The global drowning report released by the World Health Organization (WHO) is shocking, and the worldwide loss of 372,000 lives to drowning each year is both disturbing and unacceptable, the International Maritime Rescue Federation (IMRF) said in a written statement. The IMRF welcomes the report for
Since the entry into force of the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC, 2006), 113 ships were detained by one of the Paris MoU Authorities for MLC-related deficiencies, Paris MoU said in a release. This represents 17.4% of the total number of detentions (649) in the Paris MoU during this period. During t
NIGC’s managing director, Hamidreza Araqi said, the National Iranian Gas Company and Russia’s Gazprom will team up to finance oil and gas projects.
United Nations and other leading international transport, trade and tourism organizations expressed concern about the reported denial of medical care for ill seafarers on board ships that had previously called at ports in Ebola-affected countries. In a statement, the Travel and Transport Task Force
Lloyd’s Register Energy has launched new offshore collision guidance notes for the marine and energy industries to assist owners, operators, and designers of offshore units with identifying potential collision scenarios, assessing the relative risks and conducting numerical analysis, establishing re
Dana Gas reported a 16% increase in revenue in the first nine months of 2014.
UK-based indemnity insurer ITIC has advised shipbrokers, consultants and other advisers not to sign confidentiality agreements which restrict their ability to do business. According to ITIC, the use of such agreements has always been common when parties are considering doing business but need to pro
There has been a significant change in fortunes for struggling long range (LR) tankers in recent months, according to UK-based shipbroker and consultant Gibson. The second quarter figures indicate a switch from the first half’s spot earnings of USD 11,000/day, in which both LR2 and LR1 earnings in t
Unique Wellube, a division of Unique Maritime Group (UMG), shared its expansion, investment and strategic plans at ADIPEC 2014 which is being held at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center (ADNEC), from the 10th to the 13th of November 2014. The ADIPEC exhibition is ranked amongst top 3 prominent show
Managing Director of NIGC said Iran is planning to double its natural gas production by 2017.
The trend towards more Asia-US East Coast container services via the Suez Canal route and fewer via the traditional Panama Canal route is accelerating, as reported by UK-based shipping consultant Drewry. Based on Drewry’s proprietary database of container services, another 2 Panama weekly services b
Qatargas started up the JBOG project at Ras Laffan, a $1 billion project designed to eliminate flaring at the LNG terminal.
Partners in the Tamar natural gas field offshore Israel said they have extended the deadline for a deal to supply gas to UFG’s liquefaction facilities in Damietta, Egypt. The Tamar partners said on May 5 that they have signed a letter of intent with UFG to supply 2.5 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of nat
All operations have been stopped at Libya’s Benghazi port due to military operations of the Libyan army against Islamist opposing forces in the area. “All ship movements and discharging of imports have been stopped,” Reuters cited an official as saying. Libyans residing near the port district have b
