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  • IMB: Pirate Attack Numbers Surge in West Africa

    11 April 2018
    Business & Finance

    IMB: Number of incidents around West Africa increased to 66 in Q1 2018, from 43 for the same period in 2017.

  • Report: Second Attack on Merchant Ship off Yemen

    27 October 2016
    Business & Finance

    Another merchant vessel was attacked by pirates and fired at off the coast of Yemen while it was transiting the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, Al Arabiya cited Brigadier General Ahmad Hassan Asiri. Namely, the pirates reportedly fired a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) at the 1997-built oil tanker Melati Satu, which is sailing to the Indian Port of Chennai. […]

  • Russia: Sevmash Shipyard to Conduct Sea Trials on INS Vikramaditya in May

    22 February 2012

    Designers of JSC Sevmash shipyard are resolving complex technical issues when working on Project 11430 aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya being modernized for Indian Navy, reports the shipyard’s press service. For Sevmash, INS Vikramaditya is one of the major projects to be completed in 2012. Main weapon of the carrier are deck-based fighters MiG-29K/KUB and helicopters […]

  • Russia: The State Commission Accepts Tugboat RB-401

    9 December 2013

    The State Commission has accepted Pella-built tugboat the “RB-401” (Yard no. No 939) of project 90600. 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, oil and petroleum content products, cargo transportation, ice breaking and erosion operations. In […]

  • Dover Port Assists Stranded Eurotunnel Passengers

    20 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    Passengers stranded by the problems with Eurotunnel, hit by a freight train fire on Saturday causing delays over the weekend, have reached their destinations via the Port of Dover’s ferry services, the port said. Over the weekend, the Port of Dover and its three major ferry operators provided emergency assistance in getting stranded Tunnel passengers across the […]

  • Maersk Organizes Offshore Energy Helideck Trainings

    4 March 2014
    Human Capital, Operations & Maintenance

    Maersk Training is about to launch two new offshore emergency courses, the OPITO Helideck Emergency Response Team Member Training and the OPITO 6 Day Combined Helideck and Team Member Training. These two OPITO Accredited courses will kick start this month at the company’s training centre in the North-East of Scotland and be delivered using a […]

  • Two Russian cargo ships hit by Ukrainian missiles, Russia says

    24 February 2022
    Authorities & Government, Infrastructure, Regulation & Policy, Safety, Vessels

    Two Russian commercial cargo ships have been targeted by Ukrainian missiles in the Sea of Azov, several Russian news agencies reported, citing the country’s Federal Security Service’s (FSB) border department for the Krasnodar Territory as saying.

  • First Gen shortlists preferred FSRU providers

    22 December 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    FGEN LNG Corporation, a unit of First Gen Corporation has selected three preferred tenderers to supply the FSRU for its Interim Offshore LNG Terminal project.

  • Gazprom, EDF Ink Deal on Gas Power Generation in Europe

    25 June 2012

    Russian gas giant Gazprom and France’s EDF have signed a cooperation agreement for the possible construction and acquisition of gas-fired power plants in Europe, Gazprom said in a statement. “The document provides for the possibility of joint construction of gas-fired power plants and acquisition of existing ones on a parity basis. The Agreement also stated […]

  • New Female Wind Instructor Joins Maersk Training

    20 August 2014
    Human Capital

    Victoria Redhead is no stranger to adrenaline, after being appointed as a trainee instructor at Maersk Training in Newcastle. Maersk Training has welcomed Victoria on-board as it seeks to find other talented individuals who can learn a valued skill-set and become fully qualified instructors. Ms Redhead follows in the footsteps of Lynn Lowes who was appointed […]

  • EIA: Cheaper Gas Alters Generation Dispatch in Southeast, USA

    7 December 2012

    The electric power industry in the southeastern United States has undergone substantial changes over the past three years, the EIA said in a report. While coal-fired power plants continue to generate more than half of electricity in the region, coal-fired generation has declined since 2010, and production from natural gas-fired plants has increased. This change […]

  • Subsea Training Experts to Set Up UK’s First Sub Surface Search and Rescue Unit

    22 May 2012
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Following an increase in flooding in recent years, a Fire and Rescue Service has drafted in experts in subsea training to set up the UK’s first Sub Surface Search and Recovery Unit. Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service, which is part of Norfolk County Council, received funding from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs […]

  • Update: Ferry Runs Aground after Igniting off San Juan

    17 August 2016

    All passengers and crewmembers from the 561-foot passenger/car ferry Caribbean Fantasy, which ignited earlier today, were safely disembarked from the ship and brought to San Juan’s Pier 6, according to the United States Coast Guard’s twitter account. The fire on board the ship started in the morning hours while the Panamanian-flagged ship was some 1 mile off the coast […]

  • Norway: Statoil Halts Production from Snohvit Offshore Field Due to LNG Plant Problems

    13 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    On Wednesday afternoon, Statoil temporarily shut down production at its LNG plant at Melkøya outside Hammerfest following rupture of a fire water line. The fire water unit is part of the plant’s safety system, and Statoil implemented a controlled production shut down.  A water leakage at the rupture site has excavated some of the soil […]

  • Spain Criticized for Towing Burning Trawler to Open Seas

    17 April 2015

    The environmental organization Greenpeace has criticized Spanish authorities for towing the burning Russian trawler Oleg Naydenov from the port of Las Palmas to the open seas where the vessel sank on Tuesday, laden with 1,409 tons of fuel, Reuters reports. Greenpeace says that the ship poses an environmental threat to the habitat, saying that the […]

  • AES joins forces with Estrella-Linda Group

    3 September 2014

    The AES Corporation has, through one of its subsidiaries, entered into a strategic partnership with the Estrella-Linda Group, an investor group based in the Dominican Republic. Under this agreement, Estrella-Linda will acquire an 8% minority interest in AES’ business in the Dominican Republic for $96 million. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth […]

  • Report: Explosion Reported on board Stricken Iranian Tanker

    10 January 2018

    An explosion has been reported Wednesday on board the Iranian tanker, which has been burning for four days off China.

  • Hokuriku Electric signs first LNG supply deal

    7 May 2015
    Project & Tenders

    Japanese utility, Hokuriku Electric Power informed it has signed its first agreement to purchase LNG for future use in power generation.

  • Lake Pontchartrain platform explosion: Body of missing oil worker recovered

    23 October 2017

    The body of a worker who went missing in last week’s explosion of an oil platform in Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, has been recovered. This is according to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff Lopinto who on Friday said the body of the 44-year-old Timothy Morrison of Katy, Texas, had been found on the Lake Pontchartrain shoreline. Morrison […]

  • Pirates Attack Two Ships in One Day off Nigeria

    28 February 2018

    Armed pirates attacked two vessels on February 24 off the coast of Bonny Island, Nigeria.

  • Australia: Arrow Energy Ups Its Domestic Gas Market Stake

    4 July 2011
    Project & Tenders

        Arrow Energy will today take over the operations of the Braemar 2 power station, near Dalby, following its acquisition last week of the remaining 25 per cent ownership, reinforcing the company’s commitment to provide gas to the domestic market. Braemar 2, built at a cost of $550m and commissioned in 2009, is fired […]

  • Report: NITC Still Hopes There Are Survivors on board Sanchi

    11 January 2018
    Business & Finance

    NITC believes there might be survivors on board the company’s stricken oil tanker.

  • Gibraltar LNG Terminal Officially Opens

    7 May 2019

    LNG will be delivered to the terminal by ship twice a month.

  • Readers’ Picks of the Week (October 17 – 21, 2016)

    23 October 2016
    Business & Finance

    Maersk Admits to Duplicity in Vessel Recycling Danish shipping giant Maersk Line has admitted that its own contracts from divestments “have not always guaranteed the intention” of the company’s recycling policy… Read More Captain of Death Ship Should Be Charged, ITF Says The International Transport Workers’ Federation has called for the coroner to recommend charging […]

  • Recently Ignited CCNI Arauco Returned to Owners

    7 October 2016
    Business & Finance

    The 300-meter-long container vessel CCNI Arauco, which ignited on September 1 in the German port of Hamburg, was returned to its owners after the teams on site extinguished the fire and completed the follow-on operations, according to marine and offshore services company Ardent Global. Following the incident, a salvage contract was signed to speed up the response and clean-up […]