Qatar’s RasGas said in a statement that on 5th February, the RasGas Operations Group completed one year of work without a Lost Time Incident (LTI). The Operations Group of RasGas completed 367 days without LTI on this date while the number of man-hours without a Lost Time Injury reached 14 Million H
The President of Argentina, HE Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, has met HE Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, Chairman, DP World, together with a high-level delegation, to discuss further enhancing mutual cooperation. Present at the meeting were also UAE Ambassador to Argentina, Mohammed Essa Al Qattam Al Zaa
Milaha, previously known as Qatar Navigation, said in a statement that its fully-owned subsidiary, Qatar Shipping Company, has signed an agreement to increase its stake in two LNG carriers. Qatar Shipping Company, represented by Mr. K. K. Kothari, Chief Executive Officer of Qatar Shipping, and Dr. S
The global cruise industry announced a new emergency drill policy requiring mandatory muster for embarking passengers prior to departure from port. The new policy follows the industry’s announcement on January 27 of a Cruise Industry Operational Safety Review in response to the Concordia incident an
The La Fayette Class Frigate, FS ACONIT, will join the EUNAVFOR counter piracy Task Force on 11 February. FS ACONIT has been in operational service with the French Navy since 1999 and has a displacement of 3,600 tons. The French ship joins OP ATALANTA operations with the mission to protect vulnerabl
RasGas has signed an additional LNG sales and purchase agreement with Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS) to supply 2.0 million tonnes of LNG for 20 years from its plant in Qatar to terminals in South Korea, the two companies said in a statement. RasGas is the largest single supplier of LNG to South Korea
Bahrain’s General Organisation of Sea Ports (GOP) announced recently that two of its senior Bahraini maritime executives will attend a one-year Masters course to specialise in Maritime Safety and Environmental Administration at the World Maritime University (WMU) in Malmo, Sweden. The WMU operates u
Qatargas has become the first company in Qatar to achieve accreditation for its professional engineers development programme, from the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) and Institution of Engineering Technology (IET). Qatargas Operating Officer – Engineering and Ventures, Sheikh Khalid Bin
Qatargas is participating in the 5th International Petroleum Technology Conference (IPTC), Bangkok, Thailand from 7 – 9 February. Being organised under the theme “Technology and Operational Excellence: Keys to Sustainable Global Energy”, the event addresses technology issues that challenge industry
The inaugural Maritime Security and Surveillance Conference concluded last week, highlighting several important themes, including the need to continue building cooperation across the Gulf countries in the areas of maritime surveillance and security operations. Lieutenant Commander Sheikh Mubarak Ali
Qatar, the world’s largest LNG producer, has yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding with Pakistan for the supply of around 3.5 mtpa of LNG to Pakistan. The deal was signed by Qatar’s minister for energy Dr Mohammed Bin Saleh Al-Sada and Pakistan’s minister for petroleum and natural resources
Drake & Scull Qatar (DSQ) a wholly owned subsidiary of Drake & Scull International has announced that it has been awarded a QAR 125 million Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) contract for Phase 1 of Qatar Petroleum’s Multipurpose Administration Complex located at Ras Laffan Industrial City in
Turkmenistan has reduced its natural gas exports to Iran due to technical problems, managing director of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC), Javad Owji said. According to the report of the public relations of the NIGC, he said that despite reduction in Turkmen gas exports, no Iranian city has s
Aden Container Terminal (ACT), operated by global marine terminal operator DP World, has received and serviced the 8,441 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) MSC Tomoko, the largest container vessel ever to call at the facility, located in Yemen’s premier port city. DP World Aden management mobilised a
