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  • James Cameron Completes Deepest Pacific’s Mariana Trench Dive

    26 March 2012
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Yesterday at noon, local time (10 p.m. ET), James Cameron’s “vertical torpedo” sub broke the surface of the western Pacific, carrying the National Geographic explorer and filmmaker back from the Mariana Trench’s Challenger Deep—Earth’s deepest, and perhaps most alien, realm. The first human to reach the 6.8-mile-deep (11-kilometer-deep) undersea valley solo, Cameron arrived at the […]

  • How do things stand for the oil & gas industry in the wake of COP27?

    21 November 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Collaboration, Environment, Exploration & Production, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    In the aftermath of COP27, many argue that very little progress was made on the phasing out of fossil fuels.

  • Interview: Shaping up UK’s gas infrastructure to get it ready for hydrogen bonanza

    19 April 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Equipment, Exploration & Production, Innovation, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    Can hydrogen overcome the obstacles in its path to show it is the real deal in the fight against climate change?

  • Australia’s energy future and natural gas: Will turning off the taps see greener sources rise to meet supply & demand void?

    16 November 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Collaboration, Environment, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    Natural gas, especially LNG, is touted as the linchpin of the energy future not just in Australia but also across the globe.

  • Carbon offsetting and green gas: Chasing fairy tale of climate-neutral future or key tools in net zero’s arsenal?

    25 November 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Certification & Classification, Environment, Regulation & Policy, Transition

    As time goes by, the zest for a carbon-free world has sparked a seismic shift toward the sphere of environmental sustainability. However, many thorns remain on the path to such a low-emission world, including differing perceptions about the tools to achieve this goal. This is hammered home by the pursuit of so-called green gas and how the business case for carbon units is shunned by some and welcomed by others.

  • BP rides the wave of digitalization with reduction in operating costs and revenue boost on the horizon

    22 September 2020
    Automation, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Infrastructure, IT & Software, Market Outlooks, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology, Transition, Vision

    BP has been doing its part to unlock the value of technology and tap into its benefits. This has become especially noticeable during 2020 with plans to become a net-zero company by 2050.

  • ITF: Enough is enough! Hundreds of seafarers to start leaving ships

    16 June 2020
    Human Capital, Vessels

    Seafarers are going to start enforcing their right to stop working, leave ships and return home with assistance from unions, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and its affiliated seafarers’ unions said in the latest update. The decision comes after a one-month deadline to resolve the crew change issue and expedite seafarers’ sign-off from ships given […]

  • Crew repatriation: the brighter side of things

    18 June 2020
    Human Capital, Vessels

    The number of seafarers pending their sign-off at sea is increasing by the day as the industry awaits flag and port states to lift Covid-19 related travel restrictions and enable the unsung heroes of the sea to finally go home. The debate is heating up as unions vow to take matters into their own hands […]

  • DredgingToday.com Podcast: Global Dredging Perspective

    17 August 2016
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Welcome to the second DredgingToday.com Podcast, with our host Rosie Moth of RedMeters.com.  In this episode we will be discussing the global dredging perspective with the Secretary General of the International Association of Dredging Companies, Rene Kolman, and Technical Consultant Murray Leach. The problems that are facing dredging on a global scale, ‘environmental and sustainability issues’ as one of the major obstacles in dredging, the Jones Act in the USA, dredging regulations, etc, are just some of the topics covered in this edition of […]

  • Interview: As America’s energy mix decarbonizes, growth spurt in the air for renewables with offshore wind as centerpiece

    2 August 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Environment, Exploration & Production, Market Outlooks, Project & Tenders, Transition

    Thomas Gros, a senior energy industry executive, sees offshore wind as the linchpin of the decarbonised energy mix.

  • Carbon markets are a go but trillions at stake: Will ‘climate finance COP’ deliver the goods at the eleventh hour?

    23 November 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Environment, Regulation & Policy, Transition

    Given the trillion-dollar gap between the Global South’s demands and the Global North’s proposal for a new climate finance target, the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) has run into overtime in one last attempt at bridging the divide and finding common ground all parties can get behind. The calls for the Global North to pay up for climate damages have reached a crescendo.

  • UK: Jee Introduces New Ways to Help Fill Engineering Skills Gap

    3 November 2011
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    As companies in the oil and gas industry struggle to find experienced and knowledgeable engineers, Jee, a subsea engineering and training specialist, is introducing new ways to help fill the skills gap. In doing this Jee is not only supporting its own recruitment drive but also helping a number of its clients. Worldwide shortage It’s […]

  • Port of Hamburg Achieves Throughput of 139 Million Tons (Germany)

    3 March 2014
    Business & Finance

     In 2013 the Port of Hamburg achieved total throughput of 139 million tons. That represents growth of 6.2 percent. Both general cargo handling totalling 96.8 million tons (+ 5.7 percent) and bulk cargo handling at 42.3 million tons (+ 7.2 percent), ensured above-average growth for Germany’s largest universal port. “The Port of Hamburg‘s throughput trend […]

  • Interview: All about Piracy

    4 August 2014
    Business & Finance

    Piracy has become a lucrative business and an ever more dangerous for those being targeted by it. Once at sea, seafarers expose themselves to various dangers, especially from those lurking from the shadows. As hijackings become more frequent and more intense, we wanted to find out more about piracy from those battling it, therefore World […]

  • Will Chevron’s Noble Energy swoop trigger a wave of M&A deals in oil & gas sector?

    21 July 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy

    What will happen next in the upstream M&A and what direction will it take? Is now the time to go on the first buying spree after the COVID-19 outbreak and get the high-value goods at a bargain price? Chevron might agree.

  • ExxonMobil eyes Houston for $100 billion carbon capture plan

    26 April 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Environment, Infrastructure, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Transition, Vision

    U.S. supermajor ExxonMobil has announced its vision for a massive $100 billion carbon capture and storage (CCS) project which it believes will be critical to meeting Paris Agreement emission-reducing goals.

  • The declining attractiveness of working at sea: Where do we go from here?

    8 July 2020
    Human Capital

    The maritime sector is the backbone of the global supply chain, with 90 per cent of the world trade, from fish that we eat for dinner to gas for our cars, being carried by sea from one part of the world to another. Keeping global trade moving during the COVID-19 pandemic has been one of […]

  • BSEE Director Delivers Remarks at IRF 2011 Global Offshore Safety Summit Conference (Norway)

    5 October 2011
    Business & Finance

      Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Director Michael R. Bromwich delivered remarks at the International Regulators Forum (IRF) 2011 Global Offshore Safety Summit Conference in Stavanger, Norway. The IRF is a group of nine offshore upstream health and safety regulators from eight countries, including BSEE. It exists to drive forward improvements in health […]

  • In focus: Energy and maritime plays shaping greener future to wean the world off fossil fuels

    17 November 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Collaboration, Environment, Exploration & Production, Infrastructure, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Rules & Regulation, Technology, Transition, Vessels

    This week saw Europe entrench its position as the decarbonization trailblazer, with the Netherlands, Germany, Norway, Denmark, and Belgium spearheading the new wave of projects.

  • COP28’s impact on LNG spree: Will decarbonization moves throw oil & gas players off their game?

    11 December 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Environment, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Transition

    Will the anticipated global build-out of liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects continue or will many of these projects come to an abrupt end?

  • Biden’s energy transition might not run so smoothly after all

    24 November 2020
    Authorities & Government, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Vision

    Following President Trump’s effective surrender of his three-week protest of the election results on Monday by submitting to the government’s official transition to the incoming Joe Biden administration, the time has come for the new administration to set new energy transition plans into motion – but the plan might have more spanners in the wheel than originally suspected.

  • Interview with Opsealog: Power of digitalization levels up vessels’ energy efficiency game as shipping regulations tighten their grip on fleets’ emissions

    26 September 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Equipment, Innovation, IT & Software, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Technology, Transition, Vessels

    France’s Opsealog paints a picture of the offshore supply vessel (OSV) future rich with evolving technologies, a blossoming array of propulsion tools, and decarbonization gains.

  • ACCOMMODATION VESSELS: THE PAST, PRESENT AND THE FUTURE

    5 October 2015

    The concept of using vessels as hotels, or floatels, accommodation vessels, or recently, SOVs, or whatever name you give them, has been available in the market for a while. With some of the current and more future projects being built further at sea in harsher sea states this concept is now gaining ‘ground’. Not only […]

  • ACCOMMODATION VESSELS: THE PAST, PRESENT AND THE FUTURE

    5 October 2015

    The concept of using vessels as hotels, or floatels, accommodation vessels, or recently, SOVs, or whatever name you give them, has been available in the market for a while. With some of the current and more future projects being built further at sea in harsher sea states this concept is now gaining ‘ground’. Not only […]

  • Meriaura Group Introduces Eeva VG EcoCoaster

    14 November 2016

    In December 2014, the Finnish Meriaura Group entered into a contract with Dutch shipyard Royal Bodewes for the construction of two 4,700 dwt VG EcoCoasterTM general cargo vessels. The delivery of both vessels was scheduled for autumn 2016: first Eeva VG, and, approximately three months later, the second vessel, to be named Mirva VG. Construction […]