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Höegh LNG Partners posts Q1 loss despite record regas volumes
Höegh LNG Partners on Tuesday reported a first quarter 2016 net loss of US$1 million, compared to a $2.6 million profit in the same quarter the previous year.
30 Ships Stranded at Marseille Fos as Strike Resumes
A total of 30 ships are waiting in the French port of Marseille Fos today as strike continues at the port’s oil terminals, a port spokesperson told World Maritime News in an update. Based on the vessel tracking data from Marine Traffic, the majority of ships at the port are general cargo ships. The
Blue Barrel Brings U.S. Biodegradable Lubricants to the North Sea
Blue Barrel Supply has secured an agency agreement with RSC Bio Solutions for the distribution of biodegradable products for the offshore energy industry in the North Sea. RSC Bio Solutions has been developing readily ultra-high performing biodegradable oils in the U.S. for many years. By teaming up
Schlumberger swings axe in Norway
Schlumberger, the world’s largest oilfield services provider, has reportedly decided to reduce its headcount in Norway. According to E24, Norway’s online business newspaper, Schlumberger will reduce the number of positions in all of its Norwegian branches as a result of a difficult market situation.
Weak market drives Deep Sea Supply to continue vessel lay-up trend
Offshore vessel operator Deep Sea Supply will continue to lay-up vessels that do not have any fixed activity in the next months as a consequence of the weak market. Deep Sea Supply has per May 2016 laid up in total 16 vessels, of which 11 are platform supply vessels (PSVs) and 5 anchor handling tug
Fugro claims another victory against Boskalis
Fugro, a provider of integrated geotechnical, survey, subsea and geoscience services, has claimed another court victory against Boskalis, one of its largest shareholders. According to Fugro, the Court of Appeal in The Hague on Tuesday ruled in favor of Fugro and dismissed a claim by Boskalis to forc
Spotted: Nevsky Flaunts Its Largest Ship
In today’s spotted we bring you the Academician Pashin – the first tanker built for the Russian Navy since the end of the Soviet Union. The vessel was launched at Nevsky Shipyard on May 26. Nevsky says Academician Pashin is the biggest vessel ever launched at this shipyard. Its construction was carr
Gazprom talks LNG, natural gas cooperation with Chinese partners
Gazprom’s head, Alexey Miller on Monday met with Liu Jian, president of CNOOC and CNPC’s BoD chairman Wang Yilin to discuss cooperation in LNG and natural gas sectors, respectively.
Oil & gas unions challenge North Sea employers over cheap labor use
Maritime and oil and gas unions affiliated to global federations IndustriAll and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) met in Aberdeen 19-20 May 2016 to begin development of an industrial and political strategy to challenge the replacement of quality jobs with cheap labor by employer
Update: LNG terminal strikes to continue until Friday, Elengy says
France’s three LNG import terminals are likely to remain closed until Friday as workers are protesting due to proposed labor reforms, according to the terminal operator, Elengy.
Norway: Offshore pay talks break ‘after a few seconds’
Pay talks in Norway between offshore workers and employers scheduled for Monday, May 30, have broken down before they even started.
New field start-ups bump petroleum sector emissions in Norway
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) reported on Monday that the petroleum activities in 2015 generated 13.5 million tonnes of CO2 emissions, an increase of 400,000 tonnes (3 per cent) compared with the previous year. NPD said this was mostly due to start-up difficulties on the Knarr field and
Poten&Partners: French Strike’s Impact on Tanker Market Limited, but Growing
At the moment, the impact of national strike in France, where members of the trade union CGT have organized strikes at the country’s refineries and blocked oil terminals and fuel depots, on the tanker market is fairly restricted, albeit growing, according to shipbrokers Poten&Partners. Based on the
Navikon Gears MPI Enterprise for Nordergründe
Navikon has mobilised MPI Enterprise for the Nordergründe offshore wind project on behalf of Bilfinger Marine & Offshore System GmbH. The company informed that it won a contract in April 2016, under which it equipped the installation vessel with seafastening, foundations and assemblies for transport