
A total commitment of at least $151 billion from G20 governments in support of fossil fuels has been made available in their energy recovery policies, data from the Energy Policy Tracker shows.

The Flensburg District Court will open insolvency proceedings concerning Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft mbH (FSG) on August 1st, the company said in an update. To remind, the German cash strapped shipbuilder filed for the opening of insolvency proceedings at the local court in Flensburg in April

By Marnix Viergever In the maritime media there is a strong focus on the ship building sector. Obviously ship construction creates a lot of business opportunities and journalists are eager to reveal new maritime trends and technologies. Ship breaking, on the other hand, is not a popular topic as it

Santos has filed its environment plan for the abandonment of the Tern-1 wellhead to the Australian offshore regulator and the plan is now under assessment.

Equinor has made a minor oil discovery near the Vigdis field in the North Sea offshore Norway.

Canada has joined other countries in the Global Ocean Alliance, Bernadette Jordan, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, announced last week.

Tauranga-based stevedoring company, C3 Limited, was fined $240,000 by the Auckland District Court after a 15-tonne excavator was dropped from a ship’s crane, narrowly missing five workers on the wharf below. The incident happened at Northport in Whangarei when the log carrier, Aster K, was being loa

Australian oil and gas companies Beach Energy and Bridgeport Energy have been awarded two new gas exploration permits offshore Australia.

Many shipowners are facing challenges in finalizing the Inventory of hazardous materials (IHM) required under the upcoming European Union’s Ship Recycling Regulations (EUSRR) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, BIMCO, the world’s largest shipowner association, said. Namely, as of December 31

ExxonMobil’s environment plan for the plug and abandonment of Seahorse/Tarwhine wells offshore Australia is now under assessment by the Australian regulator.

Italian oil and gas company Eni has submitted its plans for decommissioning of six platforms on the Hewett field to the UK authorities.

Imports at major US retail container ports are expected to remain significantly below last year’s levels into this fall as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues, according to a new monthly report released today by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Hackett Associates.

Twelve countries have committed to facilitating crew changes and achieving key worker designation for seafarers, following a virtual ministerial summit hosted by the UK Government on 9 July.

The UK’s offshore oil and gas industry’s representative body Oil and Gas UK has welcomed the introduction of the Job Retention Bonus and other moves by the country’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak to support trainees and jobs for young people.