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  • EIA: Power Sector CO2 Emissions Sensitive to Policy Changes and Gas Supply

    10 June 2014

    In 2012, almost 40% of total energy-related CO2 emissions resulted from electricity generation. About three-fourths of those power sector emissions occurred from burning coal, the most carbon-intensive fuel. Policies to reduce CO2 emissions could result in less consumption of coal in favor of natural gas, which emits about 40% as much CO2 per kilowatt hour […]

  • China goes fishing

    21 March 2005

    China is fast becoming a formidable sea power of the other marine variety. It doesn’t yet have monstrous aircraft carriers capable of delivering awesome fire power in the world’s seven seas, but there is a huge fleet of small fishing trawlers flying Chinese flags that sail the ocean blue.

  • Pirate ship on cash-raising quest

    4 September 2007

    Pirate-film lovers are being invited to raise funds to help restore the fire-damaged Cutty Sark by taking a tour on board a replica of HMS Bounty. The Bounty was built for the 1962 film Mutiny on the Bounty and has also featured in Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean – Dead Man’s Chest.

  • Merchant ship ‘returns’ to London

    18 May 2007

    A replica of an old merchant trading ship has sailed along the Thames to be greeted by a full gun salute. The ship, modelled on the original 18th Century Swedish ship the Gothenburg, fired her cannon to salute London at Tower Bridge.

  • Japan: Tohoku Electric Starts Construction on New Gas Unit

    30 November 2011

    Japanese utility Tohoku Electric Power Co said it started work on constructing a new gas-fired 980-megawatt No.3 series unit at its …   (reuters) [mappress] Source: reuters, November 30, 2011; Image: tohoku

  • Production shutdown on Visund

    18 January 2006

    Production on the Statoil-operated Visund platform in the North Sea was shut down just after midnight on 19 January, after gas and fire detectors were activated on the platform. It has been visually confirmed that there were no flames.

  • Report Published on Arco Avon Fatal Accident

    1 September 2016
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    The report into MAIB’s investigation of the fatal engine room fire on the suction dredger Arco Avon is now published. The accident occurred on 18 August 2015 while Arco Avon was loading a sand cargo approximately 12 miles off Great Yarmouth, UK. The fire claimed the life of the vessel’s third engineer, who was attempting to repair a failed […]

  • Prometheus signs LNG deal with Massachusetts Institution

    3 February 2015
    Project & Tenders

    As temperatures plunge across the US and the hearty residents of the Northeast weather another polar vortex filled winter, Prometheus Energy Group said it is helping energy users fight back with an unlikely solution.

  • Pirates Attack Maersk Vessel in Gulf of Oman

    24 May 2012

      According to Reuters, the Maersk Texas, a U.S.-flagged cargo ship was attacked by Pirates in the Gulf of Oman on Wednesday. The onboard guards managed to fend off the attack, Maersk Line Ltd, a unit of Danish shipping and oil group A.P. Moller-Maersk, said. A 19,592 deadweight tonnes (dwt) vessel which is 148 metres […]

  • IMB: 87 Maritime Piracy Incidents in 1H, 2017

    4 July 2017

    The first half of 2017 saw a total of 87 incidents reported to the IMB Piracy Reporting Centre compared with 97 for the same period last year, indicating a continuing decline in the number of reported incidents of maritime piracy and armed robbery against ships.  Recording some of the lowest figures seen in the last […]

  • ‘Major milestone’ for Cutty Sark

    23 April 2008

    Restoration work on the Cutty Sark which was ravaged by fire almost a year ago, has reached a “major milestone”. A seven-tonne iron counter, a large and delicate part of the ship’s stern, was lifted by crane from the rest of the ship, said the construction team

  • Pakistan claims fisherman killed by Indian Coast Guard

    11 April 2006

    Pakistan on Monday alleged that the Indian Coast Guard has killed one of its fishermen in `unprovoked’ firing on March 18. Foreign Office spokesperson Tasneem Aslam told reporters that an official of the Indian High Commission was summoned and a formal protest lodged on the incident.

  • TotalEnergies, Petronas, and QatarEnergy set their cap on hydrocarbon exploration off Guyana

    25 November 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    Three energy giants – France’s TotalEnergies, Qatar’s state-owned QatarEnergy, and Malaysia’s Petronas – are joining forces to explore the hydrocarbon potential of an offshore block in Guyanese waters.

  • MOL’s Istra Ace Suspected of Oil Spill in LA

    14 March 2016
    Business & Finance

    A large car carrier owned by the Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) is linked to an oil spill in the Port of Los Angeles. Namely, an unknown quantity of oil was reported on Sunday to be coming from the Bahamas-flagged car carrier identified as Istra Ace in the Cerritos channel near berth 212 and […]

  • Phoenix Petroleum, CNOOC picked for $2 bln Philippine LNG project

    11 January 2019

    Philippine independent oil company Phoenix Petroleum has been given the green light to process with the construction of the $2 billion LNG project. 

  • India: Cochin Launches Two UT 755 CD PSV Vessels

    9 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    Cochin Shipyard, the largest green field Ship building and Ship repair yard in India, recently launched two Platform Supply Vessels for Shipping Corporation of India. Both the vessels, BY-85 anf BY-86, are UT 755 CD type Platform Supply Vessel, designed by Rolls-Royce Marine AS, Norway and are dual classed under the Rules and Regulations of […]

  • Bilfinger Salamis UK wins work on TAQA’s North Sea platforms

    4 September 2015

    Bilfinger Salamis UK has been awarded a five-year contract, with two one-year extension options, for international energy company TAQA for its oil and gas operations in the UK North Sea. Under the contract Bilfinger Salamis UK will provide a range of fabric maintenance support services on all of TAQA‘s UKCS assets, including: scaffolding, insulation, coatings, […]

  • Carnival cruise director’s blog details ship crisis

    15 November 2010

    Carnival Cruise Lines says it has no further explanation for why a fire disabled its ship off the coast of Mexico last week, but the cruise director is providing a dramatic insider’s account of when the Carnival Splendor was “dead in the water.”

  • Yuexin Shipyard Floats Out Two 58.7m AHTS Vessels (China)

    29 June 2012

    On 23rd June 2012, two launching ceremonies of 58.7m AHTS Vessel YX3156 and YX3158 were held at Yuexin shipyard drydock No.2 at the same time. YX3156 is built for a Norwegian ship owner, while YX3158 is built for Martens Marine Private Limited. Both of the two vessels apply the design from KHIAM CHUAN MARINE (KCM). […]

  • DQS Delivers Vietsovpetro’s VSP01 (Vietnam)

    6 September 2012
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    After 3 months of repairing, on 15th August 2012, Dung Quat Shipyard (DQS) delivered the VSP01 (FSO) for the ship owner Vietsovpetro. This is one of the largest oil storage vessels in Vietnam. The VSP-01 is built in 2000 in Japan, the largest length: Lmax = 262.40 m. The widest Bmax = 46.0 m. Depth […]

  • PSA looks into barrier management on Ivar Aasen

    8 July 2015

    From June 9-11 2015, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of Det norske’s barrier management in the Ivar Aasen development project, located in the Norwegian North Sea. According to the PSA, the objective of the audit was to monitor Det norske’s establishment and implementation of a management system for ensuring compliance […]

  • Report: Pakistan ready to sell LNG plants to Qatar for $1.5 billion

    10 January 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy

    Pakistan’s government has decided to sell two LNG-fired plants to Qatar in a direct $1.5 billion deal to avoid a looming sovereign default, according to reports by Pakistani media outlets. Pakistani daily newspaper The Express Tribune writes that “the government has quietly delisted two power plants, which over four years ago, had been put on […]

  • GE to Supply Gas Turbine for Poland Power Plant

    3 October 2012

    GE said it will supply advanced gas turbine technology for a new 450-megawatt, combined-cycle power plant in the city of Stalowa Wola that will be the largest gas-fired project in Poland. It supports the government’s strategy to diversify the energy supply for Poland, which currently gets 95 percent of its electricity from coal-fired plants. The […]

  • Top News of the Week September 16 – 21, 2013

    22 September 2013

    VIDEO: Fire Breaks Out on Saipem’s Rig Scarabeo 5 The drilling rig Scarabeo 5 cought fire this morning while at Keppel Verolme yard, the Netherlands, undergoing special survey works. Costa Concordia Parbuckling: Job Well Done! Conclusion of the parbuckling phase of the Costa Concordia wreck removal proved to be a huge success, as the stakeholders […]

  • Readers’ Picks of the Week (Nov 30 – Dec 4)

    6 December 2015
    Business & Finance

    Grand Princess’ Engine Room Catches Fire Due to a fire which broke out in the engine room aboard the cruise ship Grand Princess the vessel lost power for a short period of time in the early hours on Monday a… Read More The World’s First Smart Ship About to Be Born The world’s first smart […]