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  • German Firm Charged for Covering Up Oily Waste Dumping

    12 May 2016
    Business & Finance

    German shipping company MST Mineralien Schiffahrt Spedition und Transport GmbH was charged for failing to maintain an accurate ship record about the disposal of oil-contaminated waste water and presenting falsified records to the U.S. Coast Guard, according to the US Department of Justice. The indictment and documents filed in a US court show that, from February 2015 through October 2015, the […]

  • ESL Shipping to Buy Sweden’s Shipping Firm AtoB@C

    29 June 2018
    Business & Finance

    ESL Shipping is to acquire all the outstanding shares of Sweden’s shipping company AtoB@C.

  • Dutch firm takes over Sterling Resource’s UK unit

    17 May 2017

    Canadian energy company Sterling Resources has completed the sale of its UK operating subsidiary to Dutch exploration and production company, Oranje-Nassau Energie B.V. (ONE). To remind, Sterling Resources in early March entered into a definitive agreement with ONE for the sale of its subsidiary, Sterling Resources UK Holdings Ltd. (SRUK). The company has interests in the […]

  • Another five years awarded to Al-Shaheen FSO tandem

    17 May 2017
    Business & Finance

    A joint venture between Euronav NV and International Seaways has signed a five-year deal for the service of the FSO Africa and FSO Asia on the Al-Shaheen field, off Qatar, with the North Oil Company (NOC).  NOC, the future operator of the Al-Shaheen oil field, is a JV company, which is 70% owned by Qatar […]

  • Following UK market entry, MOL ties in with five companies

    28 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    Oil and gas company MOL Energy UK has completed its collaborative partnership process – an approach backed by its Managing Director Chris Bird – following the company’s entry into the UK market last year. To remind, MOL Group, an integrated oil and gas company with headquartered in Hungary, completed a deal in March 2014 to acquire 14 […]

  • German firm scoops seven awards in Norwegian licensing round

    20 January 2016

    Germany’s largest internationally active oil and gas producer Wintershall has been awarded interest in seven production licenses on the Norwegian Continental Shelf by the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. Wintershall will be the operator on four of these. As part of the latest licensing round APA 2015 (Awards in Predefined Areas), the BASF subsidiary was […]

  • Ezra and Chiyoda set up new, joint subsea firm

    31 March 2016
    Business & Finance

    Singapore’s oilfield services provider Ezra Holdings has announced that Japanese oil and gas industry engineering company, Chiyoda Corporation, has completed its investment into Ezra’s subsea services business, Emas AMC, to form a 50:50 joint venture, Emas Chiyoda Subsea.  The duo entered into a joint venture deal in August 2015 saying that the new firm would be able to carry out […]

  • Canadian firm adds two vessels to offshore support fleet

    20 April 2018

    In association with the U.S.-based Tidewater Marine, Canada’s Horizon Maritime has just added two supply vessels to its Canadian offshore support vessel fleet.

  • Statoil: Statfjord field passes five billion barrels mark

    19 September 2016
    Project & Tenders

    Norway’s minister of petroleum and energy Tord Lien together with Statoil, Centrica, and ExxonMobil celebrated the five billion barrels of oil equivalent delivered by Statfjord since first oil in 1979. Statfjord was discovered by Mobil in 1974. Statoil assumed the operatorship for Statfjord on January 1, 1987. The Norwegian oil major has a 44.34 percent […]

  • China’s CNPC hires Frigstad Shekou offshore drilling rig

    17 August 2016
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    China’s oil giant CNPC has hired Frigstad Offshore’s semi-submersible drilling rig Frigstad Shekou. This is Frigstad’s first of two drilling rigs under construction at China’s Yantai CIMC Raffles yard. With the length of 117m, width of 92.7m and height of 118m, Frigstad Shekou is equipped with DP3 dynamic positioning system and classed by DNV. The rig’s […]

  • Norwegian firm boasts new seismic spread world record

    9 June 2016

    Norwegian seismic specialist has boasted with what it claims to be the world’s largest seismic spread.

  • Russia’s Rosneft enters oil supply deal with Chinese firm

    20 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    Russia’s largest oil producer Rosneft has entered into a five-year crude oil supply deal with CEFC China Energy Company Limited. 

  • Statoil, Eni hire Bristow helicopters for Norwegian offshore ops

    18 September 2017

    Oil companies Statoil and Eni have jointly awarded Bristow a contract for one SAR helicopter, and one transport helicopter, which can be converted to a SAR helicopter when needed. Both are Sikorsky S-92 helicopters. Each contract has a duration of five years with options to extend by up to three years. The two helicopters will serve […]

  • Reach Subsea hires Havila vessel on 3-year deal

    23 January 2017

    Norway’s shipowner Havila Shipping has entered into an agreement with Reach Subsea ASA for use of the subsea vessel Havila Subsea for three years. The agreement also includes two optional periods, each of one year. Reach will mobilize ROV and survey equipment on board, which constitutes a subsea spread that will be used on projects within IMR, survey, […]

  • BP Hires ‘Safe Caledonia’ Accommodation Rig for ETAP Project

    21 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    Prosafe has signed a contract with BP Exploration Operating Company Limited (‘BP’) for the Safe Caledonia to provide accommodation support at the Eastern Trough Area Project (ETAP) in the UK sector of the North Sea. ETAP is located 240km east of Aberdeen in the Central North Sea. It is an integrated development of nine oil and gas reservoirs. […]

  • Jansen Gets Five More Years at Hapag-Lloyd’s Helm

    10 May 2018
    Business & Finance

    Hapag-Lloyd AG has extended the contract of Chief Executive Officer Rolf Habben Jansen for five more years.

  • Houston Ship Channel in Dire Need of Dredging Post-Harvey

    27 September 2017

    Houston Ship Channel needs significant dredging to remove tons of silt deposited into the channel as a result of Hurricane Harvey and flooding the storm caused. Additional relief to properly dredge the channel is required so that it can accommodate normal commerce at its authorized depth and width, Port Commission Chairman of the Port of […]

  • MSI: Dry Bulk Market Heading Into a Firm Festive Season

    21 November 2016
    Business & Finance

    After a steady fall in average daily TCE spot earnings in October, November saw an inflection point for Capesizes as the dry bulk market is sailing into a firm festive season, swiftly followed by a New Year comedown, according to research and consultancy firm Maritime Strategies International (MSI). With rates soaring to over USD 16,000 per […]

  • ZIM Cancels Orders for Five Vessels from Samsung Heavy

    20 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    ZIM Integrated Shipping Ltd. reached an agreement with Samsung Heavy Industries of South Korea to immediately cancel orders for 5 vessels and postpone delivery of other vessels to 2016. The company also has an option to cancel additional 4 orders, pending shipyard’s approval. In addition, ZIM will be refunded for advance payments in the amount […]

  • Statoil Hires Two PSVs from Havila Shipping (Norway)

    11 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    Havila Shipping has entered into new contracts with Statoil for PSV vessels Havila Clipper and Havila Crusader. The Havila Clipper contract is for a firm period of four months with four optional periods for one month. The Havila Crusader contract is for a firm period of six months with two optional periods each of three […]

  • Grimaldi Places Order at HMD for Five ConRos, South Korea

    29 November 2012

    Despite talks of capacity overload and poor market conditions, new ship orders are still coming in. Following in the footsteps of JO Tankers that placed an order of two Stainless Steel Chemical Tankers with Nantong Mingde Heavy Industry last week, an Italian shipping group Grimaldi also decided to add new units to its orderbook, according […]

  • Shell Hires Newbuild Stena IceMAX for Work in French Guyana

    23 March 2012
    Business & Finance

    Stena Drilling has been awarded a 5 year worldwide drilling contract by Shell for the new build Stena IceMAX. The drilling contract which is on market dayrates will commence in March when the vessel is delivered from the yard in South Korea. The first assignment for the vessel will be in French Guyana. Stena IceMAX […]

  • ADIK Shipyard Launched First Five LCTs for Turkish Navy

    13 March 2012

      In 2007, Under-secretariat for Defence Industries (UDI), submitted a Request for Proposal for 8 LCTs. These new vessels were to be built in Turkey and had to be fast. From the four companies that submitted to the tender, ADİK shipyard was chosen. In June 2009, a contract was signed between UDI and ADİK for […]

  • Norwegian Coastal Administration Releases Tender for Five Pilot Vessels

    9 September 2011

    On September 3th The Norwegian Coastal Administration (Kystverket) released tender for procurement of five pilot vessels. The Norwegian coastal administration will, as a part of a continual renewal process, procure a new pilot vessel with options for up to 5 further vessels. The vessels shall be built according to the same concept as the previously […]

  • Former H2B Employees File Lawsuit against Signal International

    27 June 2013

    Signal International L.L.C., a leading Gulf of Mexico provider of marine and fabrication services headquartered in Mobile, Alabama has learned of lawsuits recently filed by its former H2B employees in Texas and Mississippi. These suits stem from, and are identical to, a suit pending in Federal District Court in New Orleans spearheaded again by the […]