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  • German and Korean institutes expand cooperation in hydrogen safety

    2 September 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Safety, Technology, Transition

    German Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) and the Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to expand their cooperation in the field of hydrogen safety.

  • Update: Three Workers Succumb to Injuries from Bangladesh Yard Blast

    11 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    Three workers out of eight who were injured in a blast on Sunday at a shipbreaking yard, owned by Shital Enterprise, located in the Chittagong district of Bangladesh, have died having succumbed to their severe injuries. The information has been confirmed to World Maritime News by NGO Shipbreaking Platform, which is in contact with the organization’s local colleagues […]

  • Damen Shipyards Presents AHTS 200 Design at SMM

    4 September 2012

    Dutch shipbuilder Damen Shipyards has, at the SMM 2012 in Hamburg, presented its new Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessel design, the AHTS 200. The anchor handler, a 200 ton bollard pull vessel, is one of several designs presented by Damen at one of the biggest maritime industry events in the world, the SMM 2012. It […]

  • Chemical Tanker Minerva Virgo Attacked off Benin

    6 March 2020
    Business & Finance

    Chemical tanker MT Minerva Virgo was boarded by a group of pirates.

  • Fuel Oil Spills from Bulker in New Orleans

    5 September 2017

    Maltese-flagged bulk carrier M/V Vitahorizon has been involved in a fuel oil spill during bunkering operations while anchored at New Orleans area, Louisiana. Namely, on September 4, the Plaquemines Parish 911 Center received a report of a discharge of high sulfur fuel oil into the Mississippi River IVO lower 12 Mile Point Anchorage, Mississippi, New Orleans area, […]

  • As Northern Lights examines its value chain’s CO2 footprint, Ørsted starts construction of carbon capture facilities

    5 December 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Project & Tenders, Transition

    A study has been conducted to assess the estimated carbon footprint of the Northern Lights project’s CO2 transport and storage value chain.

  • Legal setback for US LNG arena: Court nixes $11 billion Gulf Coast project’s permit

    20 October 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    A wave of planned U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects is perceived to be under scrutiny in the aftermath of a recent court ruling, which revoked a permit for an LNG export terminal over alleged climate harms. This decision is anticipated to halt the project’s construction activities on the west bank of the Calcasieu Ship Channel at the mouth of the Gulf of America (Gulf of Mexico) near Cameron Parish in Louisiana, United States.

  • UK: Hydratight Wins Five Star Health and Safety Audit Award

    1 August 2011
    Business & Finance

      Hydratight staff joined other recipients to collect an internationally-recognised British Safety Council health and safety accolade at a prestigious ceremony at the HQS Wellington, London. Hydratight won the coveted Five Star Health and Safety Audit Award following a rigorous inspection, which concentrated on safety organisation, management control, fire control systems, measurement procedures and workplace […]

  • Offshore Wind Technology to Become Cost-Competitive in Future, IRENA’s Report Says

    19 January 2015
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    The cost of generating power from renewable energy sources has reached parity or dropped below the cost of fossil fuels for many technologies in many parts of the world, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) revealed in a new report. The landmark report, Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2014, concludes that biomass, hydropower, geothermal and […]

  • Russia: Yantar Shipyard Brings to An End Five Months of Trials for INS Teg

    29 February 2012

    Trials, completed with the assistance of the Indian crew on 1 & 2. February, can be considered as the all-important event for Indian frigate the «Teg» («Sabre»). On the 1st of February in the Baltic sea the crew of the ship together with members of future Indian crew carried out missile-artillery firing and put an […]

  • GasLog to Convert LNG Carrier for Panama FSU Charter

    4 September 2019
    Business & Finance

    The 10-year time charter contract was signed with Sinolam LNG Terminal for a gas-fired power project in Panama.

  • RWE and Equinor ramp up hydrogen economy

    5 January 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration

    German RWE and Norwegian Equinor have entered a strategic energy partnership that includes large-scale projects that are expected to contribute to the European energy supply, ramp up the hydrogen economy in Germany and the EU, and strengthen the long-term security of the supply of a European power sector. The investments follow the construction of a […]

  • First Gen Corp picks JGC as Batangas LNG EPC contractor

    3 September 2019

    Philippine utility First Gen Corporation said it has selected Japan’s JGC Corporation as its preferred EPC contractor for the Batangas LNG terminal project. 

  • Canada: Ocean Group Adds One More Vessel to Its Fleet

    6 June 2011

    Completing the expansion of its fleet announced in 2004 at the cost of 90 million dollars, Ocean proceeds with the commissioning of the Ocean Ross Gaudreault, a state-of-the-art tug that will be based in the Port of Québec. It will take on daily harbour towing responsibilities and provide de-icing, escort, long and short distance towing, […]

  • Coalition Government to Assess Future of Victoria’s Ports (Australia)

    5 March 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The Victorian Coalition Government is investigating the strategic and commercial options for the future of Victoria’s state-owned ports, Treasurer Michael O’Brien confirmed today. “The Coalition Government is carefully considering the future of Victoria’s port assets to ensure they deliver the best return to Victorian taxpayers,” Mr O’Brien said. Mr O’Brien said any future decision on […]

  • Rotterdam Wants to Become Zero-Emissions Port by 2050

    27 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    The Port of Rotterdam has laid out its vision of the future in which it aims to become a zero-emissions port by 2050, according to Remco Neumann the Port Authority’s Corporate Social Responsibility program manager. “It’s realistic to expect that industry and logistics will be virtually – or by that time, even entirely – zero-emission and […]

  • USD 37 Mln Worth Drug Bust in Caribbean Sea

    7 May 2014

    U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Puerto Rico Police seized nearly 1,125 kilograms of cocaine, with an estimated whole sale value of $37 million, and apprehended two Dominican Republic nationals during an at sea interdiction in the Caribbean Sea Wednesday. The interdiction is the result of the […]

  • SCT&E Secures Land for New LNG Facility

    12 May 2014
    Research & Development

    Greg Michaels, Chairman and CEO of Southern California Telephone & Energy, announced the acquisition of land located on the Calcasieu Ship Channel for the development of a $2.4 billion LNG facility by its subsidiary SCT&E LNG, LLC. The approximate +/-232 acre site is strategically located on Monkey Island in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, and is expected […]

  • Siemens Wins USD 220 Million Power Plant Contract in Brazil

    19 October 2012

    Siemens will supply the power island for the UTE Mauá 3 combined-cycle power plant in Manaus, Brazil. The power island equipment includes two heavy-duty gas turbines, one steam turbine, three generators and the instrumentation and control system. The order volume is approximately USD 220 million. The plant will be built for Amazonas Distribuidora de Energia […]

  • Drewry: slippages from 2017 to prevent LNG charter rates recovery

    31 January 2018
    Vessels

    Increasing vessel supply will keep liquefied natural gas (LNG) charter rates under pressure in 2018, despite strong growth in trade, according to a report by the shipping consultancy Drewry. Drewry’s short-term outlook for LNG charter rates remains pessimistic because of the high fleet growth rate compared with demand, Drewry said in its latest LNG Forecaster […]

  • Dominion progresses Cove Point liquefaction project (Gallery)

    17 July 2015

    Dominion filed a report with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on the construction progress at its Cove Point liquefaction project in Calvert County, Maryland.

  • Total, Siemens mulling LNG-to-power project in Cuba

    1 May 2018

    A consortium comprising France’s Total and the German conglomerate Siemens are reportedly first in line to sign a deal for the construction of a 600-megawatt gas-fired power plant in Cuba.

  • Coey Viking LNG-fueled PSV delivered by Remontowa

    26 January 2021
    Infrastructure, Vessels

    The first one of the two platform supply vessels ordered in the Polish shipbuilding yard Remontowa by Borealis Maritime has been completed.

  • Holland Offshore Launches Dutch Blue Tug

    9 December 2011
    Business & Finance

    Last week Holland Offshore, part of the Holland Shipyards Group, saw the launch of its 52,8 x 13,2 m tug Dutch Blue. With an expected delivery in the end of January, Holland Offshore will have a tug at its disposal that has some excellent qualities. The tug is powered by 2 x Wartsilla 8L20 1600kW propulsion […]

  • The Netherlands: Holland Shipyards Group Launches Tug Dutch Blue

    8 December 2011

    Last week Holland Offshore, part of the Holland Shipyards Group, saw the launch of its 52,8 x 13,2 m tug Dutch Blue. With an expected delivery in the end of January, Holland Offshore will have a tug at its disposal that has some excellent qualities. The tug is powered by 2 x Wartsilla 8L20 1600kW propulsion […]