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  • Pirates demand ransom for kidnapped Thai captain, crew

    2 June 2005

    Pirates have kidnapped a Thai captain and crewman from a tanker in the busy Malacca Strait. The head of the Piracy Reporting Centre of the London-based International Maritime Bureau, Noel Choong, says the pirates have already demanded a ransom. Mr Choong says the band of between five and eight pirates approached on a fast boat […]

  • Image of the Day: Grounded!

    8 September 2014

    An up-close view of Turkish-flagged cargo ship MV Ince Inebolu’s bow stuck on the rocks on the Greek island of Astypalaia. The ship was sailing from Yemen to Russia on Friday, September 5, when it ran aground. The ship was not carrying any cargo at the time of the accident. There was no pollution to […]

  • Submarine Cables Between Taiwan and China Completed

    17 August 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Taiwan telecom provider Chunghwa Telecom announced that the first submarine cables linking Taiwan with China have been completed. As AFP reports the cables link China’s city of Xiamen with the Taiwanese Kinmen island, and are due to go into operation on Tuesday. The cable project is a joint venture between Chunghwa Telecom and China’s three […]

  • Sunken ship near Port Aransas remains a mystery

    30 August 2006

    Divers investigating a newly discovered sunken ship in a channel near Port Aransas said an exploratory dive provided some answers but also raised lots of questions. The team of divers made a reconnaissance dive Monday to examine the ship, which a parasailer spotted this summer in about 20 feet of water near San Jose Island. […]

  • Crew of UAE-owned hijacked ship ‘unharmed’

    27 December 2010

    The crew of a ship that was hijacked in the Indian Ocean by pirates in the early hours of Christmas Day are believed to be unharmed, according to a piracy watchdog group. The 20,377-tonne cargo ship, MV Thor Nexus, was on its way to Bangladesh from the Jebel Ali port when it was hijacked. It […]

  • Hyundai Mipo Inks USD 212.7 Million Worth Contract

    7 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    South Korean shipbuilding company Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) today revealed in a regulatory filing to the Korea Stock Exchange, that it has entered into a new shipbuilding contract. The order for six Product Carriers (PCs) comes from an undisclosed Marshall Islands-registered shipowner. The value of the contract is estimated to be around $212.7 million. The […]

  • USA: Five LNG Cargoes Imported in January

    7 March 2013
    Vessels

    The U.S. imported five liquefied natural gas cargoes in January, according to the U.S. Department of Energy data. Four cargoes were shipped from Trinidad and Tobago and one from Yemen. Three cargoes were delivered to the Everett LNG terminal, while the Elba Island and the Cove Point terminal received one cargo each. The country imported […]

  • Stonehenge to harness Maldivian waves

    23 September 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Stonehenge Metals has announced plans to install a commercial Protean wave farm off Hanimaadhoo Island, the Maldives. Stonehenge Metals is acquiring 99% of Clean Energy Maldives Pvt (CEM), which has the approval and local support to establish a commercial wave energy converter power generation and seawater desalination facility. The project has been designed to provide […]

  • Petrofac, DSME Clinch $3.7 Billion Upper Zakum Field Contract

    11 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    Petrofac has announced that Petrofac Emirates, its Joint Venture with Mubadala Petroleum, has been awarded a contract by Zakum Development Company (ZADCO) for the Upper Zakum, UZ750 field development in Abu Dhabi. The contract is worth approximately US$3.7 billion and has been secured by Petrofac Emirates in consortium with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co […]

  • GOSEA lands two ship management contracts

    8 August 2014
    Business & Finance

    SeaEnergy PLC’s recently established joint venture (JV) GOSeaEnergy Ship Management Limited (GOSEA) has this week been awarded the ship management of two more vessels. GOSEA was established in June 2014, as a JV between Go Offshore (Asia) Pte Ltd. a Singapore based shipping company and SeaEnergy Ship Management Limited, the latter holding a 51% share. The […]

  • Report: Spanish oil company stops Vietnam drilling amid China pressure

    26 July 2017
    Exploration & Production

    Spanish oil giant Repsol has reportedly stopped drilling for oil and gas in the Vietnamese waters, after China’s alleged threats. BBC has this week reported, citing an industry source, that Vietnam ordered Repsol to cease its drilling operations in the part of the South China Sea claimed both by China and Vietnam, as China had […]

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    1 December 2013

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  • Jamaica making baby steps towards energy independence

    14 January 2016
    Project & Tenders

    Jamaica, a Caribbean island nation, is set to try and uncover potential oil reserves hidden beneath the seabed off the southern coast of the country. The country, which imports oil in order to fulfil its energy needs, hopes to discover its own reserves in order to make a step towards energy independence. According to info found on […]

  • U.S. Senators call for equal tax treatment of LNG fuel

    13 June 2019

    U.S. Senators Todd Young, Bill Cassidy, and Michael Bennet have reintroduced the Waterway LNG Parity Act.

  • Top news of the week January 6-11

    12 January 2020

    Sempra, Saudi Aramco ink Port Arthur LNG IPPA Sempra Energy and Saudi Aramco through its respective units, Sempra LNG and Aramco Services Company, have signed an Interim Project Participation Agreement (IPPA) for the Port Arthur LNG export project under development in Jefferson County, Texas. Total-chartered LNG bunkering newbuild completes sea trials The world’s largest LNG […]

  • Top News of The Week December 23-29, 2013

    29 December 2013

    Magnolia in Final Stage of Selecting Construction Contractor Liquefied Natural Gas Limited announced that the company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Magnolia LNG, is in the final stages of selecting its preferred engineering, procurement and construction contractor. Picture of the Day: Elba Island LNG Terminal, USA BG Group posted a picture of the company’s Elba Island LNG […]

  • Kinder Morgan Selects ABS Group for Work on Elba LNG Project

    17 June 2016
    Business & Finance

    Houston-based energy company Kinder Morgan contracted ABSG Consulting Inc., a subsidiary of ABS Group of Companies, Inc. (ABS Group), to develop a Maintenance and Integrity Program for the liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification terminal at Elba Island near Savannah, Georgia. Under the terms of the deal, ABS Group will develop the maintenance and integrity programs […]

  • Update 3: MV Cheshire Reroutes to Iberian Peninsula

    4 September 2017
    Business & Finance

    Bibby Line’s troubled bulk carrier MV Cheshire, which suffered from overheating in its cargo holds on August 12, will not be heading to Gran Canaria after all. Instead, the ship, which was put under tow on August 21, has been diverted to a port on the Iberian Peninsula either in Spain or Portugal, the company said […]

  • Rotterdam Sets New Port Dues for Three Years

    1 December 2017
    Business & Finance

    Dutch port of Rotterdam informed that port dues will rise by 1% per year for the next three years. Over the recent period, fixing the development of port dues for three years has provided the market with a lot of clarity, according to the port. Therefore, after constructive talks, the Port of Rotterdam Authority, Deltalinqs, […]

  • Vopak’s New LPG Facility in Singapore Gets Its First Cargo

    16 February 2016
    Business & Finance

    Tank storage company Vopak has received its first cargo at the new liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) facility at its Banyan terminal on Jurong Island, marking the start-up of Southeast Asia’s first independent LPG import and storage facility. The shipment from the vessel “Sun Aries” will deliver fully refrigerated propane to ExxonMobil Asia Pacific Pte Ltd, […]

  • Austal to Build Catamaran for Trinidad and Tobago

    4 December 2018
    Business & Finance

    Austal is to construct a high speed vehicle and passenger catamaran for Trinidad and Tobago.

  • New York College to Offer Offshore Wind Training Programs

    14 September 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Human Capital

    The State University of New York (SUNY) Maritime College has received USD 230,000 from the New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s office to promote offshore energy workforce development and training programs in New York.

  • BOEM Calls New York Bight Meeting

    20 April 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is holding the New York Bight Renewable Energy Intergovernmental Task Force on 9 May in Newark, New Jersey.

  • Hawaiian Utilities Aim For 800MW Offshore Wind Capacity by 2045

    6 April 2016
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development, Storage

    Hawaii could have up to 800MW of installed offshore wind capacity by 2045, helping this US island state source all of its energy from renewable resources in the next thirty tears, the Hawaiian Electric Companies said in their updated energy plan. The utilities also said that off-island resources, such as offshore wind and the use of […]

  • Verdant Power preps turbines for autumn setup

    20 July 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Research & Development, Technology

    Verdant Power has taken additional steps toward the installation and demonstration of an array of its three, fifth generation (Gen5) tidal power turbines on the company’s novel TriFrame mount at its Roosevelt Island Tidal Energy (RITE) Project site in New York City’s East River. Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, the US-based company assembled turbines in […]