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  • Room for improvement found on Statoil’s Åsgard B

    23 March 2017

    Norway’s safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has found two improvement points during an audit of load-bearing structures and maritime systems on Statoil’s Åsgard B platform. The Statoil-operated Åsgard oil and gas field in the Norwegian Sea is located around 200 kilometers from the Trøndelag coast. The field has been developed using the two […]

  • RS Technical Director Receives RF Government Prize

    7 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    Vladimir I. Evenko, Technical Director – Head of Classification Directorate of Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) has been honored with the Government of the Russian Federation Prize for 2013 in the field of science and technology with the title ‘Laureate of the Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation in the Field of […]

  • Royal Navy Survey Ship HMS Echo Returns Home (UK)

    16 August 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    The Royal Navy survey ship HMS Echo returns home to the HM Naval Base, Devonport, Plymouth, today (16 August) after a 19 month deployment. The ship has been away for 593 days with 421 actually at sea and has sailed about 74,000 miles – 2.5 times around the equator. The ship made 24 stops in […]

  • Northumberland subsea cable factory closer to reality

    8 June 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy

    Northumberland County Council has welcomed the approval of JDR Cable Systems’ plan to open a new subsea cable manufacturing facility in Cambois, near Blyth. JDR revealed in September 2021 that it plans to build the 69,000 sqm facility on the site of the former coal-fired power station at Cambois.  It is set to be built from this […]

  • RS to Conduct Ship Construction Survey for Lukoil

    14 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) is to undertake ship construction survey for the Lukoil Group. This project follows the RS effective cooperation with one of the major RF oil companies in developing offshore hydrocarbon resources. RS has signed contracts for the whole range of classification and statutory services under the construction of an offshore […]

  • USA: Dominion Plans Gas Power Station in Brunswick County

    29 February 2012

    Dominion Virginia Power announced that it plans to invest more than $1 billion to build a combined-cycle, natural gas-fired power station in Brunswick County. Dominion expects to ask the Virginia State Corporation Commission later this year for permission to build the Brunswick County Power Station. With a generating capacity of more than 1,300 megawatts, the […]

  • Boxship Dodges Pirate Attack South of Bonny Island

    30 March 2020

    MV Lana escaped pirate hands on Friday, March 27, while sailing south of Bonny Island, Nigeria.

  • Concordia Maritime Secures New Deal with Total

    27 January 2014
    Business & Finance

    Concordia Maritime has inked yet another deal with Total, the French energy and oil company. The agreement covers the P-MAX Stena Paris, which will sail on one of Total’s special routes from South East Asia to Polynesia. The Stena Paris had previously been chartered to Total between 2005 and 2012. The new charter is for […]

  • Australia: Incat Crowther Launches New Offshore Support Crew Boat

    7 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    Incat Crowther announces the launch of a second 27.6m Wave Piercing Catamaran Crew Boat, Topaz Zephyr. Based on the innovative Topaz Zenith, launched in June, Topaz Zephyr has been optimized to provide 24-hour support to offshore oil and gas operations. The vessel differs from the earlier design by having a full width superstructure allowing greater […]

  • Kleven signs shipbuilding contract with IES Pioneer

    21 July 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Kleven has signed a new shipbuilding contract with Malaysian based Joint Venture Company IES Pioneer Ltd. The contract for the new vessel is of the MT 6015 MPSV design, designed by Norwegian design company MarinTeknikk, and will be outfitted with a crane, helideck and FiFi II. Delivery will be in September 2015. “At Kleven we […]

  • Several Projects in Suffolk County Included in the Corps FIMP

    27 August 2014
    Business & Finance

    Congressman Tim Bishop, Senator Kenneth LaValle, Assemblyman Fred Thiele and Southampton Town Supervisor Anna Throne-Holst applauded the decision of the United States Army Corps of Engineers to conduct a study of the feasibility of elevating Dune Road. The environmental, economic and engineering assessment will be completed as part of the storm damage reduction component of […]

  • Asian LR Tanker Rates Shoot Up

    14 September 2017

    Asian long range (LR) tanker market has seen a surge in rates following the Hurricane Harvey amid heightened demand from Europe and Americas resulting from US refinery outages. According to Ocean Freight Exchange (OFE), rates on TC1 and TC5 freight routes surged by w17.5 and w14 points week-on-week to w115 and w135 respectively. “With many […]

  • Iberdrola to Invest in Scottish Renewable Energy

    5 February 2015
    Business & Finance

    Ignacio Galán, the chairman and chief executive officer of Iberdrola, has outlined a strategy for further multi-billion pound investments in renewables in the UK, with a strong focus on Scotland, in a lecture at the University of Strathclyde.  Mr Galán was delivering the fourth James Blyth lecture at the university, in which he gave a detailed […]

  • Empowering Asian energy industry with Philippines’ first integrated LNG facility

    5 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Transition

    Three players are setting in motion the Philippines’ first integrated liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in Batangas.

  • EDF developing offshore hydrogen production project in French EEZ

    28 November 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    EDF Power Solutions has invited applications for a tender for Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) services and hazard studies as part of a project to develop an offshore hydrogen production station in France’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The project, dubbed HYODE (HYdrogen Offshore DunkerquE), will produce green hydrogen by coupling offshore wind farms with an offshore […]

  • Greenpeace files ‘historic’ lawsuit against Norway over Arctic drilling plans

    18 October 2016

    Environmental organization Greenpeace filed a lawsuit on Tuesday morning against the Norwegian government for allowing oil companies to drill for new oil in the Arctic Barents Sea.  The lawsuit has been filed together with the Norwegian environmental group Nature & Youth in order to keep millions of barrels of oil in the ground. The Norwegian state-owned oil company […]

  • Northern Lights’ liquefied CO2 carrier arsenal grows as third vessel joins its fleet

    3 December 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Transition, Vessels

    China’s Dalian Shipbuilding Industry (DSIC), part of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), has delivered a new liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2) carrier to Northern Lights, a joint venture (JV) encompassing three European oil majors: Shell, Equinor, and TotalEnergies.

  • 12 Tips to Protect Yourself in 2015

    16 December 2014

    As 2015 nears, many of us look towards the future with plans to improve our lives: perhaps you’ll pledge to join a gym, find a more lucrative job, or see more of the world. For mariners, the New-Year’s resolution may involve broadening horizons or exploring seas you’ve never sailed before. If this is the case, then […]

  • EIA: Gas Furnace Efficiency Has Great Implications for Residential Natural Gas Use (USA)

    5 December 2013

    About 40% of the energy delivered to the residential sector is attributed to space heating, and natural gas- and propane-fired furnaces account for almost half of that, making them a large target for potential energy efficiency gains. Yet the minimum efficiency level of gas furnaces has changed little over the past 20 years. A Department […]

  • USA: Siemens Inaugurates Gas Turbine Plant in North Carolina

    17 November 2011

    Siemens is continuing to expand its worldwide network of gas turbine manufacturing facilities. The company has invested more than $350 million in a 42,000-square-meter plant in Charlotte, North Carolina, creating 700 new jobs. “With our cutting-edge gas turbine production, we are setting new standards in quality, productivity, competitiveness, and flexibility,” said Michael Suess, member of […]

  • PHOTO: Incat Crowther DSV Bhagwan Dryden

    11 December 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Incat Crowther’s, first-of-type Catamaran Dive Support Vessel, Bhagwan Dryden, has, according to the company, set a new standard for catamaran dive support vessels since its launch and delivery earlier this year. The company reported a positive operational feedback for the vessel, which has already received high praise for initial operations, including mooring inspection carried out […]

  • New OSV Rules and Environment Notations Approved by RINA

    10 June 2013

    International classification society RINA has launched new rules for Offshore Support Vessels, new environmental notations covering cargo handling and transhipment operations and a new guide on complete ship model calculation of passenger ships. All these initiatives were approved at a meeting of RINA’s technical committee held in Genoa this week. OSV Rules The free-standing and […]

  • UK: Captain Seog Hae-gyun Receives IMO Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea 2011

    23 November 2011

    Captain Seog Hae-gyun of the Republic of Korea, Master of the chemical tanker Samho Jewelry, has been presented with the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea 2011, for his decisive, brave and courageous actions to protect his ship and crew during a vicious pirate attack in the Indian Ocean, which left […]

  • LNG exports have global environmental benefits, report says

    6 October 2015

    The Center for Liquefied Natural Gas revealed the findings of a new report that confirm the global environmental benefits of exporting LNG.

  • Golden Energy Offshore orders two PSVs in China

    8 April 2014

    Norway’s Golden Energy Offshore has placed an order for two new platform supply vessels of Ulstein’s PX121H design. Golden Energy Offshore has entered into a shipbuilding contract with NANTONG RAINBOW OFFSHORE & ENGINEERING EQUIPMENTS CO.,LTD (ROC) in China for the construction of two PX121H Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs) from ULSTEIN, with the option to build […]