The Asian Shipowners’ Forum has called for a United Nations resolution that would see the international body sponsor and manage armed personnel on board ships sailing through pirate-infested waters. The call, in a statement released by ASF on Wednesday, follows the group’s proposal to Working Group
Qatargas’ Chief Executive Officer Tuesday recognised the Qatargas employees, who have been instrumental in Qatargas becoming the first company in Qatar to achieve accreditation for its professional engineers development programme, from the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) and Institution o
Qatargas Chief Executive Officer, Khalid Bin Khalifa Al-Thani won the “Excellence in Gas Processing Practice” Award at the 3rd International Gas Processing Symposium in Doha. The award was presented by Dr. Sheikha Abdulla Al Misnad, President of Qatar University, in the presence of Dr. Mohammed Bin
Over the past few days EUNAVFOR warships, operating as part of the EU’s counter-piracy mission codenamed Operation ATALANTA, have provided life-saving assistance to a stricken dhow, with 12 crew and 92 passengers onboard, including a pregnant woman and 33 children. The dhow had put out a distress si
Transport Ministry of Azerbaijan has announced a tender for construction-montage work , goods supply and service provision within construction of new complex of Baku International Sea Trade Port in Alat settlement, 65 km south from Baku. The Ministry reports that cost for tender participation is AZN
Bahrain is in negotiations with Russia’s Gazprom to buy about 3 million mt of LNG per annum. The LNG will be delivered to Bahrain’s terminal expected to open by 2015. “Originally we would start off with say 400 million cfd of gas and that could be slowly ramped up,” Abdul-Hussain bin Ali Mirza, Bahr
The Arab News reports that Abdul Aziz Al-Tuwaijri, president of Saudi Ports Authority, on Sunday inked a number of contracts for the development and maintenance of ports at a cost of SR500 million. The signing ceremony was attended by Transport Minister Jabara Al-Seraisry. These contracts are as fol
Environmentally sustainable practices in the maritime industry are critical to driving the global agenda on sustainability, industry experts have said ahead of the second edition of the World Ports and Trade Summit (WPTS) 2012. WPTS 2012 is being held under the patronage of His Highness General Shei
Environmentally sustainable practices in the maritime industry are critical to driving the global agenda on sustainability, industry experts have said ahead of the second edition of the World Ports and Trade Summit (WPTS) 2012. WPTS 2012 is being held under the patronage of His Highness General Shei
Qatargas supports the 3rd International Gas Processing Symposium, with an opening keynote address. The Symposium being held in Doha between 5th – 7th March, is organised through the Gas Processing Centre Technical Advisory Committee and is an opportunity for gas industry experts to help provide dire
EU NAFVOR warship FGS BERLIN has successfully engineered the release of an Indian flagged dhow and crew, disrupting a Pirate Action Group and destroying two attack skiffs. On 28 February 2012, EUNAVFOR Warship FGS BERLIN received a distress call from a merchant vessel reporting that they had success
Oil Search said that it has signed a Sales and Purchase Agreement to sell its 40% interest in Block 3 (Gardan) in Yemen to Total of France, for US$44 million. As a part of this transaction, Total will assume Operatorship of Block 3. Commenting on the transaction, Peter Botten, Oil Search’s Managing
Owners of LPG carriers can look forward to increasing trade in 2012, despite the uncertain economic environment and the dampening effect of the mild winter in the northern hemisphere. According to Drewry’s latest LPG Forecaster, stagnant demand in Western economies has been balanced by strong domest
Delek Group has reported that Pinnacles #1 exploration well, situated close to Mari-B is due to start in the coming days and is expected to last for approximately 5 weeks. According to a report prepared by Netherland, Sewell and Associates (NSAI) the estimated unrisked gross prospective gas resource
