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  • Russian dock workers win in European Court of Human Rights

    20 August 2009

    The European Court of Human Rights has decided that the Russian state must pay EUR 2,500 per person to 32 dock workers in Kaliningrad. The case came before the court because Kaliningrad Sea Commercial Port had been accused of discrimination by the Russian Dock Workers’ Union’s local branch in Kaliningrad. The union members in question […]

  • Japan expands anti-piracy mission

    22 June 2009

    Japan’s parliament has passed a law allowing its navy wider powers to fight piracy off the coast of Somalia. The new law allows Japanese warships to protect all commercial vessels in the area and to fire at pirate vessels, but not at pirates themselves. Japan has sent two destroyers and two surveillance planes to join […]

  • EWC Nearing Completion of Its LNG Hub in Philippines

    9 June 2014

    Energy World Corp expects its nearly $1 billion LNG hub and power plant in the Philippines to be running by early 2015, Reuters reports. This would be a welcomed news for major LNG producers which have not secured long-term supply contracts in Japan and South Korea. Reuters also reports that two other LNG import storage […]

  • Origin: Mortlake Gas Power Station Completed (Australia)

    21 August 2012

    Origin Energy announced that the second unit at its Mortlake Power Station in Victoria has completed final commissioning, signalling the formal completion of the 550 MW development. Mortlake is the largest gas-fired power station in Victoria and represents an investment of $810 million by Origin, including the associated pipeline. It is a peaking power station […]

  • Nanyang Launches New Ulstein Designed Offshore Heavy Lift Vessel (China)

    5 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    On 28 May 2012, NPCC’s new offshore heavy lift vessel of the DLS 4200 design from ULSTEIN was launched at the Nanyang shipyard in China, to be completed by ZPMC Shanghai Heavy Industry. The vessel is a double joint pipelay vessel designed by Ulstein Sea of Solutions and will be equipped with an AmClyde Model […]

  • Ulstein Design Offshore Heavy Lift Vessel Launched in China

    5 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    On 28 May 2012, NPCC’s new offshore heavy lift vessel of the DLS 4200 design from ULSTEIN was launched at the Nanyang shipyard in China, to be completed by ZPMC Shanghai Heavy Industry. The vessel is a double joint pipelay vessel designed by Ulstein Sea of Solutions and will be equipped with an AmClyde Model […]

  • Ottawa sinks repairs on killer submarine

    29 April 2006

    Canada’s troubled submarine fleet has suffered another setback with the announcement that Ottawa won’t repair fire-ravaged HMCS Chicoutimi until 2010, leaving the navy short one boat and raising concerns it may never see active service. The department said putting off the extensive repairs to Chicoutimi for another four years will save millions of dollars that […]

  • SHI receives award for building large passenger ship

    18 July 2006

    Samsung Heavy Industries(SHI) received the Chang Young Sil IR52 Award for building a large passenger ship on July 19. This ship was highly praised for applying the integrated fire safety system for the first time in the world. The passenger ship will run through the Dover Strait between the UK and France. It is a […]

  • Somali ‘pirates’ released after US backs down

    30 April 2006

    A group of alleged Somali pirates captured by the US Navy in March have been freed and returned home to Somalia after the United States declined to prosecute them, a US official said on Tuesday. Ten of 12 suspected pirates detained on March 18 after firing on US warships in the Indian Ocean off the […]

  • Shanghai Waigaoqiao outpaces yearly production goals with ONE Readiness delivery

    7 November 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine

    In a double feat for Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, the shipyard celebrated the delivery and naming of Seaspan Corporation’s two 7,000 TEU container ships. The first ship in the 7,000 TEU series, named ONE Readiness, was officially delivered at a ceremony held on November 6 at the yard, while […]

  • DNV rolls out new class notations for hydrogen vessels, onboard carbon capture

    9 July 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Certification & Classification, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Classification society DNV has introduced two new class notations for hydrogen-fueled newbuilds and carbon capture and storage onboard ships.

  • LNG as double engine for change: coal phaseout in Asia, net-zero gains worldwide

    16 June 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    Liquefied natural gas (LNG) can play a key role in speeding up Asia’s transfer from coal to more renewable sources in power generation and help the region–and consequently, the world–meet its decarbonization objectives, a new study by S&P Global Commodity Insights (SPGCI) has found.

  • Svitzer tugs to service FGEN LNG’s LNG import terminal

    15 July 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Infrastructure, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    Svitzer, a Danish towage provider and Maersk subsidiary, has signed a ten-year time charter party with FGEN LNG, a subsidiary of First Gen, for the provision of towage and other vessel support services required by FGEN LNG’s interim offshore LNG terminal.

  • Rig Still Burning Offshore Nigeria. Chevron to Drill Relief Well

    24 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    Chevron Nigeria Ltd. (CNL) is finalizing plans to commence drilling a relief well to control the Funiwa Deep 1A well, a natural gas exploration well in shallow water offshore Nigeria. The fire is still burning at the well site. No rig structure can be seen above the water. Based on the condition of the well, […]

  • Port of Klaipėda moves into final phase of shore power rollout

    25 September 2025
    Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics, Transition

    Lithuania’s Port of Klaipėda is entering the final stages of its quay electrification project, with an onshore power station already installed at the Port Authority’s Fleet Base and ready for testing by year’s end. As informed, the power station—which will soon be connected to the grid for the trials—is set to provide electricity to the […]

  • Report: PMO Team to Try to Board Blazing Sanchi in Desperate Search for Survivors

    12 January 2018
    Business & Finance

    A surveillance team of Iran’s PMO will attempt today to board Sanchi and try to find potential survivors.

  • MHI Receives Order for GTCC Power Generation Systems for Spain

    11 September 2006

    Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has received an order for three sets of LNG-fired gas turbine combined-cycle (GTCC) power generation systems, 1,350 MW in total, for Morata Energia S.L. of Spain. Morata Energia is a special purpose company (SPC) established by Electrabel S.A. of Belgium. The GTCC power generation systems on order will be installed […]

  • US Navy engages Libyan vessels

    4 April 2011

    A US Navy P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft, US Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt attack aircraft and guided-missile destroyer USS ‘Barry’ (DDG-52), engaged the Libyan Coast Guard vessel ‘Vittoria’ and two smaller craft on March 28. The vessels were engaged after confirmed reports that ‘Vittoria’ and accompanying craft were firing indiscriminately at merchant vessels in the […]

  • Hong Kong rescuers hope to enter sunken ship

    25 March 2008

    Hong Kong rescuers were Tuesday reportedly preparing another attempt to reach 18 Ukrainian sailors believed trapped in their sunken ship, although hopes are slim there is anyone still alive. A senior fire officer said they had located an entrance near the deck of the tug boat after getting plans showing the layout of the vessel, […]

  • Oil tanker Shourabh’s fate to be decided tomorrow

    19 July 2006

    The fate of public oil tanker Banglar Shourabh, which caught fire last month at the outer anchorage of Chittagong port, is likely to be decided tomorrow whether it will be repaired or scrapped. State Minister for Shipping M Quamrul Islam is scheduled to visit Chittagong tomorrow to give the final decision about the wrecked tanker, […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]