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  • Australia: Incat Crowther Designs, Midship Marine Builds Two Passenger Ferries

    3 October 2012

    Incat Crowther has secured a contract to design a pair of 25m Catamaran passenger ferries to operate in St Thomas in the US Virgin Islands. Under construction at Midship Marine in Louisiana, these vessels will follow on from the successful quartet of UltraJet boats built by the yard. The new vessels will have a similar […]

  • USA: Midship Marine to Build Two Incat Crowther Catamarans

    3 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    Incat Crowther has secured a contract to design a pair of 25m Catamaran passenger ferries to operate in St Thomas in the US Virgin Islands. Under construction at Midship Marine in Louisiana, these vessels will follow on from the successful quartet of UltraJet boats built by the yard. The new vessels will have a similar […]

  • Italian cruise ship foils pirates

    27 April 2009

    The captain of an Italian cruise ship has given the BBC a dramatic account of how his crew fended off a pirate attack near the coast of Somalia. Capt Ciro Pinto said six pirates in a speedboat approached his ship, the Melody, and opened fire, but then fled after security men fired in the air. […]

  • Pirate Attacks On Shipping At Six Year High

    14 January 2010

    The ICC International Maritime Bureau’s Piracy Reporting Centre’s (IMB PRC) annual report on piracy has revealed that their were 406 incidents of piracy and armed robbery on shipping throughout 2009. This is the highest number since 2003. According to the IMB PRC’s figures, some 153 vessels were boarded, 49 vessels were hijacked, 84 attempted attacks […]

  • Frontline’s Front Altair to Return to Service in 4th Quarter

    27 August 2019
    Business & Finance

    The ship would return to service once it completes repairs, currently ongoing in Dubai.

  • MHI and Indonesia Power join forces for decarbonisation of energy systems in Indonesia

    2 November 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Transition

    Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Indonesia Power have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to advance solutions to accelerate the decarbonisation of energy systems in Indonesia. Specifically, the parties agreed to commence three feasibility studies on co-firing less carbon-intensive fuels at power plants owned and operated by Indonesia Power. The first study will examine the […]

  • Advanced Insulation Present Their Topside and Subsea Insulation (VIDEO)

    8 July 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Advanced Insulation, a single source provider for insulation and fire protection systems to the oil & gas industry, has recently released a video showing their topside and subsea insulation. The company specialises in the manufacture and supply of ContraFlame and ContraFlex fire protection and thermal insulation systems designed for upstream oil and gas infrastructures. This content […]

  • 22 Evacuated from Burning Bulker off Indonesia

    11 November 2018

    Twenty-two crew members have been evacuated from a burning bulker named MV Golden Ocean.

  • Geosyntec Practitioners to Present at Erosion Control Conference (USA)

    12 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    Three senior practitioners from Geosyntec’s San Diego Old Town office are among the presenters at the International Erosion Control Association Annual Conference, now underway through February 13 in San Diego. Principal Geotechnical Engineer Ron Johnson, P.E., along with Associate Engineer Kathleen Harrison, P.G., and Senior Consultant Mike Harding, CPESC, this year presented the all-day course […]

  • BSEE, Coast Guard Continue Response Coordination for Loss of Well Control Event

    25 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) and the U.S. Coast Guard are continuing to oversee Walter Oil & Gas Corporation’s response efforts to secure the natural gas well and extinguish the subsequent fire that started after the operator’s loss of well control Tuesday. Both BSEE and Coast Guard conducted multiple overflights to supplement […]

  • False alarm forces offshore helicopter to return to base (Canada)

    4 September 2015

    A Cougar helicopter had to go back to land after a fire warning light turned on while the aircraft was on its way to a drilling rig, offshore St. John’s Canada, on Tuesday, September 1. While the helicopter was 100 nautical miles from St. John’s and en route to the GSF Grand Banks drilling rig, […]

  • Ports Could Soon Receive Remotely-Operated Fireboats

    6 February 2018
    Business & Finance

    Robert Allan, Kongsberg Maritime joined forces to develop a new range of remotely-operated fireboats for ports.

  • Pirates Attack Navig8 Tanker in Gulf of Oman

    2 June 2017
    Business & Finance

    A product tanker was approached and fired upon while underway around 103 nautical miles East of Muscat, Oman on Thursday, June 1. The tanker in question was identified as MT NAVIG8 Providence by EU NAVFOR, which confirmed the attack. According to a report from ICC’s IMB Reporting Centre, the tanker was approached by six persons armed with […]

  • Maersk: Hope Fades for Finding Maersk Honam’s Missing Crew Members

    8 March 2018
    Business & Finance

    Hope fades for finding missing crew members of Maersk Honam which remains ablaze.

  • Turkish cargo ship ablaze

    5 February 2008

    A Turkish cargo ship caught fire Wednesday off Croatia’s north coast and is likely to sink after 31 people were rescued, authorities said. The national search and rescue centre was alerted soon after 5:00 am (0400 GMT) that the Und Adriyatik was on fire some 25 kms (15 miles) west of the port of Rovinj, […]

  • Good Samaritans Help USCG Save 5 from Blazing Vessel

    29 July 2014

    The U.S. Coast Guard assisted in the rescue of five people after their 40-foot vessel caught fire near Petit Bois Island, Alabama, last Friday.   Watchstanders at Coast Guard Mobile, Alabama, received a distress call from the International Emergency Response Coordination Center reporting an Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon alert in the vicinity of Petit […]

  • Fishermen escape blazing boat

    8 March 2006

    Five Ulster fishermen were recovering last night after making a dramatic escape from a burning boat when it caught fire 25 miles out to sea.

  • LNG Tanker Explorer Encounters Problems Off India

    19 June 2014
    Vessels

    Exmar Shipmanagement, managers of the LNG carrier Explorer, reported that the vessel experienced a fire in the engine room on June 14 about 240 west of Mumbai, India. “The fire was promptly extinguished by the ship’s crew using portable fire extinguishers. No casualties or injuries occurred, but the ship’s propulsion was lost,” Exmar said in […]

  • Canadian player acquires acreage in Namibia’s exploration hotspot

    11 September 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Project & Tenders

    Canada’s Stamper Oil & Gas has completed the acquisition of fellow Canadian firm BISP Exploration, which enabled it to get the latter’s interests in blocks offshore Namibia.

  • Another Chinese player turns to Wärtsilä: Operational reliability boost on the horizon for 14 LNG vessels

    30 September 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Wärtsilä has secured a multi-year lifecycle agreement for 14 liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers with Hong Kong-based OPearl LNG Ship Management, a joint venture between China Merchant LNG, CNOOC, and NYK, which was created to serve as the ship management arm for all three shareholders.

  • ONGC set to hire floating platform for Bombay High

    5 August 2005

    Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has decided to hire a floating platform sub-sea operation (FPSO) from overseas to restore the functioning at its oil processing platform, Bombay High North, which was engulfed by fire last week.

  • Sri Lanka to charge New Diamond captain, seek $1.9M in damages

    18 September 2020
    Authorities & Government, Environment, Vessels

    The captain of the fire-stricken very large crude carrier New Diamond is facing negligence and pollution charges in Sri Lanka. The Panamanian-flagged supertanker is estimated to have spilled around 1,700 tonnes of heavy fuel following the engine room fire two weeks ago. “There is sufficient evidence to prosecute the skipper under the marine pollution act […]

  • USA: Bishop, Schumer Announce New Coastal Protection Plan

    30 December 2013
    Business & Finance

    Rep. Tim Bishop (D-NY) and Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) announced a new plan that will allow the construction of storm protection dunes at Smith Point County Park and Robert Moses State Park to begin in early 2014, as originally scheduled. Schumer and Bishop brokered a deal between federal and state agencies that will break the […]

  • BIMCO: UK Seaborne Coal Import Down by 64 Pct

    10 October 2016

    The main exporters of thermal coal for coal-fired power plants to the United Kingdom have experienced a heavy decline in seaborne cargo volumes in 2016 as a result of the UK close to doubling its Carbon Price Floor (CPF), according to BIMCO. Russia, Colombia and the United States have been the top coal exporters to […]

  • Dutch Government Goes 16 Pct Renewable by 2020

    1 November 2012
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    The additional 2.4 billion budgeted for renewable energy by the new Dutch Rutte II cabinet should be sufficient to realise 16% renewable energy in 2020. This calls for a balanced development of renewable heat, green gas and renewable electricity. The previous cabinet focused on renewable heat as a cost-effective technique. If the new cabinet is […]