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  • AIS Opens New GBP 2.5 Mln Survival Training Centre

    16 July 2014
    Human Capital

    AIS Training’s brand new £2.5m state-of-the-art offshore survival training centre has opened its doors for business on North Tyneside. The new 20,000 sq ft centre is located beside its existing 120,000 sq ft training village in North Shields, comprising of 11 bespoke centres. Approved by industry bodies including OPITO (Offshore Petroleum Industry Training Organisation), the Global Wind […]

  • Japanese fishermen are released

    30 August 2006

    Two Japanese fisherman have been released from Russian custody, after being detained for allegedly fishing in disputed waters. Their boat was discovered earlier this month around islands that both nations claim are part of their territory. Russian guards opened fire, killing one man. The other three crew members were detained on the island of Kunashir, […]

  • GOP Discusses Proposed ‘STOLT VALOR’ Passage to Bahrain

    5 June 2012
    Business & Finance

      Bahrain’s General Organisation of Sea Ports (GOP), chaired a meeting at the GOP’s offices, to discuss the proposed passage plan of the vessel ‘STOLT VALOR’ to Bahrain, a Liberian chemical tanker that caught fire in the early hours of 15th March, 2012. The main item under discussion was the option of permitting the vessel […]

  • AIS Opens New GBP 2.5 Mln Survival Training Centre

    16 July 2014
    Human Capital

    AIS Training’s brand new £2.5m state-of-the-art offshore survival training centre has opened its doors for business on North Tyneside. The new 20,000 sq ft centre is located beside its existing 120,000 sq ft training village in North Shields, comprising of 11 bespoke centres. Approved by industry bodies including OPITO (Offshore Petroleum Industry Training Organisation), the Global Wind […]

  • Carnival cruise ship limps back to US

    12 November 2010

    The cruise ship ‘Carnival Splendor’, which lost power after experiencing an engine room fire, is currently being towed via tugs to San Diego. The ship is expected to arrive today, said the company in a statement. As the ship gets closer to coastal areas, guests are now beginning to receive intermittent cellular service. Additionally, the […]

  • Lundin recommences production on Thistle on 12 January

    15 January 2008

    Production was suspended following a fire in one of the Thistle Alpha installation’s three power generation turbine enclosures on the 25th November 2007. Lundin Britain Limited (Lundin), a wholly owned subsidiary of Lundin Petroleum, holds a 99 percent interest in the Thistle field. Petrofac Facilities Management (Petrofac) has, since May 2005, been the Duty Holder […]

  • NGO calls for more action to mitigate oil spill risk before production restart of pipeline connected to platform trio off California

    3 October 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Regulation & Policy

    Santa Barbara-based nonprofit Environmental Defense Center (EDC) has urged the government to postpone the restart of a pipeline in California that caused an oil spill nine years ago until the state provides access to all relevant documentation, conducts an environmental review, and enables public engagement to allow greater transparency into the plans made by Sable Offshore, a Texas-based oil company, to bring the pipeline back online and transport hydrocarbons produced at three offshore platforms linked to it.

  • Prysmian drops plan to build $200 million subsea cable factory in Massachusetts

    24 January 2025
    Business & Finance

    Prysmian has informed local authorities in Somerset, Massachusetts, about the company’s decision not to move forward with the factory for offshore wind power cables that was planned to be built at Brayton Point on a site that previously housed a coal-fired power plant which was shut down in 2017. According to Prysmian, its entire multi-billion-euro […]

  • Antwerp Port: Construction of New Port House Launched (Belgium)

    11 September 2012
    Business & Finance

    The leading British architect Zaha Hadid gave the official order to begin construction work on Port House, the new headquarters for Antwerp Port Authority on the Kattendijk dock. The order was given in the presence of the Flemish ministers Hilde Crevits and Geert Bourgeois, port alderman Marc Van Peel and Port Authority CEO Eddy Bruyninckx. […]

  • Nord Stream 2 Preps for Pipelay Works in Germany

    15 May 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Nord Stream 2 AG has started the offshore preparatory works for the subsequent pipelaying in the Bay of Greifswald. Five dredgers are now working on the trench for the two pipeline strings. “We ask all users of the Bay of Greifswald to inform themselves in advance via the official notice to mariners in the interest […]

  • USA: Harbor Guard Receives Order for Dive Rescue Boat

    27 April 2011

    Medina International Holdings, Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiary, Harbor Guard Boats, Inc. received an order for a Defender 21 dive rescue boat from Bartow County Fire Department, Georgia. “We are pleased to introduce our new Defender 21 model,” commented Mr. Tim Spooner, VP of Sales, Harbor Guard Boats, Inc. Mr. Spooner stated that, “This […]

  • BC Ferries’ Vessel Gears Up for Conversion to Dual-Fuel

    7 September 2016
    Business & Finance

    Canadian ferry operator BC Ferries said that its vessel Spirit of British Columbia would be temporarily removed from service, starting from today, as the vessel is scheduled to undergo engineering and maintenance work. The vessel is scheduled to undergo sea trials on September 10 and 11 in Saanich Inlet in order to complete various vessel performance tests and to verify the operational profile […]

  • 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 […]

  • Leiv Eiriksson Rig Needs Improvements to Reach AoC, PSA Says

    26 March 2013

    During 25 – 26 February 2013 the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of Ocean Rig on board Leiv Eiriksson semi-submerisble drilling rig. Objective The objective of the audit activity was to follow up that the company, prior to starting new activity on the Norwegian shelf, safeguards the regulatory requirements related to the […]

  • East Asian spot LNG prices on a steep incline towards winter

    16 September 2014

    East Asian spot LNG prices climbed sharply between late August and mid-September amid growing global competition for FOB (free on board) volumes and a deteriorating outlook for alternatives to gas-fired generation in Japan, according to the ICIS East Asia Index (EAX). The October ’14 EAX contract closed at $13.381/MMBtu on 15 September, marking a $1.781/MMBtu […]

  • Offshore watchdog finds safety flaws on Equinor’s Troll C platform

    21 December 2018

    Norwegian offshore safety watchdog has found a number of non-conformities and improvement points during an audit of Equinor’s Troll C platform offshore Norway. 

  • Maersk rig riddled with non-conformities after long lay-up period

    9 November 2018
    Exploration & Production

    Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority has conducted an audit of the Maersk Drilling-owned Maersk Reacher jack-up rig and found a number of non-conformities and improvement points. 

  • Jaya Charters Its Newbuild PSVs

    6 June 2013

    Leading offshore energy services provider, Jaya Holdings Limited has signed contracts for three of its four new build platform supply vessels (PSVs) well ahead of their delivery dates from the shipyard. The total value of these three contracts is more than US$60 million, including optional extension periods. Jaya’s first high specification PSV “Jaya Valour” will […]

  • Top News of The Week, December 2 – 7, 2013

    8 December 2013

    Top News of The Week, December 2 – 7, 2013

  • Nevsky Shipyard Lays Keel of Fourth MPSV07 Project Salvage Vessel

    25 April 2013

    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 […]

  • Colombo Dockyard Gives a Makeover to Lauren L

    21 February 2014

    Titan Fleet Management from France, a specialist yacht management company, returned to Colombo Dockyard with Lauren L for her routine repair. This 90-meter LOA luxury super yacht called in for repairs on the 14th of January 2014. Lauren L is an impressively spacious and exceptionally serviced super yacht built in 2002 by German company Cassens-Werft. […]

  • CTCI scores $647 million Taichung LNG terminal contract

    11 September 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Taiwan’s CTCI Corporation has won an engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning contract to build a regasification facility as part of Taipower’s Taichung power plant. The deal has a price tag of about $19 billion Taiwan dollars (US$647 million), CTCI said in a statement. This is Taiwan’s first LNG receiving and regasification facility not owned by […]

  • Wartsila starts work on El Salvador LNG power plant

    8 January 2019

    Finnish technology group Wärtsilä said Tuesday it recently started site work for a new 378 megawatt power plant in El Salvador to be fired by liquefied natural gas (LNG). This facility, ordered by Energía del Pacífico, is being supplied by Wärtsilä on an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract won back in 2015. The power plant will be […]

  • Frigate Neukrotimy Sank in Baltic Sea

    7 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    Being written-off from Baltic Fleet (BF) three years ago due to worn-out condition, frigate Neukrotimy sank on Nov 3. After decommission, the ship was reclassified down to “military property” category and moored at naval harbor of Baltiysk, Kaliningrad region. The frigate was put up for sale. Neukrotimy sank because of “leakage in the hull due […]

  • Second FSV handed over to SEACOR Marine

    14 April 2016

    Incat Crowther has announced the delivery of Najla McCall, the second vessel in SEACOR Marine’s Express Plus class of Fast Support Vessels (FSV). Najla McCall is a sister ship to the Alya McCall, launched in November last year. According to Incat Crowther, the Najla McCall has seating capacity for 100 personnel and achieved an operational […]