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  • USA: Gas Use for Power Generation Up This Summer

    10 September 2012

    The U.S. Energy Information Administration said in a statement that natural gas use for power generation rose this summer because of hot-weather-driven electricity demand for air conditioning coupled with low natural gas prices. According to Bentek Energy, estimated daily natural gas use to produce electric power (also called power burn) averaged 26.3 billion cubic feet […]

  • EIA: Myanmar joins LNG importers circle

    19 June 2020
    Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics

    In June 2020, Myanmar became the newest country to begin imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG).

  • Osaka Gas to build LNG import facility in Nobeoka

    21 December 2018

    Japan’s utility Osaka Gas, through its unit Osaka Gas Engineering, has established Himuka LNG a company planning to set up LNG receiving infrastructure in Nobeoka City.

  • Germany: Friesland Kabel’s Cables for Marine Industry

    8 August 2012
    Storage

    Out in the open seas cables need to be robust to withstand weather conditions and to pose no risk of fire. Friesland Kabel’s cables can be used for oil rigs, wind farms and special oil tankers (FPO, FPSO, FSU). All offshore cables have a SHF2-coat, a very robust material with GL certification. They are particularly […]

  • Russia’s Novatek to Develop LNG Regasification Terminal in Vietnam

    23 May 2019

    The terminal would be part of Vietnam’s integrated energy-generating project.

  • One Dead, Three Rescued as Tug Sinks Off New York

    15 March 2015

    The U.S. Coast Guard saved three men from the icy water Saturday, while a fourth man was later pronounced dead, after their tug, reportedly the 65-foot Sea Bear, sank one mile from Fire Island National Park, New York. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound Command Center received notification of a sinking tug with […]

  • USA: Nexen, CNOOC Enter Gulf of Mexico Partnership

    30 November 2011
    Business & Finance

      Today, Nexen Inc. , an independent, Canadian-based global energy company has entered a joint venture with China’s CNOOC Limited in the Gulf of Mexico. The joint venture will provide CNOOC Limited with a working interest in up to six deepwater exploration wells in the Gulf of Mexico. Among the prospects included in the deal […]

  • Russia: Pella Shipyard Splashes Tugboat of Project 16609

    22 November 2012

    Newly built tugboat of project 16609 has been launched by the Russian Pella Shipyard ahead of schedule. The tugboat is intended for towing and berthing operations in harbor, roadsteads and coastal areas which comply with R2 navigation area (not more than 100 miles from the place of shelter), performing of escort operations at the speed […]

  • Attempts to restart ship’s engines

    10 April 2007

    Attempts are being made to restart the engines of a container ship off the Co Kerry coast following a fire in the engine room overnight.

  • Second Round of Cargo Smouldering on board MV Liangchow

    17 October 2018
    Business & Finance

    A second round of cargo smouldering reported aboard MV Liangchow during coal discharge in Auckland.

  • USA: Jensen Maritime Designs Two Fireboats for PF&R Fleet

    18 December 2013
    Business & Finance

    Jensen Maritime, Crowley Maritime Corp.’s Seattle-based naval architecture and marine engineering company, recently completed concept designs and performance specifications for two new fireboats that will join the city of Portland’s fire and rescue (PF&R) fleet in the first half of 2014. The new, fast-response fireboats will provide emergency response on long stretches of both the […]

  • DEC makes LNG available to fuel trucks

    28 January 2015

    Department of Environmental Conservation has adopted nation’s most stringent new regulations that will make LNG available to fuel trucks and for other purposes, New York State DEC’s Commissioner Joe Martens said.

  • USA: Lead Ship in Zumwalt-Class to Be Named at GDBIW

    11 April 2014

    The U.S. Navy will christen the future USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) April 12, during a ceremony at General Dynamics-Bath Iron Works shipyard in Bath, Maine. The lead ship and class are named in honor of former Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Admiral Elmo R. “Bud” Zumwalt Jr., who served as the 19th CNO from 1970-1974. […]

  • Shearwater GeoServices returns to India for ‘tenth consecutive season’

    22 September 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Norway’s Shearwater GeoServices has secured more work in India as part of a new contract with state-owned Oil India Limited that will see two of its vessels deployed. The combined 3D and 2D seven-month seismic survey will begin in the fourth quarter of 2025 and will cover the Mahanadi and Krishna-Godavari fields, regions said to […]

  • Equinor receives PSA’s Hammerfest LNG report

    17 November 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance

    Norwegian energy giant and LNG operator Equinor has received PSA’s Hammerfest LNG inspection report.

  • Engie sheds assets in North America and Asia

    8 February 2017
    Project & Tenders

    French LNG player and power utility Engie closed the sale of assets in the United States and Asia, as it continues the execution of its transformation plan.

  • Blast Hampers Tanker Operations at India’s Kandla Port

    25 September 2017
    Business & Finance

    An explosion has been reported at an oil jetty in India’s Kandla Port which shut down tanker operations over the weekend. The blast and heavy fire occurred on Saturday night, September 23 at the pipeline junction leading to the liquid cargo storage terminal belonging to the Friends Salt Works & Allied Industries (FSWAI). One worker carrying out maintenance […]

  • Boat Burns At Fairhaven Shipyard

    15 January 2006

    The fire broke out shortly before 9 a.m. on the scalloper The Amber Nicole, while it was docked at the Fairhaven shipyard. It was above deck and there were no injuries.

  • Norfolk-based cruiser comes to tanker’s aid

    6 March 2006

    A Norfolk-based guided missile cruiser helped a Panamanian diesel tanker last week when it was fired upon and illegally boarded in the Arabian Gulf.

  • Hunt for Indonesia ferry missing

    26 February 2007

    Dozens of people are still feared missing after a fire broke out on board an Indonesian ferry four days ago.

  • NYK Agrees 25-Year Coal Shipping Contract in Vietnam

    19 September 2019
    Business & Finance

    NYK would transport coal from Australia and Indonesia to a new coal-fired power project in Vietnam from 2023.

  • Cosco Nantong delivers ‘SapuraKencana 1200’ vessel

    20 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    China’s COSCO Nantong has delivered a pipelay heavy lift vessel, “SapuraKencana 1200”, to SapuraClough, a subsidiary of Malaysia’s oilfield services provider SapuraKencana. The SapuraKencana 1200 developed by Ulstein Sea of Solutions is equipped with a ZPMC fully revolving derrick crane. The vessel is designed as a self propelled vessel with a 10-point mooring system for […]

  • Tanker Explodes off Zhanjiang Port, Two Crewmen Missing

    6 January 2015

    Two crew members are missing after the 2013-built, 4,577 DWT product tanker Run Guang 9 exploded near Zhanjiang port on January 4, according to the Zhanjiang Maritime Safety Administration, Guandong province, China. The tanker was  en route from Zhuhai port to Zhanjiang when one of its cargo holds caught fire and exploded about 13 kilometres off the […]

  • Pirates Attack Tanker Bouboulina in Gulf of Guinea

    8 July 2016
    Business & Finance

    A group of armed pirates has approached and opened fire upon a tanker which was underway some 89 nautical miles off the coast of Brass, Nigeria, according to data provided by the International Maritime Bureau’s Piracy Reporting Centre (IMB PRC). The vessel in question was reportedly the 2006-built Suezmax tanker Bouboulina. IMB PRC said that, as […]

  • Cefor: Giant Boxships Pose Risks That Are Not Being Discussed

    17 March 2017
    Business & Finance

    There are numerous risks of technical nature not being considered when opting to construct the ever bigger containerships that are being overshadowed by the luring economies of scale, the Nordic Association of Marine Insurers (Cefor) warns. According to the association, apart from the commercial challenges in operating these vessels such as upgrade of port facilities […]