders for equipment for 12 PostPanaMax car carriers. The Panama Canal opened in 1914 has since then limited the width of ships passing the canal to be approx. 32 […]

  • IMB’s Report Shows Increase in Piracy Off West Africa

    25 April 2012
    Business & Finance

      One hundred and two incidents of piracy and armed robbery have been reported for the first quarter of 2012, with dangerously increasing numbers in West African waters, according to figures released recently in the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB) global piracy report. In total, 11 vessels were reported hijacked worldwide, […]

  • Jan de Nul to Repair Subsea Cable in Iceland

    13 June 2017
    Operations & Maintenance

    Jan De Nul Group has been contracted by the Icelandic electrical transmission company Landsnet for an urgent cable repair between Westman Island and the main land of Iceland. The repair is planned to be undertaken in June using the cable installation vessel Isaac Newton, which was mobilized from Canada to Europe, Jan de Nul informed. Full […]

  • Eller Beck Dredging Moves Forward

    2 March 2015
    Business & Finance

    Dredging operations are currently underway at a silted section of Eller Beck, off Shortbank Road and near the popular walking area The Wilderness. North Yorkshire county councillor Andy Solloway, who represents Skipton West, has welcomed this cleanup project: “I’ve been hassling the Environment Agency to clean up the gully behind Shortbank Road for the last two […]

  • VIDEO: New Canal – Icon of the Future

    4 August 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology, Vessels

    Records were broken, vessels were mobilized from every corner of the globe, and work was carried out non-stop. The construction of the new Suez Canal in Egypt was like a rollercoaster ride, said Van Oord. The new Suez Canal has been completed in record time thanks to several consortia from the global dredging scene. In […]

  • Wilhelmshaven Service Port Provides Ideal Conditions for Offshore Wind Industry

    28 January 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Participants of the Wind Working Group, which is a part of the Wilhelmshaven Port Management Association e.V. (Wilhelmshavener Hafenwirtschaft-Vereinigung; WHV), agreed at their fifth meeting that the Wilhelmshaven harbor’s inner port has optimal conditions to become a growing service port for the offshore wind industry. These favorable conditions include a large sea lock, adequate water […]

  • Terra Nova FPSO to Return to Full Production by December End

    6 December 2012

    Terra Nova FPSO vessel operating offshore Newfoundland and Labrador is in the final stages of commissioning in preparation for start-up following planned maintenance, Suncor today announced. The FPSO is expected to return to full production rates around the end of December. Suncor Energy operates the Terra Nova field, which is located approximately 350 kilometres southeast […]

  • Ørsted and Eversource Break Ground on Connecticut Office

    11 October 2019
    Business & Finance

    Ørsted U.S. and Eversource have broken ground on their new office in New London, Connecticut. The joint venture partners are opening the office in downtown New London to support their portfolio of projects across the U.S. Northeast and future work out of New London State Pier. To remind, Ørsted and Eversource recently submitted a bid to […]

  • Van Oord steps up fleet decarbonisation efforts

    15 March 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Infrastructure, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Technology, Transition, Vessels

    Van Oord has entered into collaboration with FUELSAVE for the adoption of innovative combustion conditioning technology that is expected to further reduce the emissions on its fleet.

  • ‘Island Dawn’ PSV Delivered to Island Offshore

    21 January 2014

    Island Offshore has taken delivery of M/V Island Dawn from the Vard Brevik shipyard in Norway. This is the third platform supply vessel in a series of four Rolls-Royce UT 717 CD designs, delivered from Vard Brevik.   Managing Director of Island Offshore, Håvard Ulstein said: “It is always a pleasure to welcome another vessel to our fleet, […]

  • Prime Minister: Port Sector Review (India)

    13 April 2012

      As directed by the Prime Minister, a review meeting of the Port Sector taken in PMO examined the progress made in the implementation of PPP projects in major ports and the progress of dredging activities. This was a follow-up to a meeting taken three months ago in which instructions were given to the Ministry […]

  • GTT takes minority stake in Norwegian startup

    19 September 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Technology

    French LNG containment specialist GTT has taken a minority stake in the Norwegian technology start-up Tunable, specialised in multi-gas and emissions analyser.

  • India: DCI Celebrates National Safety Week

    11 March 2011

    The Dredging Corporation of India Ltd, Visakhapatnam has celebrated the National Safety Week. The celebrations were inaugurated on 4 th March 2011 with Safety flag hoisting and safety pledge administering to the employees by the then CMD, Capt.S.S.Tripathi. During the week, elocution and slogan competitions on safety conducted. Safety lecture sessions on Fire Safety and Hazardous waste disposal were undertaken. Capt.P.M.Saravanan, […]

  • DeepOcean lays keel for new cable layer

    14 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    DeepOcean UK, a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group Holding BV, has announced the symbolic keel laying ceremony has taken place in Galati, officially launching the construction phase of its new cable lay vessel. DeepOcean says that the vessel, yet to be named, will be taken on a long term charter from Maersk, and will extend DeepOcean’s […]

  • SCV ‘Island Pride’ delivered to Island Offshore

    23 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    Island Offshore has taken delivery of the subsea construction vessel M/V ‘Island Pride’ from the Vard Brevik yard today. M/V ‘Island Pride’ was christened during a naming ceremony in Brevik in March, and will enter into a five month contract for Maersk Oil this coming weekend as a walk-to-work vessel. The vessel is designed as […]

  • The Netherlands: Vroon Takes Delivery of Its New Wind Farm Service Vessel

    2 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    Vroon announced today, Monday 2 April 2012, that the company has taken delivery of MPI Cardenio. MPI Cardenio is a windfarm-service vessel, built at the South Boats Medina Shipyard on the Isle of Wight. She is the seventh addition to the MPI Workboats fleet and will commence operations immediately for Staoil in the Sheringham Shoal […]

  • Jean-Philippe Laures Leaves SBM Offshore (The Netherlands)

    7 November 2013

    SBM Offshore confirms that Bruno Chabas, CEO, has temporarily taken over the role of COO following the dismissal of Jean-Philippe Laures, COO. Although no further comments can be made at this time regarding the circumstances leading up to his dismissal, the company can reassure the market it is not related to the operational performance of […]

  • Frontline 2012 Takes Delivery of Front Arrow

    10 September 2013

    Frontline 2012 Ltd. announced that the Company has taken delivery of the first of six fuel efficient MR tanker newbuildings ordered from STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. in Korea, named Front Arrow. Front Arrow is the first vessel delivered out of 60 currently on order by Frontline 2012 with the last units being delivered […]

  • BAM Clough Joint Venture Receives New Jack-Up Barge

    16 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Australian joint venture BAM Clough has taken acceptance of its new built jack-up barge, IB-914, which departed China earlier this week. The new built process was concluded in less than a year’s time and the jack-up barge will be deployed in Australia on BAM Clough’s near shore projects portfolio. The jack-up barge has capacity […]