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  • Dryad Warns of Further Attacks on Libya’s Oil Ports

    13 January 2016
    Business & Finance

    The latest attacks on Libya’s oil ports by Islamic State (IS) forces are likely to continue along the coast as militants further their ambitions in Libya, maritime security company Dryad Maritime believes. However, at this stage there is no evidence that this intent will extend to attacking vessels offshore, Dryad added. The prediction comes following an IS […]

  • International success for Bjørge in the FPSO marked

    4 October 2007

    Bjørge AS has signed a contract with Samsung Heavy Industry in Korea for the supply of Fire Water parcels to Skarv/Idun FPSO. The contract includes supply of pumps and diesel driven generator set, value approx. 70 million NOK.

  • Pakistan: Ogra Criticised for Favouring One LNG Importer

    17 October 2011

    The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) has come under fire for attempting to bulldoze third-party access rules for LNG transmission… (brecorder) [mappress] Source: brecorder, October 17, 2011

  • Bahamas: Cruise Ship Rescues Six Boaters from Sunken Vessel

    12 July 2011

        A Fort Lauderdale-based cruise ship rescued six boaters off the coast of the Bahamas after their fishing vessel caught fire and sunk…   ( miamiherald ) [mappress] Source: Miamiherald, July 12, 2011;      

  • Containership explosion rocks Dubai’s Jebel Ali Port

    8 July 2021
    Infrastructure, Vessels

    A fierce explosion has rocked Dubai’s Jebel Ali Port resulting in a large cloud of flame, Dubai Media Office reported.

  • Russia: Pella Shipyard Launches Project PE-65 Tugboat

    29 November 2012

    The escort tugboat of project PE-65, building No 504, the regular tugboat of the Acceptance Program of 2013,  is launched. The assignments of the vessel are: – Towing of vessels and floating objects in harbor areas and open seas. – Performing of escort operations at the speed of 10 knots. – Fire fighting operations at […]

  • Top News of the Week, 16 – 23 July 2017

    23 July 2017

    Offshore WIND’s most read news from 16 to 23 July 2017.

  • Indian Coast Guard Takes Over ‘ICGS Vaibhav’

    2 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    “ICGS Vaibhav”, the 90 meters class of Offshore Patrol Vessel, indigenously designed in house and built by Goa Shipyard Ltd was handed over to the Indian Coast Guard on 31st March 2013 . ICGS “Vaibhav ” is the third in the series of three OPVs built by GSL for the Indian Coast Guard. The vessel […]

  • Incat Crowther hands over ‘Lady Tierney’

    12 June 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Incat Crowther and Halimar Shipyard have announced the delivery of Lady Tierney for Sea Supply, Inc., a B&J Martin Inc. subsidiary, of Galliano, Louisiana. Lady Tierney is a 205’ monohull, DP-2, ABS-classed, USCG-certified crew supply vessel. With design from Incat Crowther’s Lafayette, LA office, combined with concept design and standards from the Morgan City, LA […]

  • Australia’s Amphibious Navy Ship HMAS Tobruk Waits Further Repairs

    31 August 2011

    The problems are continuing for Australia’s amphibious navy ships, with HMAS Tobruk being kept out of the water to fix a fire safety system… (abc) [mappress] Source: abc, August 31, 2011;

  • Australia: Qld LNG Exports May Slow Shift from Coal Power

    31 October 2011

    Queensland’s $50 billion of planned gas export projects could slow the nation’s move away from coal-fired power by making domestic… (theaustralian) [mappress] Source: theaustralian, October 31, 2011;

  • Update: Maersk extends transit pause through Red Sea/Gulf of Aden

    3 January 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Safety, Vessels

    In the wake of the latest incident involving Maersk’s containership Maersk Hangzhou, the global liner major has decided to halt all transits through the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden until further notice. Just days after announcing its gradual return to the Red Sea, Maersk Hangzhou was targeted by a missile and small boat swarm by Yemen’s […]

  • Ørsted, Aker Carbon Capture, Microsoft collab mulls use of Northern Lights

    10 March 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology, Transition, Vision

    Aker Carbon Capture, Danish offshore wind giant Ørsted, and global technology colossus Microsoft teamed up in a project to capture emissions from biomass power plants and store them using the Northern Lights project.

  • Johan Castberg to Be Powered by Gas Turbines

    13 September 2016
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Statoil and its licence partners have opted for gas-fired power solution for Johan Castberg as the most suitable and socio-economic solution for the development. Aker Solutions, Aibel, ABB, Unitech, Pöyry and Thema Consulting have contributed to the power analysis. The power solutions include full and/or partial electrification based on power from land as well as gas-fired power. […]

  • Shell’s Prelude FLNG restarts operation

    20 January 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Operations & Maintenance, Safety, Vessels

    Oil and gas giant Shell has officially restarted LNG cargo operations at its Prelude Floating Liquified Natural Gas (FLNG) facility following almost a month of suspension. The company shut down the production at the FLNG facility offshore Australia after a fire broke out in December 2022. At the time, Shell said the fire was quickly […]

  • Update: Scorched Spanish Ferry Towed to Sagunto

    7 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    The Spanish ferry Sorrento, that had caught fire off Mallorca on April 28, arrived at the Port of Sagunto north of Valencia around 6 pm local time yesterday, following a 24-hour tow and escort from the waters of the Balearic Islands, Spain’s maritime rescue service Salvamento Maritimo reported. The plan to tow the ferry to Sagunto […]

  • Cochin Shipyard Delivers PSV ‘Sea Titus’

    15 January 2014

    Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) yesterday delivered a high-end Platform Support Vessel ‘Sea Titus’ to to M/V PSV Holding Inc. Liberia. This is the second of a series of four similar vessels being built for the same client. These vessels are of PSV 05L CD type, designed by Vard Group AS, Norway, and are classed under the […]

  • Breaking: Three Crew Missing after VLCC Suffers Explosion off Oman

    14 August 2018
    Business & Finance

    Three people are reported missing after an explosion onboard crude oil tanker M.T. Desh Vaibhav.

  • Tanker Thwarts Pirate Attack off Nigeria

    5 May 2016

    The string of attacks in the Gulf of Guinea continues as pirates attempted to board a tanker earlier today while underway some 36 nautical miles south west of Bayelsa coast, Nigeria. Specifically, a group of armed pirates in a speedboat chased and fired upon a tanker underway, the Maritime Trade and Information Sharing Centre for the Gulf of […]

  • Ireland: Labour Party Spring Welcomes Shannon LNG Bord Pleanala Approval

    12 July 2013

    Labour Party TD Arthur J. Spring welcomed the announcement that Shannon LNG has received a successful judgement from An Bord Pleanala that will permit the building of a 500 MW combined heat and power plant in North Kerry. Pending a successful outcome of the High Court Judicial hearing in relation to the LNG Terminal, Shannon […]

  • Tanker Ablaze after Engine Room Blast off Denmark

    22 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    Liberia-flagged oil/chemicals tanker Alia caught fire in the North Sea off Denmark following an explosion in its engine room on October 20, while the 2003-built tanker was carrying fuel oil from Malta to Gothenburg, Sweden. The crew of the 35,669 dwt tanker called the Danish rescue and support vessel operator Esvagt to assist in putting out the fire. The […]

  • USA: Emory River Ash Spill Cleanup Continues

    7 May 2010

    Nearly a year and a half after the devastating TVA ash spill, we have a closer look at the cleanup beside the coal-fired power plant in… [mappress] Source: wate, May 7, 2010;

  • Australia: Trelleborg Offshore Installs Elastopipe System On Maersk’s FPSO Vessel

    6 August 2010
    Equipment

    Trelleborg Offshore has installed its Elastopipe corrosion-free fire safety deluge system on Maersk’s Ngujima-Yin, a floating production… by Processingtalk [mappress] Source: Processingtalk, August 6, 2010:

  • Japan: Tepco Plans New Gas Unit at Kawasaki Plant

    17 October 2011

    Tokyo Electric Power Co plans to have a new 500 megawatt combined-cycle gas-fired unit at its Kawasaki plant running earlier… (reuters) [mappress] Source: reuters, October 17, 2011

  • 28 Workers Evacuated from Burning Oil Platform off Louisiana

    25 May 2015

    An oil production platform in Breton Sound Block 21, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, caught fire in the early hours of Friday, May 22, the US Coast Guard reports. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report at 2:50 am local time from the offshore supply vessel Miss Katherine reporting a fire on board the platform. All 28 […]