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  • Ardent, Ardentia Marine to Remove Oil from Oleg Naydenov

    15 June 2015
    Business & Finance

    Ardent, the recent merger of Titan and Svitzer Salvage, and Spanish-based salvage company Ardentia Marine, have been awarded the contract to remove oil from the sunken fishing trawler “Oleg Naydenov” off the coast of Gran Canarias, Spain. On the 11th of April, the vessel sustained a fire that quickly got out of control. Fortunately all crew […]

  • Nigerian Navy Thwarts Pirate Attack in Lagos

    14 April 2015

    Nigerian navy thwarted a pirate attack in Lagos over the weekend targeting a product tanker loaded with petroleum bound for Nigeria. A group of ten men in two speed boats followed the tanker and managed to board the ship identified as MT Imas. The crew managed to send request for assistance before being overpowered by the pirate gang. A […]

  • Austrian explosion hits European gas markets

    12 December 2017

    An explosion on Tuesday morning at the major European gas hub at Baumgarten in Austria killed one person and injured 18 others, causing a surge in Austrian, Italian and the UK gas prices. Italy has also reportedly declared a state of emergency due to a lack of gas supplies. The Baumgarten plant was shut down in […]

  • BSEE Sets Up Panel to Investigate Well Control Incident in U.S. GoM

    30 July 2013

    BSEE Gulf of Mexico Regional Director Lars Herbst has stood up a Panel Investigation into the loss of well control event that took place July 23 at South Timbalier Block 220 Well A-3, approximately 55 miles offshore Louisiana. The investigation led by BSEE will focus on determining the cause(s) of the loss of well control […]

  • Esnaad takes its first PSV from Shipyard De Hoop

    24 July 2015
    Project & Tenders

    Dutch Shipyard De Hoop has delivered first in a series of ten platform supply vessels (PSVs) to Esnaad, the operating company of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC).  The contract for these ten PSVs was awarded in 2013. Whilst the complete production of the vessels is equally split between the two facilities in Lobith and Foxhol, […]

  • 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 […]

  • DNG Energy welcomes South Africa’s 1st LNG consignment

    18 November 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    South African LNG infrastructure provider DNG Energy has received South Africa’s first-ever consignment of LNG from Rotterdam, marking a milestone for South Africa‘s energy market.

  • Japanese space startup developing LNG-powered rocket

    27 May 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Innovation

    Japanese private company Interstellar Technologies is working on a liquefied natural gas-powered orbital rocket as it is looking for ways to lower costs of reaching space. The small startup will use LNG for the main engine on its micro satellite launcher named Zero, currently under development. The company aims to use the launcher to transport […]

  • New Zealand: Steel Removal from Rena Wreck Continues

    28 September 2012
    Business & Finance

    Steel removal from the Rena wreck continues with daily helicopter operations using McDermott Aviation Bell 214 heavy lift helicopter. The total steel weight landed ashore is now more than 650 tonnes. Salvage (Resolve Salvage & Fire) The Salvage Master for Resolve Salvage and Fire, Francis Leckey, said that positive helicopter progress now allows Resolve to […]

  • USA: Steel Cutting Ceremony for Two Tidewater PSVs

    27 September 2011
    Business & Finance

    Fincantieri Marine Group (FMG) announced that its’ Bay Shipbuilding Company started steel cutting on two (2) 92.4 meter (303’) Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs) of the MMC 887 LH PSV Design from MMC Ship Design of Poland for New Orleans, La.-based Tidewater Marine, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tidewater Inc. The “Deepwater” Platform Supply Vessels are […]

  • Statoil to get rid of emergency response vessel at Snorre A

    29 June 2017

    Norwegian oil company Statoil has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to remove the emergency response vessel at Snorre A platform, offshore Norway.  The Snorre field lies in the Tampen area in the northern sector of the North Sea. The field has been developed using two facilities, Snorre A, in the south of […]

  • Saacke tech ordered for Petronas’ second FLNG

    13 January 2015
    Equipment, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Saacke Marine Systems received an initial order from Japan-based JGC Corporation in June 2014 to deliver a complete high-temperature water boiler system for Petronas’ second floating liquefied natural gas facility.

  • Highlights of the Month: February, 2014

    3 March 2014

    Marubeni and Technip to Build Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm Mainstream Renewable Power has appointed Marubeni and Technip Offshore Wind Limited (working in consortium) as the preferred supplier of balance of plant EPCI (Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation) services for the Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm. First OW Jack-Up Vessel Built in Germany […]

  • Estonia: Officials Present Plan for Reconstruction of Sviby Port

    23 November 2012

    Aktsiaselts Saarte Liinidthe has invited bidders to submit their offers for the reconstruction of the Sviby Port Vormsi, the Western Region area. These works include: – Berth No. 1, bank ramp reconstruction; – Reconstruction of the embankment; – Dockside area with the expansion of the bank; – Sea protection and fire wall construction. The deadline […]

  • Vroon Offshore Services orders DPII Diving Support Vessel at ABG Shipyard

    22 June 2006

    We are pleased to announce that Vroon Offshore Services has ordered a DP II Diving Support Vessel at the ABG yard in India for delivery in 2nd quarter of 2008. The new vessel will be fully outfitted for Diving, ROV and Deepwater construction operation. The vessel is equipped with a dynamic positioning system, 4 point […]

  • Russian coast guard detains South Korean fishing boat with 31 aboard

    14 September 2006

    Russia’s coast guard detained a South Korean fishing trawler with 31 people aboard after firing warning shots Thursday, alleging that it was poaching in Russian waters, news agencies reported. The trawler was one of four that were sighted in Russia’s economic zone near Russian-held islands northeast of Japan and scattered when a coast guard boat […]

  • PSA Norway Audits Total Norge’s Martin Linge FSO Management

    30 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    On 23 and 24 April 2014, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway carried out an audit of Total E&P Norge AS and the modification project for Martin Linge FSO. The objective of the audit was to monitor that Total, in partnership with the owner KNOT FSO 1 AS and engineering contractors, was complying with the barrier […]

  • Wartsila wins LNG power plant deal in El Salvador

    16 October 2015
    Project & Tenders

    Wärtsilä has been contracted to supply a Flexicycle power plant to Energía del Pacífico in Acajutla, El Salvador.

  • Titan LNG to supply LNG to Tank Service Pernis

    29 January 2015
    Project & Tenders

    Titan LNG said it has signed an LNG supply contract with Tank Service Pernis starting February 2015.

  • ‘Foul play’ among suspected reasons behind oil tanker–cargo ship North Sea collision

    10 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    After two ships caught fire in the wake of a collision between a U.S.-flagged oil tanker and a Portuguese container ship, which occurred in the North Sea, north of England, U.S. officials have reportedly been unable to rule out ‘foul play,’ as a potential cause for the crash that set these vessels ablaze.

  • UGL, Cape secure Woodside contract

    30 October 2015
    Project & Tenders

    A joint venture between UGL and Cape has secured a two year contract with LNG player Woodside in Western Australia. The 50/50 JV won the contract to provide services on the Woodside-operated Karratha gas plant. The value of the contract was not dislcosed. The scope of work includes planning and execution of access, fire protection application, blasting and […]

  • Statoil awards $323M emergency response contracts to four vessels

    13 February 2017
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian oil major Statoil has awarded contracts for four emergency response and rescue vessels (ERRVs) worth NOK 2.7 billion ($323 million), including options. Statoil said on Monday that the contracts would run for seven years, with five one-year extension options. The vessels will act as a part of an area-wide emergency response fleet on the […]

  • Poland could reach climate neutrality by 2056

    21 August 2020
    Environment, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Transition

    The Polish Economic Institute (PEI) said on Wednesday that Poland, which is the only European Union country that has not pledged to be carbon neutral by 2050, could reach that goal by 2056.

  • MHI sets terms of its 1st green bond

    17 November 2020
    Business & Finance, Environment, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Transition

    Japanese engineering major Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is set to issue a $239 million (JPY 25 billion) green bond on November 24 as it aims to raise funds to support the decarbonization challenge. MHI revealed its green bond issuance plans at the end of October saying the funds raised would target investments in existing or […]

  • Greenpeace Activists Board Gazprom’s Oil Rig. Two Arrested

    18 September 2013

    Two Greenpeace International activists have been arrested after climbing the Gazprom oil rig Prirazlomnaya, in the remote Pechora sea, in the Russian Arctic, during a peaceful protest that has prompted “a disproportionate use of force by the Russian Coast Guard,” Greenpeace has announced. There are now no climbers remaining on the platform, but the Greenpeace International icebreaker Arctic […]