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  • Tyne & Wear Shipyards Collection Awarded UNESCO Status

    9 July 2013

    The Tyne & Wear Shipyards Collection at Tyne & Wear Archives has been included on the UNESCO Memory of the World Register, a global online catalogue created to help promote the UK’s documentary heritage across the UK and the world. The Tyne & Wear Archives Shipyards Collection is a testimony to the remarkable achievements in shipbuilding […]

  • Vessel Operator, Master Fined for Pollution Crimes

    27 February 2018
    Business & Finance

    Sea Faith’s operator and Master convicted for false and incomplete oil and garbage discharge records.

  • Noble to Pay USD 8.2 Mln in Fines

    10 December 2014
    Business & Finance

    Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation said on Monday that it had reached a final settlement with the US Department of Justice (DOJ), concluding a two-year investigation into the company’s operations and systems aboard the drillship Noble Discoverer. The settlement agreement also covers certain record keeping issues related to the Kulluk drilling rig, which was previously […]

  • Australia: GPC Deserves to be Fined, Says Greens

    26 January 2012

    The Queensland Greens say that it is time that Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM) took legal action against the Gladstone Ports Corporation [GPC]. “They deserve to be fined,” Queensland Greens state spokesperson Libby Connors said. “They only resumed dredging on 19 January and within 4 days the turbidity was above their licensed level. […]

  • India fines Japanese car carrier cartel

    25 January 2022
    Authorities & Government, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    India has sanctioned four Japanese maritime transport companies for price-fixing practices.

  • Anti-Trust Body Fines Moby and Tirrenia

    27 March 2018
    Business & Finance

    Anti-Trust Authority fines two Italian ferry operators for abusing their dominant position in Sardinia. 

  • Dredging NZ Fined over Worker Death

    22 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    Dredging NZ has been fined $79,500 and ordered to pay $42,000 in reparation after the death of a worker, crushed on a dredging barge in West Park Marina, Auckland, on 19 November 2013. Peter Bateman died after being crushed between an excavator and the wall of a hopper, on a barge being skippered by Brent […]

  • DSD Shipping Fined for Discharging Oil into the Ocean

    11 April 2016
    Business & Finance

    The Norwegian shipping company DSD Shipping (DSD) was sentenced to pay a total corporate penalty of USD 2.5 million for discharge of oil-contaminated waste water into the ocean, thus violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS). The company was also convicted for obstructing justice, tampering with witnesses and conspiring to commit these offenses. A total of USD 500,000 […]

  • ConocoPhillips fined for 2012 offshore gas leak

    9 February 2016
    Exploration & Production

    ConocoPhillips, one of the world’s largest independent oil and gas exploration and production companies has been fined after gas leaks on a gas platform off the Lincolnshire coast put workers’ lives in danger. According to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) UK, ConocoPhillips admitted serious safety failings in Lincoln Crown Court after two uncontrolled and […]

  • BP Agrees to Pay Record Environmental Fine

    2 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    Five years on from the Deepwater Horizon accident and spill in 2010 that took 11 lives, oil major BP has reached agreements in principle to settle all federal and state claims arising from the event by paying the largest environmental fine in the US history, worth USD 18.7 billion. BP today announced that its US Upstream […]

  • Port of Tyne: New Crane Arrives (UK)

    4 December 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The Port of Tyne has taken delivery of another new crane. Arriving fully assembled from Liebherr in Rostock, Germany, the crane rolled off the heavy carrier vessel MERI at Riverside Quay this morning. The £3.5 million crane is fully mobile and will be used in handling bulk and conventional cargoes such as coal, grain, wood […]

  • Turkey imposes harsher maritime pollution fines

    11 January 2021
    Authorities & Government, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Turkey has increased the levels of maritime pollution fines raising them by 9.11 %, according to the Standard Club. Environmental pollution fines are revised annually and declared in the Official Gazette for the respective year. The fines relate to pollution caused by cargo ships and other naval vessels discharging petroleum and petroleum derivatives, solid waster […]

  • Tyne Subsea Sets Up Hyperbaric Facility

    29 August 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Tyne Subsea, a multi-million pound research and testing facility being developed in the North East, UK, has completed its first commercial test in one of Europe’s largest commercially available hyperbaric pressure testing chambers. The facility, which is being developed by engineering group British Engines and Newcastle University, will offer pressure testing services in an integrated […]

  • Southbay Civil Wins Port of Tyne Contract

    16 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    The Port of Tyne has appointed the main contractor for the £25 million extension of Riverside Quay, the Port’s multifunctional deep-sea facility at South Shields. The main contract for over 300m of quay work includes a 125m quay extension, an upgrade of 118m of existing quay and 90m of quay wall renewal at the former […]

  • Master Fined after Accident at Sheringham Shoal

    3 September 2014

    The master of a wind farm support boat has been made to pay £3,000 in fines and costs after breaching maritime collision regulations. Geoffrey Whinfrey was in charge of the Island Panther when it collided with a wind turbine in the Sheringham Shoal wind farm on 21 November 2012. Whinfrey had been requested by the […]

  • BP facing $13.7B fine for Deepwater Horizon

    16 January 2015
    Exploration & Production

    Ruling on the issues raised in the Phase 2 trial of the Deepwater Horizon case: the quantification of oil spilled and BP’s source control efforts following the accident, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana found BP was not grossly negligent, reckless, wilful, or wanton in its source control planning. However, the company is still facing a multi-billion […]

  • Australia: Government Fines QGC for Clearing Vegetation

    18 April 2011

    A mining company at the centre of a stand-off with anti-coal seam gas protesters has been penalised for clearing vegetation without federal… (businessspectator) [mappress] Source: businessspectator, April 18, 2011;  

  • Magellan Opens Port of Tyne’s Cruise Season

    30 March 2015
    Business & Finance

    The arrival of the new flag ship of Cruise & Maritime Voyages (CMV) – Magellan – at the UK Port of Tyne’s Northumbrian Quay marked the start of the port’s 2015 cruise season. This call is a part of Magellan’s maiden voyage, dubbed ‘Maiden Solar Eclipse & Northern Lights Cruise,’ which started on March 15, three days […]

  • The Port of Tyne – Popular Choice for Cruise Lines

    12 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    Acclaimed as the UK’s Best Port of Call, and ‘One of Europe’s Secret Capitals’, the Port of Tyne is one of the most exciting destinations on Earth. Passengers and cruise operators can be assured they are in safe hands coming to the Port of Tyne’s International Passenger Terminal which has been developed to welcome the […]

  • UK: Shipping Minister Tours Port of Tyne

    2 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Port of Tyne welcomed Shipping Minister Stephen Hammond, for a tour of the site and operations on Monday. The Port of Tyne has achieved record growth, cargo volumes, and profits for three years in succession and recorded the largest year on year growth to become the fastest growing UK port, according to recently published […]

  • UK: Strong Step Forward for Port of Tyne

    12 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    North East Business of the Year, Port of Tyne, achieved its highest cargo volumes for over 50 years in 2013, breaking its own records for cargo handling and passenger numbers. In total on the River Tyne 8.1 million tonnes of cargo was handled – the largest volume since 1965. This was a 22% increase on […]

  • Bomb Found During the River Tyne Dredging

    2 December 2015
    Business & Finance

    Bomb experts were called to the former Swan Hunter shipyard yesterday, after the possible munition was found during the River Tyne dredging project and brought to shore. Today, police carried out a controlled detonation of the munition at Longsands beach in Tynemouth, the News Post Leader informs. “A 200 meter cordon was put in place […]

  • Norway: Statoil Accepts Fine for Gullfaks Incident

    3 June 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Statoil accepts a fine of NOK 30 million following the well control incident on the Gullfaks C platform in 2010. Earlier this year, Statoil was fined by the public prosecutor for Rogaland county following the well control incident that occurred on Gullfaks C on 19 May 2010. The company has decided to accept the fine. […]

  • VIDEO: River Tyne Dredging Project (UK)

    5 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Tyne Gorge is very prone to silting and must be constantly dredged to maintain its depth. This video shows dredging program next to the Cemex Jetty at Jarrow. Port of Tyne and UK Dredging vessels work constantly to keep the river clear. [mappress] Dredging Today Staff, June 5, 2013

  • Fine Tubes reports rise in 2013 turnover

    10 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Fine Tubes, a UK-based manufacturer and distributor of precision tubes for critical applications, today announced an increase in turnover of 5.5% in its 2013 results. It said that in line with the company’s strategy for continued sales growth in all its key markets – Aerospace, Nuclear, Power Generation and Oil & Gas – the results reflect the […]