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  • EIA: cheaper natural gas drives down electricity wholesale price

    12 January 2017

    Average wholesale electricity prices at major trading hubs across the United States during 2016 were pushed down due to the low cost of natural gas.

  • Chemical ship ablaze off Kerry coast

    10 April 2007

    A fire has broken out in the engine room of a chemical transport ship off the southwest coast of Ireland. The fire started at around 2:20am on the Maltese registered ship seven and a half miles north of Brandon Head.

  • Maersk Karachi Ablaze at Bremerhaven Port

    25 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    The 300-meter container ship Maersk Karachi suffered a second accident at the German port of Bremerhaven when a fire broke out in one of its holds while it was reportedly undergoing welding repairs on May 22, the local daily NWZ Online reports. Four tug boats and seventy fire fighters battled with the flames for eight hours before the fire was […]

  • Good progress on Skarv FPSO

    8 August 2008

    Engineering work carried out on the hull of the Skarv FPSO at the Samsung Heavy Industries yard in South Korea is “excellent”, an inspection performed by Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has revealed. The PSA said it had carried out the audit to verify that BP Norge’s engineering of the Skarv facility complies with the […]

  • LNG being pushed out of South Korea’s power generation market

    20 March 2015

    Korea Power Exchange chairman and CEO, Yoo Sang-Hee, believes the country’s LNG demand for power generation will keep dropping due to increased switching to coal as well as the government’s pro-nuclear policies.

  • Offshore workers lifted to safety in North Sea rig blaze

    18 March 2006

    Some 128 workers have been evacuated from the Shell-operated North Sea Tern Alpha oil platform after an electrical fire. The fire, said to have broken out in a gas generator at about 12:50 am Thursday, was brought under control shortly before 5 am.

  • Hapag-Lloyd Declares General Average on Yantian Express

    28 January 2019
    Business & Finance

    Hapag-Lloyd has declared General Average on its fire-stricken containership Yantian Express.

  • Disabled Tanker Allowed into Las Palmas for Repairs

    1 June 2015
    Business & Finance

    Fire-stricken Aframax Lady-M arrived into the port of Las Palmas, Canary Islands on Sunday having been given a special permission to enter port. The Liberian-flagged tanker, loaded with 94,000 tonnes of fuel, suffered a fire in its engine room on May 14 in the Atlantic  while en route from Persian Gulf to Houston, the US, Spanish media reported. The fire, which […]

  • Utilities in India turn to LNG as coal plants shut down

    1 September 2014

      Unviable operations, delayed payments and fuel shortages have lead to shutting down of coal-fired plants, and several state utilities in India turned to a more expensive power generated from LNG to meet the demand. Inadequate domestic gas production forced several utilities to raise their gas-fired power generation significantly as well as buy expensive LNG. The […]

  • Freighter Ablaze off Surabaya

    30 June 2015
    Business & Finance

    The crew of 19 was evacuated today from an Indonesia-flagged cargo ship that caught fire some 20 nautical miles north of Surabaya, Indonesia, close to the location of yesterday’s collision between an LPG tanker and a container ship, according to local media. Local authorities reportedly dispatched two tug boats to assist the crew. The vessel […]

  • Top Side Offshore Technology introduces ComPro+ Offshore Communication System

    30 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Top Side Offshore Technology has launched a new Offshore Communication System ComPro+, based on GSM technology, that bridges the gaps in communication offshore. Built on a private GSM network covering the full offshore installation, ComPro+ facilitates Communication over voice and data, Lone Worker Protection, Track & Trace of personnel, it extends and personalizes the fire […]

  • TenneT: Electricity Prices Decline in Netherlands, Germany

    7 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    In 2014, the average price for a megawatt hour of electricity in the Netherlands amounted to 41 euros, down more than 20 percent from 52 euros in 2013, TenneT reported.  These developments mean that market prices in the Netherlands and Germany are gradually converging. Whereas prices were equal in both countries for 19 percent of […]

  • Firefighters tackle blaze on ship

    5 May 2009

    Firefighters have put out a blaze on a Royal Navy helicopter carrier at Falmouth docks in Cornwall. The fire is believed to have started when a number of rags caught fire on the lower decks of Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) Argus. Firefighters investigated using breathing apparatus, a water jet and a thermal image camera.

  • APL Vancouver Cleared to Continue Its Voyage

    14 February 2019
    Business & Finance

    Fire-stricken APL Vancouver was cleared for departure on February 12 and is on its way to Singapore.

  • Statoil’s Troll C gets audited for barrier management

    21 March 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Between 28 and 31 January 2014, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway carried out an audit of barrier management, technical safety and electrical systems at Troll C platform in the North Sea. The objective of the audit was to verify whether Statoil’s management and monitoring of barriers at Troll C was in accordance with the company’s […]

  • Pella: Tugboat ‘RB-401’ Delivered

    26 December 2013

    Pella shipyard has delivered the tugboat “RB-401” (building No 939, project 90600) to the port of operation- Kaliningrad. The tugboat is intended for towing and berthing operations in harbor, roadsteads and coastal areas which comply with R3 navigation area, refloating of ships and vessels, fire fighting operations at floating and shore objects, oil and petroleum […]

  • Lake Pontchartrain explosion: Search called off for missing oil worker

    17 October 2017

    U.S. Coast Guard has called off a search and rescue mission for a worker who went missing after a platform explosion on a Lake Pontchartrain, near Kenner, Louisiana, on Sunday. According to a statement by Jefferson Parish, the missing worker has been identified as 44-year-old Timothy Morrison of Katy, Texas. After saturating the search area […]

  • UK: Halyard Expands Range of Noise Insulation Products

    12 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    Halyard, global manufacturer of marine exhaust solutions, has extended its range of noise insulation products, with the introduction of Rockwool Marine Firebatt 2000. As the world’s leading manufacturer of stone and wool insulation products, Rockwool is renowned for producing insulation products of outstanding quality for the marine industry and its Marine Firebatt 2000 is no […]

  • Incat Crowther Floats Out Pair of Catamaran Passenger Ferries (USA)

    5 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    Incat Crowther launched  Red Hook I and Cruz Bay I, a pair 25m Catamaran passenger ferries to operate in St Thomas in the US Virgin Islands. Delivered by Midship Marine in Louisiana, these vessels follow on from the successful trio of UltraJet boats, also built by the yard to Incat Crowther’s design. The new vessels […]

  • Port of Rotterdam: CO2 emissions down by 4 per cent in 2022

    12 April 2023
    Ports & Logistics

    The Port of Rotterdam has revealed that the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the port fell by four per cent in 2022 compared to 2021.

  • Halyard Presents Rockwool Marine Firebatt 2000

    12 November 2013

    Halyard, global manufacturer of marine exhaust solutions, has extended its range of noise insulation products, with the introduction of Rockwool Marine Firebatt 2000. As the world’s leading manufacturer of stone and wool insulation products, Rockwool is renowned for producing insulation products of outstanding quality for the marine industry and its Marine Firebatt 2000 is no […]

  • Navy: New Diamond patched and ready to be towed

    15 September 2020
    Vessels

    All leaks on the hull of the fire-stricken very large crude carrier New Diamond, currently situated off Sri Lanka have been sealed, the Indian Navy said. The announcement comes on the back of a joint underwater inspection of the supertanker conducted by members of Sri Lanka Navy, the Indian Navy, and SMIT salvage team, employed […]

  • LNG Alliance to construct LNG import terminal in Montenegro

    5 January 2022

    Singapore-based project developer LNG Alliance has partnered up with Montenegro’s state-owned power firm EPCG to look into LNG and power projects and a dedicated LNG import terminal in the Port of Bar.

  • QGC Awards Safety Contract to CPA Group, Australia

    12 June 2013
    Project & Tenders

    QGC Pty Limited has awarded a three-year incident response services contract in the Western Downs to Queensland company Corporate Protection Australia Group Pty Ltd (CPA Group). Under the A$27.5 million contract, CPA Group will provide a full-time fire and rescue team at each of QGC’s three main operational sites near Dalby, Chinchilla and Wandoan in […]

  • 18 Seamen Evacuated as Cargo Vessel Burns in Tonkin Bay

    3 February 2016

    A Mongolia-flagged bulk carrier South Star caught fire while moored in Tonkin Bay, Hai Phong, Vietnam, on February 2, according to local media. The fire, which started in the vessel’s accommodation area, was extinguished some two hours later by the local authorities. The incident caused significant damage to the 1985-built cargo vessel, and although the vessel […]