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  • USA: Ingalls Delivers Composite Deckhouse for Zumwalt Destroyer

    10 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    Huntington Ingalls Industries announced that the company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division has delivered the composite deckhouse for the destroyer Zumwalt (DDG 1000) to the U.S. Navy. The 900-ton deckhouse provides an advanced structure to house the ship’s bridge, radars, antennas and intake/exhaust systems and is designed to provide a significantly smaller radar cross-section than any other […]

  • Promar Orders 2 PSVs from Damen

    31 January 2014

    PROMAR has ordered two Platform Supply Vessels from Damen Shipyards Group and this ambitious Swiss company is looking to further expand the offshore fleet under its management in the next five years. The first Damen PSV 3300 will be delivered in February 2015 and the second, in August of the same year. Commenting on why […]

  • Two more projects online as Asian giant pursues ‘green and low-carbon’ oil & gas development

    17 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Transition

    CNOOC has brought on stream two oilfield projects off the coast of China, with the help of so-called intelligent technologies, which are said to unlock the doors of low-emission hydrocarbon development.

  • North America’s largest LNG bunker barge completes 1st bunkering at Port of Canaveral

    21 July 2023
    Collaboration, Green Marine, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Transition, Vessels

    The Clean Canaveral liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunker barge has completed its first barge-to-ship bunkering of a cargo vessel at Port Canaveral. JAX LNG, along with Polaris New Energy, handled the LNG refueling of the M/T Damia Desgagnés on the ship’s inaugural call to Port Canaveral at the port’s South Cargo Berth 4.   The asphalt/bitumen tanker Damia Desgagnés completed her discharge of cargo […]

  • USA: DEP Announces Final Air Quality Permit for Gas Operations

    1 February 2013

    The Department of Environmental Protection announced it has finalized revisions to a general permit for natural gas-fired engines and equipment at compressor stations, which help move gas from well sites into transmission pipelines. The revised general permit includes significantly lower allowable emission limits than the previous general permit, called GP-5. DEP also announced it will […]

  • US West Coast Ports Reopen as Contract Talks Resume

    10 February 2015
    Business & Finance

    The US West Coast ports reopened Monday morning after employers closed the docks for two days, International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) said. PMA attributed temporary suspension of port operations at the West Coast to a decision not to pay workers premium pay for diminished productivity. Talks to resolve the few remaining issues between the Longshore Union and […]

  • IMB: 77 seafarers taken hostage since January

    16 July 2020
    Human Capital, Safety, Vessels

    Violent attacks against ships and their crews have risen in 2020, with 77 seafarers taken hostage or kidnapped for ransom since January, the ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) said in its latest piracy report. The Gulf of Guinea off West Africa is increasingly dangerous for commercial shipping, accounting for just over 90% of maritime kidnappings […]

  • UK: South Boats Launches Its 47th Offshore Wind Farm Crew Transfer Vessel

    18 November 2011

    South Boats Special Projects Ltd launched its 47th offshore wind farm crew transfer vessel, ‘Porth Wen’. The vessel is a South Catamaran 16m and is the third of a five boat order from Turbine Transfers Ltd. for the 16m to be delivered. This vessel compliments the eighteen wind farm vessels already built for Turbine Transfers […]

  • USA: MetalCraft Marine to Receive Federal Grant Through Assistance to Small Shipyards Program ?

    28 February 2012

    Visiting MetalCraft Marine in Cape Vincent, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer called on the federal government to approve the company’s request for a grant that could help the manufacturer double its workforce and expand its manufacturing operation in Jefferson County. Schumer is pushing to secure nearly $800,000 in federal grants through the Assistance to Small […]

  • Metal Shark Announces Expansion Plans

    26 January 2014
    Business & Finance

    Metal Shark Aluminum Boats is expanding its operations and has acquired a large waterfront parcel to accommodate the production of larger vessels. The builder has signaled its entry into the shipbuilding sector with the purchase of a 25-acre waterfront tract located in South Louisiana’s St. Mary Parish. Plans for the new facility call for over […]

  • Cheoy Lee Delivers First RAstar 3200 Tug to SMIT-LAMNALCO

    12 December 2013

    The new RAstar 3200 tug SL Jamba was recently delivered to its owners SMIT-LAMNALCO. Constructed at Cheoy Lee Shipyards Ltd., she will soon be joined by three more sister tugs for the same owner. These powerful tugs will assist berthing and unberthing of LNG carriers at new export facilities being developed in Papua New Guinea […]

  • Emerson Wins Contract for New BP FPSO (UK)

    20 September 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    On the heels of being named BP’s automation contractor of choice for offshore oil and gas operations in the North Sea, Emerson Process Management has been awarded a $21 million contract to provide integrated control and safety systems for a new BP floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel. The new vessel, which will replace […]

  • CCC Confirms Benefits of Investing in Low-Carbon Technologies (UK)

    13 December 2012
    Authorities & Government, Research & Development

    The second report by the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) assessing the impact of carbon budgets on energy bills confirms that annual household energy bills could increase by GBP 100 in 2020 to support development of low-carbon technologies. The report, Energy prices and bills – impacts of meeting carbon budgets, says expected bill increases beyond […]

  • Seismic Shoots Could Harm Sea Turtles?

    26 November 2015
    Research & Development

    Scientists from the University of Exeter are warning of the risks that seismic surveys may pose to sea turtles. Seismic surveys use airguns to produce sound waves that penetrate the sea floor to map oil and gas reserves. The review found that compared to marine mammals and fish, turtles are largely ignored in terms of […]

  • Stork Opens Training Centre for Its Blaster-Sprayers (UK)

    9 July 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Stork Technical Services (Stork), the leading global provider of knowledge-based asset integrity management services for the oil & gas, chemical and power sectors, today announces the opening of its in-house FM (fabric maintenance) training centre at its facility in Aberdeen, UK. Stork invested around £100,000 in the facility to develop the skills of its blasting/spraying […]

  • Strong Demand for Offshore Service Vessels Signals Growing Market GL also introduces a regional Technology Center for the U.S. Gulf Coast

    9 December 2010

    New Orleans/USA, 9 December 2010 – Offshore service vessels (OSV) are becoming larger, more specialized and technically sophisticated as a result of the rising demand for more complex deepwater field developments, including the Gulf of Mexico. Currently, there are some 2,500 OSV worldwide, with a steady growth projected from now through 2020. All this has […]

  • Yemen Conflict Pushes Maritime Industry to Tighten Security

    25 January 2018
    Business & Finance

    Shipowners and operators are facing new threats arising from the conflict in Yemen.

  • Wärtsilä to Supply Inert Gas Systems for Three New Vessels

    16 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, is to supply inert gas systems for a Floating Storage Unit (FSU) to be located on Norway’s Heidrun offshore oil and gas field, and for two shuttle tankers that will support the FSU. The FSU is owned by Statoil, the Norwegian state owned energy company, and […]

  • Babcock Completes HMS Penzance Upgrade

    10 June 2013

    Sandown class mine hunter HMS Penzance has left Babcock’s Rosyth dockyard with enhanced operational capability, sustainability and habitability standards, following a successful six month Support Period (Docking) (SP(D)) by Babcock. The support period was completed under the Surface Ship Support Alliance (SSSA) Class Output Management (COM) Phase 2 arrangements, and the work package was defined […]

  • MHI launches operations at Nagasaki Carbon Neutral Park

    7 August 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology, Transition, Vision

    Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has started operations at Nagasaki Carbon Neutral Park, a center dedicated to the development of MHI Group’s energy decarbonization technologies. Located in Nagasaki, the new base is expected to progressively expand over the coming years, and according to MHI, will undertake development mainly of fuel production, combustion and CO2 capture […]

  • Equinor’s H2H Saltend greenlighted to proceed as one of UK’s large-scale hydrogen projects

    12 August 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Infrastructure, Project & Tenders

    Norwegian energy giant Equinor’s H2H Saltendhas to progress as one of the first large-scale hydrogen projects in the country.

  • Bureau Veritas Classes Brazil’s Largest Floating Production Unit

    22 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    Petrobras’ P-55 Floating Production Unit (FPU), the largest and the first of this kind entirely built in Brazil, is on its way to the Roncador Field, Campos Basin, where it will be installed in a water depth of 1,790 metres. The column stabilized semi-submersible has a capacity of 180,000 bopd and 6,000,000 cu m of […]

  • T&E blasts EU’s ‘leaked’ green shipping law for including LNG, biofuels

    23 June 2021
    Authorities & Government, Environment, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    An EU law intended to drive the uptake of clean fuels by ships will actually lock in the use of fossil fuels for decades, Transport & Environment (T&E) said citing a leaked proposal of a law mandating ships to progressively switch to sustainable marine fuels. Specifically, the current draft would lead to shipping mostly switching to […]

  • PIRA: Tighter LNG Supply Outlook Extends Further into 2014

    6 February 2014

    NYC-based PIRA Energy Group believes that the tighter LNG supply outlook extends further into 2014. Price volatility realized in the western U.S. markets last month shifted east along with the arctic-air intrusions in January. In Europe, gas fundamentals take a significantly bearish turn. Specifically, PIRA’s analysis of natural gas market fundamentals has revealed the following: […]

  • Cable Ship Wreck Found Off Hawaii

    8 December 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Researchers from the University of Hawaii and the NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries discovered an intact “ghost ship” in 2,000 feet of water nearly 20 miles off the coast of Oʻahu. Sitting upright, its solitary mast still standing and the ship’s wheel still in place, the hulk of the former cable ship Dickenson, later […]