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  • Maersk launches efficiency program across time-chartered fleet to reduce emissions

    2 October 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    Danish logistics giant A.P. Moller – Maersk has launched an efficiency program for its time-chartered fleet, targeting the retrofit of approximately 200 vessels, with the aim of improving fuel efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

  • Cochin Delivers ‘Sea Titus’ PSV

    15 January 2014

    India’s Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) yesterday delivered a high end Platform Support Vessel, “Sea Titus”, to M/s. 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 Rules and […]

  • Top News of the Week July 15 – 20, 2013

    21 July 2013

    Fire Onboard MV ‘HANSA BRANDENBURG’ Shipmanagement Company Leonhardt & Blumberg Hamburg, Germany reports that on July 15 2013 a cargo container caught fire onboard MV “HANSA BRANDENBURG” container ship, during her voyage from Singapore to Durban about 200 nautical miles northeast of Mauritius. Manning the World’s Largest Ship The first Triple-E has commenced its maiden […]

  • Smith Point County Park Renourishment Wrapped Up

    29 April 2016
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand yesterday announced that the beach renourishment project at Smith Point County Park is complete. The project is part of the larger New York Fire Island to Montauk Point Reformulation Study known as FIMP. “After more than 50 years of planning and praying, beach renourishment at Smith Point […]

  • Trelleborg Inks Flexible Pipes Deal in Malaysia

    27 March 2020
    Equipment

    Trelleborg has signed a distributor agreement with RIA Solutions for Elastopipe flexible piping system in Malaysia. According to Trelleborg, this partnership should enable development of business in South East Asia, providing customers with local knowledge of regulations and ensuring support within the region. Dato’ Senu Mohd Noor, managing director of RIA Solutions, said: “We believe […]

  • Black Elk Energy Still Searching for Missing Offshore Worker (USA)

    20 November 2012

    Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations, LLC yesterday announced it would continue the search efforts throughout the night for the worker who went missing in an offshore oil platform explosion. The worker has been unaccounted for since Friday, November 16, when the explosion hit the Black Elk-operated oil platform located at West Delta 32 Block, in the […]

  • 6th Asia LNG Summit 2011 to Take Place in Shanghai, China

    15 August 2011

    6th Asia LNG Summit (organized by CPPEI and Global Leaders Institute, Shanghai, China, Oct 26th – 28th) supported by the top three oil companies in China – CNOOC, CNPC and Sinopec – attracted more than 1,000 participants from 2006 to 2010. The recovery in global LNG consumption in 2010, combined with anticipated gas demand growth […]

  • ClassNK approves SRC’s retrofit methanol storage solution

    1 October 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Certification & Classification, Green Marine, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Storage, Technology, Vessels

    ClassNK has granted approval in principle (AiP) to SRC Group for its Methanol Superstorage solution.

  • Pirates hijack Indonesian cargo ship, then breach Malaysian port security

    26 April 2005

    Pirates hijacked a tin-laden Indonesian ship traveling to Singapore and held the crew captive for two days while unloading the cargo in a Malaysian port, a maritime watchdog said Tuesday. The pirates, believed to be Indonesians, fired gunshots at the ship and boarded it Friday shortly after it had left Muntok port on the southern […]

  • X-Press Pearl insurer agrees to pay initial compensation claim

    29 June 2021
    Authorities & Government, Environment, Vessels

    Insurers of the feeder containership MV X-Press Pearl, which was hit by a fire before it sank off Colombo Port at the beginning of June, have agreed to pay a part of the initial settlement claim for the damages caused by the incident. Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Justice said that the P&I Club of the […]

  • SSL Kolkata Lists Starboard following Further Explosions

    2 July 2018
    Business & Finance

    The ordeal of the fire-stricken merchant vessel SSL Kolkata is far from over.

  • Nevsky Shipyard: Keel Laid for Multipurpose Salvage Vessel

    26 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    On April 25th, 2013 the solemn keel-laying ceremony of the fourth in the series multipurpose salvage vessel, yard number 704, capacity 4 МW, project MPSV07 took place at Nevsky Shipyard, LLC. The construction of the vessels of the series is carried out in accordance with the State Shipbuilding Contracts for the Federal Marine and River […]

  • Austrian explosion hits European gas markets

    12 December 2017

    An explosion on Tuesday morning at the major European gas hub at Baumgarten in Austria killed one person and injured 18 others, causing a surge in Austrian, Italian and the UK gas prices. Italy has also reportedly declared a state of emergency due to a lack of gas supplies. The Baumgarten plant was shut down in […]

  • Nigerian Navy Thwarts Pirate Attack in Lagos

    14 April 2015

    Nigerian navy thwarted a pirate attack in Lagos over the weekend targeting a product tanker loaded with petroleum bound for Nigeria. A group of ten men in two speed boats followed the tanker and managed to board the ship identified as MT Imas. The crew managed to send request for assistance before being overpowered by the pirate gang. A […]

  • Nevsky Shipyard Lays Keel for Multipurpose Salvage Vessel

    25 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    On April 25th, 2013 the solemn keel-laying ceremony of the fourth in the series multipurpose salvage vessel, yard number 704, capacity 4 МW, project MPSV07 took place at Nevsky Shipyard, LLC. The construction of the vessels of the series is carried out in accordance with the State Shipbuilding Contracts for the Federal Marine and River […]

  • ITOPF: Oil Tanker Spills See Downward Trend

    19 January 2017

    The downward trend in oil spills from tankers continues, according to the latest annual statistics issued by the International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation Limited (ITOPF).  The average number of large oil spills from tankers, greater than 700 tons, has progressively reduced and since 2010 averages 1.7 per year, according to the organization. In 2016, one […]

  • Ardent, Ardentia Marine to Remove Oil from Oleg Naydenov

    15 June 2015
    Business & Finance

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

  • Iranian Warship Saves Tanker from Somali Pirates

    2 February 2012

    Iranian warships rushed to help the tanker which was attacked by pirates near the Gulf of Aden, Navy’s Deputy Commander Rear Admiral Seyyed Mahmoud Mousavi said on Tuesday. The naval forces opened timely, massive fire on pirate boats, he added. Indian Ocean coast of Somalia waters is considered as the world’s most dangerous for repeated […]

  • Crisis-Response Drill: NYK LNG Vessel Collides with Product Tanker, Japan

    5 July 2013

    On July 4, NYK conducted a crisis-response drill based on the scenario of a serious accident occurring on an LNG vessel operated by an NYK Group company. This drill was part of the company’s Remember Naka-no-Se Campaign, which has been conducted over the months of July and August every year since July 1998 to remind […]

  • Vroon Offshore Services orders DPII Diving Support Vessel at ABG Shipyard

    22 June 2006

    We are pleased to announce that Vroon Offshore Services has ordered a DP II Diving Support Vessel at the ABG yard in India for delivery in 2nd quarter of 2008. The new vessel will be fully outfitted for Diving, ROV and Deepwater construction operation. The vessel is equipped with a dynamic positioning system, 4 point […]

  • Estonia: Officials Present Plan for Reconstruction of Sviby Port

    23 November 2012

    Aktsiaselts Saarte Liinidthe has invited bidders to submit their offers for the reconstruction of the Sviby Port Vormsi, the Western Region area. These works include: – Berth No. 1, bank ramp reconstruction; – Reconstruction of the embankment; – Dockside area with the expansion of the bank; – Sea protection and fire wall construction. The deadline […]

  • Russian coast guard detains South Korean fishing boat with 31 aboard

    14 September 2006

    Russia’s coast guard detained a South Korean fishing trawler with 31 people aboard after firing warning shots Thursday, alleging that it was poaching in Russian waters, news agencies reported. The trawler was one of four that were sighted in Russia’s economic zone near Russian-held islands northeast of Japan and scattered when a coast guard boat […]

  • Russia: Pella Shipyard Delivers Tugboat ‘RB-395′

    28 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    The delivery of tugboat “RB-395” (hull no. 934) of Project 90600 to the basing site in port of Baltiysk has been completed by the Pella Shipyard. The tugboat is intended for towing and berthing operations in harbor, roadsteads and coastal areas which comply with R3 navigation area, refloating of ships and vessels, fire fighting operations […]

  • Japan ship returns amid N. Korea

    28 June 2006

    Japan has ordered a destroyer with advanced radar to return early from multinational war games in the Pacific Ocean over concerns about a possible North Korean missile launch, a news report said Thursday. The destroyer is being recalled from exercises with ships from the U.S. and other allies in waters off Hawaii, amid concerns that […]

  • UGL, Cape secure Woodside contract

    30 October 2015
    Project & Tenders

    A joint venture between UGL and Cape has secured a two year contract with LNG player Woodside in Western Australia. The 50/50 JV won the contract to provide services on the Woodside-operated Karratha gas plant. The value of the contract was not dislcosed. The scope of work includes planning and execution of access, fire protection application, blasting and […]