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  • DSME to Unveil Floating Storage Power Plant Concept

    21 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. (DSME) has made plans to introduce a new convergence product named Floating Storage Power Plant (FSPP) during the Power-Gen International Conference in Orlando, U.S.A. this coming December. FSPP is a gas-fired power plant and an LNG import terminal combined into one unit. Inside are LNG storage […]

  • PSA Conducts Audit of Ocean Rig AS for Norwegian Activities

    2 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    During the period 14 September 2012 – 1 March 2013, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of Ocean Rig AS (OR) and the company’s preparations for activities with Leiv Eiriksson on the Norwegian shelf. The objective of this audit activity is to follow up that the company safeguards regulatory requirements for […]

  • German freighter freed for ransom

    20 July 2009

    Somali pirates have released a German-owned cargo ship held for nearly three months and its crew of 11 Romanians. The pirates said a ransom of $1.8m (£1.1m) was paid. Reports say they fired in the air in jubilation when the money was delivered in a tugboat. The ship – the MV Victoria – was captured […]

  • Skandia Geelong Week Passage Race starts 9.30am today!

    28 January 2008

    The famous 34.3 nautical mile Passage Race which brings everyone together on Corio Bay at Skandia Geelong Week this afternoon gets underway off Williamstown at Aboard Aussie Princess, and in a continuing tradition, John Brumby, the Premier of Victoria, will fire the start cannon at 9.30am to send the fleet on its way in a […]

  • Testing: U.S. ship shoots down dummy warhead

    22 June 2006

    Saying the test had been scheduled for months and had nothing to do with the current crisis with North Korea, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency has announced that a Navy ship has fired an interceptor that shot down a warhead from a medium-range missile over Hawaii, according to an Associated Press dispatch. The test had […]

  • China: Repaired Vessel AN SHENG 16 Leaves CIC Changxing Shipyard

    22 December 2011

    Container vessel AN SHENG 16 sustained sea damage during its recent operation. Owner required the shipyard a quick repair of the vessel with some cargo onboard and hoped to put her into operation soonest possible. Changxing Shipyard took consideration of the owner’s interest. The top management immediately organized the departments to develop a targeted safety […]

  • Readers’ Picks of the Week (Nov 9th – Nov 13th)

    15 November 2015
    Business & Finance

    Government Orders DSME to Stop Work on LPG Carriers Following the most recent fatal incident at Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering’s DSME Okpo yard, the Korean Government has ordered the yard to halt work on… Read More NOL Not a Good Buy for Maersk? The acquisition of Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), the parent company of […]

  • Gazprom, RWE Ink MoU in Rome, Italy

    14 July 2011
    Project & Tenders

    Today in Rome Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Dr. Jürgen Grossmann, CEO of RWE signed a Memorandum of Understanding on strategic partnership in power generation in Europe. It also affirms the companies’ intentions to conclude the ongoing commercial negotiations to a mutually satisfactory result. In order to implement these considerations RWE […]

  • Pirate Skiffs Surround Crude Oil Tanker in Arabian Sea

    20 December 2018

    Pirates in skiffs surrounded a crude oil tanker in the latest Arabian Sea incident, according to ReCAAP.

  • New program fortifies safety readiness across Malaysia’s oil & gas contractor and vendor sphere

    28 November 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Regulation & Policy, Safety

    Malaysia’s Velesto Energy has joined forces with the Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) to bring a new project into play as a structured framework aimed to strengthen safety readiness across the oil and gas industry’s contractor and vendor ecosystem.

  • US Seeks to Remove Pirates From Ships

    2 November 2007

    The U.S. Navy said Thursday that it intended to remove pirates from a hijacked Japanese tanker monitored by American warships off the coast of Somalia. A crew member’s sister said negotiations were under way for the release of the ship. The Navy came to the aid of the chemical tanker this week, at one point […]

  • Rolex Transatlantic Challenge 2005

    23 May 2005

    At 1410EDT today, the first start gun will fire for the 2005 Rolex Transatlantic Challenge, the latest in a series of transatlantic races run by the New York Yacht Club since 1866. This year’s event celebrates the centenary of yacht owner Wilson Marshall and skipper Charlie Barr’s record-breaking race for the Kaiser’s Cup aboard the […]

  • World’s first commercial ammonia-fueled engine is here

    1 September 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Infrastructure, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    Japan Engine Corporation (J-ENG) accomplished the first fully functional full-scale commercial ammonia-fueled engine on August 30, 2025.

  • Rising Concern over Small Tanker Hijacks

    24 July 2014

    The Piracy Reporting Centre (PRC) of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Maritime Bureau (IMB) raised concerns over a worrying trend of small tanker hijacks in its 2014 half yearly report released on Tuesday, July 22.   Globally, 116 incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships have been reported to the PRC in […]

  • ‘Valiant Energy’ OSV supports drilling in Greece

    6 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    Offshore supply ship “Valiant Energy” will support Energean Oil & Gas’ new 160 million euro investment program in the Gulf of Kavala, offshore Greece. The ship arrived at the Port of Kavala, on Friday, May the 2nd where a reception ceremony took place attended by local political and religious authorities, Energean Oil and Gas’s and Kavala Oil’s board […]

  • GasLog inks 10-year charter for LNG FSU conversion

    4 September 2019
    Vessels

    Monaco-based LNG shipper GasLog through one of its units has signed a 10-year time charter with Sinolam LNG Terminal for the provision of a liquefied natural gas floating storage unit (FSU) to a gas-fired power project being developed in Panama.

  • Rowan Rig to Drill Relief Well at South Timbalier 220 (USA)

    29 July 2013

    The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), U.S. Coast Guard, and Walter Oil & Gas Corporation (Walter), through the Unified Command, continue to oversee and coordinate response efforts to secure the South Timbalier 220 natural gas Well A-3. In a statement issued last night BSEE said that safety of personnel and protection of the […]

  • New Elastopipe offers lower cost and corrosion-free performancefor hydrocarbon transport

    9 September 2009

    TRELLEBORG Offshore has launched ELASTOPIPE™ FOR (Fire & Oil Resistant), an upgraded version of its successful synthetic rubber-based flexible piping system. ELASTOPIPETM FOR is specially engineered for transport of organic media, extending the use of the already-established, unique ELASTOPIPETM technology into hydrocarbon processing and other utility services. ELASTOPIPETM FOR incorporates a specially-developed polymer-based lining material […]

  • Expro installs ExACT at Vermillion field in U.S. Gulf

    4 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    International oilfield services company, Expro, has successfully deployed its new design ExACT™ (Expro Annulus-Operated Circulating and Test Tool) in its first live offshore well.

  • ADNOC and MHI add new link to UAE-Japan low-carbon fuel value chain

    8 December 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Transition

    UAE’s Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) have agreed to explore potential opportunities for collaboration on the development of value chains for blue ammonia and blue hydrogen. The companies formalized their intention through an agreement signed on December 6. Under the agreement, MHI will act as a technology solution […]

  • Top News of the Week, 7 – 13 August 2017

    13 August 2017
    Project & Tenders

    Most read news on Offshore WIND from 7 to 13 August 2017.

  • Readers’ Picks of the Week (April 4th – 8th, 2016)

    10 April 2016

    Drewry: Big Ship Obsession Could Be Diminishing The drop in newbuild containership orders could be continued as container shipping companies seem to be running out of profitable trades to deploy their big ships, in… Read More Port Automation: Smart, Smarter, Smartest! The global container handing equipment fleet is getting smarter as port operators apply more […]

  • Readers’ Picks of the Week (25-29 of May)

    31 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    Response to Purple Beach Fire Resumes Salvage operation of the Purple Beach freighter off Germany has entered its fifth day today with three ships back at the scene ready to reduce the remaining cloud of smoke coming out of the … Read more Maersk Karachi Ablaze at Bremerhaven Port The 300-meter container ship Maersk Karachi […]

  • Security Team on Board Flintstone Repels Pirate Attack in Arabian Sea

    25 January 2012

    On Tuesday 17 January 2012, the military security team on board the fallpipe rockdumping vessel Flintstone succeeded in repelling a pirate attack in the Arabian Sea. The marines used direct fire to confront the immediate threat of a grenade launcher. The pirates approached the Flintstone, owned by offshore contractor Tideway, in a fishing boat at […]

  • Top News of the Week January 13 – 18, 2014

    19 January 2014

    Three Crewmen Rescued after Vessel Caught Fire in North Sea Three crewmen have been rescued off Lowestoft this afternoon after their vessel caught fire in the North Sea. BMT, Sigmund Present HMS Illustrious Design Concept BMT Nigel Gee (BMT), in partnership with Sigmund Yacht Design, has conceived an audacious design concept to redevelop the Royal […]