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Offshore Energy 2013: Second Day Highlights (VIDEO)
The following video shows the highlights from the second day of the Offshore Energy 2013 event held in Amsterdam on 16 October. Offshore Energy is the fastest growing gathering of offshore industry professionals. The two-day event includes an exhibition where an expected 500 supply chain companies s
FPSO EnQuest Producer Heads to Port of Tyne (UK)
The FPSO EnQuest Producer will arrive undertow and without engines making it a challenging job for the Port of Tyne’s team of Pilots. Mike Nicholson, Port of Tyne’s Harbour Master, said: “We have developed a good level of experience in handling FPSO’s but working with a ‘dead ship’ with no power alw
Spain: ‘Edda Ferd’ Starts Sea Trials
Today, coinciding with the high tide, platform supply vessel Edda Ferd (hull C-444) departed from Gondan shipyard´s facilities, bound for Gijon port to carry out the sea trials. The vessel is the eighth built by the shipyard for the Norwegian company Ostensjo Rederi and its delivery is scheduled for
IMB: Piracy at Sea Falls to Lowest Level in Seven Years
The International Chamber of Commerce’s International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has revealed that piracy on the world’s seas is at its lowest third-quarter level since 2006, but warns of the threat of continuing violent attacks off the East and West coasts of Africa. The latest IMB Piracy Report, publis
BOURBON Continues Its Policy of Standardizing Its Fleet
BOURBON announces that it sold 3 vessels, including a tug, an MPSV (Multi-Purpose Supply Vessel) from the Subsea Services fleet and a PSV (Platform Supply Vessel), for an approximate total amount of US$ 38 million generating a total capital gain of approximately US$ 18 million. These three tradition
Boskalis Completes Sale of Dockwise Yacht Transport Activities
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has successfully completed the sale of the activities of Dockwise Yacht Transport (DYT). These activities are to be transferred to Sevenstar Yacht Transport B.V. based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. With the acquisition of Dockwise in March 2013, Boskalis a
Securing Our Energy Future Highlighted at Offshore Energy 2013
On 15 & 16 October 2013 the 6th Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference was held in Amsterdam RAI. The two-day event was attended by 9,123 international visitors, an increase of 20% compared to last year. Official opening: The state of the world By the push on the button of KoColijn, Sander Vergroes
VIDEO: The First 100% LNG Powered Barge on Maiden Voyage
The Greenstream, the world’s first 100% LNG powered barge has been delivering in delivering liquid fuels along the Rhine river in The Netherlands for several months. This summer it expanded its range into Germany. In Spetember it was joined by its sister ship, the Greenrhine. Spark-ignition LNG engi
EU Supports Rotterdam-Gothenburg LNG Initiative
The LNG Rotterdam-Gothenburg project has been acknowledged by the European Commission as a priority project for European transport infrastructure development. The Commission grants 34 million euro (SEK 305 million) to develop small-scale infrastructure for liquefied natural gas (LNG) as an efficient
Singapore and Norway to Continue Research Cooperation
Research cooperation between Singapore and Norway took an important step forward on October 4, 2013, when the “High Level Advisory Board” (HLAB) for the development of new traffic systems in the Strait of Malacca held its second meeting to examine the status of the project. Delegates to the meeting
Moore Stephens Welcomes EC Decision to Maintain Maritime State Aid Guidelines
International accountant and shipping adviser Moore Stephens has welcomed a decision by the European Commission to keep in place in their current form the guidelines relating to state aid to maritime transport, which include EU tonnage tax regimes. The decision follows an EC review of the guidelines
Dryad Maritime: Two Vessels Attacked in Four Days Indicates Resurgence of Somali Piracy
Following the attack on a British managed merchant vessel on Friday in the Somali Basin, the UK’s leading maritime intelligence provider, Dryad Maritime Intelligence has renewed their calls for heightened vigilance, stating that just one successful hijack and holding to ransom of a large merchant ve
UK: Minister Ewing to Speak at DecomWorld Conference
With exactly a year to go before the historic vote on Scottish independence, DecomWorld has announced that Scotland’s energy minister, Fergus Ewing, will deliver the keynote address at the 10th annual North Sea Decommissioning conference in December. He is expected to outline what the industry can e
Wartsila to Retrofit Its Scrubber Systems on Color Line’s Vessels
Wärtsilä, has been contracted to retrofit its Open Loop Scrubber systems on three additional vessels owned by Color Line, Norway’s largest cruise and ferry operator. This confirms Wärtsilä’s leading position in the scrubber market with 36 shipsets, totalling 75 scrubber units, either already install