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  • Novatek, Japanese Firms to Work on Kamchatka LNG Complex

    28 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    Russia’s Novatek has partnered up with Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and Marubeni Corporation on developing an LNG complex in the Kamchatka Region. The parties signed a trilateral Memorandum of Understanding that defines their intentions and includes a specific action plan. Under the plan, the companies will explore the opportunities to establish a liquefied […]

  • UAE Fines Fuel Supply Company for Illegal Bunkering

    10 November 2015
    Business & Finance

    Dubai Maritime City Authority (DMCA) has taken legal action against a fuel supplying company for illegally conducting bunkering operations in Dubai waters. The company was fined for failure to obtain the necessary permissions and approvals in violation of Dubai government regulations, according to Dubai-based GAC. The height of the fine has not been reported. “Dubai […]

  • Chandris Fined for Illegal Oil Dumping off Texas

    28 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    Greek ship management company Chandris (Hellas) Inc. has been fined with USD 1 million for dumping oily waste into the waters off Texas and falsifying its oil record book. The company pleaded guilty to violations of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships on Tuesday in Corpus Christi federal court, the Associated Press reports. Chandris was ordered […]

  • Seaman Guard Ohio Crew Sentenced to Five Years

    11 January 2016

    An Indian court has sentenced members of US security company AdvanFort to five years of prison for carrying weapons aboard an anti-piracy ship in 2013. The 35 sailors, including British, Estonian and Ukrainian nationals, of Seaman Guard Ohio were intercepted by Indian Coast Guard off the coast of Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu in October 2013. The group was arrested […]

  • German Shipping Firm Sells Four Post Panamaxes

    11 September 2016
    Business & Finance

    German shipping company NSC Schifffahrtsgesellschaft has sold four of its Post Panamax dry bulk carriers to an undisclosed European buyer, according to data provided by VesselsValue. The vessels in question are the 92,500 dwt Tana Sea and Tonda Sea, and the 93,000 dwt Tango Sea and Tonic Sea. The bulkers were sold for a price of […]

  • Dutch Firms to Visit Iran, Explore Economic Opportunities

    21 October 2016

    Port development and maritime technology will be in focus of the visit of the Netherlands’ Minister of Infrastructure and the Environment Melanie Schultz van Haegen-Maas Geesteranus and a delegation of Dutch companies to Iran from October 23 to 28, 2016. During the visit, the trade delegation will meet with Iranian ministries in Tehran, and Dutch companies […]

  • Mercator Lines Inks Deals to Sell Five Bulkers

    28 January 2016
    Business & Finance

    Singapore-incorporated Mercator Lines has entered into Memoranda of Agreements to sell five bulk carriers, the company’s judicial manager said. The vessels in question are M.V. Sri Prem Veena, M.V. Garima Prem, M.V. Garv Prem, M.V. Gaurav Prem and M.V. Aarti Prem which are secured to the syndicate lenders. Mercator said that the vessels are sold on […]

  • Euroseas Takes Newbuild Bulker, Hires Out Containership

    2 March 2016
    Business & Finance

    Euroseas Ltd, a Greece-based shipping company, took delivery of its newbuilding Kamsarmax dry bulk carrier Xenia and entered into a two-year time charter for its container carrier Evridiki G. The M/V Xenia was delivered from the China-based Jiangsu Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Co. on February 26. Xenia is an “eco” design Kamsarmax fuel efficient bulker with a carrying […]

  • Chinese Firms Partner Up to Develop LNG Carriers

    28 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    Jiangxi Jiangzhou United Shipbuilding Company Limited (JJUSCL), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the China Ocean Shipbuilding Industry Group (COSIG), has entered into a strategic cooperation with Jianglian Heavy Industries Company to develop LNG carriers in China’s Jiangxi province. The parties have agreed to to jointly develop LNG carriers, LNG fueling stations, carriers adapted for ship-to-ship LNG […]

  • BP Fails to Reduce Maximum Deepwater Horizon Fine

    20 February 2015
    Business & Finance

    The New Orleans District Judge Carl Barbier has ruled against BP’s appeal to lower the USD 13.7 billion maximum civil fine the company might pay for its involvement in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, according to Reuters. Back in September, Judge Barbieri found BP guilty of gross negligence and willful […]

  • Shell faces $4B fine for Bonga oil spill

    27 November 2014

    Nigerian parliament has brought a proposal under which oil company Shell should pay $3.96 billion for an offshore oil spill that occurred at Shell’s Bonga field in December 2011. According to Reuters, the parliament’s decision is non-binding and is only a suggestion for the government, which has the power to enforce it. The spill at the […]

  • Aker Solutions hires Xvision for subsea projects animation

    13 August 2014
    Equipment

    Xvision has signed a framework agreement with Aker Solutions for the delivery of visualization services in conjunction with four major SPS (Subsea Production Systems) projects. The agreement covers the projects: Aasta Hansteen, Kraken, MOHO Nord/BIS and Kaombo. Xvision will be developing and delivering installation animations, technical handbooks and posters that document the subsea projects in […]

  • Indian oil firms eyeing Murphy’s assets in Malaysia

    31 July 2014

    India’s oil firms ONGC and Oil India have reportedly interested to buy a stake in Murphy Oil’s assets in Malaysia.

  • IPB hires Stena Clyde semi for Prydery drilling

    25 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    IPB Petroleum has announced that WA-424-P Joint Venture (IPB 75%, CalEnergy 25%, and Operator) has secured the Stena Clyde semi-submersible drill rig for its upcoming Pryderi-1 exploration well in the Browse Basin, located north of Broome, offshore Western Australia. Based on contracted terms and the current rig schedule, IPB Petroleum estimates that the Pryderi-1 well will spud during October 2014. With the […]

  • Unnamed oil company hires ‘Tor Viking’ AHTS

    17 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    Viking Supply Ships has entered into a contract with “a major oil company” for the charter of “Tor Viking” AHTS vessel in the Far East region, starting in June 2014.

  • Pulse hired to support Total’s drilling at Martin Linge

    22 August 2014
    Equipment

    Pulse Structural Monitoring (Pulse), an Acteon company, has been awarded a contract with Total E&P Norge AS to provide a real time integrity monitoring system, to measure platform displacement during drilling operations. The two-year contract, with a two-year extension option, will support Total’s development drilling activities on the Martin Linge field in the Norwegian North […]

  • Saipem Hires Fairstar for Installation of Platform Offshore Iraq

    9 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    Fairstar Heavy Transport N.V. (FAIR) has been awarded a contract by Saipem S.p.A. to provide float-over and installation services to Saipem for the 8,000 tonnes CMMP Platform in the Persian Gulf, off-shore Iraq. Saipem has contracted the new 50,000DWT semi-submersible vessel FINESSE for the transportation of the CMMP module from the fabrication facility in Karimun, […]

  • Saudi Aramco Hires Seadrill’s Jack-up Rig

    12 March 2012
    Business & Finance

    Seadrill has signed a contract with Saudi Aramco for employment of the jack-up rig West Callisto offshore Saudi Arabia. The contract duration is a minimum of three years plus an option for a one year extension. The potential revenue for the three year period is approximately US$164 million plus a US$20 million mobilization fee to […]

  • Seanergy Inks Deals to Install Scrubbers on Five Bulkers

    1 November 2018
    Business & Finance

    Seanergy Maritime signed contracts with dry-bulk charterers to install scrubbers on half of its Capesize fleet.

  • All Five Second-Hand MRs Transferred to Bahri

    27 May 2016
    Business & Finance

    The National Chemical Carriers (NCC), a subsidiary of the National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri), has taken delivery of STI Powai, the fifth of five Medium Range tankers bought in February this year.  The vessel was delivered on May 26 and the ownership was transferred to NCC. The tanker was subsequently named to NCC Bader. Bahri says the […]

  • Klaveness to Pay $5 Mln Fine in ‘Cabu’ Case

    16 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    Cabu Chartering AS, a company indirectly owned by Torvald Klaveness, yesterday accepted a $5 million fine from the Norwegian National Authority for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime (OKOKRIM), linked to commission payments to a broker during the period from July 2003 to March 2004. “The fine is related to matters that are […]

  • BMT Hired for Maintenance of Shell’s Platform off Malaysia

    13 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    Shell has selected BMT Asia Sdn Bhd (BMT) to provide three-year maintenance services for a production storage facility offshore Malaysia. Sister company, BMT Scientific Marine Services previously installed Marine Instrumentation Systems (MIS) and Marine Advisory Systems (MAS) on the platform. This contract allows the organisation to provide servicing and maintenance on MIS/MAS instrumentation exposed to […]

  • Maersk Only to Hire Ships with ITF Agreements for Crews

    12 April 2016
    Business & Finance

    Danish shipping giant Maersk has agreed to ensure that any vessel it charters has an International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) or similar agreement – which puts in place protections for crews on flag of convenience ships – covering it, according to the ITF. The company announced the decision at a meeting of the ITF Maersk network, made […]

  • China Shipping Bulk Carrier Hires Nine Bulkers

    4 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    China Shipping Bulk Carrier has entered into two charter agreements with sister companies China Shipping Haisheng and China Shipping Industry, the parent company China Shipping Development revealed in a stock exchange filing. The charter deal with Haisheng Shipping relates to six 57,000 dwt bulkers for a period of eight months. China Shipping Industry has agreed to […]

  • Five Costa Cruises’ Guests Killed in Tunis Attack

    22 March 2015
    Business & Finance

    Costa Cruises confirmed that five guests, 4 Italians and 1 Russian, of the Costa Fascinosa are among the victims of the horrific attack that took place on March 18th at Museo Bardo in Tunis. In addition, the cruise liner company said that 8 guests, 7 Italians and 1 Russian, are injured and currently hospitalized. With the twelve […]