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  • Top News of the Week Jan 4 – 10, 2016

    10 January 2016

    Hornsea One Onshore Construction to Kick Off Onshore works for the Hornsea Project One wind farm are scheduled to start this month with the construction of an onshore substation at North Killingholme, North Lincolnshire. E.ON Splits Its Business Operations As announced earlier, E.ON separated its operations from Uniper’s effective 1 January, 2016. Ulstein Welcomes First […]

  • Yantian Express Unloads All Containers, Leaves Halifax

    7 June 2019
    Business & Finance

    The fire-damaged Yantian Express finalized cargo operations in Halifax and departed the port on June 2, 2019.

  • Indonesia: PLN Says LNG to Fulfill Gas Needs for Two Power Plants

    24 October 2011

    Gas-fired power plants in Muara Karang and Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, are likely to see an end to… (thejakartapost) [mappress] Source: thejakartapost, October 24, 2011

  • Video: Carnival to Implement $300 Mln Safety Program

    18 April 2013

    Carnival Cruise Lines, a unit of Carnival Corporation & plc, announced Wednesday, April 17th  that it has implemented a program to significantly enhance emergency power capabilities, introduce new fire safety technology, and improve the level of operating redundancies across its entire 24-ship fleet. This enhancement program will cost more than $300 million, and rapid upgrades […]

  • Dredge Workboat Capsizes Near Charleston

    12 April 2019
    Business & Finance

      The U.S. Coast Guard – together with the crews from the partner agencies – is searching for a missing mariner after a dredge workboat capsized near Charleston Harbor Thursday. According to the USCG report, the two mariners were on the workboat when it capsized, one was recovered by the dredge. Coast Guard Sector Charleston […]

  • Trelleborg nets Statoil deal

    18 September 2015
    Equipment

    Trelleborg’s offshore operation has signed a framework agreement with Statoil for the delivery of Passive Fire Protection solutions for use on flanges and bolts. Under the framework, Trelleborg will supply FireNut, a protection system for flanges and bolts used to extend service life in the event of a fire. Trelleborg explains that the FireNut system […]

  • Two Crew Killed in LPG Tanker Blast

    11 December 2014

    Two crew members of South Korean tanker DL Calla were killed in an explosion that occurred late Wednesday offshore Malaysia, New Strait Times reports. Two more crew members sustained injuries in the blast and have been brought to a hospital in Kuala Terengganu. The explosion on board the vessel, loaded with liquefied natural gas, was caused by a gas leakage, the […]

  • Spain: PAV, Beluda Work Together to Improve Resolution of Emergency Situations

    24 February 2012

    Boluda Towage and Salvage works with the Port Authority of Valencia in improving the resolution of emergency situations. The activity was carried out in a joint action with Valencia Bombers. The Port Authority of Valencia has organized a visit of all staff, assigned to the fire station, to various maritime facilities and vessels moored in […]

  • India: Gas Pipeline Explosion Kills 14 People

    27 June 2014

    Local officials say that at least 14 people were killed and another 20 injured in a blast and fire at a GAIL gas pipeline in Andra Pradesh, India. Yanamala Ramakrishnudu, state finance minister of Andhra Pradesh, told Reuters:  “The situation is very bad, 14 people were burnt alive and 20 have been admitted to hospital […]

  • More LNG coming to Philippines next month

    19 June 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    First Gen has awarded a contract to a Tokyo Gas subsidiary for an LNG shipment, which is expected to enhance the country’s energy security.

  • Lawmakers criticize Navy plans to shrink submarine fleet

    29 March 2006

    The Navy’s long-term submarine plans came under fire Tuesday from House lawmakers, who raised concerns that sharp reductions in the size of the subsurface fleet pose national security risks.

  • Mexico: After Two Month of Repairs Cruise Ship Ocean Star Returns to Service

    16 June 2011

    After a two month layoff for repairs made necessary by a fire in the machine room onboard the ship, the cruise ship Ocean Star once more … [mappress] Source: realacapulco, June 16, 2011;

  • Report: Second explosion in one year on Aces FPSO in Pakistan

    10 November 2017
    Infrastructure

    A fire broke out this week aboard the partially scrapped ACES FPSO at a shipbreaking plot in Gadani Pakistan. This is according to the Shipbreaking Platform NGO, which on Thursday said that luckily no workers got caught in the flames of the fire that broke out aboard the Aces on Wednesday. However, the Shipbreaking Platform […]

  • Port of Amsterdam Names New Sustainable Patrol Vessels

    29 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    On 18 April, Port of Amsterdam named two new sustainable patrol vessels designed and built by Damen Shipyards Group in Gorinchem. The official naming ceremony was performed by Port of Amsterdam CEO Dertje Meijer, who named the Pollux, and State Harbourmaster Janine van Oosten, who named the Castor. The two vessels are replacing Patrol Vessel […]

  • U.S. Navy Names 1st Zumwalt-Class Destroyer

    13 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Navy on Saturday christened the first ship of its newest class of destroyers, 610-foot-long warship, the USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) at General Dynamics-Bath Iron Works shipyard in Bath, Maine. The lead ship and class are named in honor of former Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Admiral Elmo R. “Bud” Zumwalt Jr., who served as […]

  • Japanese whale hunt ended early

    28 February 2007

    Japan’s whaling fleet has cut short its hunt in the Antarctic after a fire two weeks ago crippled the main boat.

  • Simtronics sizzle with firefighting deal

    14 October 2007

    Simtronics ASA received an order from Aker Floating Production ASA for a complete active fire fighting solution to the Aker Smart 1-FPSO conversion project.

  • Readers’ Picks of the Week (Aug 18 – 24, 2014)

    24 August 2014
    Business & Finance

    Strike at Ningbo Port Turns Violent A massive strike by as many as 10,000 truck drivers at Ningbo’s Beilun Container Port erupted into violence on August 20, as protestors clashed with riot police and smashed the windshields…Read more Engine-Room Fire Disables Tanker, Kills One Crewman U.S. Coast Guard air and cutter forces continue to assist […]

  • Eight boats damaged in yard blaze

    11 May 2007

    Eight boats have been severely damaged in a fire at a boatyard in Hampshire. About 75 firefighters tackled the blaze at the yard in Vespasian Road, Bitterne, Southampton, in the early hours of Friday.

  • All-systems-go for Odfjell Drilling-managed rig’s North Sea assignment

    12 August 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Equinor, a Norwegian state-owned energy giant, has received the go-ahead from the country’s authorities to undertake plug and abandonment (P&A) activities in the North Sea off the coast of Norway with a semi-submersible rig managed by Odfjell Drilling, an offshore drilling contractor.

  • West Hercules Not Ready for AoC Yet, PSA Norway Says

    9 October 2012

    The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit activity from 30 August to 1 September 2012 focusing on factors related to maintenance management, technical safety, working environment and preparedness on board the West Hercules facility. The PSA’s activity was carried out as part of the processing of the company’s application for an Acknowledgement […]

  • Tanker has ‘spotless’ inspection record, owner says

    20 July 2006

    The crew of the tanker Nordeuropa was aided in getting the 600-foot vessel away from the inferno on a Providence pier Tuesday night by the fact that the fire melted some of the ship’s mooring lines. A spokesman for the ship’s Danish parent company said the crew also managed to maneuver the ship without the […]

  • Bangladesh: Government Plans Jamuna River Dredging

    9 September 2011

    The government has approved installation of four power plants, one of which will be coal-fired.   (bdnews24) [mappress] Source: bdnews24, September 9, 2011

  • Gard: Challenges with the Use of Exhaust Gas Scrubbers

    21 October 2019
    Business & Finance

    In time, the related parties will gain experience and the frequency of scrubber-related incidents will decrease.

  • UN ship attacked off Somalia

    17 March 2006

    Kuala Lumpur – An international piracy watchdog on Friday warned of fresh attacks off Somalia after heavily armed pirates fired on a United Nations food aid ship.