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  • South Korea revises electric vessel code as part of green maritime push

    30 May 2025
    Authorities & Government, Rules & Regulation, Vessels

    South Korea’s Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF) has revised the standards for electric vessels in order to facilitate further construction and adoption of units fitted with various electric propulsion solutions. According to the Ministry, there are currently around 50 electric-powered units, including hybrid vessels, in operation in South Korea. The deployment of the ships […]

  • Germany secures more Norwegian gas, as Equinor and RWE pen five-year supply agreement

    30 October 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Equinor has inked a new supply agreement for natural gas with RWE, which is expected to aid in bolstering Germany’s energy security.

  • NY Coastal Protection Projects to Receive Federal Funding (USA)

    13 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced that four major New York coastal protection projects worth over $1 billion dollars will receive full federal funding, after a month long campaign led by Schumer. The Sandy relief bill that was signed into law required only that the feds pick up 65% of the project cost, but that […]

  • Norway: Bjorge to Split into Two Oil & Gas Service Companies

    20 September 2010
    Business & Finance

    Bjørge ASA will reorganize into two independent companies, with its process, fire and safety solutions divisions demerged into a separate company. The split will create two focused operations capitalizing on established market positions within the service sectors of the oil and gas industry. The two distinct companies will both pursue organic and structural growth strategies […]

  • LLOG, Murphy shut down Gulf of Mexico platforms after plant explosion

    29 June 2016

    Two oil and gas platforms in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico have reportedly been shut down as well as one gas pipeline following an explosion at an Enterprise Products Partners’ plant. Bloomberg reported that the fire at Enterprise’s natural gas processing facility in Pascagoula, Mississippi was extinguished around 5 p.m. local time on Tuesday. Enterprise said that there […]

  • Cargotec Secures Order for Siwertell Ship Unloaders from Morocco

    28 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    Cargotec has recently won a significant order for two Siwertell ship unloaders to handle coal at Jorf Lasfar, on Morocco’s Atlantic coast. The contract comes from the Jorf Lasfar Energy Company (JLEC) and includes repositioning two existing unloaders as well as installing the two new Siwertell units when they are delivered in 2013. The unloaders […]

  • Pirates Target Second Tanker off Nigeria in a Week

    8 April 2016

    A group of armed pirates tried to board a vessel some 80 nautical miles off the coast of Brass, Nigeria, resulting in a second unsuccessful hijacking attempt on tanker vessels in a week, according to reports from ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB). Seven pirates armed with automatic weapons in a wooden speed boat approached the drifting tanker which was waiting for cargo loading […]

  • Falck Invests GBP 100,000 in Crisis Management Facilities for Offshore Sector (UK)

    5 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    Falck Safety Services has invested more than GBP 100,000 in cutting edge crisis management facilities near its existing training centre at Aberdeen airport. The facilities, based in Forties Road at Aberdeen Airport provide state-of-the-art training rooms for Major Emergency Management Initial Response (MEM IR), OIM Controlling Emergencies (OIM CE) and CRO Emergency Response. Working with […]

  • Incat Crowther to Design Two Monohull Crewboats for Nigeria

    2 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    Incat Crowther announced a contract to design a pair of 20m Monohull Crewboats for C and I Leasing of Nigeria. Under construction at Veecraft Marine in South Africa, the vessels continue the designer-builder-operator partnership that yielded success with Deborah, Perez and Ahuva in 2011. Based on the proven platform of Ahuva, the vessels feature a […]

  • Norway: TOTAL Contracts Siem’s New Dual Fuelled PSV

    30 August 2012

    Siem Offshore Rederi has been awarded a contract with the oil and gas company TOTAL E&P NORGE AS. The contract with TOTAL is for a new dual fuelled large platform supply vessel (PSV). The ship is designed in collaboration with Wärtsilä Ship Design, and will have a dual fuel system for the use of either […]

  • Steaming ahead

    28 May 2009

    Alstom and E.ON Benelux have agreed on a contract to provide a steam turbine unit for the new fossil-fuel power plant at Maasvlakte power station in the Netherlands. The new power plant, located near the North Sea and the Rotterdam harbour, will be able to co-fire biomass and is being designed for retrofitting with carbon […]

  • Port of Rotterdam: 10% decrease in CO2 emissions in 2023

    2 May 2024
    Ports & Logistics

    In 2023, CO2 emissions in the port decreased by 2.2 Mton (10%) compared to 2022, the Port of Rotterdam Authority revealed.

  • Thorco Crown Vessel Disabled off Port aux Basques

    8 February 2017
    Business & Finance

    The general cargo vessel Thorco Crown was disabled off the coast of Port aux Basques, Newfoundland and Labrador, after it reportedly suffered a fire in the engine room. Following the incident, the ship was left powerless some 32 nautical miles off Port aux Basques. According to AIS data provided by MarineTraffic, Thorco Crown is still in the area, […]

  • Exitement, drama and flat-out drag racing: the final sprint of the Velux 5 Oceans begins

    16 May 2011

      The four VELUX 5 OCEANS solo skippers yesteray showed just how fired up they are for the climax of the round the world race, all crossing the ocean sprint five start line within seconds of each other. It was more like a scene from a dinghy regatta as the four 60ft Eco 60s jostled […]

  • AltaGas to Buy Blythe Energy for USD 515 Mln (USA)

    26 March 2013

    AltaGas announced that its indirect wholly owned subsidiary AltaGas Power Holdings (U.S.) has entered into a purchase and sale agreement with affiliates of LS Power Equity Advisors, LLC to acquire Blythe Energy, LLC, which owns a 507 MW natural gas-fired combined cycle plant (Blythe Energy Center), associated major spare parts, and a related 230 kV […]

  • Norway: Imtech Marine to Present Multiflex Modular Concept for Offshore Support Vessels

    18 May 2011
    Business & Finance

    At the Norshipping exhibition (24-27 May, Oslo) Imtech Marine will launch its modular and flexible concept “Multiflex”. On the basis of this concept, Imtech Marine works closely with ship owners and builders and offers them a system independent expert advice and selection from a wide range of technology solutions. The customers have complete freedom of […]

  • Siemens to Deliver Gas Turbines for Combined Cycle Power Plant (USA)

    22 August 2013

    Siemens Energy has received an order for the supply of two power plant units with H-class gas turbines for the Liberty combined cycle power plant in Pennsylvania. The end customer is a subsidiary of Panda Power Funds. The overall power plant is to be erected by Gemma-Lane. The Liberty power plant will consist of two […]

  • Wärtsilä to build Guyana’s dual-fueled power plant

    10 March 2020

    The Finnish technology group Wärtsilä and electric utility Guyana Power and Light have signed an EPC contract for a 46.5 MW dual-fuel power plant at the Garden of Eden Generating Complex in Guyana.

  • Total Charters Siem Offshore’s PSV (Norway)

    30 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian company Siem Offshore has signed a Platform Supply Vessel charter contract with TOTAL E&P NORGE AS. The contract is for a new dual fuelled large platform supply vessel (PSV) which will serve the Martin Linge field in the North Sea North-West of Stavanger. The contract is expected to start between May and August 2014. […]

  • VIDEO: 12 Tug Boats Refloat CSCL Indian Ocean

    12 February 2016

    It is not every day that a mega containership such as CSCL Indian Ocean gets stranded. Therefore, in order to pull such a boxship free it is necessary to employ quite an armada. The video shows the refloating operation of the 2015-built vessel, one of the world’s biggest boxships, conducted on Tuesday, February 9, by […]

  • Man Killed During Topsail Beach Dredging Project

    28 January 2020
    Business & Finance

    Town of Topsail Beach, North Carolina, has just reported a fatal accident involving beach nourishment pipeline. According to the release, the Topsail Beach Police Department, Topsail Beach Fire Department, and Pender County EMS responded to an accident at the intersection of Drum Avenue and Ocean Boulevard yesterday at approximately 11:44 AM (local time). The accident […]

  • NPCC to build derrick lay vessel

    15 June 2010

    Abu Dhabi based National Petroleum Construction Company Ltd. (NPCC) has contracted Chinese shipyard Zhenhua Heavy Industries for the construction of their DLS 4200. The derrick lay vessel developed by Dutch design office Ulstein Sea of Solutions combines double joint S-lay capabilities with a 4200 sT lifting capacitiy. DLS 4200 is designed to operate worldwide and […]

  • Gazprom, Republika Srpska Address South Stream Progress

    22 May 2014

    A meeting between Alexander Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Milorad Dodik, President of Republika Srpska, an entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina, took place today as part of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2014. The parties addressed the issues of bilateral cooperation in the energy sector, placing a focus on South […]

  • Piracy on World’s Seas Reaches Five-Year Low

    18 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    Naval and armed guard protection is working, but the seas off East and West Africa remain dangerous, warns IMB. Piracy on the world’s seas has reached a five-year low, with 297 ships attacked in 2012, compared with 439 in 2011, the latest International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB) report revealed on January 16. Worldwide figures were brought […]

  • Tanker’s Anchor Pierces Test Torpedo, Drags It into Portland

    16 October 2017

    Maltese-flagged oil/chemical tanker Skaw Provider hooked a historic test torpedo by its anchor and dragged it into Portland, UK. The unexploded device had been pierced by the fluke of the anchor as it landed on the seabed, and had then been dragged up from around a 15-metre depth, the Royal Navy said. Members of the […]