A total of 41 Indian seafarers have been stranded on two ships for months unable to dock in Chinese ports and carry out crew changes amid heated tensions between the governments of China and Australia. The seafarers got in the middle of a debate between the two countries exacerbated by the calls fro
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has approved a number of measures aimed at cutting the shipping sector’s carbon emissions in the next decade. The measures adopted at the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) taking place virtually from 16-20 November included amendments
The European Commission has added new yards to the European List of ship recycling facilities suitable for the dismantling of EU-flagged vessels in an environmentally-friendly way. These include two European yards and two more yards in Turkey. “With the addition of these new yards, ship owners of EU
The UK government has launched the bidding process for the first seven Freeports in England.
The interim COVID arrangements which have permitted seafarers to serve longer than 11 months on-board ships will end from February 28, 2021, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) said. Under the Maritime Labour Convention, the normal maximum period that a seafarer can serve aboard a vessel
U.S. Congress members from New York State, Jerrold Nadler and Nydia M. Velázquez, have sent a letter to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in support of the Empire Wind offshore wind project, more specifically its Port Infrastructure Improvement Plan (PIIP) which would set up an offshore wind hub at the
The Norwegian authorities have given oil major Equinor and its partners the consent to start work on the expansion of the Snorre field in the North Sea.
Swedish wave energy company CorPower Oceanhas been awarded a ten-year marine license by Portuguese authorities for wave energy projects in the Atlantic Ocean.
Ghana has imposed its terms and conditions for the Italian oil major Eni and domestic explorer Springfield E&P for the unitisation of their adjacent fields.
Trillions of dollars could be misallocated if member states of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) fail to back an industry proposal for a global $5 billion research and development fund in order to de-risk the massive investment needed to decarbonize shipping. The call was made by the Int
Navingo has recently organised its 13th, but also the first virtual edition of Offshore Energy Exhibition and Conference (OEEC 2020), creating a perfect opportunity for people working in the offshore energy industry to establish new business relationships and maintain existing ones. The content-pack
The UK government has revealed its ambition to create 2 million green jobs by 2030 and has launched a Green Jobs Taskforce to help reach that goal as part of the government’s plan to build back greener and achieve net zero emissions by 2050. According to the official press release, the government ha
New statistics unveiled by the UK government show the vast majority of people support the rapid growth of renewable energy projects throughout the UK.
Jadestone Energy has settled a dispute with Teikoku Oil, a subsidiary of Japan’s Inpex Corporation, in respect of Block 05-1 PSC, located offshore Vietnam.
