RasGas reached a safety milestone by completing one million man-hours without a lost time incident over a seven-year period in its Ras Laffan warehouse.
Container shipments from Europe to the Middle East and Indian subcontinent quickly bounced back from a seasonal decline in August, recording monthly growth of 1.8% in September, according to the latest Container Insight by shipping consultant Drewry. Growth of 17.5% year-on-year is further evidence
Last week was all about South Stream pipeline cancellation and therefore some of the most read stories in the first week of December were related to South Stream. You have also read about Schlumberger axing its seismic fleet and workforce and offshore worker being evacuated from the North Sea platfo
A considerable slowdown has pushed tanker rates down in both Middle East Gulf (MEG) and West Africa, according Fearnleys weekly tanker chartering report. Relatively few cargoes are in play at the same time in MEG which is a major change from last week, the brokerage firm said. As indicated in the we
Dry bulk shipping is expected to continue its recovery, thanks to declining excess capacity, increasing iron ore shipments and rising grain trade, according to the latest edition of the Dry Bulk Forecaster, published by shipping consultancy Drewry. The dry bulk market rebounded in the third quarter
World chokepoints for maritime transit of oil are a critical part of global energy security because of the high volume of petroleum and other liquids transported by these routes. About 63% (56.5 million barrels per day) of the world’s oil production in 2013 moved on maritime routes, as indicated by
EnergyBoardroom’s Inside Oil & Gas Qatar report looks into the challenges faced by the country in implementing its National Vision 2030 development plan.
Qatargas won two British Safety Council health and safety and environmental awards.
The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) is developing additional measures to reduce CO2 emissions from shipping, and the UN Climate Conference in Lima (December 1-12 ) needs to maintain its support for IMO as the principal forum for addressing emissions from maritime transport, which cannot be
The military sealift command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE-10) sends a fueling line to the Arleigh Burke-Class guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57) during a replenishment-at-sea in Arabian Gulf. Mitscher is deployed supporting maritime security operations and theat
The article on the massive ‘Peter Schelte’ multi-purpose heavy-lift, transportation and pipeline installation vessel leaving South Korea was the most read story of the last week of November. Scroll down for more popular stories from this past week.
In the future, loaded containers must not be taken on board a ship until their weight has been determined.
Eight sailors who abandoned their sinking ship have been rescued from the Gulf of Aden following a 30 hour search involving two international organisations and six nations. New Zealand-led Combined Task Force-151 (CTF-151), a Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) task group based in Bahrain coordinated a s
LNG carrier Disha is expected to deliver Qatari cargo to Dahej terminal on November 28.
