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  • Socar’s Caspian Well Still Burning. BP Offers Help

    20 August 2013

    British oil giant BP has offered help to Azerbaijan’s national oil company Socar to put a burning Caspian Sea well under control. The well #No90 went out of control on Saturday night when natural gas started flowing uncontrollably from it and caught fire. “We’re ready to accept BP’s help, which is very experienced in these matters,” Socar president […]

  • EU NAVFOR, EUCAP Perform Oil Spill Excercise Off Seychelles

    5 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    During her recent port visit to the Seychelles, the EU Naval Force flagship, FGS Brandenburg conducted an oil spill exercise with units of the Seychelles Coast Guard, Air Force, Fire and Rescue Services, Port authorities and Maritime Safety Administration. The command team of FGS Brandenburg coordinated and planned the complex Local Maritime Capability Building exercise […]

  • Top News of the Week 16th – 20th of June

    22 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    China Rejects P3 Network, Plan Abandoned The Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) of the People’s Republic of China denied support to the P3 Network, proposed by Mærsk A/S (Maersk Line)  together with MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. and CMA CGM S.A. The MOFCOM’s decision follows a review under China’s merger control rules.   Rising Concern over […]

  • Viking acquires American Quest Enterprises

    18 January 2010

    Leading marine safety equipment and servicing provider Viking Life-Saving Equipment A/S has again invested in the North American market with the acquisition of fire suit manufacturer Quest Enterprises, Inc. The move will see the Quest Enterprises and Viking brands enter a new state of co-existence, each with its complementary strengths. Quest Enterprises will receive additional […]

  • Captain of Danish ship says drills helped pull crew to safety

    21 July 2006

    Practice in emergency drills saved a Danish ship and its crew from a massive fire that engulfed the Port of Providence dock where the ship was unloading gasoline, the ship’s captain said Thursday. In his first public statement since the fire, Leif Nielsen, captain of the 600-foot tanker Nordeuropa, said the drills taught his crew […]

  • 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.

  • Burning ConRo Ship Now Listing off France

    12 March 2019

    The fire is still burning onboard the Grande America, which has started to list on its right side.

  • SB Broneske Gains LR Type Approval

    3 September 2013

    SB Broneske (Schwingungstechnik-Broneske GmbH) is the only worldwide supplier of fire- and water-proofed flexible deck and bulkhead penetration for the exhaust pipe system. In addition to the world exclusive certificate of fire approval for single pipe deck penetration the company received on 19 August 2013 the Lloyd’s Register Type Approval for single steel pipe bulkhead […]

  • UK Armed Guards Look Vulnerable to Emerging Nations’ Prices

    17 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    As regulation slowly and painfully filters down the private maritime security industry, a “proliferation” of new firms from emerging countries is inevitable and British PMSCs will price themselves out of the market, according to Norton Rose partner Philip Roche. The big question, Mr Roche said, is whether shipping companies and charterers will want to continue […]

  • Pella Completes Official Trials for Tugboat RB-400

    9 October 2013

    Pella shipyard has completed the official trials for tugboat “RB-400” (building No 938) of project 90600. Before the end of October the tugboat will be put into operation within RF Northern Fleet. The tugboat is intended for towing and berthing operations in harbor, roadsteads and coastal areas which comply with R3 navigation area, refloating of […]

  • USCG Detains Bulker Due to Safety Violations

    5 January 2016
    Business & Finance

    The Panama-flagged bulk carrier Lowlands Kamsar was detained in Seattle on Monday, after a United States Coast Guard port state control inspection detected several safety violations. During the inspection, the officials found that the automatic fire extinguishing system that protects the vessel’s engine room had been disabled by the crew. Furthermore, the owner of the 82,206 dwt Lowlands Kamsar, Tokyo-based vessel manager Misuga S.A., […]

  • Fourchon LNG asks FERC to begin pre-filing process

    8 August 2017

    Fourchon LNG requested a permit from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to begin the environmental pre-filing review of its proposed LNG export project in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana.

  • Readers’ Picks of the Week (Aug 29 – Sept 2, 2016)

    4 September 2016
    Business & Finance

    Hanjin Files for Court Receivership, HMM to Buy Its Assets The financially troubled Hanjin Shipping has succumbed to the prolonged depression in the shipping market as the South Korean carrier decided to file for court receivership… Read More Interview: More Boxships Set to Join Scrap Markets in 4Q As the shipping industry saw an abundance […]

  • Survitec gets nitrogen systems order for LNG-fuelled cruise ship

    29 March 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Technology, Vessels

    Maritime Protection, a brand of global survival technology solutions provider Survitec, has secured an order for a set of nitrogen systems for installation on an LNG-powered cruise ship. According to Survitec, the scope of supply is for two nitrogen generators, feed-air compressors, valves, and control cabinets. The company hailed the contract as significant and welcomed […]

  • Salvors attempt to tow charred X-Press Pearl amid concerns over ship’s stability

    2 June 2021
    Environment, Safety, Vessels

    An inspection team has boarded fire-stricken X-Press Pearl earlier today in a renewed attempt to make a line connection on the bow and tow the vessel away from the coastline.  The fire, which has ravaged the vessel, has finally been extinguished after an extensive firefighting operation lasting for almost two weeks, X-Press Feeders, the operator […]

  • Total agrees €1.4 bln Direct Energie share acquisition

    18 April 2018

    France’s Total has worked out a deal with Direct Energie shareholders to acquire 74.33 percent of the share capital in a €1.4 billion ($1.7 billion) transaction, expanding its gas-electricity value chain presence. 

  • Cargotec Secures Second Order from Indonesia

    15 February 2012
    Business & Finance

    Cargotec’s 300th Siwertell unloader contract will see the company deliver its safe, efficient and environmentally-friendly Siwertell system to the Indonesian fertiliser producer, PT Petrokimia Gresik In January this year, Cargotec secured a second contract for a Siwertell ship unloader with the Indonesian fertiliser producer, PT Petrokimia Gresik. “The customer chose our Siwertell technology again, because […]

  • Gazprom, Bavaria Sign Gas Supply Cooperation Roadmap (Germany)

    22 December 2011

    Munich hosted today a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Horst Seehofer, Bavarian Prime Minister. The parties signed a Roadmap for cooperation in power generation and gas supply. The document sets out the intentions of Gazprom and the Federal State of Bavaria to cooperate on power production in Bavaria. […]

  • 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: 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 […]

  • Great News for Suffolk County Coastal Storm Resiliency Project

    11 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has signed legal agreements with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Suffolk County, and authorized $68 million in State financing, as part of a three-phase $207 million coastal storm risk reduction project along Suffolk County’s Atlantic Ocean Coast. […]

  • Shell’s Prelude FLNG risked major failure due to power issues

    13 January 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Australia’s offshore security regulator NOPSEMA said Shell’s Prelude FLNG facility risked the “catastrophic failure” in December due to a power outage.

  • Offshore Companies Order Unitor XFlow from Wilhelmsen Technical Solutions

    9 January 2014
    Business & Finance

    Wilhelmsen Technical Solutions has been awarded contracts to supply its patented Unitor XFlow ® low pressure water mist fire fighting systems on newbuildings under construction for two leading Norwegian shipowners. Ulsteinvik-based Island Offshore has specified Unitor XFlow ® for two vessels under construction by Vard at its Brevik facility. The scope of the contract includes […]

  • PSA Audits Marathon’s Alvheim FPSO Barrier Management

    22 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    Between 4 and 18 March 2014, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway carried out an audit of Marathon’s follow-up of technical and operational barriers for the Alvheim FPSO vessel. The objective of the activity was to assess whether Alvheim is being operated in accordance with the regulations, with a special emphasis on technical and operational barriers. […]

  • PSA Norway Audits Transocean Offshore Management

    10 December 2010
    Business & Finance

    During the period of 1-4 November 2010, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of Transocean Offshore Ltd’s (Transocean’s) management of major accident risk and handling of barriers. The audit activity was started with an all-day meeting with the management on land on 21 October 2010, and was followed up with verification […]