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  • Four rescued from burning vessel

    12 July 2006

    Three adults and a child were today recovering after they were rescued from a blazing motorcruiser on Upper Lough Erne in Co Fermanagh. The Coastguard was alerted to the emergency by police at about 8.20pm yesterday and an inshore lifeboat was tasked to the scene, near Carrybridge. The passengers were rescued from the vessel and […]

  • Rockets rock Statoil/BP gas plant in Algeria

    18 March 2016

    Norwegian oil and gas giant Statoil has informed that its gas facility in Algeria was attacked on Friday morning. The Norwegian firm, mostly known for its offshore operations, has said that its In Salah onshore gas facility was hit by “explosive munitions fired from a distance” at 6.00 local time. Reuters has learned that three or […]

  • LNG Imports to Increase (UAE)

    2 August 2010

    Maximising oil exports from the GCC will hinge on the region importing more gas, the Scottish consultancy Wood Mackenzie says. Wood Mackenzie has belatedly realised what makes Gulf residents hot and bothered: a lack of gas to power air conditioners and electric fans. Calling the situation “ironic” in a region with the world’s biggest concentration […]

  • Pirates attack previously hijacked ship

    18 November 2009

    Pirates off Somalia attacked a Danish container ship, already hijacked once, but were scared off by a security contingent aboard. The US-flagged Maersk Alabama came under attack from automatic weapons early on Wednesday morning some 350 nautical miles east off the Somali coast but the security team returned fire, the EUNAVFOR mission said in a […]

  • Sulpuric acid leaks from tanker

    18 August 2006

    Kochi, Aug. 18 (PTI): Sulphuric acid leaked from a tanker transporting about 8000 litres of the acid from the Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore (FACT)’s Udyogamandal plant to its Ambelamedu plant here today. The leakage was noticed as the tanker was passing through Kakkanad near the district collectorate, fire force personnel who immediately rushed to the […]

  • One Dead, Six Missing After Two Cargo Ships Sink off Philippines

    18 January 2017

    One crewman died and six have been reported as missing following the sinking of two cargo vessels off the Philippines on Tuesday, January 17, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reports. The first vessel, M/V Virgina 1, was en route to Roxas, Palawan from Delpan Pier, Binondo, Manila with eleven crew onboard, when it sank after catching fire in […]

  • Bullimore sets sail on world record bid

    30 April 2007

    Veteran British yachtsman Tony Bullimore set sail from Australia Tuesday in a bid to break the round-the-world solo sailing record in 70 days. The starter’s gun fired at about 3:50 pm (0550 GMT) as Bullimore, waiting since December for the right weather conditions, launched his bid to circumnavigate the globe in his 31-metre (102-foot) catamaran.

  • USA: Austal to Support Survivability Testing Program on LCS

    3 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    Austal Limited has been awarded an engineering services contract to support survivability testing on the U.S. Navy’s Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship. The U.S. Navy awarded Austal USA a USD 6,7 million contract modification for the fabrication and assembly of a live fire test module. The contract is in support of the U.S. Navy’s Independence-variant LCS […]

  • JPS secures equipment, financing for new LNG power plant

    23 September 2016
    Project & Tenders

    Jamaica’s energy company, JPS, said it has finalized an agreement with General Electric for the manufacturing of equipment for its LNG-fired 190 MW power plant at Old Harbour Bay, St. Catherine.

  • IMB: Piracy against Ships Drops to 22-Year Low in 2017

    10 January 2018

    A total of 180 incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships were reported to IMB in 2017.

  • Top News of The Week April 21-27, 2014

    27 April 2014

    Picture of the Day: LNG Module Arrives at Curtis Island The module program has been in full swing for the Curtis Island LNG projects for more than 20 months with well over half the modules now in their permanent positions across the sites, Bechtel said on Wednesday. South Korea: Two Workers Killed After Fire at […]

  • Tokyo Gas unit and partners to build Niihama LNG terminal in Japan

    6 February 2018
    Ports & Logistics, Project & Tenders

    Tokyo Gas Engineering Solutions, a unit of Tokyo Gas, and four Japanese partners said on Tuesday they have decided to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at Sumitomo Chemical’s plant in Ehime prefecture in western Japan. The other partners are Sumitomo group members including Sumitomo Chemical and Sumitomo Joint Electric Power, as well as […]

  • Technip Energies secures ‘large’ equipment supply deal for INEOS’ Project ONE

    4 October 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    French engineering company Technip Energies has secured a contract with chemical company INEOS for the proprietary equipment supply for INEOS Olefins Belgium NV’s Project ONE in Antwerp. Project ONE aims to build an ethane cracker in the Port of Antwerp with a nameplate capacity of 1450 kilotons of ethylene per year. Technip Energies has previously […]

  • Readers’ Picks of the Week (13-17 of Jul)

    19 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    NOL Up for Sale Again? Singapore-based container shipping company Neptune Orient Lines has been put up for sale by investment company Temasek Holdings Pte. Ltd, NOL’s majority stake owner, the Wall Street Journal … Read more Iran Ready to Unleash Its Tanker Fleet Iran’s oil-shipping giant National Iranian Tankers Company (NITC) is ready to make […]

  • Top News of the Week November 18 – 23, 2013

    24 November 2013

    Fire Extinguished on ‘Britannia Seaways’ Cargo Ship Off Norway Danish cargo ship ‘Britannia Seaways’, operated by DFDS, caught fire in the North Sea off Norway trapping at least 32 crew members on board on Saturday, November 16, Reuters reports. The Netherlands: Damen Shipyards Unveils Innovative WSV Damen Shipyards has unveiled a completely new Wind Farm […]

  • Top News of the Week, 06 – 12 November 2017

    12 November 2017

    Four Scottish Offshore Wind Projects Cleared for Takeoff The Supreme Court in London has rejected RSPB Scotland’s application for leave to appeal the decision by the Inner House of the Court of Session on its Firths of Forth and Tay offshore wind farm judicial review. Adwen Employees Hit as Siemens Gamesa Plans Up to 6000 […]

  • Ardent-Ardentia Remove Oil from Sunken Oleg Naydenov

    15 June 2015
    Operations & Maintenance

    Ardent, the recent merger of Titan and Svitzer Salvage and Ardentia Marine, a salvage and diving company based in Spain have been awarded the contract to remove oil from the sunken fishing trawler “Oleg Naydenov” off the coast of Gran Canaria, Spain. On the 11th of April, the vessel sustained a fire that quickly got […]

  • MOL names new LNG-fueled car carrier in Japan

    24 September 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Vessels

    Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has held a naming ceremony for the new LNG-fueled car carrier Celeste Ace in Japan.

  • USCG Detains Two Bulkers in Portland and Kalama

    24 February 2017

    The US Coast Guard has set in motion a detention of the Panama-flagged bulk carriers Atlantic Ruby and Amber L after discovering substandard safety issues while conducting routine Port State Control exams onboard the vessels at the Port of Portland and the Port of Kalama on the Columbia River. The Atlantic Ruby, a 590-foot bulk carrier, […]

  • Most read articles of 2014, Vol. 1

    1 January 2015

    Dear readers, we hope a great night full of joy is behind you. As promised yesterday, we are bringing a list of the most read articles of the year 2014. Since we published around six thousand news articles in 2014, we have decided to run the list in two batches of 15 articles each. The first […]

  • Equinor to start Hammerfest LNG operations next week

    16 May 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance

    Norwegian oil major Equinor says it has scheduled the start-up of the Hammerfest LNG facility for the next week.

  • SDARI’s new PCTC design gets DNV nod

    16 November 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Certification & Classification, Vessels

    Classification society DNV has granted approval in principle (AIP) for a Shanghai Merchant Ship Design and Research Institute (SDARI) designed pure car and truck carrier (PCTC).

  • India: Cochin Shipyard Launches Two Rolls-Royce Designed Platform Supply Vessel

    9 January 2012

    Cochin Shipyard launched two Platform Supply Vessels for Shipping Corporation of India on January 5th 2012. Shri B Chakravarty, General Manager of SCI launched ship BY-85, SCI Nalanda and Shri Cherian George, Executive Director of CSL launched BY-86 (SCI Yamuna), in the presence of Cmde K Subramaniam, CMD, CSL and other directors. Both vessels are […]

  • Tokyo Gas Signs Deal to Buy T-Power Shares (Belgium)

    21 September 2011

    Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. announced that the company has signed a definitive agreement to purchase shares in T-Power N.V., a natural gas fired power station in Belgium, from Siemens Project Ventures (SPV) and Tessenderlo Chemie (TC). This is the first time for Tokyo Gas to participate in power generation business in Europe. The transaction is […]

  • Update: No Trace of Missing Mariners from Burning Iranian Tanker

    8 January 2018

    US Navy aircraft returns to base in Japan without locating 32 missing crew members of MV Sanchi.