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Spotted: Maersk Gibraltar Becomes Largest Vessel to Call Pipavav
On June 16, the 10,100 TEU Maersk Gibraltar arrived at APM Terminals Pipavav in India, marking both the first call of Maersk Line’s ME1 Service to the facility and a new record for the largest vessel ever to call Pipavav Port. Built at Jiangsu Yangzi Xinfu shipyard in China, the containership featur
Offshore safety body spots irregularities during Edvard Grieg audit
Norway’s offshore safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has found three non-conformities along with six improvement points during an audit of Lundin’s Edvard Grieg field offshore Norway. The PSA said on Monday that the audit was conducted from April 27 to May 4. The aim was to verif
Shell lifts second Otakikpo cargo
Lekoil has informed that its second export from the Otakikpo offshore field in Nigeria has been lifted. According to Lekoil, around 250,000 barrels of gross production have been lifted from the FSO Ailsa Craig by Shell Trading, a subsidiary of Shell. In an update on Monday, Lekoil said it was due to
Monadelphous lands more Ichthys work
Australian engineering company Monadelphous has secured new construction and fabrication contracts with a combined value of approximately $170 million. The company on Monday said it had secured a new contract with JKC Australia LNG for structural, mechanical, piping, electrical and instrumentation w
Kogas starts receiving US LNG under long-term contract with Cheniere
US LNG export player Cheniere Energy and South Korea’s utility Kogas announced the start of their 20-year sales and purchase deal to supply US LNG to the latter from the Sabine Pass liquefaction facility in Louisiana. The agreement, which was originally signed in January of 2012, officially started
DEME holds naming ceremony for its 1st LNG-powered dredger
Belgian dredging specialist DEME on Friday held a naming ceremony for its first LNG-powered dredger in the port of Zeebrugge. DEME claims that the 3,500-cbm trailing suction hopper dredger named Minerva is the first dredging vessel in the world equipped with dual fuel engines and capable of operatin
Amec Foster Wheeler offloads boiler business for $170 million
London-based LNG engineer Amec Foster Wheeler has completed the sale of its circulating fluidised bed boiler business to Japan’s Sumitomo Heavy Industries for $170 million. The net proceeds of will be used to reduce the company’s net debt. The CFB boiler business is the largest part of the company’s
Seabed Geosolutions scores $90M contract in Brazil
Seabed Geosolutions has reportedly been awarded an ocean bottom seismic survey contract in Brazil. The company, a joint venture between CGG and Fugro, has secured a contract with Petrobras for work in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil. The contract, worth $90 million, is expected to start in late 20
Dutch Ingenuity at Work with Expansion of Panama Canal
Last March, it was announced that the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) ordered a vessel scheduling and maritime resources management system called Quintiq. A Dutch software company developed the system and this is not the only innovation the Dutch brought to the new Panama Canal. The expansion of the Pa
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First Hywind Turbine Mounted on Its Floating Foundation The first of the total 5 turbines for the Hywind Scotland project has been lifted onto its floating foundation in Stord, Norway, and is ready for the deployment off the Scottish coast. MHI Vestas SOV Hits the Water (Video) Cemre Shipyard in Tur
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Qatargas, Shell ink 5-year LNG supply deal Qatargas, the world’s largest LNG producer, signed a new deal to supply liquefied natural gas to the Hague-based LNG giant Shell. Golar, Delfin to jointly develop first US FLNG project Bermuda-based Golar LNG signed a deal with Delfin Midstream to jointly d
Greece approves oil firms’ exploration applications
Greek energy ministry has approved applications of the consortium of Total, ExxonMobil, and Hellenic Petroleum, and separately, Energean to explore for oil and gas offshore. The Total-ExxonMobil-Hellenic Petroleum consortium has applied for the the areas south and west of Crete. Greek company, Energ
Seacor Marine in ‘stalking horse’ bid for Montco’s liftboats
U.S. offshore vessel owner Seacor Marine is set to launch a stalking horse bid to form a joint venture company with Montco Offshore, a liftboat specialist that has earlier filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Here is a definition of a stalking horse bid, as shared by Investopedia: “A stalking