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Thieves Board Maersk Aegean off Indonesia
Robbers boarded a product tanker owned by Danish Maersk Tankers and stole equipment while the vessel was at anchor off Indonesia, ReCAAP ISC informed. The incident aboard the 2013-built Maersk Aegean took place while the ship was anchored off Labuk Gaung, Inner Anchorage in Dumai in the morning hour
Investigation finds safety flaws on Statoil’s Grane platform
Norway’s offshore safety agency, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has found seven non-conformities and four improvement points during a safety audit of Statoil’s Grane platform, offshore Norway. Grane is an oilfield in the North Sea operated by Statoil, some 185 kilometers west of Haugesund. Th
PSA slaps Statoil with safety order over near-fatal Sture gas leak
The Norwegian offshore safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has issued an order to Statoil following a poisonous H2S gas leak at the Sture terminal on October 12, 2016. The Sture terminal in Øygarden municipality in Hordaland is a port for crude oil shipments. It receives crude oil
Norway’s oil output in February tops prognosis
Norway’s oil production in February 2017 was slightly lower when compared to the same period in 2016 but still above the prognosis for the month, according to a report by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD). Preliminary production figures for February 2017 show an average daily production of 2
Vryhof sets in motion new engineering unit
Offshore mooring services provider Vryhof and its business unit Deep Sea Mooring (DSM) have launched a new engineering unit to support the company’s offshore oil & gas, renewables, and aquaculture operations. Vryhof is a supplier of anchoring and mooring solutions that consists of Deep Sea Mooring,
IDC Cancels Worldwide Strikes to Enable New Talks in Spain
The International Dockworkers’ Council (IDC) has called off strikes planned for March 23, which were previously scheduled to be held in ports around the world, to enable new negotiations in the Spanish port sector. The move follows the decision from March 16 of the Spanish parliament to reject the r
Russian Freighter Lists in Norwegian Sea
Russian-flagged cargo ship Mekhanik Fomin developed a heavy portside list while underway in the Norwegian Sea west off Narvik after a reported cargo shift, Norwegian Coast Guard confirmed. The ship, loaded with timber, was en route to Inverness, the UK when it got in trouble following a cargo shift
Indonesia to sue PTTEP over 2009 Montara spill
The government of Indonesia is preparing to sue Thailand’s PTTEP oil company for the 2009 Montara oil spill in the Timor Sea. The Montara project, operated by PTTEP’s Australian subsidiary PTTEP Australasia, is located 690 kilometres east of Darwin and 250 kilometres north-west of the Kimberley coas
TransCanada files for permit to build North Montney Mainline project
Calgary-based TransCanada filed a variance application with the National Energy Board to proceed with construction of the North Montney Mainline project in northeast British Columbia.
Aden Port Poised to Receive Containers and Other Cargo
Yemeni Port of Aden is fully ready to receive containers and other cargo traffic as a result of the stabilization of security in the region, Yemen Gulf of Aden Ports Corporation said on March 17. During 2015 and 2016, Aden Container Terminal has been receiving all containers that could not reach oth
Clarksons: Shipping Industry Looking for Ways to Return to Faster Volume Growth
The shipping industry is looking for ways to return to faster expansion in volumes as the slowdown in volume growth since the financial crisis focussed the industry’s thoughts on potential barriers to healthy long-term trade growth, according to Clarksons. From 1988 to 2008, growth in world seaborne
Strike action looms as UK offshore workers reject pay deal again
Members of Scotland’s biggest offshore trade union Unite have once again voted to reject a pay offer by their employers thus moving a step closer to a potential strike action. The union said in a statement on Monday that, in a consultative ballot, 81 per cent of its members voted to reject the lates
Repsol Sinopec: Sheen not linked to Montrose. Production resumes
Repsol Sinopec UK has resumed production from its Montrose platform offshore the UK following a sheen discovered nearby. In a statement sent to Offshore Energy Today, the company’s spokersperson said that following following identification of a sheen in the vicinity of the Montrose-Arbroath subsea p
Algeria’s Sonatrach makes CEO change
The state-owned Sonatrach named Abdelmoumen Ould Kadour as the company’s new chief executive officer.