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  • 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.

  • Five Seafarers Kidnapped off Nigeria

    27 November 2015

    Five crew members, including the captain, of a Polish cargo ship have been kidnapped by pirates off the coast of Nigeria, according to Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski. “The rest of the crew, 11 people, are still on the ship and they are safe… The ship suffered some damages,” Waszczykowski is quoted as saying at a press […]

  • IMB: Piracy against Ships Drops to 22-Year Low in 2017

    10 January 2018

    A total of 180 incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships were reported to IMB in 2017.

  • Ship sinks in Antwerp port, one dead

    16 August 2006

    A small container ship sank on Thursday while being loaded in Antwerp harbour, killing the captain, a spokesman for the Antwerp fire brigade said. Divers were searching for a second person who was unaccounted for and three others workers had been found and were being treated for hypothermia, said Johan Van Olmen. One of the […]

  • Four rescued from burning vessel

    12 July 2006

    Three adults and a child were today recovering after they were rescued from a blazing motorcruiser on Upper Lough Erne in Co Fermanagh. The Coastguard was alerted to the emergency by police at about 8.20pm yesterday and an inshore lifeboat was tasked to the scene, near Carrybridge. The passengers were rescued from the vessel and […]

  • USA: Austal to Support Survivability Testing Program on LCS

    3 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    Austal Limited has been awarded an engineering services contract to support survivability testing on the U.S. Navy’s Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship. The U.S. Navy awarded Austal USA a USD 6,7 million contract modification for the fabrication and assembly of a live fire test module. The contract is in support of the U.S. Navy’s Independence-variant LCS […]

  • Rockets rock Statoil/BP gas plant in Algeria

    18 March 2016

    Norwegian oil and gas giant Statoil has informed that its gas facility in Algeria was attacked on Friday morning. The Norwegian firm, mostly known for its offshore operations, has said that its In Salah onshore gas facility was hit by “explosive munitions fired from a distance” at 6.00 local time. Reuters has learned that three or […]

  • Seoul ‘rescues’ N Korean vessel

    5 May 2009

    A South Korean navy warship has foiled a pirate attack on a North Korean cargo ship off Somalia’s coast, military officials in Seoul say. They say the South Korean destroyer sent a helicopter with snipers on board to drive away a pirate boat that was chasing the North Korean freighter. Seoul says the pirates sped […]

  • Linde Engineering North America names new head

    17 January 2017

    Linde Engineering North America (LENA), a Linde Group’s company, named Jason Cooper as president and CEO.

  • Monadelphous JV grabs Karratha gas plant job

    10 December 2015
    Project & Tenders

    Perth-based LNG engineering company Monadelphous on Wednesday informed its joint venture with Giovenco Industries has been awarded a services deal for the Karratha gas plant life extension program.

  • WTS Maintains Strong Position in China’s Maritime and Offshore Markets

    5 December 2013
    Business & Finance

    Wilhelmsen Technical Solutions (WTS) has maintained a strong position as a preferred supplier to China’s shipbuilding and asset operating community with a strong focus on innovation and total solutions delivery. China continues to be a territory of strategic importance for Wilhelmsen Technical Solutions and the company has been active during the last five years to […]

  • Industry bodies want better standards for dangerous goods transport, storage

    14 September 2021
    Safety

    The International Cargo Handling Coordination Association and the International Vessel Operators Dangerous Goods Association (IVODGA) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to tackle safety issues of dangerous goods, storage and transport.

  • Robert Allan to Design Two Fireboats for Port of Long Beach (USA)

    2 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    Robert Allan Ltd. announced that it was selected to be the Owner’s Naval Architect for the design and construction of two new fireboats for the Port of Long Beach. Custom designed for service in this critical and vital US port, these next-generation, high-performance fireboats will be operated by the Long Beach Fire Department and will […]

  • New Rules for Offshore Service Vessels

    28 December 2009

    The technical evolution of offshore support vessels (OSV) has initiated Germanischer Lloyd (GL) to publish new rules for ships intended for offshore support and supply, offshore towing, well stimulation, and other specialized offshore services. On 1 January 2010, new Rules for Hull Structures of Offshore Service Vessels will come into force. These rules apply to […]

  • Vantage reactivating rig for ‘fourth major project’ in 2022

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

    A drillship managed by Vantage Drilling and owned by Aquadrill Offshore is being reactivated for its new job in India.

  • USMRC trained LNG-powered Harvey Energy’s personnel

    3 April 2015
    Vessels

    The United States Maritime Resource Center said that its training partner, Harvey Gulf International Marine, recently launched the OSV Harvey Energy, the first LNG-fueled vessel to enter service in North America.

  • LNG Imports to Increase (UAE)

    2 August 2010

    Maximising oil exports from the GCC will hinge on the region importing more gas, the Scottish consultancy Wood Mackenzie says. Wood Mackenzie has belatedly realised what makes Gulf residents hot and bothered: a lack of gas to power air conditioners and electric fans. Calling the situation “ironic” in a region with the world’s biggest concentration […]

  • One Dead, Six Missing After Two Cargo Ships Sink off Philippines

    18 January 2017

    One crewman died and six have been reported as missing following the sinking of two cargo vessels off the Philippines on Tuesday, January 17, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reports. The first vessel, M/V Virgina 1, was en route to Roxas, Palawan from Delpan Pier, Binondo, Manila with eleven crew onboard, when it sank after catching fire in […]

  • The Trials and Tribulations of Norwegian Epic and Other New-Builds

    23 June 2010

    Building a new cruise ship is hard work, and no one understands the struggle quite like Norwegian Cruise Line. In its quest to launch the 153,000-ton, 4,100-passenger Norwegian Epic, NCL has endured a series of setbacks — from shipyard fires to unflattering jokes about Epic’s appearance — and with the ship’s official debut only days […]

  • Alewijnse Marine Systems starts refits of two technologically advanced patrol vessels of Port of Rotterdam

    23 June 2009

    Alewijnse Marine Systems recently received a double order by De Haas Yards in Maassluis, the Netherlands, for a complete refit of two patrol vessels for Port of Rotterdam. For both the RPA 14 and the seagoing patrol vessel RPA 15 most elements of the electrical installation will be renewed, including the automation of the fire […]

  • Oil tanker fights off pirates

    6 April 2005

    The crew of a Japanese oil tanker have used powerful fire hoses tofend off an attack by pirates in the Singapore Strait. The International Maritime Bureau said pirates in seven fishing boats accosted the east-boundtanker near Indonesia’s Karimun Islands on Tuesday afternoon — the third attack on a Japanesevessel in three weeks in the busy […]

  • Somali pirates seize Greek-owned ship, release another

    17 January 2011

    Somali pirates hijacked a Greek-owned bulk carrier about 500 miles south west of Oman and released another Greek-owned vessel held since July, the European Union’s anti-piracy taskforce said on Monday. “MV Eagle was attacked and pirated by a single skiff with pirates firing small arms and a rocket propelled grenade before boarding the vessel,” EU […]

  • Nigeria: Total to Start Production from Usan Field in 2012

    2 May 2011

    With oil reserves equivalent to over 30 billion barrels, Nigeria is OPEC’s fourth biggest oil producer. A fraction of those reserves is now to be extracted in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, 100 kilometers away from Nigeria’s coastline. Unusually, the oil field has no pipeline. Instead, a ship will be used to produce the […]

  • Technip Energies secures ‘large’ equipment supply deal for INEOS’ Project ONE

    4 October 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    French engineering company Technip Energies has secured a contract with chemical company INEOS for the proprietary equipment supply for INEOS Olefins Belgium NV’s Project ONE in Antwerp. Project ONE aims to build an ethane cracker in the Port of Antwerp with a nameplate capacity of 1450 kilotons of ethylene per year. Technip Energies has previously […]