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  • EIA: U.S. natural gas consumption rises in 2019

    4 March 2020

    U.S. natural gas consumption increased by 3 percent in 2019, reaching a record of 85.0 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d), according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).

  • 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. […]

  • Update 2: Body of One Missing Mariner Found as Fears of Tanker Exploding Heat Up

    8 January 2018

    A body of one of the 32 missing mariners has been found on board the Iranian tanker Sanchi burning off China.

  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • Fairmount Tug Tows MSC Flaminia in Wilhelmshaven, Germany

    12 September 2012
    Business & Finance

    Fairmount Marine’s ocean going salvage tug Fairmount Expedition, accompanied by tugs Anglian Sovereign and Carlo Magno, have safely delivered container vessel MSC Flaminia in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, after a hair-raising adventure lasting seven weeks. The MSC Flaminia, owned by German Reederei NSB, was on her way from the US to Europe when a dramatic explosion and […]

  • Singapore: Senoko Energy Starts Two Gas Power Plants

    8 February 2013

    Singapore’s largest power generation company, Senoko Energy, inaugurated its Stage 2 repowering project. The project involved converting three oil-fired 250 MW steam plant into two technologically advanced and environmentally-friendly gas-fired combined cycle plants (CCPs). The repowered plants have a total capacity of 862 MW and use state-of-the art Mitsubishi gas turbine technology. This S$ 1 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Pirates Kidnap Five Seafarers from OSV off Nigeria

    13 March 2019
    Business & Finance

    Five crew members have been kidnapped in the latest piracy attack off Brass, Nigeria.

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Gibraltar LNG Terminal Officially Opens

    7 May 2019

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

  • Van Dam Joins East Anglia ONE Team

    23 June 2017
    Storage

    Dutch fire and blast protection specialist Van Dam BV has been awarded a contract for the design, engineering, fabrication and installation supervision of the internal and external fire rated walls, wall penetrations, and doors for the East Anglia ONE offshore substation platform.

  • Maersk, ABS Study Finds Hazards Affecting Safety on Boxships

    30 May 2018
    Business & Finance

    Study: Hazards associated with dangerous goods stowage were identified on a range of boxship designs.