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  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • India: Customs Detains SEAMEC II

    27 January 2012
    Business & Finance

      Seamec Ltd has informed BSE that the SEAMEC II vessel was detained by the Customs for non production of the copy of the original Bill of Entry purported to have filed by the seller of the vessel, an Indian Corporate Entity, at the time of import in the year of 1988. The Company had […]

  • First electrolyser modules for RWE’s pilot hydrogen plant arrive in Lingen

    21 April 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    Energy company RWE has announced that its pilot hydrogen plant project in Lingen, Germany, has reached a new milestone with the arrival of the first electrolyser modules for generating hydrogen at the construction site at the Emsland gas-fired power station. RWE said that eight pressurised alkaline electrolyser modules, manufactured by Sunfire, with a capacity of […]

  • ‘Major’ modification work at Norwegian offshore platform is a go

    28 July 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy

    Norwegian offshore safety regulator has given Equinor consent to carry out modifications at a platform operating on a field in the Norwegian Sea.

  • Shell gets approval to restart Prelude FLNG

    18 March 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Shell has been given approval to restart its Prelude FLNG facility offshore Western Australia after a more than three-month shut-down.

  • Spain: New RV Ramon Margalef Takes Its First Mission and The Sea Trials

    14 November 2011

    The new multi-purpose research vessel R/V Ramon Margalef, which belongs to the Spanish Oceanographic Institute (IEO), was undergoing sea trials when the Science Ministry decided to move it to the Canary Islands​ to follow up on the activity of the volcano on El Hierro Island. The vessel was only delivered a few weeks previously, on […]

  • Sumitomo and J-Power Systems to Install Submarine Power Cables Between Taiwan and Penghu Islands

    23 December 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Sumitomo Corporation and J-Power Systems Corporation have won a joint contract to install submarine power cables between the main island of Taiwan and the Penghu Islands, located about 60 km west off the southwestern coast of the main island. This is a full turnkey project worth about 32 billion yen and involves the installation of […]

  • Popular news, October 13 – 19, 2014

    19 October 2014

    Here is a list of the Offshore Energy Today articles you read the most this past week. An article about how and why size matters when flying in an offshore helicopter in UK was the most popular. You also read about an oil company firing two top execs for accepting unauthorized payments; Statoil losing CEO to BG […]

  • Norway: Farstad Chooses New Omicron Gas System

    4 September 2012

    The new Omicron Gas System, which is designed for monitoring flammable and toxic gasses in liquid cargo tanks, has been chosen for use aboard four Farstad Platform Supply Vessels. This sophisticated new solution, which Autronica Fire and Security AS will display on its stand at SMM in Hamburg, has been installed to ensure better safety […]

  • Russia: Nevsky Shipyard Ready to Launch Third Salvage Vessel of Project MPSV07

    18 June 2012

    On June 22, 2012, the launching ceremony of the third multipurpose salvage vessel SPASATEL ZABORSHCHIKOV (yard number 703), capacity 4 МW, project MPSV07 will take place at Nevsky Shipyard’s slipway. The construction of the vessel is carried out in accordance with the State Shipbuilding Contracts for the Federal Marine and River Transport Agency and for […]

  • Rig Incident Offshore Nigeria – Two Workers Missing

    18 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    Chevron Corporation​ said that an extensive search and rescue effort continues for two contractors who remain missing after yesterday’s fire aboard the K.S. Endeavor, a drilling rig offshore Nigeria operated by FODE Drilling Nigeria Limited. “While Chevron’s highest priority remains the rescue of the missing contractors, the company continues to devote the necessary resources to […]

  • Advanced Insulation Unveils Cryogenic Spill Protection System

    31 March 2014

    Advanced Insulation has launched ContraFlame® CSP & PFP, a fire-rated cryogenic spill protection tile system designed to support rapid application during construction or offshore retrofit projects. This new modular, multi-functional tile system from Advanced Insulation provides integrated thermal insulation and passive fire protection to J60 or H120 IMO classifications, and thermal insulation for decks exposed […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Norway: Havyard Group to Build PSV for Faroe Islands Supply Service

    24 May 2010

    The Havyard Group has signed a contract with Faroe Islands-based Supply Service for an 86-metre Havyard 833 Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) plus one option. The first vessel is to be delivered in March 2012 and the optional vessel in June 2012. The vessels are to be built at the Havyard Group’s shipyard Havyard Leirvik in […]

  • Armed Robbers Board Ship in Guinean Anchorage

    5 July 2016
    Business & Finance

    An anchored heavy lift vessel was boarded by six robbers armed with machine guns and knives in the Conakry Anchorage, Guinea, according to data from the International Maritime Bureau’s Piracy Reporting Centre (IMB PRC). During the attack, which occurred on July 3, the robbers attacked the duty ordinary seaman causing injuries and took the second officer hostage. IMB PRC […]

  • Stork inks contract extension with Apache

    25 February 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Stork, a global provider of knowledge-based asset integrity management services focused on the oil & gas, chemical and power sectors, has been awarded a three year contract extension with two one-year extension options, for global oil & gas operator Apache. Stork will provide Apache a full range of integrated Fabric Maintenance support services including: scaffolding, […]

  • Leaky Sprinkler Pipe Floods Finnish Ferry

    12 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    Finnish ferry operator Viking Line was forced to pull a ferry operating between Helsinki and Stockholm out of service after water from a faulty sprinkler pipe damaged around 90 of the vessel’s cabins on Saturday evening, October 10. The M/S Mariella was en route from Helsinki to Stockholm when the leak occurred on the Deck […]

  • China: Yuexin Shipyard Starts Construction of 58.7m AHTS Vessel

    14 September 2011
    Business & Finance

      On Sep.3,2011,a keel-laying ceremony of Yuexin’s 58.7m AHTS Vessel YX3157 built by Yuexin for MARTENS MARINE Company was held in No. 1 dock in Yuexin shipyard. YX3157 is built to ABS Class notation which includes Al + “OFFSHORE SUPPORT VESSEL, AH, TOWING VESSEL, FIRE FIGHTING VESSEL CLASS 1”，AMS DPS-1 and applies to the design […]

  • China: Yuexin Shipyard Holds Keel-Laying Ceremony for 58.7m AHTS Vessel

    8 September 2011
    Business & Finance

    On Sep. 3, 2011, the keel-laying ceremony of Yuexin’s 58.7m AHTS Vessel YX3157 built for MARTENS MARINE Company was held in No.at 1# dock in Yuexin shipyard. YX3157 is built to ABS Class notation which includes Al “OFFSHORE SUPPORT VESSEL, AH, TOWING VESSEL, FIRE FIGHTING VESSEL CLASS 1”， AMS DPS-1. and applies Applying the design […]

  • Russia: Pella Shipyard Conducts Mooring Trials for Navy Tugs

    27 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    Pella Shipyard, the leading company in Russian tug building market, is conducting the mooring trials for tug No 621 of project 16609 and tug No 502 of project PE-65. Both tugs are being built for the Russian Navy. The first tug of project 16609 is an Azimuth tug intended for harbor, coastal and offshore towing and […]

  • Petrobras Fuel Tank Blast Kills Two Workers

    27 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    Two workers were killed in an explosion on Wednesday, August 26, at a fuel-unloading terminal used by a unit of Brazil’s oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA, the state-run company informed. The heating unit is used to raise the temperature of bunker fuel facilitating its loading to ocean-going ships. The two workers, employed by Petrobras Distribuidora, […]

  • Australia: Construction of First Two QCLNG Storage Tanks Almost Complete (VIDEO)

    18 March 2013

    BG of UK said that the construction of the first of two QCLNG storage tanks is nearly complete. The tanks are being constructed using the most advanced engineering techniques and safety designs, BG said. Measuring some 80m x 49m each tank is larger the Royal Albert Hall in London and will be capable of withstanding up […]