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Prevention is Better than the Cure – Working Hard in the Netherlands for Safety in the Cruise Industry
With extensive training programmes and a drive to constantly improve safety procedures the cruise industry tries to minimise incidents at sea. Safety training can concentrate on job performance in order to prevent incidents from happening. But also programmes give training on how to react when an in
Top news of the week July 25-30, 2016
Picture of the day: first LNG tanker passing through expanded Panama Canal The 161,870-cbm Maran Gas Apollonia, chartered by the Hague-based LNG giant Shell, is the first LNG tanker to transit the newly expanded Panama Canal connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. France: incident at Dunkirk LNG
Popular news, July 25 – 31, 2016
Popular news, July 25 – 31, 2016
Paris MOU to Inspect Working and Living Conditions on Ships
The Paris Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Port State Control will launch a Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) on the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC,2006). The aim of the CIC is to verify that the minimum standards for working and living conditions have been implemented on board. This
Prysmian’s New Cable Layer Ready for Operation
Prysmian Group informed that its new cable lay vessel, named Ulisse, is ready for offshore cable installation operations, following an investment of over EUR 20 million. Following the purchase from the ship owner EOS, the flat top barge has been converted into ca. 120 meters by 33 meters cable layer
Wood Group workers to stage second strike in North Sea
Hundreds of offshore workers employed by Wood Group on seven Shell-operated platforms in the UK North Sea will go on a second strike next week. Offshore trade unions, Unite and RMT, have issued a fresh call to Wood Group to drop its cuts to pay and allowances and hold further talks to resolve the di
Prysmian Adds Third Cable Layer
Prysmian Group has welcomed a third cable lay vessel, named Ulisse, to its fleet following a EUR 20 million investment. Following the purchase from the ship owner EOS, the flat top barge has been converted into a 120 m by 33 m cable layer at the PaxOcean shipyard in Singapore. Renamed Ulisse, she no
First Sandbank Turbine Up
Vattenfall and Stadtwerke München (SWM) have now erected the first of 72 Siemens SWT- 4.0 130 wind turbines at the 288 MW Sandbank offshore wind farm being built 90 kilometers west of the island of Sylt in the German part of the North Sea. The erection of the towers on the foundations and the instal
Dynagas LNG Partners’ income rises
Dynagas LNG Partners, a partnership formed by Dynagas, on Friday posted an adjusted net income of US$18.8 million and $37.7 million, for the second quarter and first six months of 2016, respectively.
Eni posts Q2 loss
Italian oil and gas company Eni on Friday reported a second-quarter net loss, hurt by low oil and gas prices. Eni posted a net loss of 290 million euros ($322.2m) in the second quarter of this year, as compared to a net profit of 505 million euros the previous year. In the second quarter of 2016, [&
GasLog Partners post higher profit in Q2
GasLog Partners, a master limited partnership formed by GasLog, on Thursday reported a US$17.4 profit on IFRS basis for the second quarter of this year, a 10 percent increase compared to the same period last year.
SeaState Aviation Checks Sea Challenger’s Helideck Ahead of Dudgeon Work
SeaState Aviation has conducted an inspection of the helideck on A2SEA’s jack-up vessel Sea Challenger, making sure it fulfills UK offshore helideck requirements before starting operations on the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm for Statoil later this year. The scope of work comprised an inspection
SeaState Aviation Checks Sea Challenger’s Helideck Ahead of Dudgeon Work
SeaState Aviation has conducted an inspection of the helideck on A2SEA’s jack-up vessel Sea Challenger, making sure it fulfills UK offshore helideck requirements before starting operations on the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm for Statoil later this year. The scope of work comprised an inspection
Damen targets decom market with new vessel concept (Gallery)
Dutch shipbuilder Damen Shipyards has made a move in decommissioning market by announcing its latest vessel concept, the Damen Decommissioning Series. Damen said on Thursday that the design is based on an in-house research carried out at Damen by one of its undergraduate interns. The new vessels wil