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  • FuelEU implementation to be postponed in Norway and Iceland

    30 December 2024
    Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    The FuelEU Maritime regulation, set to enter force January 1, 2025, will face delays in its application to Norway and Iceland due to its postponed incorporation into the European Economic Area (EEA) Agreement, the UK-based classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) revealed. The Norwegian Maritime Authority (NMA) elaborated that this delay occurred due to the ‘convoluted’ […]

  • Faroe Petroleum Enters into Iceland’s Offshore Sector

    4 December 2012

    Faroe Petroleum, the independent oil and gas company focusing principally on exploration, appraisal and production opportunities in the Atlantic margin, the North Sea and Norway, has announced provisional exploration licence awards in the Dreki area on the Icelandic Continental Shelf in the Icelandic 2nd Licensing Round. The licences are extensive, encompassing seven licence blocks located […]

  • MMT in UK-Iceland Link Route Survey

    15 June 2015
    Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    MMT (Sweden) has been awarded a contract for the world’s longest HVDC route survey for the UK-Iceland Interconnector by Atlantic Superconnection Corporation (ASC). MMT will provide bathymetric and geophysical mapping along the entire route corridor, between Iceland to England, the company said. MMT and Reach Subsea have mobilized the Surveyor Interceptor ROV onboard Stril Explorer […]

  • Scottish anger over Iceland’s increased TAC

    21 December 2010

    United Kingdom: Scottish Fisheries Secretary Richard Lochhead has attacked Iceland’s decision to again establish a unilateral mackerel quota.For 2011, the country has boosted its catch proposals from 130,000 tonnes to 147,000 tonnes. Iceland and the Faroe Islands are both guilty of recently walking away from negotiations with the European Union (EU) and Norway on a […]

  • Grounded Cargo Ship Refloated off Iceland

    8 September 2014
    Business & Finance

    Cyprus-flagged general cargo ship  Samskip Akrafell that ran aground on Saturday, September 6 off the east coast of Iceland was refloated at around midnight on Sunday, according to Icelandic Coast Guard. No spill was reported and the crew is safe, based on the latest reports from the Coast Guard. The grounding occurred when the vessel’s engine […]

  • EMSC Records Subsea Earthquakes Offshore Iceland

    7 October 2011
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

      The Reykjanes Ridge, the part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge that rises up to the ocean surface to the southwest of Iceland, has been hit by … By Mark Dunphy (irishweatheronline) [mappress] Source: irishweatheronline, October 07 , 2011;

  • EU considers blocking Icelandic boats in fish row

    14 December 2010

    The EU’s fisheries chief is considering blocking Icelandic fishing vessels from landing some catches in European Union ports in a row over mackerel that threatens Iceland’s bid to join the bloc, an EU source said.

  • Iceland Bans Use of HFO in Its Waters

    10 December 2019
    Rules & Regulation

    Iceland is pushing forward with its efforts to curb sulphur emissions in its waters.

  • Iceland: Three Applications in 2nd Licensing Round

    3 April 2012

    The National Energy Authority Iceland announces that it has received three applications in the second licensing round for exploration and production of hydrocarbons on the Icelandic continental shelf. The companies that have submitted the applications are: Eykon (unregistered Icelandic company); Faroe Petroleum and Íslenskt kolvetni ehf.;Valiant Petroleum and Kolvetni ehf The National Energy Authority (NEA) […]

  • Iceland: Samskip Acquires Two Container Vessels

    23 April 2012
    Business & Finance

      Samskip has acquired the container vessels Arnarfell and Helgafell, both of which have been employed by the company on the route between Iceland and Europe since early 2005. Samskip has been chartering the vessels since they were delivered, as new builds, seven years ago. From the beginning they have proved to be very reliable […]

  • Celtic Norse Cable Branches to Scotland and Iceland

    1 November 2019
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Celtic Norse fibre optic cable between Norway and Ireland will be partnered by Vodafone Iceland to develop a branch into Iceland. It is also investigating the opportunity to develop a branch into Scotland, initially with the government’s infrastructure body, the Scottish Futures Trust and Host in Scotland, the datacenter umbrella body which it sponsors. Celtic […]

  • Shell flows first gas from North Sea field

    1 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Shell has kicked off production from a gas field in the North Sea, which is expected to help maintain domestically produced gas for Britain’s homes, businesses, and power generation.

  • Icelandic whalers await quota decision

    24 April 2007

    The four ageing steamships lined up by the quay at Reykjavik harbour don’t look like anything special. But they are among the last survivors of an industry which was once worth huge amounts of money to nations like the US and Britain – and which brought some of the largest animals on the planet close […]

  • GL’s FutureShip Cooperates with Iceland-based Marorka

    8 February 2012
    Business & Finance

    A cooperation between two leading energy efficiency improvers yields new potential to reduce emissions for shipowners around the world. At a press conference in Singapore, FutureShip announced its cooperation with Iceland-based Marorka. Together, the two companies will integrate each other’s product portfolios in the field of fuel efficiency, energy management and related consulting. The announcement […]

  • Dreki Area Research Results Presented in Reykjavík, Iceland

    31 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) and the University of Bergen presented important new research results in the Dreki Area at the 30th Nordic Geological Winter Meeting in Reykjavík. Data was acquired from both the Icelandic and Norwegian sides of the ridge, located offshore the north-eastern coast of Iceland. The Dreki Area is a part of […]

  • CNOOC Awarded a Licence in Dreki Area Offshore Iceland

    22 January 2014

    Iceland’s national energy authority Orkustofnun has granted a new offshore licence to CNOOC Iceland ehf. as operator with 60 % share, Eykon Energy ehf with 15 % share and Petoro Iceland AS with 25 % share.   CNOOC Iceland ehf. is a daughter company of CNOOC International Ltd. Eykon Energy ehf. is a daughter company of Eykon […]

  • bremenports to Take Part in Developing Finnafjord Port in Iceland

    2 February 2017
    Business & Finance

    German port management company bremenports has received the green light from Bremen’s senate to become a member of the development company for the port construction project in Iceland.  In May 2016, the Icelandic government signed an agreement with the municipalities of Langanesbyd and Vopnafjordur, the engineering company EFLA and bremenports to plan and construct a […]

  • bremenports to Develop New Deep-Water Port in Iceland

    12 April 2019
    Business & Finance

    bremenports, Icelandic partners join in a project to develop a deep-water port at Finnafjord.

  • Iceland: Landeyjahofn Harbour Built in Wrong Place, Says Official

    14 October 2011

    The trouble-hit Landeyjahofn harbour, built to shorten trips between the Westman Islands and the Icelandic mainland, was built in the wrong… (icenews) [mappress] Source: icenews, October 14, 2011;

  • Iceland Needs UK Financial Support for Subsea Cable Project

    29 October 2013
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    A subsea cable project linking the UK with Iceland needs financial support from the British government, reports The Guardian. Iceland has the cheapest electricity prices in Europe because of the abundance of geothermal energy, wind and hydropower, and it is seeking a way to exploit these resources. Olafur Grimsson, Iceland’s president, is expected to call […]

  • Gasum conducts 1st LNG bunkering operation in Iceland

    27 June 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    Nordic energy company Gasum has carried out the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering operation in the port of Reykjavik, Iceland. 

  • Poseidon Jackup rises in North America as new joint venture makes a debut

    2 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration

    Combifloat Group of the Netherlands and Poseidon Barge of the United States, with the backing of Marine Equipment Solutions (MES), have joined forces to forge a new joint venture (JV), named Poseidon Jackup, whose goal is to bring modular jack-up technology to North America.

  • Iceland: Energy Authority Sends Exploration Licences Drafts

    5 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    The National Energy Authority has nearly finished processing the applications received in the second licensing round for exploration and production of hydrocarbons on the Icelandic continental shelf.

  • Allseas and DOF win contracts for pipeline renewal in Singapore

    2 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    Singapore-headquartered Aster, a provider of energy, chemical, and infrastructure solutions in Southeast Asia, has awarded contracts to Allseas and DOF Group, as well as other partners, for engineering and rejuvenation of direct tanker-to-refinery crude oil transfer infrastructure. Aster is investing $125 million to rejuvenate its single buoy mooring (SBM) and SBM pipeline infrastructure, an offshore […]

  • Jan de Nul to Repair Subsea Cable in Iceland

    13 June 2017
    Operations & Maintenance

    Jan De Nul Group has been contracted by the Icelandic electrical transmission company Landsnet for an urgent cable repair between Westman Island and the main land of Iceland. The repair is planned to be undertaken in June using the cable installation vessel Isaac Newton, which was mobilized from Canada to Europe, Jan de Nul informed. Full […]