The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has banned the Hong Kong-flagged bulk carrier Unison Jasper from Australian ports for six months.
Even though Hurricane Laura has moved from the Gulf of Mexico onto the mainland, almost 70 per cent of U.S. oil production remains shut-in.
BBC Rio, a Hong Kong-flagged cargo ship operated by JP Alliance Ship Management, has been banned from Australian ports for three months for serious and repeated safety and pollution prevention related failures, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) said.
Oil and gas operators in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico are slowly returning to their offshore facilities following an evacuation due to Hurricane Laura.
California has approved a new regulation designed to further reduce pollution from ocean-going vessels while docked at the state’s busiest ports. The rule builds on the progress achieved by the At-Berth Regulation adopted in 2007, which has paved the way for an 80 percent reduction in harmful emissi
The U.S. Department of Commerce has blacklisted 24 Chinese companies for their role in supporting the Chinese military construct and militarize the disputed artificial islands in the South China Sea. The companies targeted by the sanctions include China Communications Construction Company and a numb
The Philippine Coast Guard will continue to pursue criminal charges against the owners of MV Vienna Wood, a Hong Kong-flagged bulk carrier, which was involved in a deadly collision with a fishing vessel in June southwest of Manila. The decision is being announced on the back of settlement reached be
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact the global economy, the Panama Canal Authority has decided to extend its temporary relief measures to 31 December 2020, offering further support for the industry’s recovery.
The Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore has cleared the proposed merger between Korean shipbuilding majors Korea Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (KSOE), formerly known as Hyundai Heavy Industries, and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME). The competition authority said the
Equinor has signed lease agreements with the Crown Estate for extensions of the Sheringham Shoal and Dudgeon offshore wind farms in the UK. With the lease agreements, the company has secured an area of seabed of approximately 196 square kilometres in total. The two extension projects will be develop
The Panama-flagged chemical/oil tanker Aegean II was not hijacked off the Horn of Africa earlier this month, EU NAVFOR said, citing Somali Bossaso port authority.
The UK government has initiated a review of the country’s offshore transmission regime, as it is looking to tweak the existing regime to allow for significantly more offshore wind to be added to the UK’s energy mix in the future. The government, with input from the industry, will look into the way t
German oil and gas company Wintershall Dea, one of five western partners in the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project led by Russia’s Gazprom, has reportedly rejected sanctions planned by the United States.
The Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) has approved the use of GE Haliade-X 12 MW offshore wind turbine at Ørsted’s Skipjack offshore wind farm, to be built at a site some 30 kilometres off the Maryland-Delaware coast. Ørsted selected GE Renewable Energy as the preferred turbine supplier for t
