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  • LR gives AIP for Japanese LNG-powered coal carrier

    6 December 2017
    Vessels

    Mitsui O.S.K. Lines. (MOL) said that together with Tohoku Electric Power and Namura Shipbuilding have received an approval in principle (AIP) from Lloyd’s Register for the design of an LNG-powered coal carrier.

  • Energia del Pacifico launches LNG supply tender

    15 July 2015
    Project & Tenders

    Energía del Pacífico said it is launching an international tender process to contract long-term supplies of up to 0.5 mtpa of LNG for its Power Generating Project in Acajutla, Republic of El Salvador.

  • Qatar Petroleum to sell shares in its Qatalum joint venture

    7 May 2018

    Qatar Petroleum will be offering 49 percent of its shares in its joint venture Qatalum in a public offering for Qatari nationals.

  • Houston Channel Reopens after Refinery Explosion

    7 March 2016
    Business & Finance

    The Houston Ship Channel has been reopened after a precautionary safety zone had been put in place due to an explosion at a refinery company Pasadena Refining System, the US Coast Guard informs. The incident, which occurred on Saturday morning, led to a stoppage of traffic from Cotton Patch Bayou to Sims Bayou. The Captain of the Port closed the […]

  • ISIS Attacks Libya’s Largest Oil Port

    5 January 2016

    Libya’s largest oil port of Sidra was attacked early Monday by Islamic State militants who were trying to seize the port. The militants reportedly clashed with Petrol Facilities Guard militia leaving at least seven people dead, with Associated Press claiming that the death toll reached 11. However, the attempts were foiled by the guards. In addition, local […]

  • Austal’s ‘Leonora Christina’ completes sea trials

    13 May 2011

    Austal’s largest catamaran built to date, the 113-metre ‘Leonora Christina’ for Denmark’s Bornholmer Færgen, has recently completed sea trials, marking the final stage in the construction of the high-speed vehicle-passenger ferry at Austal’s Henderson, Australia shipyard. Austal was awarded the contract to build ‘Leonora Christina’ in April 2009, and the vessel has been built to […]

  • Cargo Ship Evades Pirate Attack in Philippines

    4 January 2017

    Six armed persons in a speed boat chased and fired upon a general cargo vessel while it was underway some 21 nautical miles east of Basilan Island, the Philippines, according to data provided by IMB Piracy Reporting Centre. The incident occurred in the afternoon hours on January 3, the data shows. The vessel’s Master raised the alarm and […]

  • Meralco to finalize JV talks with Osaka Gas

    23 March 2015

    Manila Electric intends on concluding JV talks with Osaka Gas during this year according to the company’s chairman, Manuel V. Pangilinan.

  • Man Injured in Dredging Accident

    12 November 2015
    Business & Finance

    A boat propeller cut off a man’s legs below the knees after he fell into the water on Tuesday during the Port Canaveral channel dredging project. The stricken man, who’s name has not been released, was somehow able to cling to a rope and was rescued, WESH 2 News reports. Paramedics said that quick action […]

  • MES Bags Gas Engine Orders

    4 December 2014
    Business & Finance

    Japanese shipbuilder Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding (MES) has secured an order for four gas-powered engines from Imabari Shipbuilding Co. The two-stroke ME-GI engines will be an integral part of two liquefied natural gas carriers, MES said in a statement today. The newbuild LNG carriers are being built by Imabari for Spanish carrier Empresa Naviera Elcano SA. Mitsui added […]

  • Tank Explosion Kills Two in Port of Livorno

    29 March 2018

    Two people lost their lives in an explosion of a gas tank at Livorno’s industrial port.

  • CCCC First Harbor Wins SOA Qingdao Contract (China)

    23 November 2012

    On November 9, CCCC First Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd. won the bid for the hydraulic structure works of the right-safeguarding law enforcement zone of the Qingdao oceanic science research base, North China Sea Branch of the State Oceanic Administration (SOA), with a contract value of 164 million yuan and a construction period of 12 months. […]

  • Piet Brouwer Electrical Solutions for Wasa SHB 1010 Split-Barges

    19 September 2017
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Piet Brouwer Electrotechnology has just announced successful completion of a project for Wasa Dredging. According to the company, the project involved designing, building and installing comprehensive electrical solutions on board two new split barges being built at the Pattje shipyards yard near Groningen. Piet Brouwer also supplied the alarm system, fire detection and steering consoles for the 65-meter vessels. […]

  • GAIL: fatalities during routine pipeline check

    6 April 2015

    GAIL informed that during routine maintenance on its Vizag-Secunderabad LPG pipeline at Suryapet (approx. 140 km from Hyderabad), an unfortunate incident occurred in which two people including one GAIL employee and one contract employee lost their lives and three others were injured.

  • Brazil: Three workers die after deadly drillship boiler blast

    12 June 2017
    Exploration & Production

    Three workers died and one was injured after a boiler exploded on the Odebrecht-run NS-32 (Norbe VIII) drilling rig offshore Brazil on Friday. According to Petrobras, Ericson Nascimento de Freitas, 29, who was hospitalized died on Friday. Jorge Luiz Damião, 44, died on Saturday. Eduardo Aragão de Lima, a 33-year-old employee of Odebrecht Oil and […]

  • USA: “No Single Factor Caused Deepwater Horizon Tragedy”, BP

    8 September 2010
    Project & Tenders

    No single factor caused the Macondo well tragedy. Rather, a sequence of failures involving a number of different parties led to the explosion and fire which killed 11 people and caused widespread pollution in the Gulf of Mexico earlier this year. A report released by BP today concludes that decisions made by “multiple companies and […]

  • Development of Northwestern Europe’s 1st terminal for hydrogen carriers and low-carbon fuels on track

    21 December 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Transition, Vessels

    U.S.-based Vision Energy, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Evolution Terminals BV, says to be on track to file the detailed environmental impact assessment for its energy project in the North Sea Port of Vlissingen, the Netherlands before January 31, 2023. Namely, Evolution Terminals is in advanced development of a 16.4 hectare site in the North Sea […]

  • Ex-Coal Power Plant Starts Offshore Wind Makeover

    12 November 2018
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    Commercial Development Company (CDC) is rebranding the retired coal-fired power plant Brayton Point Power Station in Massachusetts, U.S., to a support center for the offshore wind industry. 

  • Norway: Safety body finds irregularities on COSL rig

    28 May 2018
    Exploration & Production

    Offshore driller COSL has some work to do to make its COSLInnovator semi-submersible drilling rig fully compliant with the Norwegian regulation.

  • Wartsila Secures Gas Power Plant Order from Dominican Republic

    7 September 2011

    Wärtsilä, a leading global supplier of flexible and efficient power plant solutions, has been awarded a turnkey contract to supply a gas-fired power plant for a project in the Dominican Republic. The combined cycle power plant will provide electricity for a gold mine. The value of Wärtsilä’s order is EUR 155 million. The contract was […]

  • Kongsberg Maritime Introduces New Simulator Models (Norway)

    23 October 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    Kongsberg Maritime has introduced two new Diesel Electric models for its Engine Room Simulator, K-Sim Engine (previously Neptune). The DE88 Semi-Submersible Drilling Rig model, containing eight Wärtsilä 16V26 engines and eight thrusters, is already available, while the DE66 Drill Ship model, simulating full operation of six MAN 16V32/40 diesel generators powering six thrusters, will be […]

  • Denmark: Health and Safety Lawyer to Warn about Offshore Wind Incidents

    3 December 2012

    Steven Brooker, a member of the Health & Safety Lawyers’ Association from Bond Pearce law firm, will speak at this week’s Offshore Wind Health and Safety summit in Copenhagen, where he will touch upon the risks within the complex offshore wind supply chain arrangements and advise on lessons learned from oil and gas sector. Mr. […]

  • Robbers Board Bulk Carrier off Indonesia

    9 January 2017

    A bulk carrier was boarded by robbers on January 8, 2017, as five persons climbed aboard the ship which was in Indonesian Muara Berau Anchorage at the time of the incident, according to data provided by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Maritime Bureau (IMB). The robbers took a duty crewman hostage and tied him […]

  • Yancheng Port Expansion Plan Moves Forward (China)

    25 April 2013

    CCCC First Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd. has recently won the bid for Lot BTDDSG-1 of the universal terminal yard project in Sheyang zone of Yancheng Port, Jiangsu Province, with a contract value of 170 million yuan and a construction period of 8 months. Located in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province, the project involves land formation, soft foundation […]

  • TenneT Picks ELA Containers for German Offshore Platforms

    24 July 2019
    Project & Tenders

    TenneT has awarded ELA Container Offshore with a framework contract for the supply of accommodation containers on four HVDC converter platforms in the German North Sea. Under the contract, the company will supply a minimum of 40 ELA Premium Plus containers. ELA Offshore is also in charge of providing all fire protection concepts, including the integration of escape […]