Guidelines to help shipowners comply with a new International Maritime Organization (IMO) regulation requiring ship-specific plans and procedures for the recovery of persons from the water were launched yesterday by the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), the global trade association for shipow
Iran will have the chance to export gas to Europe, Persian Gulf states and Iraq following the completion of three gas trunk-lines, director for planning at the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) said. Hassan Montazer Torbati said Iran Gas Trunkine (IGAT)-6, IGAT-7 and IGAT-9 will facilitate gas exp
Marine Assets Corporation (MAC) has announced delivery of a specially designed AHT for Stanford Marine, Dubai. With an LOA of 50m and a beam of 15m the MMC 950 designed AHT, constructed at Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding, Fuzhou, S.E.China, has a special low air draft to facilitate her ability to transit
Delek Group, along with other partners in the Leviathan gas field offshore Israel, on June 27, 2014, signed a non-binding Letter of Intent with BG International Ltd. (“BG”), in which the parties confirmed their intent to negotiate an agreement for the supply of natural gas from the Leviathan Project
Marine Assets Corporation (MAC) has delivered an Anchor Handling Tug for Stanford Marine, Dubai.
Yemen LNG General Manager, Jacques Azibert, and the Governor of Shabwah Ahmad Bahaj, signed in Sana’a three development agreements that will provide $2.82 million in financing for numerous community development projects benefiting the people of Shabwah. The planned projects will be implemented durin
Qatargas’ Chief Executive Officer, Khalid Bin Khalifa Al Thani honored the Qatargas employees, who have made significant contributions towards Qatargas winning the prestigious Qatarization Crystal Award for ‘Supporting Qatarization’ at the 14th Annual Award Ceremony held recently as part of the Qata
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Iran is considering investment plans to construct small liquefied natural gas (LNG) plants in the country, managing director of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) Hamidreza Araqi said. “At present, more investors have expressed preparedness to build mini LNG plants and nearly 100 million dollar
Climate scientists have long tried to explain why ice-age cycles became longer and more intense some 900,000 years ago, switching from 41,000-year cycles to 100,000-year cycles. In a paper published this week in the journal Science, researchers report that the deep ocean currents that move heat arou
The European Council has endorsed an EU maritime security strategy as a framework for effectively and comprehensively addressing the EU’s maritime security challenges. The objective is to secure the EU’s maritime security interests against risks and threats in the global maritime domain, such as cro
This year’s June 25th marks the fourth international Day of the Seafarer, an official United Nations observance day. Day of the Seafarer celebrates the vital yet often hidden work done by seafarers to transport goods and commodities all around the globe. As nicely put by IMO, Seafarers are the peopl
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), the principal trade association for merchant shipowners, has welcomed proposals to protect the world’s oceans adding that the Global Ocean Commission’s (GOC) ideas should be taken seriously. The GOC said it would like to see a greater level of environment
Hibiscus Petroleum Berhad has informed that Zubara Petroleum Ltd (Zubara), a wholly‐owned subsidiary of Lime Petroleum Plc (Lime), has received the necessary extension to its Concession Agreement from the Government of Sharjah,UAE, to start engineering and procurement activities leading to the drill
