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  • Italy: Another Eight Bodies Found on Shipwrecked Costa Concordia

    24 February 2012

    Another eight bodies have been found on the shipwrecked Costa Concordia as search teams expanded their activities in the Italian cruise liner’s submerged decks. Among the four bodies recovered on Wednesday was the body of an Italian five-year-old girl who was the youngest passenger. Reportedly, the bodies were found in an underwater part of the […]

  • Unique Shipping christens LPG carrier

    6 July 2016
    Vessels

    Hong Kong-based Unique Shipping Group’s new vessel Oriental Jubilee has recently been christened at the Hyundai Heavy Industries shipyard in Ulsan.

  • Shipyard Worker Dies at Fukuoka Shipbuilding

    27 January 2020
    Business & Finance

    A shipyard worker has lost his life while working on a newbuilding vessel at the Fukuoka Shipbuilding in Japan.

  • Euroseas Secures Loan to Finance Ultramax Newbuild

    24 January 2017
    Business & Finance

    Greek shipping company Euroseas informed about the signing and service of a drawdown notice under a USD 10.86 million loan to finance the recently acquired Ultramax newbuilding. The 63,500 dwt M/V Alexandros P was delivered to the company from Dayang shipyard in China on January 16, 2017. The bulker is one of the two Ultramaxes ordered by Euroseas […]

  • Two Oil Tanks Destroyed at Ras Lanuf Port in Libya

    20 June 2018

    Libya’s Ras Lanuf terminal lost two crude oil tanks due to armed attacks in the oil crescent region.

  • Ocean Star Pacific Runs Aground

    17 December 2014

    Panamanian-flagged Ocean Star Pacific cruise ship ran aground on Friday, December 12 in General Santos City area, off the Philippine island of Mindanao, the Philippine Coast Guard informed. The 1971-built vessel, manned by 21 Indian seafarers, was due for ship breaking in Vahavnagar, India and was supposedly bound for Singapore from Mexico when it ran […]

  • Grimaldi’s first ammonia-ready car carrier named in China

    22 July 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Vessels

    Italian shipping player Grimaldi has named and launched its first ammonia-ready pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) built at China Merchants Heavy Industries.

  • VIDEO: Sea-Force Hyperbaric Reception Facility

    3 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    Hyperbaric Reception Facilities (HRF) are used to provide a permanent onshore environment for the safe decompression of saturation divers who need to be evacuated from a saturation diving vessel. Previously the use of HRFs by the commercial diving industry has been considered an optional item to have as long as an actual Hyperbaric Evacuation System (HES) […]

  • OEG Offshore delivers variable speed drive module for Aoka Mizu FPSO

    23 March 2018
    Equipment, Infrastructure

    OEG Offshore has delivered a variable speed drive (VSD) module for the Aoka Mizu FPSO to Bluewater.

  • Piracy On Somali Waters Still Troubling Shipping Industries

    13 August 2006

    The number of reported incidents of piracy attacks, worldwide, remained at 127 same as 2005, according to the International Maritime Bureau(IMB). According to its armed robbery and piracy report, the IMB stated that 127 ships were attacked. 11 ships were hijacked, 156 crew members taken hostage, 13 kidnapped and 6 were killed. In total eight […]

  • 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 […]

  • Germany: RWE Expects Stable 2012 Earnings

    10 May 2012
    Business & Finance

      After significant one-off burdens caused by energy policy decisions taken in Germany during 2011, RWE will regain ground this year. However, in the first quarter of 2012 the Group was not able to match the result for the same period in the previous year. Declining margins in electricity generation and burdens suffered by the […]

  • Work on Cove Point liquefaction project progresses (Gallery)

    23 April 2015

    Dominion Cove Point LNG filed a status report with the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission regarding the progress on the construction of the proposed systems for the Cove Point LNG project.

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Tokyo Gas and partners to work on LNG-to-power project in Vietnam

    25 January 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    Japanese companies Tokyo Gas and Kyuden, along with Vietnam’s Truong Tan Vietnam Group, have established the Thai Binh LNG Power joint venture (TBLP) to work on an LNG-to-power project in Thai Binh Province, Vietnam. The venture will develop, construct and operate a floating LNG import terminal and a natural gas-fired power plant in Tay Binh […]

  • Malaysia: OMNI Group Receives New Additions in its Fleet

    28 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    OMNI Group of companies that owns & operates a fleet of 10 vessels announces that it has received two additional offshore support vessels in OMNI’s fleet, Omni Marissa & Omni Stella OMNI MARISSA Omni Marissa is the 11th offshore support vessel of OMNI’s fleet. She is 60m with deck space of 390m2, a DP-1 with 72mt […]

  • Update: Statoil says situation in Algeria ‘calm’ after gas plant attack

    18 March 2016

    (Updated with statements by Statoil, BP, 18.03. 2016) Norwegian energy giant Statoil said Friday that the Salah Gas asset in Krechba, Algeria was hit by “explosive munitions” fired from a distance. Statoil operates the In Salah dry gas fields together with BP and the Algerian state oil and gas company Sonatrach. “After the attack on […]

  • 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, […]

  • Evergas Launches First Two Dragon Class Multigas Carriers

    14 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    Evergas, a Copenhagen-headquartered seaborne transporter of liquefied gas, has held a naming ceremony for the first two of its ‘dragon class’ 27.500 cbm multigas liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers at the Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering shipyard in Qidong, China. The carriers were named JS Ineos Insight and JS Ineos Ingenuity. Both vessels bear a distinct dragon symbolizing their Chinese […]

  • Russia: Khabarovsk Shipyard Splashes Tug RN Amur

    31 October 2012

    The azimuth tug of design No. 2310 named RN Amur was launched from JSC Khabarovsk Ship Repair Yard on October 24. This is the first of two coastal tugs that are being constructed for Neftepromleasing LLC. RN Amur is designed mainly for coastal navigation in sea areas under a maximum sea roughness with a wave […]

  • Topaz receives vessel for US$225 million BP contract

    14 April 2010

    Topaz Energy and Marine took delivery of the newest addition to its fleet, the ‘Caspian Protector’ on April 11. The vessel will be deployed in Azerbaijan in support of a ten-year US$225 million BP contract won in 2008. The ‘Caspian Protector’ is a state-of-the-art 61-meter vessel designed for emergency recovery and response (ERRV), standby duties […]