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  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Allianz: Shipping reports lowest losses, but decarbonization poses an uphill battle

    31 May 2023
    Green Marine, Transition, Vessels

    The shipping industry reported the lowest number of large ships lost in a year, according to Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE’s Safety & Shipping Review 2023. In 2022, there were 38 total losses of vessels worldwide, a significant decrease of more than a third compared to the previous year. The South China Sea region […]

  • Crew Kidnappings Reach Decade High in 2016

    10 January 2017

    More crew were kidnapped at sea in 2016 than in any of the previous 10 years, despite global piracy reaching its lowest levels since 1998, according to the ICC International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB) annual piracy report. In its 2016 report, IMB recorded 191 incidents of piracy and armed robbery on the world’s seas. “The continued […]

  • 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 […]

  • Most popular articles of the week August 11 – 17, 2014

    17 August 2014

    Fire on platform, FPSO sailaway, Unions take aim at oil giant, Green light for Canary drilling, Virtual tour of PSV, Murchison scrapping imminent,

  • Two New Fireboats with Voith Propulsion Technology for Port of Long Beach

    12 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    Voith will provide Voith Schneider Propellers and turbo couplings for two fireboats designed by Robert Allan Ltd. for the Port of Long Beach, USA. With a water pumping capacity of more than 40,000 gallons per minute they will be among the world’s most powerful fireboats. The numbers are impressive: With a total of ten monitors, […]

  • 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, […]

  • FSRU for Asia’s gas-to-power project comes into operation

    8 April 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has kicked off commercial operations for a FSRU to provide LNG to a power plant in West Java, Indonesia.

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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. 

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

    8 December 2013

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

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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. […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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.