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  • Parkmead Awarded Five Blocks in Southern North Sea

    4 December 2013

    Parkmead been provisionally awarded five additional UK blocks, through two new licences, in the second tranche of awards under the UKCS 27th Licensing Round, the results of which have been announced by the Energy Minister. This newly awarded territory is all operated by Parkmead and is situated in the UK Southern North Sea.   This award […]

  • 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 […]

  • Three Russian energy firms hit by new sanctions

    12 September 2014
    Equipment

    It is official. The new package of sanctions by the EU against Russia has taken effect today, after the legal acts were published in the EU Official Journal on Friday. As previously reported, apart from the companies which are part of Russia’s defense sector, companies established in Russia whose main activities relate to the sale or transportation […]

  • 7 Oil Firms Buy NPD’s Seismic Data

    1 July 2013

    As at 28 June, seven oil companies have purchased the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate’s (NPD’s) seismic package from the southeastern part of the Barents Sea and the ocean areas off Jan Mayen. The seven companies are Chevron Norge AS, Idemitsu Petroleum Norge AS, Det norske oljeselskap ASA, AS Norske Shell, Total E&P Norge AS, Lundin Norway […]

  • Brazil: OGX Hires AHTS Vessel from DOF

    10 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    DOF has agreed a new 2 year contract with OGX for Skandi Møgster in Brazil. The new contract with OGX, a second largest oil & gas company in Brazil, after Petrobras, will commence in March 2012. OGX’s exploratory blocks in Brazil are located in the Campos, Santos, Espírito Santo, Pará-Maranhão and Parnaíba basins. The company […]

  • MSC Hires MacGregor to Upgrade 31 of Its Ships

    4 December 2017
    Business & Finance

    Swiss-based Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has hired MacGregor, part of Cargotec, to optimise the container carrying capabilities of the company’s 31 vessels from six different ship series. Upgrade work on the vessels will be carried out under a MacGregor Cargo Boost service, part of its PlusPartner concept, which is designed to improve the earning potential of […]

  • MSC Says It Is Not Hiring Eastern Pacific ULCV Newbuilds

    6 September 2019
    Business & Finance

    MSC has denied reports saying the company is chartering six LNG-fueled container vessels.

  • MV Werften to Expand Design Capacities with Rostock Firm

    17 January 2019
    Business & Finance

    MV Werften is expanding its design capacities with the acquisition of the Rostock-based Neptun Ship Design.

  • SwissMarine Hires Newcastlemax Duo from Diana Shipping

    26 February 2019
    Business & Finance

    Diana Shipping signed time charter contracts with SwissMarine Services for two of its Newcastlemax bulkers.

  • Yang Ming Adds Five More Boxships to the Tally

    11 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    Taiwanese container shipping company Yang Ming Marine Transport has returned to Japanese builder Imabari Shipbuilding with an order for five more 14,000 TEU containerships. The five newbuilds are slated for delivery in 2018 and 2019 and will be chartered out to Japanese liner company Shoei Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. The order is priced at USD 625 million, with Yang […]

  • BC Ferries Looking for Builders of Five New Ferries

    27 July 2018
    Business & Finance

    BC Ferries has issued Requests for Expressions of Interest for the procurement of five new ships.

  • Coal & Oil enters into shipping contract with Korean firm

    4 May 2010

    The $600 mn Coal and Oil has entered into a long-term shipping agreement with $5 billion Korean company STX Pan Ocean to carry coal for Coastal Energen. The ten-year-contract will commence from 2012 and STX Pan Ocean is in the process of placing new building ship orders for three to four geared ‘kamsarmax’ bulkers (82000 […]

  • New US Shipping Firm to Launch First Services

    17 August 2017
    Business & Finance

    Atlantic Coastal Shipping (ACS), a newly-formed shipping company based in Miami, Florida, plans to start trading soon with a domestic RoRo/container vessel. As informed, the vessel is planned to be deployed on a weekly cabotage route along the US Atlantic East Coast corridor between the Port of Miami and Port Newark. Additionally, the company intends […]

  • Japanese Firms Join Forces on LNG-Fueled Ferry

    6 September 2017
    Business & Finance

    Japan-based K Line Kinkai and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) have decided to team up in a joint study related to a newbuilding passenger ferry being fueled by liquefied natural gas (LNG). The work would focus on specifications, engine types and related technical verifications for LNG handling aboard the vessel, according to the companies. K […]

  • 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 […]