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  • 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 […]

  • Wärtsilä to offer SOx scrubbing technology

    11 January 2007

    Wärtsilä Corporation initiated in 2006 a two-year development project to test scrubbing plant for removing sulphur oxides (SOx) from the exhaust gases of marine diesel engines and oil-fired boilers. The project involves testing of scrubbing equipment on marine engines burning typical grades of heavy fuel oil.

  • Town’s shipbuilding past lives on at museum

    6 March 2005

    ESSEX, Mass. (AP) – For decades, the bell in the steeple of the First Congregational Church set the rhythm of daily life in this tiny shipbuilding town. It woke shipyard workers at dawn, interrupted the pounding of their wooden mallets at lunch, then tolled again when it was time for the workers to trudge home, […]

  • 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 […]

  • Hamworthy Launch New Offshore Pump Range (Denmark)

    3 September 2010
    Equipment, Research & Development

    Hamworthy Svanehøj has launched the first of what will become an entirely new range of combined sea water lift and fire pumps that meet the requirements of the offshore market. The new deepwell seawater lifting pumps and fire pumps ’DWS’ will be available ranging in capacity from 700 m3/hr to 1700 m3/hr and with a […]

  • Dominion Seeks Approval for Gas Power Station, USA

    5 November 2012

    Dominion Virginia Power asked its Virginia regulator to approve construction of a 1,358-megawatt combined cycle, natural gas-fired power station that would serve growing customer demand and replace electricity from aging coal-fired power stations that are being retired for economic and environmental reasons. If approved by the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC), the $1.3 billion power […]

  • IMB Advises Continued Vigilance as Maritime Piracy Attacks Decline

    16 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB) latest quarterly report on Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships recorded a total of 66 incidents worldwide in the first three months of 2013. This is down markedly from the 102 incidents reported for the corresponding period in 2012. In the first three months of […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • Dutch tug refitted for Indonesian port

    20 September 2010

    Government-owned port operator Pelabuhan Indonesia III has recently received a large Dutch-built tug ‘Anoman V’. Built in the early 1990s, the tug has undergone some modifications and now has three fire monitors in addition to extra bow fendering to make it better suited for port operations.

  • NG Advantage: CNG Now Available to Off-Pipeline Companies (USA)

    3 May 2013

    There is no natural gas pipeline in Putney, Vermont, but, at the end of March 2013, Soundview Vermont Holdings LLC began using natural gas instead of oil as boiler fuel for its recycled tissue, towel, and napkin operation in Putney. The Putney facility has been using natural gas in its boilers continuously since March 28th. […]

  • Devastating Pablo tanker explosion exposes dangers of growing shadow fleet

    8 May 2023
    Green Marine, Vessels

    A devastating explosion occurred on board the aging oil tanker Pablo on Monday, May 1, tearing off its deck and engulfing it in a fierce fire that sent dark plumes of smoke billowing into the sky. The explosion took place off the coast of Malaysia, in one of the busiest shipping channels in the world, […]

  • Floatel Triumph Hired for Ichthys LNG Project

    26 September 2013

    Floatel International has been awarded a contract for provision of an accommodation and construction support vessel for the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project. Floatel International’s latest new building, Floatel Triumph is nominated for the work. The vessel, scheduled for delivery in December 2015, will incorporate the latest technology such as DP3 and enhanced station-keeping, enabling it to operate […]

  • Ørsted selected for Denmark’s full-scale carbon capture and storage project

    15 May 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Transition, Vision

    The Danish Energy Agency has awarded Ørsted Bioenergy & Thermal Power with a 20-year contract for Denmark’s first full-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) project, set to capture and store 430,000 tonnes of CO2 per year from 2026. The Ørsted Kalundborg Hub project will see Ørsted establish carbon capture at its wood chip-fired Asnæs Power […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Somali pirates hijack Panama-flagged cargo ship: EU

    2 August 2010

    Pirates hijacked the Panama-flagged MV Suez cargo vessel with 23 crew on board early on Monday, the European Union naval force said. EU Navfor said in a statement that the 17,300 tonne ship carrying cement bags came under small arms fire while sailing in a recommended shipping lane. It said the crew were from Egypt, […]

  • Gas cloud as ship releases fumes

    23 June 2009

    Residents of a Suffolk town have reported smelling gas after a ship vented fumes offshore. Energy company Transco said people in Lowestoft had been contacting their call centre with reports of the smell. Suffolk Fire Service said the cause was a gas cloud coming from an empty tanker which had vented fumes about nine miles […]

  • Volvo Penta’s Propulsion System Reduces Fuel Consumption by 30 Pct (Sweden)

    22 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    The first in a series of five very advanced Coast Guard vessels has reached its final port destination in Falkenberg at the West coast of Sweden. With the help of Volvo Penta’s innovative propulsion system the ships are to reduce fuel consumption by approximately 30% compared to traditional installations. After successful test runs at the […]

  • Construction of world’s 1st hydrogen-powered ferry completed

    14 July 2021
    Infrastructure, Innovation, Vessels

    Antwerp-based maritime group Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB) and Japanese shipbuilder Tsuneishi Facilities & Craft (TFC) have completed the construction of the “world’s first” hydrogen-fuelled small passenger ferry.