Around 300 construction members of Stork Technical Services UK will be balloted on strike action over rotas and pay on more than 30 offshore installations in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), UK’s Unite the union reported. The offshore dispute is centered on working rotas and Stork rates of pay faili
More than 700 offshore members at Bilfinger UK Limited are set to be balloted on strike action in a dispute over pay, says Unite the union.
UK’s Unite the union has confirmed that nearly 100 Odfjell offshore drillers have backed strike action in a dispute over rotas and pay.
Global towage operator Svitzer, a part of A.P. Moller-Maersk, has appointed Australia Chief Commercial Officer Ivan Spanjic as Global Head of Green Ports. The company created the role recently to focus on unlocking value for partners across the marine supply chain, as the demand for green ports and
Finland’s government has adopted a resolution on hydrogen in which it describes the countries’ objectives regarding hydrogen and the measures to promote them. According to the government, Finland’s goal is to become the European leader in the hydrogen economy in the entire value chain, and it has th
In response to the rapid growth of the carbon capture and storage industry, UK’s North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has set up a dedicated carbon transportation and storage team. The team, which supplements NSTA’s established exploration and new ventures team, will oversee the delivery of offshor
Spirit Energy has confirmed its plan to transform two depleted gas fields in Morecambe Bay into a carbon storage cluster.
Brazilian state-owned energy giant Petrobras has elected Jean Paul Terra Prates as the company’s new chief executive officer (CEO), following the resignation of Caio Mário Paes de Andrade announced at the end of last year. Petrobras’ board of directors unanimously appointed Terra Prates as the compa
Equinor has handed out a long-term deal to Semco Maritime for the provision of temporary staffing services for offshore nurses on the NCS.
OEUK has launched a documentary, highlighting the workers, which are spearheading the UK’s energy transition to net-zero.
Swift Anchors, a UK-based developer of anchoring solutions for offshore energy industries, is looking to expand its team with several openings in its engineering department.
Some 78% of industry professionals agree that change and technological innovation are positive things for the maritime industry, according to a report by Wärtsilä Corporation. However, almost half (45%) admit to having a volatile attitude towards technology and over a third (36%) say they are active
Certain shareholders have voiced concerns over Capricorn’s proposed merger with Israel’s NewMed, seeing it as “profoundly unfavourable.”
Danish container shipping major Maersk has appointed a new executive leadership team as the company kick-starts the year under the helm of Vincent Clerc as CEO. As we reported earlier, Clerc took over the reins at A.P. Moller – Maersk on January 1, 2023, following the retirement of his predecessor S
