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BHP Billiton names new chairman
Australian resource company, BHP Billiton, said Ken MacKenzie has been selected to succeed Jac Nasser as chairman, effective September 1, 2017.
Statoil’s investigation of Statfjord oil spill gets through audit with flying colors
A trio of Norwegian regulatory agencies has found no non-conformities nor improvement points during an audit of Statoil’s follow-up of the investigation of an oil spill on the Statfjord field off Norway in 2015. Norway’s offshore safety regulator, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), teamed up with
Spotted: Madrid Maersk Calls APM Terminals Rotterdam
In today’s spotted we bring you an image of the 20,568 TEU Madrid Maersk which called APM Terminals Rotterdam on its maiden voyage as part of the Far East-Europe (AE-2) service operated by Maersk Line and Mediterranean Shipping Company’s 2M Alliance. Delivered to Maersk Line in April this year, the
IMO Adopts Safety Amendments for Passenger Ships
IMO’s Marine Safety Committee (MSC) has adopted revised safety requirements for passenger vessels in the event of flooding caused by an incident. The revisions to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) chapter II-1, relating to subdivision and damage stability, follow a s
Pharos’ Cable Recovery Spread Completes New Projects
Pharos Offshore have paired their trenching and deburial systems with a rugged cable retrieval grab to aid the offshore industry with a solution for recovering damaged subsea products and out of service cables. Two of the company’s cable recovery spreads were sent out to work on the recovery of an a
Shareholders say Yes! to Wood Group-Amec FW merger
Wood Group and Amec Foster Wheeler have approved Wood Group’s recommended all-stock offer for Amec Foster Wheeler. The offer was launched by Wood Group back in March, under which each Amec Foster Wheeler shareholder will receive for each Amec Foster Wheeler share 0.75 new Wood Group shares. Based on
Union calls for end of ‘shocking ordeal’ of OSV crew in Angola
Nautilus International, a maritime union, has written to the Angolan ambassador to the UK to protest about the “unjust treatment of the crew of an offshore support vessel detained in the port of Soyo.” Offshore Energy Today has this week reported on the international sailors crew detained in Angola
Suez Canal to Keep Boxship Fees Reduced until Year-End
The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) plans to extend until December 31, 2017, the reduction of rates offered to containerships coming from Eastern America ports and heading to South and South-East Asian ports, GAC informed. Specifically, boxships coming from the Port of Norfolk and its northern ports en r
Sovcomflot expands fleet with new icebreaking standby vessel
A naming ceremony for Sovcomflot’s new icebreaking standby vessel (IBSBV) Stephan Makarov was held on Thursday. The vessel was constructed at the Arctech Helsinki Shipyard and was commissioned under a long-term agreement between SCF and Sakhalin Energy for the Sakhalin-2 project. The Russian-flagged
Spanish May LNG imports rise
Spain’s imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) rose 15.2 percent in May on a yearly basis, according to the data provided by the LNG terminal operator, Enagás. LNG imports reached 13.09 terawatt hours (TWh) in May, as compared to 11.37 TWh in the same month the year before. Qatar was Spain’s largest
Turkish Police Seizes Over 200 Kg of Cocaine aboard Boxship
Turkish police said that it has impounded 212 kilos of pure cocaine aboard a Spanish-flagged container ship in Ambarli port, Istanbul on June 13. The containership, which remained unnamed in Turkish media, was stopped in the Dardanelles Strait and was brought to Istanbul for inspection. The drugs we
BIMCO: New Contracts to Help Speed Up Spill Response Times
BIMCO and International Spill Control Organisation (ISCO) have launched two new spill response contracts to make the task of arranging clean-up services following a spill incident easier to negotiate in an emergency. The two contracts, RESPONSECON and US RESPONSECON, are designed for spill incidents
Nautilus: Detained Crew in Angola Denied Basic Human Rights
Maritime trade union Nautilus International has voiced its concern over the treatment of the crew of an offshore support vessel detained in the port of Soyo, Angola. Namely, the seafarers of the Vanuatu-flagged vessel Sutton Tide, have been accused of being involved in the theft of fuel and held in
OLT Offshore closes third FSRU capacity tender
Italy’s OLT Offshore LNG Toscana closed the tender for the regasification and storage capacity at the FSRU terminal for the months of August and September.