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  • Hess narrows quarterly loss. Axes 400 jobs

    5 February 2018
    Business & Finance

    Hess Corporation narrowed its net loss in the fourth quarter 2017 as its revenues fell when compared to the same period last year. Hess in January eliminated about 400 positions. 

  • PSA Presents Report Regarding Risk Level on Norwegian Shelf in Line with Statoil (Norway)

    28 April 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    On 27 April the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) presented its 2010 report regarding the risk level on the Norwegian shelf (RNNP). The report is largely in line with Statoil’s own reports regarding health, safety and environment on the shelf. “This report is important for us. It shows where we succeed and what challenges we […]

  • USA: Senator Pushes Approval for Breezy Point Coastline Project

    21 March 2014

    U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer reaffirmed his call for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide federal Hurricane Sandy relief funds for a new dune flood-protection system in Breezy Point. The application for funding was formally submitted to FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Program and Schumer is urging the agency to approve this application. The proposed […]

  • US firm to test environmental and social impact for oil & gas projects in Suriname

    6 August 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Project & Tenders, Rules & Regulation

    Florida-headquartered marine environmental consulting firm CSA Ocean Sciences (CSA) and its Suriname subsidiary, CSA Suriname, have secured several projects for oil & gas operators in Suriname. Under the multi-year contracts for operators described as “major”, CSA will manage multiple environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA) programs offshore Suriname, mobilizing vessels of opportunity to perform field […]

  • Mexican LNG cargo on the way to Puerto Rico as US player seeks to keep its import and regasification terminal open for business

    28 October 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    New Fortress Energy (NFE) has wrapped up another liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo loading at its floating LNG (FLNG) unit off the coast of Altamira, Mexico. This cargo is destined for the firm’s LNG import and regasification facility in Puerto Rico, which the U.S. firm is interested in continuing to operate.

  • Scot Navigator

    12 November 2017

    On February 22, 2017, the 3700 DWAT GS Eco Freighter 3700, with yard number 169, was launched at the ‘GS Yard’ yard in Waterhuizen. In mid-June 2017, Scot Navigator left the harbour of Delfzijl in The Netherlands for her sea trials. At the end of that same month, almost immediately after the completion of the […]

  • Wind-powered VLGC design greenlit by LR

    11 September 2025
    Certification & Classification, Infrastructure, Regulation & Policy, Vessels

    UK classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) has awarded approval in principle (AiP) to South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for a new very large gas carrier (VLGC) design that features a forward accommodation block and integration of wind-assisted propulsion systems (WAPS).

  • South Africa: DCD MARINE Secures Scarabeo 3 Upgrade Contract

    31 August 2012

    Leading shipyard DCD MARINE was recently awarded the contract to upgrade and repair the Saipem-owned semi-submersible rig, Scarabeo 3. The project, being undertaken at the upgraded A-Berth facility, is a perfect example of DCD MARINE’s capacity and capabilities in the offshore oil and gas rig sector. The Scarabeo 3, a second-generation drilling rig, manufactured in […]

  • Halfway for Olympic 49ers & 470s

    14 August 2008

    It’s just past the halfway stage of the Olympic Regatta for the 49er and the Men’s and Women’s 470 divisions. So who’s up and who’s down, with just a few more races to go before the Medal Race? 49er UP Two teams are really up, the Aussies and the Danes. The Australians Nathan Outteridge and […]

  • South Boats Launches ‘MCS Zephyr’ Latest Wind Farm Support Vessel (UK)

    26 April 2011

    South Boats Special Projects Ltd. announces the launch and commissioning of its 44th offshore wind farm crew transfer vessel, ‘MCS Zephyr’. The vessel is a South Catamaran 18m and is the first of a two boat order from Maritime Craft Services (Clyde) Ltd. to be delivered. ‘MCS Zephyr’ is the first vessel in the world […]

  • Port of Rotterdam Records 1.7 Pct Growth in 2012 (The Netherlands)

    31 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    Despite the ailing economy, freight throughput in the port of Rotterdam grew by 1.7% in 2012. A total of 442 million tonnes of cargo went through the port. Hans Smits, President and CEO of the Port of Rotterdam Authority: “Although the growth is limited, it is another record for Rotterdam. Container throughput increased slightly in […]

  • Scotland Turns to Sea in Their Pursuit of Renewable Targets

    29 July 2011

    From his office in a converted Victorian schoolhouse, Neil Kermode can see little more than centuries-old stone buildings and narrow streets better suited to horse carts than Land Rovers. Yet Kermode, head of the European Marine Energy Centre in Scotland’s Orkney Islands, will tell you he can also see the future. Orkney, a collection of […]

  • Ministry of Ports and Shipping will hire dredging firm to deepen and widen Port Qasim navigation channel (Pakistan)

    9 March 2010

    The Economic Co-ordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet which is scheduled to meet on Tuesday (today) with Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources, Syed Naveed Qamar, in the chair will allow the Ministry of Ports and Shipping to hire a dredging firm to deepen and widen Port Qasim navigation channel… [mappress] Source:brecorde,March 9,2010;

  • BP to Pay USD 20.8 Bln for Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

    6 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    The United States joined the five Gulf states in announcing a settlement to resolve civil claims against BP arising from the April 20, 2010 Macondo well blowout and the massive oil spill that followed in the Gulf of Mexico. This global settlement resolves the governments’ civil claims under the Clean Water Act and natural resources […]

  • UK: Turbine Transfers Takes Delivery of Innovative 18m WFSV ‘Abersoch Bay’

    16 February 2012

    South Boats Special Projects Ltd. launched and commissioned its 52nd offshore wind farm crew transfer vessel, ‘Abersoch Bay’ to Turbine Transfers Ltd. Designed as a technology demonstration vessel to ‘live test’ new solutions for the industry, ‘Abersoch Bay’ incorporates equipment that will be fitted as standard to the new range of South Boats vessels including […]

  • DCD MARINE to Upgrade Scarabeo 3 (South Africa)

    31 August 2012
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Leading shipyard DCD MARINE was recently awarded the contract to upgrade and repair the Saipem-owned semi-submersible rig, Scarabeo 3. The project, being undertaken at the upgraded A-Berth facility, is a perfect example of DCD MARINE’s capacity and capabilities in the offshore oil and gas rig sector. The Scarabeo 3, a second-generation drilling rig, manufactured in […]

  • South Boats Launches ‘MCS Zephyr’ Latest Wind Farm Support Vessel (UK)

    26 April 2011

    South Boats Special Projects Ltd. announces the launch and commissioning of its 44th offshore wind farm crew transfer vessel, ‘MCS Zephyr’. The vessel is a South Catamaran 18m and is the first of a two boat order from Maritime Craft Services (Clyde) Ltd. to be delivered. ‘MCS Zephyr’ is the first vessel in the world […]

  • USA: Corps, DEP Announce Phase 1 of Passaic River Anti-Flood Study

    7 March 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Bob Martin and Colonel Paul E. Owen, Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ New York District, announced the release of the first phase of a study evaluating long-term flood risk management alternatives to help Passaic River Basin communities deal with chronic flooding. The Army Corps’ Phase 1 […]

  • Scotland Turns to Sea in Their Pursuit of Renewable Targets

    29 July 2011

    From his office in a converted Victorian schoolhouse, Neil Kermode can see little more than centuries-old stone buildings and narrow streets better suited to horse carts than Land Rovers. Yet Kermode, head of the European Marine Energy Centre in Scotland’s Orkney Islands, will tell you he can also see the future. Orkney, a collection of […]

  • Flexlife Finishes Installation of Pipeline Bundle on Bacchus Field (UK)

    9 May 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    An important milestone in Apache’s UK North Sea Bacchus field development was reached recently with the installation of a 6.7km pipeline bundle. The job was overseen by Flexlife. In 2009, Apache awarded Flexlife a subsea engineering and pipeline operational support contract to oversee the management of Forties subsea projects and routine maintenance of subsea pipelines […]

  • World Review: Cypriots Should Feel Lucky About Aphrodite Gas Discovery

    13 March 2013

    In the following article, which Offshore Energy Today is sharing with permission from World Review, Dr. Carole Nakhle, an energy economist, based in London, UK, specialising in international petroleum fiscal regimes, world oil and gas market developments, provides her view on Cyprus’ Aphrodite gas discovery and its effect on the Mediterranean country’s economy.   Written by Dr. […]

  • Army Corp Dredged Rock Placed on New York’s Reef Site

    3 July 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Through a partnership with the New York District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE), an Army Corp dredged rock is now deployed on one of New York’s reef sites providing benefits to habitat, the environment, divers and fishermen, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Joe Martens announced. The ACOE and its local […]

  • Slocum Glider Gathers Health of the Ocean Data (USA)

    11 July 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    The Department of Environmental Protection, Rutgers University and the federal Environmental Protection Agency launched a research submersible known as the Slocum glider off Sandy Hook that will roam the waters off New Jersey for the next two weeks as it gathers important clues about the health of the ocean. The glider, resembling a yellow torpedo […]

  • Carbon Sink and Rose Cay Maritime forge ties on green methanol supply chain

    20 July 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Green Marine, Infrastructure, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Storage, Transition, Vessels

    U.S.-based green methanol producer Carbon Sink and Jones Act-compliant shipping company Rose Cay Maritime have inked a Memorandum of Understanding to facilitate the maritime sector’s shift toward low-carbon fuels. Under the terms of the MoU, the duo agreed on increasing the production of the green fuel as well as its transportation, bunkering, and storage tailored […]

  • USA: Officials Call for Harbor Maintenance and Protection

    5 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    Following a tour of Olcott and Wilson harbors, Congressman Chris Collins (NY-27) joined with state and local leaders to highlight the urgent need to maintain and protect local harbors along Lake Ontario’s south shoreline. Collins highlighted the important role these harbors play in the region’s economy and the need for continued and consistent harbor maintenance. […]