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  • Interview: JMU’s Contra Rotating Propellers Cut Fuel Consumption

    9 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    With the climate in the shipping industry as competitive as ever, the shipowners look favorably on any breakthrough that could lead to cutting shipping costs.   That is why Japan Marine United Corporation’s (JMU) innovative fuel-saving Contra Rotating Propeller System (CRP) has made waves within the shipping community. This technology, which was developed independently by JMU, is […]

  • Tsuneishi taps MAN ES to provide methanol-fueled engine for bulk carrier

    14 February 2023
    Equipment, Vessels

    MAN Energy Solutions, through its licensee Mitsui E&S Machinery, has signed a contract with Japanese shipbuilder Tsuneishi Shipbuilding to provide a methanol-powered engine for a 65,700 dwt bulk carrier.

  • Acorn CCS and Hydrogen project gets over $43 million in government funding

    17 March 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Scotland took a step closer to its net-zero carbon goals with the announcement of over £30 million ($41.7 million) of UK Government funding for initiatives linked to the Acorn carbon capture and storage (CCS) project.

  • Three low-carbon projects get funding from UK

    17 March 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition

    Norwegian oil and gas major Equinor has secured public financing from the UK authorities for three of its low carbon projects in the north-east of England.

  • Gibdock Secures First Dry Docking Contract from Technip

    31 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    Gibdock has underlined its growing reputation in the offshore vessel sector by securing its first dry docking contract from Technip, a world leader in project management, engineering and construction for the energy industry. Wellservicer, a multi-role diving support vessel with subsea lift capability, has undergone an intensive and relatively complex class renewal docking at the […]

  • UK: Maersk Training Given Go Ahead by GWO

    15 August 2012

    The stage is set for North East England to become a global leader in wind turbine training after Maersk Training Newcastle becomes the UK’s first – and one of only a handful around the world – to be given the go ahead to run courses approved by the Global Wind Organisation (GWO). Maersk Training Newcastle […]

  • NGO Shipbreaking Platform: 24 Deaths Recorded at Beaching Yards in South Asia

    18 October 2018

    NGO Shipbreaking Platform: 24 deaths and 9 injuries were recorded at beaching yards in South Asia

  • South Boats Launches ‘Porth Cadlan’ (UK)

    18 January 2012

    The vessel is a South Catamaran 16m and is the fifth of a five boat order from Turbine Transfers Ltd. for the 16m to be delivered. This vessel compliments the twenty six wind farm vessels already built or in build for Turbine Transfers Ltd. by South Boats. The ‘Porth Cadlan’ has an LOA of 16.8m, […]

  • UK: South Boats Launches New Wind Farm Vessel ‘Porth Cadlan’

    18 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    This South Catamaran 16m vessel is the fifth of a five boat order from Turbine Transfers Ltd. for the 16m to be delivered. This vessel compliments the twenty six wind farm vessels already built or in build for Turbine Transfers Ltd. by South Boats. The ‘Porth Cadlan’ has an LOA of 16.8m, Beam of 6.3m, Draught […]

  • UK: Bibby Offshore Leads in Saturation Diving Safety in North Sea

    9 August 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Aberdeen-based subsea installation contractor Bibby Offshore is leading the way in saturation diving safety in the North Sea after recently carrying out fully successful evacuation trials. The trials involved mating a Self Propelled Hyperbaric Lifeboat (SPHL) from the company’s Diving Support Vessel (DSV), Bibby Sapphire, to a Portable Hyperbaric Reception Facility onshore. Saturation diving requires […]

  • USA: Morrissey to Head New Bedford Wind Energy Center

    2 October 2013

    Mayor Jon Mitchell announced that he has asked long-time Economic Development Council Executive Director Matt Morrissey to lead the City’s effort over the coming year to develop the offshore wind energy industry and launch the New Bedford Wind Energy Center, a new public-private partnership established earlier this year within the New Bedford Economic Development Council […]

  • 30+ Religious Leaders Across Prince George’s County Support Offshore Wind (USA)

    14 February 2012
    Ports & Logistics

    As the Maryland Senate’s Finance Committee prepares to take up offshore wind energy legislation on Tuesday, over thirty religious leaders from across Prince George’s County delivered letters to their legislators on two key committees yesterday, making a moral case for shifting the state to cleaner energy. The letters were delivered in Annapolis today to Senator […]

  • Dong Energy Completes Wind Turbine Installation at Walney 2 (UK)

    20 October 2011

      In the night of 22 September, the last blade on the last wind turbine at Walney 2 was fastened. However, it took waiting until the installation vessel, Kraken, succeeded in finding the weather window which made it possible to install the last blade on the last wind turbine in the wind farm. Now, all […]

  • Dong Energy Completes Wind Turbine Installation at Walney 2 (UK)

    20 October 2011

      In the night of 22 September, the last blade on the last wind turbine at Walney 2 was fastened. However, it took waiting until the installation vessel, Kraken, succeeded in finding the weather window which made it possible to install the last blade on the last wind turbine in the wind farm. Now, all […]

  • Probe ongoing after fatal vessel incident near oil platform leaves two dead and one seriously injured

    14 August 2024
    Authorities & Government, Environment, Human Capital, Regulation & Policy, Safety, Vessels

    Icon Offshore has confirmed the incident that took two lives and left one worker seriously injured in the waters off the coast of Sarawak, Malaysia.

  • Three players develop green solution to cut emissions in drilling operations

    3 February 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Exploration & Production, Innovation, IT & Software, Technology, Transition

    A collaborative, green solution developed by COSL Drilling Europe, Kongsberg, and NOV is poised to generate savings in offshore drilling operations.

  • MPA shortlists 11 proposals for design of fully electric harbor craft

    23 February 2024
    Collaboration, Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics, Research & Development, Technology, Vessels

    The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has shortlisted a total of 11 passenger launch and cargo lighter vessel designs submitted by seven companies and consortia for the full electric harbor craft (e-HC) program.

  • UK: Successful Evacuation Trials for Bibby Offshore

    9 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    Aberdeen-based subsea installation contractor Bibby Offshore is leading the way in saturation diving safety in the North Sea after recently carrying out fully successful evacuation trials. The trials involved mating a Self Propelled Hyperbaric Lifeboat (SPHL) from the company’s Diving Support Vessel (DSV), Bibby Sapphire, to a Portable Hyperbaric Reception Facility onshore. Saturation diving requires […]

  • State to monitor firm hired to oversee planned dredge project

    15 August 2005

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  • Shell hires Japanese firm for final touches on Prelude FLNG

    9 December 2016
    Infrastructure

    This Friday seems to be about Floating LNG news. Following the news that Petronas has produced first LNG from its first FLNG unit in Malaysia, and that CHC will provide more helicopters for Shell’s large Prelude FLNG project in Australia, there’s more on FLNG. Namely, Japan’s JGC Corporation has received an order for the construction […]

  • Two Hawaiian Fishing Firms Fined for Dumping Oily Waste

    28 May 2018
    Business & Finance

    Two fishing firms have to pay civil penalties for discharging oily waste into the waters of Hawaii.

  • Halliburton to Pay $200.000 for Destroying Macondo Evidence

    20 September 2013

    Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Halliburton) pleaded guilty yesterday to destroying evidence pertaining to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster and was sentenced to the statutory maximum fine, the Justice Department announced. In addition, a criminal information was filed today charging a former Halliburton manager, Anthony Badalamenti, 61, of Katy, Texas, with one count of destruction of […]

  • MSC urged to align operations with global standards amid environmental violations

    13 December 2024
    Authorities & Government, Environment, Regulation & Policy

    One of the world’s largest container shipping companies, Switzerland’s Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), has been put under the spotlight for its “substandard and hazardous” dismantling of obsolete vessels on tidal beaches in South Asia, the Belgium-based NGO Shipbreaking Platform has stressed. Although the Swiss giant has faced criticism for breaching international environmental and labor rights […]

  • Aftermath of Attack on Bahri’s VLCC: What We Know So Far

    13 April 2018

    Dryad Maritime provides details on the attack and security picture in the region.

  • Port of Rotterdam feels impact of COVID-19 on cargo volumes

    23 July 2020
    Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics

    The Dutch Port of Rotterdam, Europe’s largest sea port, saw a 9.1 per cent decrease in its throughput in the first half of 2020 as a result of the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.