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  • Alfa Laval to Provide WHR Economizers for UASC’s Entire Fleet

    19 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    Alfa Laval, a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling, has received an order for its Aalborg XS-TC7A waste heat recovery (WHR) economizers for installation after auxiliary engines onboard the entire fleet of the United Arab Shipping Company, the largest regional container ship operator. Delivery is scheduled for later this year. Alfa […]

  • IMB PRC: Number of Crew Members Held Hostage Increasing YoY

    29 October 2018

    IMB PRC: The number of crew members held hostage increasing in comparison to the same period in 2017.

  • New Port of Melbourne CEO Announced (Australia)

    23 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 today. “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,” Mr […]

  • TUC sides with offshore unions (UK)

    15 September 2015

    British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) on Monday highlighted the devastating impact the North Sea jobs crisis is having on UK employment at the Trades Union Congress (TUC). Hundreds of jobs have been axed in the past year across the industry including in the helicopter sector. BALPA emphasized that in one company nearly 40 percent of helicopter pilot […]

  • Greenpeace Activists Block Coal Carrier off Helsinki

    2 November 2015

    A 155m long bulk carrier, Alppila, transporting coal to a power plant in central Helsinki, Finland, was prevented from entering the Port of Helsinki and steamed away from the port accompanied by a Finnish coast guard vessel, following a protest from Greenpeace activists, the environmental organization said. The activists from Finland, Denmark, Austria and Spain set out in […]

  • Blast at Bangladeshi Shipbreaking Yard Injures 8 Workers

    7 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    A gas cylinder exploded on Sunday at a shipbreaking yard, owned by Shital Enterprise, located in Sitakunda Upazila, the Chittagong district of Bangladesh, injuring eight workers at the site who were preparing for work. The workers are reported to be in critical condition, according to local media. The NGO Shipbreaking Platform told World Maritime News that the […]

  • DNV GL Improves Classification Rules for Offshore Units

    12 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    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 […]

  • UK: Wind Wave Workboats, South Boats Sign Contract for 17m Vigilante Catamaran

    27 October 2011
    Business & Finance

    South Boats Special Projects Ltd. and Wind Wave Workboats Ltd. announce the two companies have signed a contract for the construction for the ‘Freddie S’, a first of class South Boats 17m Vigilante catamaran. The vessel will be built at South Boats’ new facility in Cowes and will be delivered in August 2012. This is […]

  • Russia: Yantar Shipyard to Hand Over Frigate INS Teg on April 27th

    30 March 2012

    On Apr 27, Indian Navy’s ensign will be hoisted on lead Project 11356 frigate INS Teg (serial number 354) built by Yantar Shipyard (Kaliningrad, Russia), reports the yard’s press service. The first frigate of 3-ship series was laid down at Yantar in July 2007. She was launched in Nov 2009, and sea trials started in […]

  • Jaya Wins Charter Contract for MPMAV Jaya Privilege in Mexico

    14 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    Leading offshore energy services provider, Jaya Holdings Limited, announced the long term charter of its first high-specification Multi-Purpose Maintenance and Accommodation Vessel (MPMAV) “Jaya Privilege”.  This vessel is one in a range of sophisticated service vessels that Jaya is designing and building for its target markets. Jaya Privilege is expected to be delivered in June […]

  • IKE Gears Up for Its Overhaul at Norfolk Naval Shipyard

    7 August 2013

    After back-to-back deployments, USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN69) (IKE) will be headed to Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth for some necessary maintenance during a scheduled docking planned incremental availability (DPIA) period. A DPIA period is a time for a ship to undergo work and to receive needed improvements to maintain its optimal running efficiency. Over […]

  • Chinese Shipyards to Get Solutions for Problematic Deliveries

    4 September 2012
    Business & Finance

    Cardiff-based Graig Group and Global Maritime Investments are extending their co-operation to provide Chinese shipyards with safe havens and tailor-made solutions for problematic deliveries. Working together, the two groups will provide yards with employment and management for vessels which have been built but which cannot be delivered to the owner. The joint approach builds on […]

  • RenewableUK Applauds Opening of Scotland’s First Marine Energy Park

    31 July 2012

    RenewableUK, the trade association for the wind, wave and tidal energy industries, has welcomed the opening yesterday of Scotland’s first Marine Energy Park (MEP). The Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters MEP is the first in Scotland, and the second in the UK, following the announcement of an Energy Park in the South West of England […]

  • Wartsila to Supply Gas Engines for Australian Power Plant

    23 August 2012
    Equipment

    Wärtsilä has been contracted to supply the equipment for a gas engine based expansion to the McArthur River zinc mine power plant in Australia’s Northern Territory. The project is being undertaken by EDL NGD (NT) Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of the international energy company, Energy Developments Ltd (EDL), who will sell the electricity generated by […]

  • Mitsui Buys Stake in Gas Natural Mexico

    19 September 2012

    Mitsui & Co., Ltd., through its holding company, MIT Gas México, S. de R.L. de C.V., will participate in the gas distribution business in Mexico. MGM concluded a share purchase agreement with Iberdrola Energía, S.A.U., a wholly owned subsidiary of Iberdrola, S.A. on September 18, for Mitsui’s acquisition of a 13.25% share in Gas Natural […]

  • Black & Veatch: FLNG to push gas industry growth

    7 August 2019

    LNG technologies, such as floating LNG (FLNG) innovations, driven by its shorter construction lead times and lower capital investment costs, are increasingly becoming a viable option for increased gas deployments.

  • EIA: Henry Hub price in Aug flat

    8 September 2016

    The Henry Hub natural gas spot price in the United States averaged $2.82/MMBtu in August, unchanged from the July average, according to the Energy Information Administration. A hot summer and production declines have put some upward pressure on natural gas prices, although prices remain low enough to support significant natural gas-fired generation, the EIA said […]

  • Eight energy giants team up on methane emissions reduction

    23 November 2017

    BP, Eni, ExxonMobil, Repsol, Shell, Statoil, Total and Wintershall have joined forces to further reduce methane emissions from the natural gas assets they operate around the world.

  • CRISIL: Gas Power Projects Need Blended LNG (India)

    15 November 2011

    Prospects for upcoming gas-based power plants in India are not as adverse as is generally believed, as per a recent report by CRISIL Infrastructure Advisory. The report notes that domestic gas production cannot meet the requirements of 8,000-10,000 MW of gas-fired power generation capacity expected to come on stream over the next few months. However, […]

  • Damen Yard in Romania to Build Largest Naval Vessel for RNLN

    9 June 2011
    Business & Finance

      On 7 June 2011, at the Damen yard in Galatz, the keel was laid down for the Joint Support Ship (JSS). The ceremony was performed by Rear Admiral K. Visser of the Royal Netherlands Navy. Further construction of the vessel will largely take place at Damen Shipyard Galatz, supervised by Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding […]

  • 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.

  • Shell to pay £60000 for Brent Delta accident

    6 August 2018

    Shell has to pay £60000 for a 2014 safety incident that saw a worker severely injured aboard the Brent Delta oil platform in the UK North Sea.

  • ‘Major’ oil firm hires ‘Safe Caledonia’ flotel

    19 September 2018
    Exploration & Production

    Flotel operator Prosafe has won a contract for its Safe Caledonia accommodation rig to support ‘a major oil and gas operator’ in the UK part of the North Sea.

  • Oil firms hire XPD8 Solutions for monitoring services

    20 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    Asset integrity management specialist XPD8 Solutions has secured contracts worth a combined £4million for work in the North Sea and Africa and boosted its senior management team. The Aberdeen-based company has added contracts to its order book for condition monitoring services, taking it through to March 2019, for Wood Group, on behalf of Dana Petroleum, […]

  • DNV study: Overwhelming majority of seafarers in need of advanced tech & new fuels training

    8 June 2023
    Certification & Classification, Green Marine, Human Capital, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Transition, Vision

    A staggering 81 percent of seafarers expressed a necessity for partial or complete training to effectively handle the advanced technologies expected to be deployed on future ships, a DNV study has found. Additionally, over 75 percent of respondents (Deck and Engine Officers 78%) indicated a need for training on new fuel types, such as liquefied […]