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  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • Readers’ Picks of the Week (Apr 27 – May 1)

    3 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    Maersk’s Boxship Catches Fire off Mauritius The 8,700 TEU container ship Maersk Londrina caught fire while en route from Malaysia to Brasil on April 25, forcing the vessel to divert to Mauritius, Maersk’s Senior Press Officer Michael … Read more Interview: APM Terminals Stands Ready for Giant Boxships Dutch-headquartered container terminal operator APM Terminals, part […]

  • Mech-Tool Engineering Wins Hollandse Kust Zuid Alpha Work

    24 December 2019

    DryDocks World has awarded Mech-Tool Engineering (MTE) with a contract to deliver fire and blast solutions to the Hollandse Kust Zuid Alpha project. MTE will design, engineer, fabricate, and supply its A0 fire-rated and Non-Rated (NR) external and internal profiled wall panels for the offshore platform. MTE has recently started the fabrication of the walls […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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., […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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. […]

  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Update 3: No Large Oil Spill from Sanchi that Continues Burning off China

    10 January 2018

    The fears of a major oil spill from Sanchi abate as around 1 pct of the condensate was found on the water surface.

  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Idemitsu, KEPCO unite on blue ammonia supply chain in Japan and Korea

    24 April 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development

    Energy company Idemitsu Kosan has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) to collaborate on the establishment of a blue/carbon-free ammonia supply chain in Japan and Korea. The companies will jointly do a study on the procurement, marine transportation, and supply of blue/carbon-free ammonia to each country. According to Idemitsu, […]

  • Explosion onboard Japanese Tanker Shoko Maru

    29 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    Four crew members have been seriously injured, and one is still missing after the Japanese tanker Shoko Maru exploded off the country’s south-west coast near Himeji port earlier this morning. Prior to the explosion, the 998-tonne tanker belonging to Syoho Shipping, unloaded the crude and was stationary close to Hyogo prefecture’s coast when the fire […]

  • Tanker Ablaze off Busan, Crew Evacuated

    18 March 2015

    A fire broke out on board a chemical tanker off Busan, South Korea on Saturday, March 14th. The 3,400–dwt Sun Wing was carrying 16 crew members on board, who had all been evacuated by the Korean Coast Guard, Yonhap news agency reports. According to Coast Guard reports, three members of the crew have sustained injures […]

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

    22 February 2012
    Business & Finance

    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 […]

  • 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. […]

  • 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.

  • 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. […]

  • 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 […]