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  • ABS to class first built-in-Qatar liftboat

    28 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    ABS, a provider of classification services to the global offshore industry, was selected by Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine (N-KOM) to class the first self-elevating unit ever to be built in Qatar. The project also will be the first offshore newbuild project undertaken by the ASME and API accredited shipyard. Customized for the Middle East and […]

  • Rotoboost reveals first-of-its-kind pre-combustion carbon capture system

    1 November 2022
    Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Equipment, Green Marine, Innovation, Technology, Transition

    Rotoboost, a global hydrogen company based in Norway, has won a new technology qualification designation from the ABS classification society for its pre-combustion carbon capture system based on the thermocatalytic decomposition process. The technology, described as a first-of-its-kind, allows for continuous hydrogen production and carbon capture onboard marine vessels. The system converts natural gas into […]

  • DNV GL opens doors of new hazard awareness training center

    29 June 2016
    Equipment

    The international oil & gas advisory and classification society, DNV GL, has opened a new training center at its large-scale testing and research facility at Spadeadam in Cumbria, UK. DNV GL said on Wednesday that the newly-opened center is a product of a $4 million investment with the goal to offer trials in a controlled and secure […]

  • Damen gets ASD tug order from Scafi

    24 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    Damen has reported that the company is to construct a new ASD 3212 tug for Scafi, the Italian shipping group that includes a number of international towing companies. The contract cements their already strong business relationship that goes back 20 years and represents the first Damen ASD 3212 for Italian waters. This is the fifteenth contract […]

  • UK: Carbon Capture Storage project gets €300M funding

    8 July 2014

    A UK carbon storage project that would support up to 2,000 jobs and provide clean electricity to more than 630,000 homes today received a funding boost of €300m from the European Commission.

  • USA: Salazar to Host International Forum on Improving Offshore Drilling Safety

    14 April 2011
    Business & Finance

      On Thursday, April 14, 2011, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will convene an international forum to further the Department of the Interior’s efforts to reduce the risks associated with offshore drilling around the world. The forum will focus on how to strengthen containment capabilities for potential deepwater oil and gas well blowouts and […]

  • Russia: Zelenodolsk Shipyard Ends Year on High Note

    28 December 2011

    JSC Zelenodolsk Shipyard is successfully completing the yearly shipbuilding program. According to the yard’s director general Renat I. Mistakhov, the current year has been very fruitful and brought many contracts. Estimated income in 2011 would be RUR 10 bln (in 2010 – RUR 7.8 bln). Seventy percent of the shipyard’s products are being built for […]

  • Eco-Conscious China Keeps Dry Bulk Market Down

    18 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    The dry bulk shipping market is not expected to return to profitability until 2017, despite a modest recovery in earnings anticipated over the next two years, according to the latest edition of the Dry Bulk Forecaster, published by global shipping consultancy Drewry. The dry bulk market has always been sensitive to demand fluctuations and seven […]

  • Russia: Frigate INS Teg Continues Sea Trials

    16 November 2011

      Frigate INS Teg (stands for “saber”) built by Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad continued sea trials after replacement of damaged cruising turbine, told a source in the shipyard to Central Navy Portal. INS Teg is the first Project 11356 frigate in the second 3-ship series ordered by Indian Navy; she was laid down at Yantar […]

  • UK: EC Injects $408 Mln into ‘White Rose’ CCS Project

    8 July 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    A UK carbon storage project that would support up to 2,000 jobs and provide clean electricity to more than 630,000 homes today received a funding boost of €300m from the European Commission. The White Rose project, based at Britain’s largest coal-fired power station, the Drax plant in Yorkshire, is one of Europe’s first carbon capture […]

  • Advanced Insulation Systems Acquires Manuplas Limited

    28 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Gloucester-based Advanced Insulation Systems (AIS), a high growth SME that manufactures specialist materials used to insulate subsea infrastructure and fire proof oil rigs, has acquired Manuplas Limited, a specialist in providing customer polymer solutions to the marine, offshore, renewable energy and leisure markets. Formed following a management buyout in 2008, AIS has since grown its […]

  • PIRA Energy: 2Q13 Seasonal Dip in Asian LNG Demand to Cut Into Spot Prices

    27 March 2013
    Research & Development

    PIRA Energy Group reports that the recent drop in Asian LNG spot prices confirms PIRA’s belief that the seasonal dip in 2Q13 Asian LNG demand would cut into spot prices. In the U.S., year-on-year gas storage deficits are on track to be significant by the end of March. In Europe, gas demand is above normal […]

  • Australia: Schneider Electric in Wheatstone Win

    22 January 2013
    Project & Tenders

    Schneider Electric said it has entered into an agreement with Bechtel for the supply of an electrical control and distribution network solution, designed to run and monitor critical equipment, for the Chevron-operated Wheatstone Project in Western Australia. The contract value is estimated at AU$189 million. The contract, one of the largest ever undertaken by Schneider […]

  • Seven Seas Opens New Facility at ASRY

    8 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    ASRY, a ship and rig repair yard in the Arabian Gulf, has welcomed a new dedicated living quarters outfitter and HVAC facility operated by the UAE-based Seven Seas within the yard. The facility includes a metal fabrication workshop, a carpentry workshop, offices and stores, and will increase the variety and quality of accommodation and air […]

  • RCL’s 2015 Earnings Up 42 Pct over 2014

    2 February 2016
    Business & Finance

    Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. today reported adjusted earnings for 2015 worth USD 4.83 per share – up 42% over 2014. According to RCL the earnings are expected to further increase to USD 5.90-USD 6.10 in 2016. “Our core brands are firing on all cylinders, our new ships are performing exceptionally well and our costs are well controlled.  […]

  • Wartsila to Supply Power Modules for North Sea FPSO

    28 January 2014

    Wartsila will supply a 62 MW topside power module solution for a Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel to be deployed at the Kraken oilfield located in the U.K. sector of the North Sea. This EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) award has been given in December 2013 by Armada Kraken Pte.Ltd, a wholly owned […]

  • USA: HII Gets Advance Procurement Contract for Amphibious Transport Dock LPD 27

    24 February 2012
    Business & Finance

    Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division has received a $70 million cost-plus-fixed-fee advance procurement contract modification from the U.S. Navy to provide long-lead materials for LPD 27, the 11th amphibious transport dock of the USS San Antonio (LPD 17) class. The funds awarded to Ingalls will be used to purchase long-lead-time materials and major equipment […]

  • Australia: QGC Inaugurates Water Treatment Plant

    23 October 2013

    Queensland Deputy Premier Jeff Seeney inaugurated QGC’s Kenya Water Treatment Plant in gas fields west of Brisbane. The plant, about 35km south-west of Chinchilla, purifies water that generally would otherwise not be available for crops or drinking because it is too salty. QGC is providing the water to about 20 landholders and the town of […]

  • Gazprom to use domestic equipment in gas producing facilities

    29 December 2014

    Gazprom intends to substitute imported products with the use of domestic technical solutions at its gas production facilities.

  • RenewableUK Welcomes New Report on Economic Benefits of Offshore Wind

    4 December 2012

    RenewableUK, the trade and professional body representing the wind and marine energy industries, has welcomed a new report highlighting the economic benefits of wind. The study, by Cambridge Econometrics for WWF and Greenpeace, shows that UK GDP will be £20 billion higher (0.8%) in 2030 if investment is focussed on offshore wind rather than gas. […]

  • Philippines: Pagbilao LNG Terminal Construction Progressing Well

    24 April 2014

    Stewart Elliott, Chairman of Energy World Corporation met in Manilla on Wednesday with Carlos Jericho L. Petilla, Secretary of the Department of Energy of the Philippines, to update him on the progress of the Pagbilao Power and LNG Hub projects. During the meeting the Secretary emphasised the need for additional power for the Luzon Grid […]

  • USA: Gulf Craft Builds Incat Crowther Catamaran Crew Boats

    3 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    Two Incat Crowther 55m Catamaran Crew Boats, to be named SEACOR Lynx and SEACOR Leopard, are under construction at Gulf Craft LLC in Louisiana, USA. The vessels’ operator, SEACOR Marine, is a progressive company that pioneered the use of fast catamarans in the offshore industry with the commissioning of SEACOR Cheetah in January 2008, and […]

  • Posidonia 2018: 5 Most Exciting Things to Watch Out for in Shipping Industry

    6 June 2018
    Rules & Regulation

    Industry representatives share their views on the most exciting things in the industry at the moment.

  • Rig repurposing on Friede & Goldman’s task list as semi-sub seeks new lease on life

    23 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Friede & Goldman (F&G), a Houston-based engineering firm specializing in the design and development of innovative offshore solutions, has won a new engineering assignment for the conversion of a semi-submersible offshore drilling unit (MODU) into an accommodation vessel.

  • ESBJERG, WE HAVE A PROBLEM

    4 November 2016

    There may be very few similarities between the Apollo 13 moon flight and Vattenfall’s Surveillance Centre in Esbjerg, bar one: The relaying of information due to technical malfunction. Offshore WIND speaks to Jan Jørgensen on the complex and challenging job of monitoring Vattenfall’s wind turbines. Jan Jorgensen from Vattenfall is manager of Vattenfall’s Surveillance Centre where he is […]