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  • Remontowa to Convert BC Ferries’ Vessels to LNG

    25 March 2016
    Business & Finance

    Gdansk-based shipyard Remontowa Ship Repair Yard received a contract to upgrade two Spirit-Class ferries to dual fuel so they can operate on LNG for Canadian ferry operator BC Ferries. Under the USD 140 million contract, beginning in the fall of 2017 and completing in the spring of 2019, the shipyard will conduct renewal of safety systems, marine evacuation systems, […]

  • DSME to unveil FSPP concept

    20 November 2014
    Equipment

    DSME plans to unveil a new convergence product named Floating Storage Power Plant at a conference in December.

  • Rhine Port Group issues LNG response guidelines for inland navigation

    16 April 2015

    The Rhine Port Group consists of the Port of Rotterdam, the Port of Antwerp, the Port of Mannheim, the Port of Strasbourg and the Port of Switzerland, released the first issue of a recent LNG emergency and incident response study.

  • Yuexin Signs AHTS Construction Contract (Singapore)

    4 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    Yuexin Ocean Engineering has signed the construction contract of 2+2 58.7m AHTS vessels in Singapore with an undisclosed client, With the function of anchor handling, towing and fire fighting, the vessels will equipped with DP-1 to enhance the operability. The financial details of the deal were undisclosed. [mappress] Offshore Energy Today Staff, January 4, 2013

  • Anti-whaling ship heads to Japan

    8 March 2007

    Environmental group Greenpeace’s anti-whaling ship Esperanza sailed into Sydney Harbour on Friday to re-supply after protesting against Japanese whalers in the Antarctic and heads on from there to Japan to pursue its protest. Japan last month abandoned its Antarctic whale-hunting season after its main whaling ship was crippled by a fire.

  • Man hurt in port crane collapse

    13 July 2009

    A man suffered life-threatening injuries when a crane collapsed on to a ship at a container port. Fire crews were called to Southampton Docks, owned by DP World, at Dock Gate 20 in Western Avenue, at 0520 BST. The crane, a twin boom rig with the cab suspended on rails, toppled on to the ship, […]

  • Gordon Brown to announce £100bn offshore wind winners

    4 January 2010

    Prime Minister Gordon Brown will this week confirm the winners of the long-running auction to build the UK’s next wave of giant offshore wind farms, officially firing the starting pistol on the race to deliver over 25GW of renewable energy. The Crown Estate, which manages UK waters, is expected to announce the award of nine […]

  • Germany confirms incident between navy vessel and Israeli planes

    25 October 2006

    A spokesman for Germany’s Defense Ministry confirmed on Wednesday an incident on Tuesday in which six Israeli F-16 jets flew very low over a German naval vessel patrolling the Lebanon coast. The jets activated infra-red decoys and one of the jets fired two shots into the air, said Thomas Raabe, quoted by German news agency […]

  • Semco Maritime now provides telecom & safety solutions for rigs

    11 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Following the acquisition of fire & safety contractor Inmaco, Singapore-based Semco Maritime now accelerates penetration into the markets for telecom, firefighting and safety solutions for rigs. In South Korea, Semco Maritime was recently awarded a contract for high-standard telecom systems for a Maersk operated harsh environment jack-up rig. The rig is to be built at […]

  • Canadian navy ship called to assist burning cargo vessel in mid-Atlantic

    11 April 2008

    A Canadian navy frigate was watching over a Panamanian-flagged merchant ship that was without power and adrift in the North Atlantic late Thursday following an engine fire. Cmdr. Alex Grant of HMCS Toronto said his vessel arrived at the scene about 1,900 kilometres east of Cape Cod after receiving the merchant ship’s location from an […]

  • GP lowered on to storm-lashed ship to treat injured man

    13 November 2006

    A doctor yesterday described how she was given a baptism of fire by being lowered from a helicopter on to a tanker in horrendous weather conditions to treat a badly injured crewman. Christine Bradshaw, 48, is a locum GP with a relatively peaceful patch on the Orkney island of Hoy. But she had no hesitation […]

  • Cochin Shipyard Launches Two PSVs for Shipping Corporation of India

    9 January 2012

    Cochin Shipyard launched two Platform Supply Vessels for Shipping Corporation of India on 05 Jan 12. Shri B Chakravarty, General Manager, SCI launched ship BY-85, SCI Nalanda and Shri Cherian George, Executive Director, CSL launched BY-86 (SCI Yamuna), in the presence of Cmde K Subramaniam, CMD, CSL and other directors. Both vessels are UT 755 […]

  • Popular news, May 25 – 31, 2015

    31 May 2015

    As the end of the last week of May approaches, we are bringing the weekly summary of the most popular articles on Offshore Energy Today. The most read story was the one on a man who was sentenced for lying to Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) inspectors in relation to the veracity of blowout preventer […]

  • PSA looks into barrier management on Asgard A FPSO

    16 June 2015

    From 23 to 26 March 2015, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) performed an audit of the Åsgard A floating, production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) in the central Norwegian Sea. This 278 long and 45 meters wide FPSO started production sixteen years ago. According to the PSA, the objective of the audit was to verify […]

  • ClassNK Issues Latest Rules and Guidance

    26 February 2014

    The Nippon Kaiji Kyokai（ClassNK) released the latest versions of its Rules and Guidance for the Survey and Construction of Steel Ships. These versions include all amendments dated 26 February 2014. ClassNK is constantly revising its Rules and Guidance in order to reflect requests from industry, the latest results from relevant research and development projects, feedback […]

  • ClassNK Releases Latest Rules and Guidance for Ship Survey

    27 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    The Nippon Kaiji Kyokai（ClassNK) released the latest versions of its Rules and Guidance for the Survey and Construction of Steel Ships. These versions include all amendments dated 26 February 2014. ClassNK is constantly revising its Rules and Guidance in order to reflect requests from industry, the latest results from relevant research and development projects, feedback […]

  • GLDD nabs several major dredging contracts

    14 September 2021
    Business Developments & Projects

    Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) has announced the receipt of several major dredging awards totaling $261.3 million. The awarded work includes: Corpus Christi Upper Bay Reach Channel Improvement Project (Capital, Texas, $139 million); Fire Island Inlet to Montauk Point Phase 1 Beach Project (Coastal Protection, New York, $47.5 million); Thimble Shoal East Deepening Project (Capital, […]

  • Port of Rotterdam cuts CO2 emissions by 27 Pct

    9 April 2021
    Environment, Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics, Transition

    The Port of Rotterdam, Europe’s top trading hub, has reduced its total carbon emissions by 27 % over the past four years (2016-2020), the port authority said. Just last year, the port saw its carbon emissions drop by 12 %, compared to 8 percent in the Netherlands as a whole. “As a result of this […]

  • BW Offshore hands over FPSO ownership and operation helm to Mexican giant – gallery

    25 July 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Pemex has taken over the ownership and operation of the FPSO operating on the second largest offshore oil complex in Mexico from BW Offshore.

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • IHI partners with StarFire Energy and ANGEL NAVI to further its carbon solutions endeavours

    13 December 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Technology

    Japan’s IHI corporation, a heavy-industry manufacturer, has made a step forward in cultivating carbon solutions by investing in Starfire Energy, an American carbon-free ammonia technology developer, and partnering up with ANGEL NAVI, a Japanese investment support firm. According to IHI, its main focus is developing hydrogen and ammonia usage technologies and building related supply chains, […]

  • Three die in Azeri platform incident

    24 October 2014

    Three workers were killed and one is still missing after a fire broke out on a Socar-run platform, in the Caspian Sea, offshore Azerbaijan.