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FORESEA Opens New Call for Offshore Renewable Energy Tech
The FORESEA (Funding Ocean Renewable Energy through Strategic European Action) programme opened its third call for support package applications on Wednesday. Support packages will help commercialize offshore renewable energy technologies by giving free access to FORESEA’s network of test sites. The
MacGregor, ESL Shipping to test cranes on LNG-powered bulkers
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, and ESL Shipping, part of Aspo Plc, have agreed to jointly develop and test an autonomous discharging feature on MacGregor bulk handling cranes. The cranes will be fitted on board ESL Shipping’s two new LNG-powered handysize bulk carriers. “Autonomous crane operation imp
Medvedev congratulates Shell on 125 years in Russia
Russian prime minister Dmitry Medvedev has sent a letter to Shell, congratulating the oil giant’s 125th anniversary in Russia. You can read the full letter below. Dear friends, 2017 is a special year for your company, as it marks 125 years since Shell first came to Russia. Please accept my sincere c
LDT books additional capacity at Lithuania’s LNG terminal
Lithuania’s natural gas supply and trading company Lietuvos Dujų Tiekimas has booked additional capacity at the country’s first LNG import terminal in the port of Klaipeda. Klaipedos Nafta, the operator of the LNG import facility, said Tuesday it concluded a deal with LDT under which the latter gets
Petrel in arbitration with Woodside over Irish seismic program
Irish oil & gas explorer Petrel Resources is in arbitration with the Australian energy company Woodside Energy due to alleged breach of contract related to a seismic program over a license offshore Ireland. Petrel and Woodside were partners in two Irish Atlantic licenses, FEL 3/14 and FEL 4/14, afte
Six Turbines Up at Tahkoluoto OWF
The sixth Siemens 4.2MW turbine was installed at the Tahkoluoto offshore wind farm this morning (27 June).
J.A. Rederiet Upgrades Vessels for Offshore Wind Ops
Danish shipowner J.A. Rederiet has upgraded its multipurpose support vessels Susanne A and Mira A to meet the requirements of offshore DP2 and DP1, respectively, so they can carry out operations in the offshore wind industry.
VBMS to Lift Stranded Rampion Excavator
An excavator stranded while working on the Rampion offshore wind project is expected to be lifted on Tuesday, 27 June, according to a Notice to Mariners.
Wood Group scores Greek LNG contract
Aberdeen-based LNG engineer Wood Group has secured a new front-end engineering design contract with Gastrade for the Alexandroupolis liquefied natural gas project offshore Greece. Wood Group’s subsea team will perform the design and engineering definition of the Alexandroupolis floating storage and
UK: Offshore caterers balloted on strike action
Unite, Scotland’s biggest offshore trade union, on Monday said its offshore catering members would be balloted on strike action. The union said it would serve formal notice on each of the employers represented by the Caterers Offshore Trade Association (COTA) – Aramark, Compass, Sodexo, Entier and T
TurkStream deep water pipe laying starts
Russian gas giant Gazprom on Friday started laying the TurkStream gas pipeline in the deep-water area off the coast of Anapa. The operations were launched with the command given by Russian President Vladimir Putin during his visit to the Pioneering Spirit pipe-laying vessel, according to a Gazprom s
BIMCO: Ordering Ramping Up in H1 Is Not What Industry Needs
The newbuild activity for the first half of 2017 has surpassed the same period last year by 20%. A total of 5.9 million DWT was contracted in May 2017 and 3.1 million DWT so far in June 2017, which brings the total amount of newbuild orders up to 19.6 million DWT for 2017, BIMCO’s figures […]
Putin kicks off pipeline work from ‘Pioneering Spirit’
Russian president Vladimir Putin has symbolically launched the process connecting the shallow and deepwater sections of the TurkStream pipeline in the Black Sea. According to the Kremlin statement on Friday, Putin launched the process from aboard the Pioneering Spirit, the world’s largest offshore c
Survey: Majority of Seafarers Lack Proper Internet Connectivity When at Sea
Barely six percent of seafarers have sufficient internet connectivity for video calls when at sea, despite often being away from their families for months, based on a Nautilus survey of nearly 2,000 seafarers and shipping industry leaders. By comparison statistics show 91% of UK homes and 85% of Eur