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  • Harper Government Works on World-Class Tanker Safety System

    19 March 2013

    The Harper government today announced a number of measures toward the creation of a World-Class Tanker Safety System. The implementation of eight tanker safety measures was announced along with the introduction of the Safeguarding Canada’s Seas and Skies Act, and the creation of a Tanker Safety Expert Panel to review Canada’s current tanker safety system […]

  • Polar Bear Killed after Attacking Hapag-Lloyd Cruises’ Guard

    30 July 2018

    A polar bear has been shot dead by MS Bremen’s cruise ship guard during a shore excursion to Spitsbergen.

  • Size of High Risk Piracy Area in Indian Ocean Cut

    8 October 2015

    The size of the ‘High Risk Area’ for piracy in the Indian Ocean has been reduced, organisations representing the global shipping and oil industry announced today and issued new advice to merchant ship operators. The reduction to the High Risk Area comes in response to the ongoing containment of pirate attacks in the Indian Ocean, […]

  • Australia: Maritime unions win offshore visa case

    6 September 2016

    Australian maritime workers’ unions have won a legal battle against the determination made by Ministry for Immigration and Border Protection in 2015 negating certain visa requirements for non-citizens engaged in the offshore resources industry. The unions saw the minister’s move as an attack on local workforce, fearing that immigrant workers would take their jobs in […]

  • Rewa River Dredging Program Kicks Off

    28 May 2018
    Business & Finance

    A $670,000 dredging program started last week on the Rewa River to ensure the quick discharge of upstream water in the river and to minimize spillover water from flooding nearby communities, the Fijian Government informs.  During the commissioning of the dredging operations in Nasali Landing in Rewa, Minister for Waterways, Mahendra Reddy, said that the government […]

  • USA: Comark Receives ABS Type Approval for 47” Marine Display

    8 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    Comark Corporation, a leader in the design and manufacture of ruggedized computer solutions for the marine, military, and commercial markets, has received Type Approval on their 47” Series of MDU Marine Displays from the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS). Type Approval is given to products for marine and offshore applications that are designed and tested, […]

  • Norway: Technip Inks Contract with Lundin Petroleum for Brynhild Field Development

    14 November 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Technip was awarded by Lundin Petroleum a lump sum contract, worth approximately €100 million, for the Brynhild field development. This field, previously known as Nemo, is located in the Norwegian North Sea a few kilometers East of the boundary to UK waters at a water depth of around 80 meters. This project is being developed […]

  • USA: CWPPRA Events Canceled Due to Government Shutdown

    16 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    Due to the government shutdown and its impact on the five federal agencies in the Coastal Wetlands Planning Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) program, all October CWPPRA events and meetings have been canceled. This cancellation includes the October 17th Task Force meeting and the October 18th Dedication Ceremony. At this time, all events have been […]

  • VIDEO: Damen Dredge Pump Working in Brazil

    6 April 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Damen Dredging Equipment, offering a complete range of heavy-duty and cost-effective submersible dredge pumps, has just released a video about its DOP submersible dredge pump emptying concrete caissons in Brazil. These compact DOP pumps are directly powered by a hydraulic motor, mounted in a protective casing. The pioneering system of using concrete caissons for artificial […]

  • COSL Wraps Up Its First Far East Seismic Shoot

    5 August 2016
    Operations & Maintenance

    China Oilfield Services Limited (COSL) has completed its first 3D seismic acquisition in the Far East. COSL conducted the operation in a complex fishery and foggy weather environment, managing to conclude the shoot safely thanks to the protection measures for the equipment implemented ahead of operation, the company informed. COSL secured the contract for the […]

  • VIDEO: Alumarine Launches New Subsea Workboat

    24 March 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    The Alumarine Shipyard has completed the construction of a new workboat under 12 meters, designed for diving operations, subsea works and material transport. This Bureau Veritas-certified workboat is the second model of this range, designed to ensure high stability, high load capacity and high speed. The boat with LOA of 11.8 meters is available in two propulsion […]

  • MV KHALED MUHIEDDINE K Released from Pirate Control

    2 June 2011

      On the morning of 26 May, the MV KHALED MUHIEDDINE K which was pirated on 20 January 2011 was released from pirate control after 126 days. The crew of 22 Syrians and 3 Egyptians are all well. EUNAVFOR Somalia – Operation ATALANTA’s main tasks are to escort merchant vessels carrying humanitarian aid of the […]

  • Hudson River PCB cleanup put off a year

    25 July 2006

    The dredging of PCBs in the Hudson River won’t start until the spring of 2008 because unresolved legal and environmental issues can’t be decided in time to build a cleanup facility before spring 2007, Environmental Protection Agency officials said yesterday. “We’re no longer looking at 2007,” EPA regional spokesman Leo Rosales said. “We think 2008 […]

  • Could fishing be squeezed out?

    25 October 2006

    The new “rationalized” system allots each boat an individual catch quota, which it can fill at its own pace. The system is meant to improve safety and protect the fish stocks. Seattle is the largest homeport for the North Pacific fishing fleet. Most of it moors in Lake Union or Salmon Bay. A 2004 report […]

  • ExxonMobil hires Oceaneering for surveys off Guyana

    11 August 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Oceaneering has secured a contract with ExxonMobil subsidiary Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) to provide two surveys offshore Guyana.  Under the contract, Oceaneering will deliver a towed and autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) geophysical survey and a shallow geotechnical survey. DP-2 Cape Davis, equipped with a 3,000 meter-rated OS-VI AUV, towed geophysical sensors and geotechnical sampling and […]

  • Sea Shepherd’s MV Farley Mowat Sinks

    26 June 2015

    Former flagship of the conservation society Sea Shepherd, MV Farley Mowat, sank on Thursday while moored at Shelburne Harbour, Nova Scotia. The anti-sealing vessel, which was pending scraping, started taking in water on Wednesday, the Canadian Coast Guard said. The Coast Guard has put 600 feet of containment boom around the vessel because there is a sheen coming […]

  • ClassNK updates guidelines for floating offshore facilities

    3 December 2015

    Japan’s classification society ClassNK revealed the third edition of its Guidelines for floating offshore facilities for LNG/LPG production, storage offloading and regasification.

  • Subsea7 hires Global Energy Group for work on Aker BP project

    11 January 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    UK-based energy sector construction, maintenance & enhancement solutions player Global Energy Group has secured a contract from Subsea7 to fabricate subsea spools and anode sled structures for one of Aker BP’s North Sea field developments. The fabrication contract is related to the East Kameleon project and the work will be carried out from the Port […]

  • Australia: DERM Suspends Gladstone Harbour Dredging

    10 January 2012

    The Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM) has directed contractors dredging on behalf of Gladstone Ports Corporation (GPC) to immediately cease operation of the cutter suction dredge in Gladstone Harbour. DERM Director-General Jim Reeves said that an Environmental Protection Order was issued yesterday following evidence of high levels of turbidity at a monitoring site […]

  • Kingston Wharf Repair Works Move Ahead (UK)

    2 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Refurbishment of the commercial shipping wharfage at Cowes Harbour Commission’s (CHC) Kingston site in East Cowes is currently underway. Prestec UK Ltd, the specialists in structural concrete repairs, were appointed by CHC earlier in the year to complete this £600,000 task. Cowes Harbour Master, Capt. Stuart McIntosh, said: “When we acquired the Kingston Wharf site in […]

  • Ecology OKs Benton County Shoreline Program

    20 February 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    A program to manage approximately 330 miles of shoreline along the Columbia and Yakima rivers within Benton County has been approved by the Washington Department of Ecology. Approval of the locally tailored program puts the final stamp on a significant effort that increases protection and restoration of wildlife habitat and water quality, provides more certainty […]

  • Hudson River PCBs Superfund Site Review Continues

    14 July 2016
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has just announced that the next meeting of the Hudson River PCBs Superfund Site Community Advisory Group (CAG) will be held Thursday, July 21st 2016, at the Saratoga Town Hall. The main aim of these meetings is to discuss the second five-year review for the Hudson River PCBs Superfund site. The […]

  • China to Enact Law on International Seabed Exploration

    31 December 2012
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    China’s top legislature adopted the proposal to enact the country’s first law on international seabed exploration in the next five years, Xinhua reports. According to the report from the Environment and Resources Protection Committee (ERPC) of the National People’s Congress (NPC) it is necessary to work on a law for the exploration, development and management […]

  • BSEE Releases Hurricane Response Operations Video (USA)

    28 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    As BSEE Safety Month draws to a close, the Bureau released a video highlighting the work of Hurricane Response Team members in monitoring potential impact and damage to oil and gas operations in the Gulf of Mexico. BSEE’s focus is protecting oil and gas industry personnel and the environment during extreme weather events associated with […]

  • Maynooth Wave Energy Workshop Announced

    26 December 2019

    The Centre for Ocean Energy Research (COER) at Maynooth University plans to hold the 6th Maynooth Wave Energy Workshop on January 24, 2020. The Maynooth Wave Energy Workshop will be an informal event designed to bring researchers and practitioners together to discuss challenges and opportunities in wave energy research. The programme will consist of around […]