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  • SSE Urges New UK Prime Minister to Increase Offshore Wind Targets

    26 July 2019
    Authorities & Government

    SSE has called on UK’s new Prime Minister Boris Johnson to increase the offshore wind capacity targets in order to reach the 2050 net zero emissions goal. In his letter to the new Prime Minister, SSE Chief Executive Alistair Philips-Davies stated that the Government needs to raise its ambition for Contract for Difference (CfD) auctions to deliver […]

  • German Offshore Platform Tested for Air Leaks

    13 July 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, Storage

    Bremerhaven-based engineering specialist b.offshore has carried out Door Fan Tests on TenneT’s HelWin beta offshore converter platform in the German North Sea.

  • Viking Acquires Maersk’s Lifeboat Specialist

    21 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    Marine and fire safety equipment and servicing provider VIKING Life-Saving Equipment A/S has acquired lifeboat specialist Nadiro A/S, a company owned by maritime and energy conglomerate Maersk Group and SH Group. Established in 2009, Svendborg, Denmark-based Nadiro manufactures high-quality lifeboat and rescue craft systems. VIKING has had the status of Preferred Distributor and Service Provider, […]

  • Rolls-Royce Secures Contract for Wave Piercing Offshore Vessel

    4 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    Rolls-Royce has signed an £11 million contract with Spanish shipyard Gondan for a wave piercing offshore vessel to be delivered to Simon Møkster Shipping in Norway. The vessel is designed to pierce through the waves under harsh weather conditions, making it possible to keep a more constant speed, reduce the use of fuel and increase […]

  • Five organisations join forces on container safety improvements

    15 September 2020
    Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Safety

    In an effort to help reduce container-related incidents aboard ships, five international freight transport and cargo handling organisations have decided to produce new guidance on packing standards for freight containers and other cargo transport units.

  • USA: NOAA Releases Study on Impact of Controlled Surface Oil Slick Burning

    21 September 2011
    Business & Finance

    During the 2010 BP/Deepwater Horizon Gulf oil spill, an estimated one of every 20 barrels of spilled oil was deliberately burned off to reduce the size of surface oil slicks and minimize impacts of oil on sensitive shoreline ecosystems and marine life. In response to the spill, NOAA quickly redirected its WP-3D research aircraft to […]

  • Russian Shipyards, Manufacturers Targeted by New US Sanctions

    18 March 2019

    Russian shipbuilders and equipment manufacturers sanctioned by the US, EU and Canada.

  • NYK trials biofuel onboard wood-chip carrier in Japan

    7 July 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Vessels

    Japanese shipping major NYK Line has trialed biodiesel fuel at Kinuura port (Aichi Prefecture) onboard wood-chip carrier Daio Austral, which transports wood chips for Daio Paper Corporation.

  • Pirates Kidnap Four Crew Members from Contships Vessel

    2 April 2019

    Four crew members of a Liberia-flagged container vessel have been kidnapped by pirates of Cameroon. 

  • Damen Delivers ‘World Emerald’ PSV

    12 November 2013

    Damen Shipyards Group has recently delivered the fourth Platform Supply Vessel in a series of six to World Wide Supply of Norway. World Emerald is a Damen PSV 3300 CD. The first ship, World Diamond, was delivered in July. The fifth PSV ‘World Opel’, will be handed over in a few weeks and the last […]

  • EPIK, Hyundai LNG Shipping Team Up to Develop FSRU Projects

    26 February 2019
    Business & Finance

    EPIK entered a partnership deal with Hyundai LNG Shipping for the development of FSRU projects.

  • GMS: Gadani One Signature Away from Welcoming Tankers

    3 April 2018
    Business & Finance

    Gadani shipbreaking yards are one signature away from reopening to tankers, GMS said in a report.

  • 12 Mariners Kidnapped off Nigeria

    23 April 2018
    Business & Finance

    12 seafarers manning the FWN Rapide general cargo vessel were taken by pirates off the coast of Nigeria on April 21.

  • CHEC Inks EPC Contract for Vietnam Coastal Sea Port

    15 June 2012

    China Harbour (CHEC) formally signed an EPC Contract for the Project of Vietnam Coastal Sea Port with the employer, Vietman National Electricity Group (EVN), on June 8. The value of the contract is around USD 200 million. The project mainly covers design and construction of 3.9km long breakwater, design and construction of 30,000-ton coal terminal, […]

  • Damen Wins Dredger Order

    3 June 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders, Technology

    Argentinian company Cooperativa De Trabajos Portuarios Limitada de San Martín has ordered two Damen ASD 2810 tugs and one Cutter Suction Dredger 500. The two vessels and dredger are to be used in the Argentinian terminal region around Rosario on the Paraná river for towing, mooring, fire-fighting and dredging operations. The basic functions of the dredger will […]

  • Armada Kraken FPSO Starts Offshore Commissioning

    31 October 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    The floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel for the Kraken development has completed its shore-based commissioning activities at the quayside in Singapore and has also completed the vessel’s inclination testing programme. The FPSO, named Armada Kraken, has left the yard and is now sailing to deep water anchorage, to undertake commissioning work on the […]

  • Ukraine to Sell Warships to Greece

    13 October 2011

      One of the purposes of state visit to be paid by Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich to Greece will be bilateral cooperation in shipbuilding, reports Radio Svoboda citing MP Anatoly Kinakh, the head of Ukrainian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. “We have acquired wide experience in numerous areas, mostly in shipbuilding. It is very important […]

  • USCG Detains Bulk Carrier in Tacoma

    29 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Coast Guard detained the 751-foot, Bahamian-flagged bulk carrier Rena in the Port of Tacoma on September 24 due to safety deficiencies. A Port State Control exam team from Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound conducted a routine Port State and International Ship and Port Facility Security exam aboard the 2010-built Rena, discovering multiple areas […]

  • BSEE: Hercules 265 Natural Gas Flow Stops

    26 July 2013

    The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) announced that the  flow of natural gas under pressure at the Hercules 265, South Timbalier 220 natural gas well, has stopped. The gas flow was feeding the rig fire, which has decreased to a small flame. The rig and natural gas well are located 55 miles offshore Louisiana in a water depth […]

  • China: Jiangsu Zhenjiang Shipyard Delivers Azimuth Thruster Tug

    29 March 2012

    Jiangsu Zhenjiang Shipyard Co., the oldest shipyard in Jiangsu Province, on March 29th successfully held delivery ceremony. The 2942kW Azimuth Thruster tug named “Chang Hong Tuo 3 ” that was constructed for Zhoushan Changhong International Shipyard was delivered to its owners. Jiangsu Zhenjiang Shipyard Co, founded on May 25th 1951, has three main engineering departments for hull […]

  • Emerson to Provide UPS Systems for Shell’s Prelude FLNG Project

    17 January 2014
    Business & Finance

    Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson (EMR) has been selected as the main uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems provider for Shell’s Prelude FLNG project. The company will help provide reliable standby power for critical process functions, such as the main automation systems, fire and gas detection systems, and telecommunications. Emerson’s Chloride industrial-grade UPS systems […]

  • Damen Delivers Fourth to World Wide Supply

    12 November 2013

    Damen Shipyards Group has recently delivered the fourth Platform Supply Vessel in a series of six to World Wide Supply of Norway. World Emerald is a Damen PSV 3300 CD. The first ship, World Diamond, was delivered in July. The fifth PSV ‘World Opel’, will be handed over in a few weeks and the last […]

  • Nevsky Shipyard Snares Four

    24 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    Russia’s Nevsky Shipyard and the Direction of State Contractor of Marine Transport Development Program signed a contract for the construction of 4 multipurpose small-draft salvage vessels of MPSV12 project. Nevsky Shipyard got the right to conclude the given contract having won the open competitive tender. The Tender Committee announced the result of the tender on […]

  • Readers’ Picks of the Week (15th – 19th, 2016)

    21 February 2016
    Business & Finance

    New Shipping Giant Enters the Scene China Cosco Shipping Corporation Ltd was formally launched in Shanghai yesterday, a company created through the merger between China’s two shipping giants China Ocea… Read More Interview: Navigating the Ever Bigger Ships into the Future As the ships of the global fleet get bigger the tougher it gets to […]

  • UPDATE 1: Experts Conducting Investigation at Plymouth LNG Facility

    3 April 2014

    A team of third-party experts is carrying out an investigation after an explosion and fire occurred on Monday at Williams Partners’ LNG facility near Plymouth, Washington. Williams has established a team to support the efforts to determine the cause, repair and restart the plant operations, the company said in a statement. A preliminary assessment of the […]