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  • Urgent need for change in ship recycling sector: 80% of ships scrapped on South Asian beaches

    2 February 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition, Vessels

    A total of 443 ocean-going commercial ships and offshore units were sold for scrapping in 2022, data from NGO Shipbreaking Platform shows. Of these, 292 large tankers, bulkers, floating platforms, cargo- and passenger ships ended up for dirty and dangerous breaking on tidal beaches in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan. The latest report from the platform […]

  • Australia: Comet Ridge, QER Ink Farm-In Agreement

    30 July 2012

    Coal seam gas explorer Comet Ridge Limited said it has signed a three-Stage farm-in agreement with Queensland Energy Resources Pty Limited (QER) to earn up to 75% of the Lake Galilee Farm-in Area. The farm-in area is located in the south east of permit ATP 1015P, between the east and west parts of Comet Ridge’s […]

  • 2012: Record Year for Upstream M&A Activity, Wood Mackenzie Says

    17 January 2013

    2012 was another record year for upstream M&A activity totalling $232 billion of spend according to Wood Mackenzie’s annual M&A review. The year was dominated by three major transactions in the second half of the year: Rosneft/TNK-BP; CNOOC/Nexen; and Freeport/Plains. Excluding these deals, while it wasn’t a record high, deal spend was very strong at […]

  • USA: Officials Set Aside USD 180 Million for Charlestone Deepening

    27 February 2012
    Business & Finance

      The House committee shaping the state’s budget is setting aside $180 million for harbor deepening in a key move to modernize South Carolina’s harbor assets and boost the long-range economic outlook for the state. The South Carolina House of Representatives’ Ways and Means Committee established the Harbor Deepening Reserve Fund and included $180 million […]

  • IMO’s Net-Zero Framework caught in crossfire ahead of pivotal adoption decision

    16 September 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    IMO’s Net-Zero Framework mandates a new fuel standard for ships and a global pricing mechanism for emissions.

  • A&P Moves into Oil and Gas Sector (UK)

    1 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    Based in two North East England locations, A&P North East is a company with ship repair and conversion yards on the rivers Tyne and Tees. Part of the A&P Group which also includes A&P Falmouth where ship repair and conversion services have been taking place for more than 150 years, the modern North East yards […]

  • USA: MTU to Showcase its Diesel Engine Lines at OTC 2011

    29 April 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment

      The Tognum Group subsidiary MTU is displaying four diesel engine lines at the Offshore Technology Conference, May 2-5, 2011, in Houston, Texas. The products displayed have been designed specifically to power products used in the exploration and production of oil and gas. Applications in which MTU products are used include mechanical drive, stationary power […]

  • Russia: Nord Stream Project Gets USD 3.5 Billion Injection

    4 March 2011

      Financing for the Nord Stream project is secured: Today, the company together with its shareholders in the consortium, OAO Gazprom, E.ON Ruhrgas AG, BASF SE/Wintershall Holding GmbH, N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie, and GDF SUEZ S.A. announced the successful signing of Phase II financing of the pipeline project. The project financing for Phase II amounts to […]

  • Finland: Wartsila Gas Scrubber Ready for Volume Production

    16 June 2011
    Business & Finance

      Wärtsilä Corporation, the global leader in complete power lifecycle solutions and services, and Metso Corporation have signed an agreement to co-operate in developing and delivering scrubber systems for marine applications. Under the terms of this agreement, Metso is to supply the scrubber unit, while Wärtsilä is responsible for world-wide sales and integration of complete, […]

  • Greenpeace blocks BP’s headquarters on Looney’s first day as new boss

    5 February 2020

    Greenpeace activists have delivered hundreds of solar panels and blocked an entrance to BP’s headquarters in London on Bernard Looney’s first day in the office as the company’s new CEO. 

  • UK: A&P North East Begins Moving into Oil & Gas Sector

    31 July 2012

    Based in two North East England locations, A&P North East is a company with ship repair and conversion yards on the rivers Tyne and Tees. Part of the A&P Group which also includes A&P Falmouth where ship repair and conversion services have been taking place for more than 150 years, the modern North East yards […]

  • Shell moves ahead with Peterhead CCS project

    24 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    Shell has signed an agreement with the UK Government to progress the Peterhead Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project to the next phase of design. The project, led by Shell, with strategic support from SSE, owners of the Peterhead gas power station in Aberdeenshire, aims to capture 10 million tonnes of CO2  over 10 years. […]

  • UAE: Dubai Municipality Announces Three Prestigious Projects

    14 May 2012

    Eng Hussain Nassir Lootah, Director General of Dubai Municipality, during a press conference held in municipality conference hall, has announced three prestigious projects approved by HH Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Minister of Finance and Chairman of Dubai Municipality. Lootah said that the most important project is Dubai Safari Project, […]

  • Peene-Werft Wolgast Delivers Vessel to Swedish Coast Guard

    28 February 2013

    The coast guard vessel (Kustbevakningen Vessel) KBV 033 was handed over to the Swedish Coast Guard today, with a reflagging ceremony at dock 3 of the Peene shipyard in Wolgast. A special day for P+S WERFTEN, currently under insolvency administration: Initially the Swedish Coast Guard placed an order for a total of four newly built […]

  • IEA: Four Energy Policies Can Keep 2°C Climate Goal Alive (France)

    10 June 2013
    Authorities & Government, Environment

    Warning that the world is not on track to limit the global temperature increase to 2 degrees Celsius, the International Energy Agency (IEA) today urged governments to swiftly enact four energy policies that would keep climate goals alive without harming economic growth. “Climate change has quite frankly slipped to the back burner of policy priorities. […]

  • Drewry: What Will it Take to Sell NOL?

    27 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    The rumoured sale of Singapore-based container shipping company Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) will not go down smoothly as the company’s majority stake owner – Temasek Holdings – is unlikely to accept a low-ball price for this ‘habitual loser,’ according to shipping analyst Drewry. Temasek Holdings, the Singapore government’s investment company, has shareholdings in almost every line […]

  • Denmark: DONG Energy Releases H1 Financial Results

    20 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Board of Directors of DONG Energy has today approved the interim financial report for the first half of 2013 with the following financial highlights and outlook compared with the first half of 2012:  — First-half 2013 EBITDA was DKK 7.8 billion against DKK 6.6 billion in the first half of 2012, primarily reflecting higher […]

  • EMA CEO: Singapore LNG Project on Track

    5 March 2012

    Singapore’s Energy Market Authority CEO, Chee Hong Tat, said that since the last LNGA conference in March 2011, the global LNG market has evolved significantly. Speaking at the “LNG Supplies for Asian Markets 2012” conference in Singapore, he said that “on the demand side, the Fukushima nuclear incident increased Japan’s use of gas for power […]

  • G E Shipping: Crude Tanker Market Continues to Underperform

    6 May 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Board of Directors of the Great Eastern Shipping Company Ltd. (G E Shipping) today approved the Audited Results for the financial year ended 31 st March 2013. With respect to sale and purchase activities during the fourth quarter of the 2012-13 fiscal year the Company sold and delivered its 1995 built Panama x dry […]

  • Singapore’s POSH on towing duty from Asia to Africa for Eni’s Congo-bound FLNG

    12 September 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Singapore’s offshore marine solutions company, PACC Offshore Services Holdings (POSH), is in charge of lending a helping hand in transporting a floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) unit from China to Congo, where it will be deployed at Phase 2 of the African country’s first LNG project, operated by Italy’s energy giant Eni.

  • Krasnoye Clinches Orders for Five Tankers and Five Bulkers

    31 January 2017
    Business & Finance

    Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard, a part of Russia’s United Shipbuilding Corporation, has signed agreements to construct five chemical tankers and five dry cargo ships by the end of 2018. Under the shipbuilding contracts, Krasnoye will construct the 140-meter-long tankers of Project RST27M for BF Tanker, while the dry cargo ships of Project RSD59 would be constructed for Paula […]

  • UK: A&P North East Completes Two Vessel Mobilisation Projects

    31 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    Based in two North East England locations, an area known for its deep industrial heritage, A&P North East is a company with ship repair and conversion yards on the rivers Tyne and Tees. Part of the A&P Group which also includes A&P Falmouth where ship repair and conversion services have been taking place for more […]

  • A&P Sees Big Opportunity in Oil & Gas Fabrication Sector (UK)

    31 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    Based in two North East England locations, an area known for its deep industrial heritage, A&P North East is a company with ship repair and conversion yards on the rivers Tyne and Tees. Part of the A&P Group which also includes A&P Falmouth where ship repair and conversion services have been taking place for more […]

  • Nord Stream Completes Phase II Financing (Switzerland)

    4 March 2011

      Financing for the Nord Stream project is secured: Today, the company together with its shareholders in the consortium, OAO Gazprom, E.ON Ruhrgas AG, BASF SE/Wintershall Holding GmbH, N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie, and GDF SUEZ S.A. announced the successful signing of Phase II financing of the pipeline project. The project financing for Phase II amounts to […]

  • 30th anniversary: Lone piper for 167 Piper Alpha disaster victims

    5 July 2018

    The names of the 167 men who tragically lost their lives in the Piper Alpha platform disaster in the UK North Sea will be read aloud at a special memorial service taking place in Aberdeen next week on the 30th anniversary of the accident.