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  • Financial Boost for Michigan Coastal Zone Management Program

    5 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The Michigan Coastal Zone Management Program recently received $2.5 million from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to provide technical and financial support to coastal communities and to improve the administration of existing shoreline statutes. The Coastal Zone Management Program, or CZM, is housed in DEQ’s Office of the Great Lakes, which matched the federal […]

  • Byron installs SM 71 platform offshore Louisiana

    22 November 2017
    Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Byron Energy has installed the the SM 71 Platform in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, offshore Louisiana. This has been reported by Otto Energy, Byron’s partner in the South Marsh Island 71 (SM 71) oil and gas development. Otto Energy on Wednesday confirmed that installation of the jacket and decks comprising the SM 71 F […]

  • UK’s Oldest Research Vessel Discovery Completes Last Scientific Mission

    26 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    RRS Discovery has completed her last scientific mission. After 50 years of service, the UK’s oldest research vessel concluded operations at 1044hrs on Friday 23rd November. Dr Gerard McCarthy of the National Oceanography Centre led this expedition, the 382 undertaken by Discovery. She is now bound for Freeport in the Bahamas to demobilize and from […]

  • Noble rig duo and Stena drillship on oil & gas exploration mission for ExxonMobil off Guyana

    26 December 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    As three rigs press play to resume hydrocarbon search at the Stabroek block on South America’s North Atlantic coast, this enables ExxonMobil to keep looking for more oil and natural gas resources off the coast of Guyana, with drillships owned by Noble Corporation and Stena Drilling.

  • Teekay orders two more shuttle tankers from Samsung Heavy

    29 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    Teekay Offshore Partners has ordered two shuttle tanker newbuildings for a total fully-built-up cost of approximately $265 million.

  • Topsoe reaches new milestone in SOEC electrolysis technology development

    20 March 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Technology

    Topsoe has run a 2,000-hour SOEC electrolyzer demonstration in industrial conditions of 12 SOEC stacks to demonstrate the technology’s capabilities.

  • KR awards AIP for Korea’s 1st 8K ammonia bunkering vessel

    30 March 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Certification & Classification, Environment, Infrastructure, Regulation & Policy, Technology, Transition, Vessels

    The Korean Register (KR) has granted approval in principle (AIP) for an 8K ammonia bunkering vessel, the first of its kind in Korea.

  • UK: RRS Discovery Returns to Southampton for the Last Time

    17 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    The Royal Research Ship Discovery has returned to the National Oceanography Centre’s Empress Dock in Southampton for the last time. The ship, the UK’s oldest research vessel, will be taken out of service after a distinguished half-century of service to UK marine science. This final science expedition – her 382nd – was led by Dr […]

  • SYH Gets New 75 Tonne Wise Hoist

    3 October 2014
    Technology

    Based on the River Orwell at Levington (near Ipswich), Suffolk Yacht Harbour (SYH) recently invested in a brand new 75 Tonne Wise hoist. Suffolk Yacht Harbour’s Managing Director Jonathan Dyke says; “The new hoist operates in conjunction with our existing 60 tonne hoist; so SYH now offers its clients increased, more flexible and even faster […]

  • Russia, USA to Hold Anti-Piracy Exercise off Mariana Islands

    5 October 2011

      Pacific Fleet (PF) command and US Navy’s military delegation visiting Vladivostok in Oct 1-4 agreed to conduct joint anti-piracy exercise off Mariana Islands late in Oct, reports RIA Novosti referring to PF Commander’s press secretary Capt 1 rank Roman Martov. Having finished official visit to PF main base, guided missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald headed […]

  • FreeSeas Lays Groundwork for Fleet Expansion

    27 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    Athens-based dry bulk shipping company FreeSeas Inc. has sold two bulker vessels as part of a financing deal it signed with a group of Norwegian based investors. Under the deal, FreeSeas agreed with Norwegian investors on the financing of the acquisition of assets valued up to USD 15 million. Upon the vessel acquisition by the investors, their ship-owning entities […]

  • Hurtigruten names new battery-hybrid powered ship

    15 September 2021
    Vessels

    Hurtigruten Expedition’s new battery-hybrid powered ship MS Fridtjof Nansen was named during a ceremony in Longyearbyen.

  • Russia: Zvezdochka to Lay Keel for Armament Support Ship Akademik Kovalev

    16 December 2011

    Project 20180TV seagoing armament support ship Akademik Kovalev will be laid down at Zvezdochka Ship Repair Center in Severodvinsk on Dec 20, 2012 at 11 am, told a source in the shipyard to Central Navy Portal. Among guests invited to the solemn keel-laying ceremony are Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief Vladimir Vysotsky, president of JSC United Shipbuilding […]

  • New Vessel Launched to Help Protect GBR Health

    10 January 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    A second crown-of-thorns starfish control vessel hits the water today as part of efforts to protect Great Barrier Reef health by culling coral eating crown-of-thorns starfish over the next three years. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority awarded the Reef and Rainforest Research Centre and the Association of Marine Park Tourism Operators a $5.6 […]

  • Former Maersk boss joins BP’s board

    1 November 2016
    Business & Finance

    British oil major BP has chosen former A.P. Møller – Mærsk A/S CEO, Nils Smedegaard Andersen, as its latest addition to the board of directors. BP said on Tuesday that Andersen would begin serving on the board as a non-executive director and on the Audit Committee with immediate effect. To remind, Maersk announced in June that […]

  • U.S. Senator for Louisiana Pays Visit to Bollinger Shipyards

    6 March 2012

    U.S. Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La, has visited Bollinger Shipyards in Lockport, La., for the dedication of the Coast Guard’s newest fleet of Fast Response Cutters (FRCs). Sen. Landrieu, chair of the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, was instrumental in acquiring $358 million in the FY 2012 federal spending bill for Bollinger Shipyards to build six […]

  • TE SubCom’s Cable Ship Saves 14 Lives Off India

    27 September 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    The crew deployed on the TE SubCom’s cable ship Dependable has rescued 14 fisherman in the Arabian Sea off the Maharashtra Coast near Mumbai, India. Namely, on September 17, Indian fishing boat FV Datta Sai sank with 16 persons aboard, no personal floatation devices and no VHF radio. The C.S. Dependable, in transit between work sites, came […]

  • Höegh Transporter Raided by Kenyan Police

    20 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    A car carrier owned by Oslo-based Höegh Autoliners has been raided by the Kenyan authorities on suspicion that it carried drugs and weapons on board. “Based on intelligence gathered, the ship is suspected to be carrying fire arms and drugs, but we shall confirm that once the inspection is done,” Francis Wanjohi, the Kenyan coastal […]

  • VULKAN Couplings to Exhibit at MARINTEC 2013 (China)

    28 November 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    VULKAN Couplings’ focus at the product and service presentation at MARINTEC 2013 in Shanghai will be on specially integrated drive solutions for suction dredgers and offshore ships. The couplings manufacturer, which has its head office in Herne, Germany, has been supplying drive components for many years, primarily to the high-growth markets in Brazil and China. […]

  • The Netherlands: DEME Launches New Cutter Suction Dredger at IHC Merwede Shipyard

    28 October 2011
    Business & Finance

      Today, the DEME-group (Dredging, Environmental and Marine Engineering) launched the self-propelled cutter suction dredger, AMBIORIX, one of the most powerful and advanced cutter suction dredgers in the world. The launching ceremony took place at the IHC Merwede shipyard in Hardinxveld-Giessendam, The Netherlands. The actual launching was initiated by Mrs. Kristin Hermans – De Keunynck, […]

  • Statoil Awarded Licences Offshore Canada

    2 December 2010
    Business & Finance

    The licences include a Significant Discovery Licence (SDL) and three Exploration Licences (ELs) off the coast of Newfoundland, awarded through a land sale issue by the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB). “We are very pleased to learn that we have been successful in acquiring new licences offshore Newfoundland,” says Tim Dodson, senior vice […]

  • Christiania Shipping orders chemical tankers pair from Murakami Hide

    5 May 2023
    Green Marine, Vessels

    Christiania Shipping A/S, a specialized chemical ship owning and chartering company, has reached an agreement with the Japanese shipyard Murakami Hide for the construction of two 13,000 dwt stainless steel chemical tankers. The Copenhagen-based company said the duo is slated for delivery in the second half of 2025. “This is in line with our strategy […]

  • USCG Questions El Faro’s Stability and Cargo Security

    24 May 2016
    Business & Finance

    As the second round of El Faro hearings continues this week, the US Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation listened to testimonies about the ship’s stability and cargo security, local media reported. With these hearing the USCG is trying to determine what led to the sinking, and whether commercial pressure, negligence in cargo security or poor […]

  • SYH Gets New 75 Tonne Wise Hoist

    3 October 2014
    Technology

    Based on the River Orwell at Levington (near Ipswich), Suffolk Yacht Harbour (SYH) recently invested in a brand new 75 Tonne Wise hoist. Suffolk Yacht Harbour’s Managing Director Jonathan Dyke says; “The new hoist operates in conjunction with our existing 60 tonne hoist; so SYH now offers its clients increased, more flexible and even faster […]

  • EPA Report Shows Increase in Great Lakes Basin Pollution (USA)

    17 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    Toxic releases into surface waters in the Great Lakes Basin increased by 12 percent from 2010 to 2011, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s annual Toxics Release Inventory report published yesterday. Nationwide, toxic surface water discharges decreased by 3 percent. “This is a significant increase in toxic releases to our waters – and an […]