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  • VTT to explore use of bio- and waste-based oils for ships, power plants

    8 April 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Transition, Vessels

    VTT, partners will assess how suitable fuel oils made from biomass and waste plastics are for ship diesel engines.

  • ABS Releases Two New Guides for Boxship Sector

    5 September 2016
    Business & Finance

    Classification society American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has published two new tools focused on assisting the container ship sector with pressing operational challenges. The two tools are expected to contribute to safety for the sector and include the Guide for Certification of Container Securing Systems (Container Securing Guide) along with its companion software, and the […]

  • USA: Avalon’s Major Beach Fill Project Nears End

    24 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    Avalon’s major beach fill project is expected to con­clude some­time dur­ing the upcom­ing week­end of Jan­u­ary 26th-27th. Dur­ing a progress meet­ing held in Avalon on Wednes­day, Jan­u­ary 23rd the con­trac­tor for the project announced that the actual pump­ing of sand could wrap up dur­ing the upcom­ing week­end. The work is being done by Nor­folk Dredg­ing […]

  • Update: Burning Norman Atlantic Evacuated, Death Count Rises

    30 December 2014

    Italian and Greek rescue crews on Monday completed the air evacuation of 427 people from the Italian-flagged Norman Atlantic, a roro/passenger ferry that caught fire off the coast of Greece in the early hours of Sunday. 10 people died in the accident, with the number of missing still to be determined, Italy’s Ministry of Transport said in a […]

  • Offshore rig burning in Alaska (VIDEO)

    3 October 2014

    The U.S. Coast Guard launched several assets in response to a report of a fire on board a natural gas drill platform in Cook Inlet Thursday. The Coast Guard diverted a Coast Guard Hercules HC-130 crew and an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew to conduct an overflight of the Baker Platform in Cook Inlet, near Nikiski. […]

  • IEA: Coal Demand to Remain Flat to 2022

    20 December 2017

    Calm seas seem to be ahead for coal carrier owners in the next five years amid flat global demand for coal.

  • Meeting on Cox Creek Expansion Set for Next Week

    6 March 2015
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    The Maryland Port Administration will be holding a public information meeting for the proposed expansion of the Cox Creek Dredge Material Containment Facility on March 10th 2015. Expansion at the Cox Creek Dredged Material Containment Facility is needed as the Port of Baltimore prepares to receive larger container vessels. The existing area has a capacity of […]

  • Bard Offshore 1 Wind Farm Remains Out of Operation

    23 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Storage

    Bard Offshore 1, a 400 MW German offshore wind farm, will not be operational until further notice, informs the Spiegel. At the beginning of the year, there were frequent technical problems with the converter substation. In late March, a smoldering fire occurred on the substation and caused preliminary failure of the system. Recommissioning was planned […]

  • Pirates Prevented from Boarding Boxship in Gulf of Aden

    18 May 2016

    A number of pirates were repelled from boarding a container ship as they approached the vessel in five skiffs while it was underway in the Gulf of Aden, according to data released from IMB Piracy Reporting Centre. Namely, the pirates were interrupted in their intent when a security team from Solace Global, which was protecting the boxship, fired warning shots […]

  • New CEO for Afren. Shares jump

    7 April 2015

    Afren plc, a London-listed independent oil and gas company with assets in Africa, will soon name a new CEO. The announcement caused the company’s shares to jump seven percent today. In a London Stock Exchange filing today, the company confirmed media reports that Roc Oil’s Alan Linn is proposed to be appointed as the new CEO of […]

  • Canada to Invest $68.2M in Newfoundland Harbors

    26 July 2016
    Business & Finance

    The Government of Canada is investing $68.2 million this year in small craft harbor improvement projects across Newfoundland and Labrador. According to Dominic LeBlanc, the minister who made the announcement, the $68.2 million will be invested in sixteen harbors throughout eastern Newfoundland and the Bay de Verde Peninsula. Five of these harbors will see their investment […]

  • BP strikes LNG supply accord with China Huadian

    22 October 2015
    Project & Tenders

    BP and China Huadian Corporation signed a sale and purchase agreement for up to 1 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas per year worth up to $10 billion over the next 20 years.

  • Another SOCAR Worker Dies in Platform Accident

    7 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    One worker died and another is missing after an offshore unit of Azerbaijan’s State Oil Company (SOCAR) collapsed in the Caspian Sea off Azerbaijan on November 6th, the company said in a release. Five workers were dispatched on scene to the Unit No.307 to shut down gas supply battery and prevent a fire or oil leakage into the […]

  • EWC Plans East Java LNG Import Terminal (Indonesia)

    7 October 2011

    Australian independent Energy World (EWC) said today it plans to build a 3mn t/yr LNG import terminal and associated regasification and marine facilities in East Java, Indonesia. EWC has signed an initial agreement with the East Java provincial government, which will assist the firm with land provision, licencing and other approvals needed for development of […]

  • India: Greatship Adds New Addition to Its AHTS Fleet

    6 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    Greatship (India) Limited (GIL), a subsidiary of The Great Eastern Shipping Company Limited has taken delivery of GREATSHIP VIDYA, a 150T Anchor Handling Tug cum Supply Vessel, from Drydocks World-Singapore Pte. Ltd., Singapore. Greatship Vidya is a Class II DP vessel equipped with Fire Fighting Capability and has been built complying with the new SPS […]

  • No charges against border guards in fatal Japan ship incident

    28 August 2006

    No criminal case will be opened against Russian border guards who detained a Japanese vessel in a fatal incident almost two weeks ago, the chief military prosecutor’s office said Monday. A row broke out August 16 between Moscow and Tokyo after the border guards shot dead a Japanese crewmember on the vessel near the Kuril […]

  • 3rd body found after NZ vessel sinking

    13 May 2006

    New Zealand Rescue Coordination Center said Sunday a third body was recovered in the morning, following the sinking of a fishing vessel off Stewart Island, near South Island of the country. The vessel, Kotuku, capsized and broke apart about Saturday afternoon, tipping nine people into the icy waters of Foveaux Strait. Three men were rescued […]

  • Picture of the Day: ‘Augustus Gloop’ at Work

    8 January 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The Cotswold Canals Trust Dredger ‘Augustus Gloop’ was craned into the canal near Hope Mills at Brimscombe in December 2014 and immediately started some silt removal trials. The vintage German built machine has been part of the CCT maintenance fleet since it was purchased back in the 1970s. It has undergone a number of refits […]

  • Norway: PSA Executes Audit of Engineering of Valemon Jacket

    30 December 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    On 7 and 8 December 2011, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of Statoil in connection with the engineering of load-bearing structures on Valemon’s jacket. Objective The objective was, through spot checks, to ensure the engineering of the load-bearing structures is taking place pursuant to the applicable regulatory framework. Results No […]

  • 50 million euro orders for technology in 3 German cruise ships

    29 August 2006

    Imtech (technical services provider in Europe) has announced that it has received orders worth over 50 million euro for a variety of technological solutions in three cruise ships to be built in Germany. In the market of cruise ship construction there is a growing demand for ever bigger and more luxurious cruise ships. Imtech holds […]

  • IMB: West African Waters World’s Worst for Pirate Attacks

    9 July 2019

    Of the 75 seafarers taken hostage worldwide so far this year, 62 were captured in the Gulf of Guinea.

  • GE Supplies Gas Turbine Generators for Batam Power Plant in Indonesia

    1 March 2013

    GE has supplied two Frame 6B 3-series gas turbine-generators for the UBE Batam Power Plant, which will help to reduce power generation costs and support future economic growth for Batam, an industrial island south of Singapore. Owned by PT Medco Power Indonesia through its subsidiary, the new gas-fired facility will increase the island’s electricity supply […]

  • TotalEnergies, Petronas, and QatarEnergy set their cap on hydrocarbon exploration off Guyana

    25 November 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    Three energy giants – France’s TotalEnergies, Qatar’s state-owned QatarEnergy, and Malaysia’s Petronas – are joining forces to explore the hydrocarbon potential of an offshore block in Guyanese waters.

  • China recruits 500 fishing ships to fight Dalian slick

    20 July 2010

    China has recruited a flotilla of 500 fishing boats to help clean up an oil slick that shut one of its biggest ports, Dalian, disrupting refinery operations and diverting cargoes elsewhere, but officials said the port would not return to normal until the end of the week. A pipeline explosion and fire hit the Xingang […]

  • MOL inks FSRU deal for Indonesian LNG-to-power project

    7 December 2018
    Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) signed deals for the construction of a floating storage and regasification unit, FSRU services, and financing for the Jawa 1 gas-fired project in Indonesia.