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Höegh LNG’s second-quarter profit slides
Oslo-based Höegh LNG reported a second quarter profit after tax of US$3.5 million, down from $6.3 million in the first quarter 2016.
Bulk Carrier Crew Taken Hostage, Beaten by Robbers
Two crew members from a bulk carrier were taken hostage and beaten when a group of armed robbers boarded their vessel some 5.5 nautical miles south of Conakry, Guinea, according to the International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB) piracy reporting center. Seven robbers armed with guns and knives boarded the
NTSB Recovers 26 Hours of Data from El Faro’s VDR
About 26 hours of information was recovered from El Faro’s voyage data recorder (VDR), including bridge audio, navigational data, onboard radar images and wind data, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. NTSB said that numerous events leading up to the loss of the US-flagged cargo s
Volumes Surge at Ports of Stockholm
Sweden’s Ports of Stockholm saw an increase in both container cargo volumes as well as RoRo volumes in the first seven months of 2016, compared to the same period last year. The largest increase in RoRo freight was seen at the Port of Nynäshamn, where figures were up 20 percent. In the period betwee
Borssele – The How and the Why
Very soon, postmen will be carrying the 2016 summer edition of the Offshore WIND Magazine in their bags. This is the same edition that will be distributed at the WindEnergy Hamburg exhibition next month. But that is not the only thing that makes this edition interesting. DONG Energy broke the patter
Sevan continues FLNG study as loss deepens
Norway’s Sevan Marine started working on the follow-up study for a specific FLNG field development with a U.S. oil major during the second quarter.
LNG-powered heavy-duty trucks tested in Poland
Cryogas M&T Poland in cooperation with Iveco Poland and IKEA Distribution North Europe, recently concluded the road test of LNG-powered Iveco Stralis heavy-duty trucks.
BOEM offers 4399 offshore blocks. Attracts bids for 24
U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) on Wednesday held a lease sale offering acreage in 4399 blocks across 23.8 million acres million in the Gulf of Mexico, offshore Texas. The Lease Sale 248, as it was officially called, attracted 24 bids from only three oil and gas exploration companies w
Israel plans offshore licensing round roadshows
The Israeli Ministry of Infrastructures, Energy and Water Resources (MIEWR), the government agency responsible for overseeing all petroleum-related activities in Israel, plans to host roadshows in September 2016 for the promotion of the country’s first offshore energy licensing round. IHS Energy, a
Update: ‘Transocean Winner’ tow slower than expected
The semi-submersible drilling rig Transocean Winner is on the final approach to Broad Bay as part of the towing operation to remove it from Dalmore Bay, where it had been grounded for two weeks after having been hit by a severe storm. According to the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s statement on
Statoil: Fram C East starts production
Norwegian oil company Statoil has said that production has started from the Fram C East field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea through the Troll C production platform. The Fram C East is a long production well drilled from the existing Fram subsea template. Production is tied back to Troll C
Watch: Historic internet broadcast of Gulf of Mexico lease sale
US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will on Wednesday host a lease sale offering 23.8 million acres in federal waters offshore Texas for oil and gas exploration and development. What makes this lease sale special is the fact the it will be broadcast live on the internet. BOEM has said that t
Update: Zeebrugge LNG reloads up in H1
Belgium’s Fluxys on Wednesday said that its liquefied natural gas terminal in the port of Zeebrugge has reloaded more cargoes of the chilled fuel in the first half of this year as compared to the same period a year ago. The Zeebrugge terminal shipped 16 cargoes of previously imported LNG in January-
Vroon Offshore expands fleet with new platform supply vessel
China’s Cosco Guangdong Shipyard has delivered the platform supply vessel (PSV), VOS Passion, to Dutch offshore vessel owner Vroon Offshore Cosco said on Wednesday that the delivery documents between COSCO Guangdong and Vroon were signed recently. Offshore Energy Today reported at the beginning of A