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  • CSL Hands Over ‘Sea Titus’ to Liberian Company

    15 January 2014
    Business & Finance

    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 […]

  • OSV ‘Ramco Crusader’ Sinks Off Brazil

    15 August 2013

    On August 12, around 3pm, a fire broke out in the engine room of the Vestland Marine’s vessel Ramco Crusader, which was providing support to drilling operations offshore Brazil, Petrobras informs. The crew of 15 workers was evacuated to another support vessel and transported to Fortaleza. Later on, after the crew had been evacuated the […]

  • One injured in FortisBC’s Tilbury LNG plant incident

    21 August 2017

    The proceedings at the FortisBC’s Tilbury LNG plant in Delta, British Columbia, currently undergoing commissioning, were interrupted by an incident on Saturday, leaving one worker injured. 

  • VOS Discovery Provides Assistance to Workboat in Distress (UK)

    21 January 2014
    Business & Finance

    Vroon, an international shipping company, reported that its offshore supply ship VOS Discovery, had responded to a distress call yesterday morning, while undertaking a routine cargo run into Great Yarmouth. The distress call came from the Norfolk Tern, a wind farm workboat, which had suffered a fire on-board. Although the fire had been successfully extinguished […]

  • Top News of the Week of Feb 11 – 16, 2013

    17 February 2013

    Update on Emma Maersk Incident (Egypt) On 1 February 2013, Emma Maersk, Maersk Line’s largest container vessel, experienced ingress of water into the engine room. The vessel had just commenced its southbound transit through the Suez Canal en route to Asia. The captain decided to terminate the planned voyage and go alongside the nearby Suez […]

  • Most Read News in 2012

    31 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    Italian Shipbuilder Fincantieri Delivers Costa Fascinosa Costa Fascinosa, the new flagship of Costa Cruises, was delivered to the cruise line on Saturday, May 5, by shipbuilder Fincantieri in Venice, Italy. Officially handed over at the Venice Passenger Terminal, Costa Fascinosa — with sister ship Costa Favolosa — is the largest Italian-flagged cruise ship afloat. World’s […]

  • PSA Audits Det Norske’s Risk Management at Ivar Aasen

    10 January 2014
    Business & Finance

    Between 29 and 31 October 2013, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of the work of Det norske oljeselskap ASA (Det norske) to ensure compliance with the regulatory requirements for barrier management in the Ivar Aasen development project. The objective of the audit was to verify that the establishment and implementation […]

  • Equinor restarts Hammerfest LNG production

    2 June 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics

    Norwegian oil giant Equinor has said the Hammerfest LNG is back in production after the fire in September 2020.

  • 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.

  • MetalCraft Marine Receives Order for Firestorm 69 (USA)

    6 October 2011

    City of Boston has ordered new state of the art fireboat with Chemical, Biological, Radiological emergency response capability for the Boston Fire Department. The MetalCraft Marine FireStorm 69 High-Speed Aluminum Fireboat represents a new generation in fireboat technology. It is a culmination of years of study and research into high volume pumping systems and their […]

  • Pella-Built RB-404 Tug Ready for Its Official Trials

    25 June 2013

    The tugboat “RB-404” (Building No 623, project 16609) has successfully passed its mooring and sea trials and it is ready for its official trials. The tugboat, being built by Pella shipyard, will be delivered to the Russian Navy and put into operation within Pacific Fleet of the Navy by the end of the year. The […]

  • Iranian Tanker Ablaze off China, 32 Missing

    7 January 2018

    32 people are reported missing as fire rages onboard an Iranian oil tanker Sanchi.

  • Beach Erosion Forces Preparations for New Beach Renourishment Project (USA)

    2 August 2011

    Erosion on Navarre Beach hampered fire department rescue efforts last week when rip currents were pulling unwary swimmers far off shore.   (nwfdailynews) [mappress] Source: nwfdailynews, August 2, 2011

  • Japanese partners sanction construction of new LNG power plant

    13 October 2016

    Fukushima Gas Power project’s founding shareholders reached a decision to start the construction of a natural gas-fired power plant at Soma Port in Shinchi Town and approved the participation of three new project partners.

  • 156 Rescued from Burning Ferry off Spain

    29 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    Spanish emergency services rescued 156 passengers and crew from a burning ferry some 20 nautical miles off Palma de Mallorca yesterday, the vessel’s operator Trasmediterranea reports. The Sorrento ferry was en route from Palma de Mallorca to Valencia when a fire was detected in one of its garages at around 13:50 local time yesterday. Four of the […]

  • Nigeria: Chevron Starts Drilling Relief Well to Seal Burning Funiwa

    19 February 2012
    Business & Finance

    Chevron Nigeria Limited has begun the process of drilling a relief well to seal the Funiwa 1A natural gas well. The relief well is being drilled to extinguish a fire that began Jan. 16  when Chevron reported the fire outbreak aboard the K.S. Endeavor, a drilling rig offshore Nigeria operated by FODE Drilling Nigeria Limited. […]

  • Denmark: MV Charlotte Mærsk Crew Receives IMO’s Bravery Award

    22 November 2011

      Yesterday, Captain Dick Simon Danielsen received a special IMO Bravery Award on behalf of the crew of M/V Charlotte Mærsk. On the opening day of the 27th Assembly of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Captain Dick Simon Danielsen received a special Bravery Award on behalf of the total crew on board M/V Charlotte Mærsk. […]

  • Civil trial starts for fatal offshore platform accident

    20 June 2016

    A civil trial is expected to open on Monday, stemming from a fatal 2012 explosion aboard a U.S. Gulf of Mexico platform. The explosion and fire aboard the Black Elk Energy-operated West Delta 32 platform resulted in the tragic deaths of Ellroy Corporal, Jerome Malagapo, and Avelino Tajonera, serious injuries to others, and the discharge […]

  • 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;

  • Renewables training in focus as Indonesia partners with Aquatera

    9 June 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Certification & Classification, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development

    The Indonesian Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, through its Human Resource Development Centre for Electricity, New, Renewable Energy, and Energy Conservation (PPSDM KEBTKE), has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Aquatera, a UK-based renewable energy firm. The partnership aims to build technical and institutional capacity to support Indonesia’s transition to cleaner energy sources, […]

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

    23 July 2017

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

  • Top News of The Week November 4- 9, 2013

    10 November 2013

    Top News of The Week November 4-9, 2013

  • 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 […]

  • China: Jiangsu Zhenjiang Delivers MV ‘Berjaya’

    26 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    Jiangsu Zhenjiang Shipyard delivered M/V BERJAYA, the first unit from the lot of 78m offshore standby support vessels, to Singapore FEG Energy Co., Ltd on 23rd of August 2013. The vessel meets the class notion requirements of +A1 (E), Safety Standby Service GR B (300), Fire Fighting Vessel Class 1, Offshore Support Vessel, +AMS, +DPS-2 […]

  • Bestobell’s valves get firesafe approval

    4 December 2014
    Equipment

    Bestobell Marine secured a firesafe approval for its new DN350 and DN400 cryogenic globe valve designs that are now ready for installation on LNG carriers.