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  • Current2Current hires Technical Advisor

    27 January 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    UK-based tidal energy developer Current2Current has appointed Ben Walls as its new Technical Advisor.

  • USACE Hires Inland Dredging

    20 March 2015
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Inland Dredging Co., headquartered in Dyersburg, Tennessee, has just won a $24 million contract for one of its dredgers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The company has been awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity firm-fixed-price contract for rental of a 20-24 inch cutterhead pipeline dredger that will be used for dredging projects in Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida, with an estimated […]

  • Woodside Files Sangomar Plan

    3 December 2019
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Woodside, has submitted development and exploitation plan for the Sangomar (formerly SNE) field offshore Senegal. The final investment decisions, subject to the plan approval, is targeted to occur later this month. Woodside CEO, Peter Coleman, said: “The submission of the Exploitation Plan and authorisation request is the culmination of front-end engineering design activities. These are the […]

  • Number five for Subsea 7

    6 June 2013

    On 3 May 2013, IHC Merwede successfully launched and named the offshore pipelaying vessel Seven Waves for the offshore construction and service contractor Subsea 7. The ceremony was held in Krimpen aan den IJssel, the Netherlands, where the vessel was named by its godmother Lucia Andrade, vice president Projects & Operations of Subsea 7. The […]

  • SeaTwirl Hires Executive Assistant

    22 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    SeaTwirl AB keeps expanding and has recently hired an Executive Assistant. Maria Olsson holds a master of science in Mechanical Engineering from Linköping University. Maria is already involved in many different areas within the company and is working hard to help SeaTwirl to become the best alternative of offshore wind power in the future. The SeaTwirl […]

  • Statoil Hires Normand Ferking

    26 February 2013

    Solstad Offshore ASA (SOFF) has entered into a new contract with Statoil for hire of SOFF’s anchor handling vessel (AHTS) “Normand Ferking” “Normand Ferking” has worked on contract for Statoil since she was delivered from the shipyard in 2007.  The duration of the new contract is firm for 3 years. In addition Statoil has the […]

  • GoodBulk Files for US IPO

    4 June 2018
    Business & Finance

    GoodBulk Ltd filed a registration statement for a proposed initial public offering (IPO) of its common shares.

  • Forewind Hires DP GALYNA

    4 August 2014

    Walk-to-Work Offshore Support Accommodation vessel DP GALYNA was contracted by Forewind for operation and maintenance work to its two meteorological masts on North Sea’s Dogger Bank, located approximately 150 km off the east coast of Yorkshire. DP GALYNA sailed to Great Yarmouth to take on board the technicians of SeaRoc Group for scheduled operation and […]

  • Cal Dive files for bankruptcy

    4 March 2015
    Business & Finance

    Offshore oil and gas contractor Cal Dive International, Inc. has, together with its U.S. subsidiaries, filed simultaneous voluntary petitions in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware seeking relief under the provisions of Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. The company’s foreign subsidiaries have not sought bankruptcy protection and will continue […]

  • WoodMac: low-carbon power central to energy transition, but replacing oil & gas will be a ‘gargantuan’ task

    2 January 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    Energy intelligence group Wood Mackenzie has published a report listing several key trends shaping the future of the energy sector, including three that are relevant to the offshore industry – the fast pace of China’s energy transition, a comparison of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects, and the potential of offshore wind compared to oil and gas in the North Sea.

  • New Smit LNG/LPG IGS from Alfa Laval

    10 September 2014
    Equipment

    LNG and LPG carrier tanks hold both a source of income and a potential source of danger. To avert the danger, inert gas systems (IGS) have been required on all new tankers over 20,000 dwt since 1978 — a move that has surely saved untold lives. Yet with increasing demand, tighter delivery schedules, the constant […]

  • Shell doubles profit in 2022 to record-breaking $40 billion

    2 February 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    Shell recorded the highest-ever profit of nearly $40 billion in 2022, which has come under fire from NGOs and environmentalists.

  • Lundin Hires ‘Viking Queen’

    23 January 2014

    Lundin Petroleum has hired the ‘Viking Queen’ Platform Supply Vessel from the Norwegian offshore vessels owner Eidesvik for an undisclosed fee. The contract for the PSV Viking Queen is for 15 wells with options for 5 more wells. Duration for the firm period is minimum 900 days. The contract will begin in late 2014. “We are very pleased that […]

  • PetroCan fined for oil spill

    4 May 2006

    Petro-Canada has been fined a record $290,000 for spilling 1,000 barrels of oil off Newfoundland’s east coast almost 18 months ago. Glum senior company officials stood in provincial court this week as a judge accepted their guilty plea and admission of responsibility for the Nov. 20, 2004, spill at its Terra Nova oil field.

  • Norfolk firm secures deal

    7 June 2006

    A pump manufacturer based in Norway has, with the support from LSE, won the order for the water injection pumps for a floating production, storage and offloading facility, (FPSO), destined for operation in offshore Western Australia. Laurence Scott will be manufacturing the three motors required for the project.

  • VOR: Brunel makes five

    22 May 2006

    After a tough leg that saw them destroy their headsail tack fitting, rip their mainsail, rip one wheel from the pedestal among many other serious problems, Brunel with Skipper Matt Humphries in charge crossed the finish like at Gilkicker point close to Portsmouth at 1016GMT and 32 seconds.

  • Foreign fishing vessel fined

    2 March 2006

    THE registrar of a foreign fishing vessel places strong disciplinary action against its vessels, which breach licence. The comment comes from the directors of the International Merchant Marine Registry of Belize.

  • Shipping firms in tie-up

    30 May 2005

    HANJIN Shipping Company, Senator Lines and United Arab Shipping will upgrade their Europe-Middle East-Asia service jointly with Mitsui OSK Lines from August-end.

  • OW Bunker Files for Bankruptcy

    9 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    Danish marine fuel supplier OW Bunker has not been able to find a sustainable solution regarding in-court restructuring procedures in the subsidiaries O.W. Bunker & Trading A/S and O.W. Supply & Trading A/S, and as a consequence, the company and its subsidiaries filed for bankruptcy.  The probate court in Aalborg has already issued a bankruptcy order […]

  • Talley’s Fined for Crewman’s Death

    29 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    A court in New Zealand fined Motueka-based agribusiness company Talley’s Group Ltd with NZD 48,000 (USD 37,000) and ordered the company to pay NZD 35,000 in reparation to the family of a crewman killed after falling nearly 7 meters on the tuna fishing vessel Capt MJ Souza in Nelson in May 2012, Maritime New Zealand reports.   The company […]

  • Germany: Windreich Files for Insolvency

    10 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    German wind energy developer, Windreich AG, filed for insolvency last week while the company’s CEO Willi Balz submitted his resignation yesterday. Werner Heer has assumed the role of the new CEO. With this step, Windreich tightened the course for the rehabilitation of the company. In cooperation with the previous management, Heer will focus in particular […]

  • Bulk Invest to File for Bankruptcy

    3 March 2016

    Struggling Norwegian dry bulk company Bulk Invest ASA (formerly Western Bulk) will immediately file a petition for bankruptcy having been unable to reach a deal on restructuring with its creditors, the company said. In addition, the board of directors of the company’s subsidiary Bulk Shipowning IV AS has reached the same decision, whereas the respective boards […]

  • Noryards Fosen files for bankruptcy

    15 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    Noryards Fosen AS has decided to petition for bankruptcy to the Fosen District Court. The company said on Thursday that the petition for bankruptcy would be delivered to the Fosen District Court “as soon as possible”. Explaining the reason for the bankruptcy petition, the company says that it all started with a cancellation on an order […]

  • Daiichi Chuo Files for Bankruptcy

    29 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    Japanese dry bulk shipping company Daiichi Chuo Kisen Kaisha and its wholly-owned subsidiary Star Bulk Carrier Co. SA have filed for bankruptcy at Tokyo District Court, the company said on Tuesday. The company’s shares stopped trading on Tuesday morning amid media reports on its intention to file for bankruptcy, which was followed by Daichii Chuo’s confirmation saying that its board of directors had […]

  • Scorpio Orders Five VLCCs

    17 December 2013

    Scorpio Tankers Inc. and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) have entered into a contract for the construction of five Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs). According to DSME, the deal was signed on December 13th with a contract value of circa $474 million. These highly-efficient vessels will have the length of 336m, breadth of 60m, with the […]