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  • Russian Navy Commissions into Service Pella-Built Tug

    11 February 2014

    The tugboat of project 90600 “RB-401”, building No 939 was put into operation within the Russian Navy on February, 1, 2014, Pella Shipyard informed. The official solemn flag-raising ceremony took place in Kaliningrad. The tugboat is intended for towing and berthing operations in harbor, roadsteads and coastal areas which comply with R3 navigation area, refloating […]

  • Safety authority finds flaws at Statoil’s Valemon (Norway)

    8 January 2016

    While conducting an audit of the Valemon platform in the North Sea, the Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority found shortcomings in the platform’s security. The audit of the Statoil-operated Valemon platform was conducted from October 26 to November 5, 2015, and included checks of barrier management, technical safety and electrical installations. PSA Norway identified four non-conformities related to electrical […]

  • Tugboat RB-395 Heads for the Baltic Fleet Navy, Russia

    19 December 2012

    State Commission has signed the Acceptance and Delivery Act for the tugboat “RB-395” (project 90600, building No 934). Before the end of this year the ferry trip of the vessel to Baltiysk will be carried out and the tugboat will be put into operation within Baltic Fleet Navy. The tugboat is intended for towing and […]

  • Readers’ Picks of the Week (October 10 – 14, 2016)

    16 October 2016
    Business & Finance

    Drewry: Container Carriers Still Face High Risk of Failure Privately-owned container carriers could risk losing shippers’ trust if they do not provide any data on their level of indebtedness and balance sheet strength, according to shipping consultancy Drewry… Read More Trafigura Sells Five Tanker Newbuilds Commodity trading company Trafigura Group has entered into a sale […]

  • Report: Deadly Blaze Hits Two Ships off Kerch Strait

    22 January 2019
    Business & Finance

    Ten crewmembers have died after two ships burst into flames near the Kerch Strait on January 21.

  • Government Orders DSME to Stop Work on LPG Carriers

    12 November 2015
    Business & Finance

    Following the most recent fatal incident at Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering’s (DSME) Okpo yard, the Korean Government has ordered the yard to halt work on the five liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carriers currently under construction, Yonhap news agency reports. The fire that killed one and injured seven workers on Tuesday, seems to be the final straw in […]

  • Govt Lifts Ban on VLGC Construction at DSME

    25 November 2015
    Business & Finance

    The Korean government has lifted the ban on construction of the five liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carriers at Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering’s (DSME) Okpo yard, imposed earlier this month following another fatality at the yard. The decision was announced by the regional unit of the ministry of employment and labour, according to the Yonhap news agency. The […]

  • Black Elk Recovers Body of Crew Member. One Still Missing (USA)

    19 November 2012

    Black Elk has recovered a body of one of the two workers who went missing after an explosion hit the company’s platform located at West Delta 32 Block, in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico approximately 17 miles southeast of Grand Isle, La. “We recovered one of the missing workers and the U.S. Coast Guard transported the […]

  • Teekay’s Randgrid FSO reaches Gina Krog field

    20 September 2017

    Teekay’s recently converted floating storage and offloading vessel Randgrid has reached its final offshore location – the Gina Krog field in the North Sea. The vessel, to be used at the Statoil-operated field, had left the yard in Mejarvik last Thursday, and, according to a Teekay spokesperson, has now safely arrived at the oil and […]

  • EIA: power generation capacity additions below par

    16 July 2014

    The Annual Energy Outlook 2014 (AEO2014) Reference case projects 351 gigawatts (GW) of new electric generating additions between 2013 and 2040, in both the electric power sector and end-use sectors, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in a report. Projected future capacity additions are well below the average annual levels observed in recent history, and […]

  • Consilium Receives a 8 MSEK Order in UAE

    5 August 2010

    Consilium in Middle East has received a fire safety order of 8 MSEK for an extension of a tank terminal in Port of Fujairah. The tank terminal is owned by Emarat, a government owned petroleum distributor in UAE. Consilium Automation in Middle East is awarded the contract from the engineering company Tata Projects. This project […]

  • Aker Kvaerner contract for green energy production

    26 November 2006

    Aker Kvaerner has been awarded a contract for the supply of a large biofuel-fired boiler plant to

  • USGS: New Report Quantifies Coastal Change (USA)

    27 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    Beaches and dunes on Fire Island, New York, lost more than half of their pre-storm volume during Hurricane Sandy, leaving the area more vulnerable to future storms. While the damage and destruction on Fire Island was immediately evident after the storm, a new U.S. Geological Survey study released today is the first to quantify the […]

  • Report: Burning Sanchi Drifts into Japanese Waters

    12 January 2018

    Iranian tanker Sanchi drifts away from the Chinese coast into Japan’s exclusive economic zone.

  • Zhenjiang Hands Over ‘Crest Athena 1’ to Singapore FEG Energy

    20 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    On 19th of February 2014, Jiangsu Zhenjiang Shipyard handed over the third 78m Offshore Standby Support Vessel named Crest Athena 1, to Singapore FEG Energy Co., Ltd. With a passenger volume of 200 people and a rescue capacity of 300 people, it features a total of 5320kw capacity and a DP-2 positioning system. It is […]

  • Yemen: Navy Destroys Boat Approaching Balhaf LNG Port

    22 November 2013

    Yemen’s navy fired upon and destroyed a suspicious boat that was approaching the Balhaf LNG export terminal on Wednesday, according to local media reports. A booby-trapped boat approached from international waters, and passed security lines into Yemeni territorial waters in the area surrounding the LNG port. Yemen’s navy moved immediately towards the boat and opened […]

  • One More Hits the Water at Pella, Russia

    24 September 2013

    Pella shipyard has launched one more tugboat from the Acceptance Program of 2013, the “RB-401” (Yard no. No 939) of project 90600. Before the end of the year the tugboat will be delivered to Baltiysk, where it will be put into operation within RF Baltic Fleet. The tugboat is intended for towing and berthing operations […]

  • One Dead in LPG Tanker Explosion in Turkey

    3 July 2019
    Business & Finance

    The explosion occurred in the evening hours of June 1 due to an “unspecified” reasons.

  • Nigeria LNG Declares Force Majeure

    8 October 2012

    Nigeria LNG on October 5 declared a force majeure on terminal output after an attempt to steal crude oil from a pipeline led to a fire, Reuters reported, citing Shell’s spokesman. “An attempt was made to steal crude oil from the Bomu-Bonny trunk line and offload it onto a waiting ship that led to a […]

  • Report: Pertamina Source of Balikpapan Bay Oil Spill

    5 April 2018

    Pertamina says burst underwater pipeline source of the oil spill in the Balikpapan Bay.

  • 15 September 2006

    The Royal Navy is celebrating its biggest ever drugs bust in the Caribbean after stopping a boatload of cocaine worth up to half a billion pounds. The smugglers set fire to their boat and illegal cargo when they were caught in a dramatic night-time operation off the north-east coast of Barbados. While much of the […]

  • Liverpool blasts ABP bid to block cruise terminal

    28 September 2009

    LIVERPOOL has returned fire in the row over its plans to steal a slice of Southampton’s lucrative cruise industry – blasting the actions of city port owners as “diabolical”. Merseyside civic chiefs have slammed Southampton port owner Associated British Ports (ABP) for trying to block an upgrade of its £20m publicly-funded cruise terminal, claiming the […]

  • MTE on track to complete Hebron project scope ahead of first oil

    10 August 2017
    Project & Tenders

    Teesside-based manufacturer and supplier of fire, blast, and heat protection systems, Mech-Tool Engineering (MTE), is on track to deliver on-site supervision and inspection services to the Hebron platform ahead of first oil scheduled near the end of 2017. MTE said that its work on the Hebron project, a 52-well offshore oilfield development off the Canadian […]

  • Russian State Commission Accepts Tugboat ‘RB-392’

    7 June 2013

    After successful completion of sea trials at Pella Shipyard the Russian State Commission accepted tugboat “RB-392” (building No 935, project 90600). The tugboat will proceed to Novorossiysk, where it will be put into operation within the Black Sea Fleet Navy. The tugboat is intended for towing and berthing operations in harbors, roadsteads and coastal areas […]

  • Tugboat MB-93 Leaves Pella Shipyard, Russia

    26 September 2013

    The State Commission and Pella shipyard have signed the Acceptance and Delivery Act for the tugboat “MB-93” (building No 504). In November the tugboat will be put into operation within RF Pacific Fleet. Assignment: towing of vessels and floating objects in harbor areas and open seas performing of escort operations at the speed of 10 […]