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  • USA: Corps Alaska Deepens Vital Navigational Channel

    3 July 2013
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Fuel shortages and empty store shelves are a potential reality Alaskans will not have to face thanks to the work of 45 crewmembers aboard the Essayons, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-owned and operated hopper dredge. The vessel performed a dredging mission for the Corps’s Alaska District from May 12 through June 18 in the […]

  • Canada: Algoma Orders Wartsila’s Scrubber Systems for Six New Vessels

    31 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    Algoma Central Corporation, the largest Canadian shipowner and operator of domestic, Great Lakes vessels, will install fresh water, exhaust gas scrubbers on six new vessels that will remove 97% of sulphur oxides emissions generated by vessel engines. The St. Catharines, Ontario-based company has signed a contract with Wärtsilä Ship Power for the supply of the […]

  • Port of Rotterdam Throughput Shows Upward Trend

    1 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    In the first nine months of this year, over 332 million tonnes of cargo were handled in the port of Rotterdam, virtually equal to the same period of last year. The top performance came from dry bulk, such as coal, iron ore and agribulk. Throughput figures for crude oil were noticeably lower than in 2012, […]

  • UK: South Boats Delivers Offshore Wind Farm Crew Transfer Vessel ‘MPI Cardenio’

    18 April 2012

    South Boats Special Projects Ltd. announced the launch and commissioning of its 56th offshore wind farm crew transfer vessel, ‘MPI Cardenio’. The vessel is a fourth of class South Catamaran 17m and is the first of a two boat order from MPI Workboats Ltd. to be delivered. This vessel compliments the six wind farm vessels […]

  • MAN Presents New Range of Gas Engines (Germany)

    24 January 2013
    Equipment

    MAN Diesel & Turbo recently showcased its new range of gas engines and turbines at its Augsburg facility with the company’s 35/44G engine, the latest addition to its four-stroke power portfolio, featuring prominently. Martin Kalter – Vice President Sales Power Plants – MAN Diesel & Turbo, said: “Essentially, the MAN 35/44G offers customers a compact, […]

  • Norway: AX-S System Onboard Havyard Designed Vessel ‘Havila Phoenix’

    11 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    There are great things happening aboard the vessel “Havila Phoenix” nowadays. During the last two years there have been installations and tests of a whole new system likely to revolutionise the offshore light well intervention market. The vessel, a Havyard 858 design, is designed and constructed by the ship technology group, Havyard Group AS, and […]

  • Research project proves large-scale oyster reef restoration at offshore wind farms feasible

    22 July 2025
    Environment, Research & Development

    A research project carried out by The Oyster Restoration Company (TORC) and supported by RWE has established that large-scale native oyster reef restoration at offshore wind farms in the North Sea is feasible. “Flat oysters are an important species because they can create reefs that provide food and breeding grounds for many other species. Due […]

  • In focus: Time to part ways with old habits

    25 June 2021
    Business & Finance, Environment, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition, Vessels

    Old habits die hard. Hence, it may be a lot more difficult for the offshore energy industry and the maritime sector to make peace with the transition they have to undergo and renounce previous business practices. The message was echoed in this week’s protest of Greenpeace environmental activists, who chained themselves in front of the […]

  • Norway: Revolutionary New System “AX-S” Installed on Havyard-Vessel Havila Phoenix

    11 June 2012

    There are great things happening aboard the vessel “Havila Phoenix” nowadays. During the last two years there have been installations and tests of a whole new system likely to revolutionise the offshore light well intervention market. The vessel, a Havyard 858 design, is designed and constructed by the ship technology group, Havyard Group AS, and […]

  • Ireland, Indiana eye green shipping corridor to cut emissions

    24 October 2024
    Collaboration, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics

    A green shipping route and a new container service are envisaged between Ireland and Indiana under a newly signed memorandum of understanding (MOU).

  • Ørsted and Esvagt investing in ‘world’s first’ green fuel service operation vessel

    8 April 2022
    Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Technology, Vessels

    Danish companies Ørsted and Esvagt have decided to invest in what the companies describe as the world’s first service operation vessel (SOV) that can operate on green fuels. The SOV will be powered by batteries and dual-fuel engines, capable of sailing on renewable e-methanol, produced from wind energy and biogenic carbon, which will lead to […]

  • IEEFA: Not the time for emerging Asian markets to build new LNG import terminals

    6 April 2022
    Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy

    IEEFA says that the Ukrainian crisis impacts on energy markets may stop emerging markets in Asia from securing imported LNG supplies.

  • Ulstein to Finance Construction of 20-Metre S&R Craft

    6 June 2013

    Ulstein Group announced that it will donate approximately NOK 20m to Norwegian Sea Rescue (Redningsselskapet) to fund 60 percent of the cost of a high-speed search and rescue (S&R) boat. The 20-metre S&R craft – to be delivered in 2015 – will be named ‘RS Idar Ulstein’, in memory of Ulstein’s long-time CEO and Chairman […]

  • Japan: MHI to Develop “UEC-LSGi” Dual Fuel Engine

    5 July 2012
    Equipment

    Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. will begin developing”UEC-LSGi,” low-speed, dual-fuel, marine diesel engines capable of using not only conventional heavy oil but also natural gas for their fuel. The new engine will be added to the lineup of the Mitsubishi UEC Engine Series, the company’s 2-stroke, low-speed marine diesel engine brand. Scheduled to be launched onto […]

  • Germany: E.ON EBITDA at EUR 10.8 Bln

    13 March 2013

    Düsseldorf-based E.ON SE posted EBITDA of about €10.8 billion and underlying net income of about €4.2 billion in the 2012 financial year. “Our solid results, which also reflected a number of positive one-off effects, are gratifying and a tribute to our employees’ outstanding dedication and performance, particularly in difficult times,” said E.ON CEO Dr. Johannes […]

  • MPI Workboats Takes Over New Crew Transfer Vessel from South Boats, UK

    18 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    South Boats Special Projects Ltd. announced the launch and commissioning of its 56th offshore wind farm crew transfer vessel, ‘MPI Cardenio’. The vessel is a fourth of class South Catamaran 17m and is the first of a two boat order from MPI Workboats Ltd. to be delivered. This vessel compliments the six wind farm vessels […]

  • New LNG-powered 7,000 CEU car carrier joins K Line’s roster

    27 February 2025
    Vessels

    Japanese shipping player Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has bid welcome to a 6,900 CEU liquefied natural gas (LNG)-powered pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) that was constructed by compatriot Shin Kurushima Toyohashi Shipbuilding. As disclosed, the car carrier, dubbed Oceanus Highway, was delivered on February 27, 2025, following a christening ceremony at the yard. […]

  • Italy: Orizzonte Sistemi Navali Kicks Off Construction of New Vessel

    19 April 2012

    The recent steel cut ceremony held at Riva Trigoso Shipyard of FINCANTIERI was not normal routine, but a very special event, under many points of view. First of all, it is the start-up of the first ‘foreign’ contract for Orizzonte Sistemi Navali. As a matter of fact, Orizzonte was born in Europe, not just in […]

  • AEMO: Eastern Australia facing gas shortages as LNG exports surge

    8 December 2016

    Eastern Australia could face natural gas shortages starting in 2018 as Queensland LNG exports move into full swing, the Australian Energy Market Operator said Thursday.

  • UK: Energy Minister Visits Tees Valley

    16 September 2013
    Authorities & Government

    Energi Coast took part in a Tees Valley Unlimited-hosted visit by Business and Energy Minister Michael Fallon MP, who saw first-hand how the area is capitalising on new business opportunities. During his time in Tees Valley, Mr Fallon toured the UK’s largest advanced gasification energy-from-waste plant and a leading safety training facility, as well as […]

  • UK: South Boats Launches One More Offshore Wind Farm Crew Transfer Vessel

    26 April 2011

      South Boats Special Projects Ltd. is pleased to announce 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 […]

  • Dryad: Gulf of Guinea Poses Ongoing Threat of Seafarer Kidnap

    23 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    The Gulf of Guinea proved to be one of the most dangerous piracy hotpots for mariners, according to maritime intelligence agency Dryad’s maritime crime figures for Quarter 1 (January to March) of 2015. Namely, kidnapping of crew for ransom remains the most significant threat to mariners in the region. In March 2015, eight crew were […]

  • Dutch-Chinese success story

    14 June 2013

    More and more vessels are being built abroad, not only to save on labour costs, but also on costs of building materials. Clearly a production run of similar vessels offers economies, but the Netherlands is especially known for its complex and often custom-build vessels with a high focus on quality, which is more difficult to […]

  • Electrification tops Norway’s list of ‘most efficient’ oil & gas decarbonization tools

    21 February 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Transition

    Equinor has portrayed electrification as the key measure to curb greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from oil and gas production, paving the way to move forward with the energy transition journey to a low-carbon and zero-emission era.

  • 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 […]