Danish ferry and logistics company DFDS will lay off around 650 people in the coming months as part of its measures aimed at adapting to post COVID-19 market conditions. DFDS currently employs around 8,600 people. The pandemic has had a crushing effect on the passenger transport sector amid strict t
Dr. Shana Hirsch has become associate director of the University of Washington’s Pacific Marine Energy Center (PMEC). In this role, Hirsch will work with PMEC on university-industry collaboration in the marine energy industry in the US. PMEC is a consortium of three universities which focus on the r
The shipping industry has been fairly slow in adopting digitalization, due to its conservative nature. Nevertheless, over the past few years, the pace of digitalization has sped up considerably and especially following the coronavirus pandemic. As the potential of digitalization is being unlocked, t
Several crew members on board a containership owned and operated by a US subsidiary of Danish shipping giant Maersk have tested positive for coronavirus.
Oil and gas services company Danos has won a contract from Dutch-Anglo oil major Shell for the provision of a production workforce across Shell’s assets in the Gulf of Mexico.
On the Day of the Seafarer 2020, European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) and the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) are calling upon EU institutions and member states to start acting to resolve the current crew change crisis.
Russian oil and gas company Lukoil has elected a new chairman of the company’s board of directors following the death of its long-time chairman.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has presented the six directors that will make up its senior management team.
The 2020 Day of the Seafarer pays tribute to unsung heroes of the COVID-19 pandemic: the seafarers who continue to carry essential goods despite facing tremendous challenges, including being stranded on board.
Brazilian state-owned oil company Petrobras has named a new member of its board of directors.
An employee at Port of Corpus Christi Authority (PCCA), America’s top crude oil exporting port, has tested positive for COVID-19, the port authority announced, adding it expected to identify positive cases as testing for the virus started to ramp up. “The individual works in an office where there ar
Neptune Energy has decided to reshape the size of its global organisation due to the combined impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the anticipation of lower commodity prices for a longer period of time.
Tekmar Group has appointed Steven Rossiter to the role of chief technology officer (CTO). Rossiter was the founder and managing director of Agiletek Engineering. The newly created position of CTO underlines Tekmar’s commitment to its technology-driven goals. It will draw on Rossiter’s skills in clou
Polarcus is taking further actions to streamline its business and adjust operational capacity to align with current market conditions. This follows on the $15 million cost reduction plan implemented due to the COVID-19 pandemic and oil price volatility. The company has additionally streamlined and r
