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  • EIA: Half of 2013 Power Plant Capacity Additions Came from Natural Gas

    9 April 2014

    Natural gas-fired power plants accounted for just over 50% of new utility-scale generating capacity added in 2013. Solar provided nearly 22%, a jump up from less than 6% in 2012. Coal provided 11% and wind nearly 8%. Almost half of all capacity added in 2013 was located in California. In total, a little over 13,500 […]

  • Offshore WIND Conference Welcomes Startup Circular Energy

    19 September 2017

    Offshore WIND Conference is proud to announce Founder and General Manager of Circular Energy, Arnold Groot, will be speaking at the session ‘Oil, gas, wind: friend or foe’. In this session the changing landscape of cooperation between oil, gas and wind will be discussed and what is in it for wind. Arnold will share his views on how Circular Energy’s power from gas can balance the North Sea offshore grid.

  • Topaz Energy Expands Caspian Presence

    5 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    Topaz Energy and Marine, a leading offshore support vessel owner with primary operations in the Middle East and Caspian, today announced that it has secured new multi-year charters in the Russian Filanovsky project for nine of its offshore support vessels amounting to circa USD 20 million. The vessels have been deployed to offshore contractor Saipem […]

  • GL Noble Denton Expands Its MCI Practice in North America

    8 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    GL Noble Denton has expanded its Marine Casualty Investigation (MCI) practice in North America by launching operations in Seattle, a primary hub for marine insurance. The new base will allow the company’s team of experienced surveyors to meet the growing demand for marine casualty investigations off the West Coast of the US and Canada. Activity […]

  • Second Holland Class Oceangoing Patrol Vessels Starts Sea Acceptance Trials

    2 September 2011
    Business & Finance

    On Wednesday 31 August, the second of four Holland Class Oceangoing Patrol Vessels, “Zeeland” built by Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding for the Royal Netherlands Navy, left Vlissingen, The Netherlands, for her sea acceptance trials (SAT). During the SAT, primarily the platform as well as parts of the sensor weapons and communications suite will be extensively […]

  • SAR Bodies in Developing Nations Under Resourced

    3 June 2015

    Search and rescue (SAR) authorities and organisations in developing nations are under resourced and overwhelmed because of the size of the rivers, lakes and coastlines they have to monitor, a report on ferry accidents commissioned by the International Maritime Rescue Federation (IMRF) shows. The report was presented at the World Maritime Rescue Congress (WMRC) in Bremerhaven […]

  • IMO Secretary-General Launches 2013 World Maritime Day Theme

    9 January 2013

    IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu has launched this year’s World Maritime Day theme, “Sustainable development: IMO’s contribution beyond Rio+20”, calling on Governments and the shipping industry to join together and provide a positive contribution towards formulating sustainable maritime development goals. Speaking at a reception to mark the launch of the theme, at the end of the […]

  • USA: Work on West Sacramento Levee Paused for Rainy Season

    24 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District has concluded this year’s construction of a setback levee along South River Road in West Sacramento with plans to resume next spring. The construction site will be shut down for the winter and South River Road from Marina Green Drive to Linden Road will continue to be […]

  • RINA Classes Prysmian’s New Cable Layer

    24 October 2019

    Prysmian Group’ new cable laying vessel, Leonardo Da Vinci, is set to get new battery power class notation developed by RINA. The vessel will be added to the group’s cable laying fleet in the second quarter of 2021. The new vessel is being built by Vard, a Fincantieri company, at one of its shipyards in […]

  • UK: Company Relaunches to Tackle Skills Challenge

    18 February 2013

    The search for enough skilled workers to meet the future demands of the East of England energy industry has prompted one recruitment business to rename and relaunch itself ready for the challenges ahead. Inspired by its own slogan, Beccles-based PDS will from this week be known as People With Energy (PWE Recruitment Group Ltd) focusing […]

  • Explosion leaves two injured on board vessel working on Fécamp offshore wind farm

    22 November 2022
    Vessels

    During the night on 17 November, an explosion occurred on board the DP3 trenching support vessel (TSV) Athena, injuring two crew members. The vessel, which was in port in Le Havre at the time of the accident, is supporting the construction of the Fécamp offshore wind farm, according to French media. Ouest-France reports that the […]

  • DNV Releases Improved Offshore Classification Rules

    12 November 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    DNV’s Enhanced Classification Rules for mobile offshore units presented in May have been further improved through a process of industry consultation and feedback. The final versions of the related DNV Offshore Standards have been released and are available now. “Our aim has been to take class a new step forward by focusing on control, transparency […]

  • Germany: BARD-Group Completes Realignment of Management Team

    13 September 2011
    Operations & Maintenance

      BARD, Germany’s offshore pioneer seated in Emden, has completed the realignment of the management team which began early 2011. Olaf Struck (46) will join Bernd Ranneberg (50, CEO) and Manuel Althoff (47, CFO) from the 1st of October 2011 as new chief technical officer (CTO) of BARD Holding GmbH. Olaf Struck is a versed […]

  • Wärtsilä to Supply IGG Units for Ichthys FPSO (Australia)

    16 October 2012

    Wärtsilä Moss AS has won a contract with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co (DSME) to supply inert gas generator (IGG) units to a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit for the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG project in the Browse Basin, approximately 200km off western Australia. The vessel is due for delivery in April 2016; […]

  • USA: First Zumwalt Class Destroyer Launched

    30 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    General Dynamics Bath Iron Works successfully launched the Navy’s first Zumwalt-class destroyer Oct. 28 at their Bath, Maine, shipyard. The future USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) will be the lead ship of the Navy’s newest destroyer class, designed for littoral operations and land attack. The ship began its translation from Bath Iron Works’ land-level construction facility […]

  • EPCC deal inked for next stage of Thailand’s third LNG terminal

    2 July 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Thailand’s Gulf Development Company has signed an engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning (EPCC) contract with the PEC-CAZ Consortium for the next phase of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal on the eastern coast of the Gulf of Thailand.

  • Italian Shipping Firm Fined for Magic Pipe Case

    9 March 2015
    Business & Finance

    Italian shipping firm Carbofin S.p.A. that owned and operated the M/T Marigola was sentenced to pay an overall criminal penalty of USD 2.75 million by a Florida District Court for knowingly falsifying the vessel’s oil record book in violation of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS). Out of the USD 2.75 million fine, […]

  • BP tasks Seatrium with FPU job in Gulf of America

    26 November 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    UK-headquartered energy giant BP has entrusted Seatrium, a Singapore-headquartered provider of offshore, marine, and energy solutions, with an assignment related to a newbuild floating production unit (FPU), destined for deployment at a deepwater oil project in the Gulf of America (the U.S. Gulf of Mexico).

  • US-led coalition of global powers warns Houthis to stop ‘illegal attacks’ or ‘bear the consequences’

    4 January 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Safety, Vessels

    The governments of the United States, Australia, Bahrain, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, and the United Kingdom issued a joint statement warning the Houthis against further attacks in the Red Sea. The statement is being issued on the heels of the latest use of anti-ship ballistic missiles against commercial vessels, […]

  • BSEE Develops New Oil Spill Response Planning Calculators

    19 August 2016
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), in collaboration with Genwest, launched a set of response system planning calculators for mechanical recovery (ERSP), in situ burning (EBSP), and surface-applied dispersants (EDSP). The use of these tools is currently not required for the submission of an oil spill response plan (OSRP), however, BSEE believes these calculators […]

  • HB Rentals supports Jack-Up Barge’s Conwy gas field ops

    26 June 2014

    Offshore accommodation and workspace specialists HB Rentals has been awarded a major integrated services project with self-elevating platform provider Jack-Up Barge.   The contract, believed to be in the region of one million pounds, has seen HB Rentals deliver and install a 60Pax linkable accommodation complex comprising of sleeper and welfare modules, access stairs and […]

  • DNV GL Improves Classification Rules for Mobile Offshore Units

    12 November 2013

    DNV’s Enhanced Classification Rules for mobile offshore units presented in May have been further improved through a process of industry consultation and feedback. The final versions of the related DNV Offshore Standards have been released and are available now. “Our aim has been to take class a new step forward by focusing on control, transparency […]

  • Malaysia: Cathelco to Supply Seawater Pipework Anti-Fouling System for a FPSO

    7 January 2013

    Cathelco has won an order to supply a seawater pipework anti-fouling system for a new FPSO which will be operated in the Cendor offshore oil field by Petrofac Malaysia. The system will be installed on the MT Onozo, an Aframax tanker, which is being converted to an FPSO at the MHB yard in Pasir Gudang, […]

  • Port of Melbourne Names New CEO (Australia)

    25 December 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Victorian Coalition Government has announced that Nick Easy has been appointed as CEO of the Port of Melbourne Corporation, Minister for Ports David Hodgett announced on Monday. “I am very pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Nick Easy as the CEO of the Port of Melbourne Corporation (PoMC), following the PoMC Board recommendation,” […]

  • Wartsila Secures Inert Gas Contract for Ichthys Project in Australia

    16 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    Wärtsilä Moss AS has won a contract with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co (DSME) to supply inert gas generator (IGG) units to a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit for the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG project in the Browse Basin, approximately 200km off western Australia. The vessel is due for delivery in April 2016; […]