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World’s largest construction vessel brings heaviest load to UK shore
Shell’s Brent Delta platform topside has reached a UK yard where it will be decommissioned. To remind, the topside was lifted off its offshore location last week by Allseas’ Pioneering Spirit vessel, in an effort that has been described as the world record in lifting. The topside weighs around 24,00
New Safety Standards Agreed for Passenger Ships in Flensborg Fjord
Danish Maritime Authority (DMA) and German Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) signed a common agreement on safety standards for the transport of passengers in the Flensborg Fjord on April 28. The agreement defines the scope of safety standards to be met by passenger vess
NextDecade picks Rio Grande LNG project’s financial advisors
US LNG export player NextDecade named Societe Generale and Macquarie Capital to act as joint financial advisors for the construction of its Rio Grande LNG and Rio Bravo Pipeline projects.
Harvey Gulf now has four LNG-powered OSVs
U.S. offshore vessel owner Harvey Gulf has expanded its offshore supply vessel fleet with another LNG-powered vessel. The M/V Harvey Freedom, built at Gulf Coast Shipyard Group in Gulfport, MS is 310’ x 64’ x 24.5’, U.S. Flagged Subchapter I and L, SOLAS compliant and capable of carrying 253,000 USG
Video: Regal Princess Completes Its Paint Job
Video Courtesy: Unimedien The video shows Princess Cruises’ Regal Princess with a new bow painting sailing on the river Elbe in Germany on April 28. From April 17 to 28, the cruise ship was at Blohm+Voss shipyard in Hamburg for retrofit. Following its drydocking, the Royal-class vessel left Hamburg
Send in your nominations for Offshore Energy Awards 2017
From 1 May 2017 it will be possible to send in nominations for the second edition of the Offshore Energy Awards, which will take place during the Offshore Energy Opening Gala Dinner. Nominations will be open for the following awards: Offshore Energy Young Engineer Award, Offshore Energy Public Outre
VW in talks with Exxon, Gazprom on gas-powered cars: Mueller on ORF
VIENNA (Reuters) – Volkswagen is in talks with Exxon Mobil Corp and Gazprom to back its efforts to promote cars running on natural gas, Chief Executive Matthias Mueller told Austria’s ORF radio. Europe’s biggest carmaker is working on a shift towards electric cars and fuel-saving technologies as it
Total acquires Dutch LNG supplier PitPoint
Total of France said it will acquire the Dutch LNG supplier and alternative fuel stations operator, PitPoint.
Wärtsilä’s dual-fuel engine gets EPA Tier III certificate
Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has been awarded certification of emissions compliance from the United States EPA for its 34DF dual-fuel engine family.
Leask Marine Adds New Vessel to Its Fleet
Leask Marine has taken delivery of the newest addition to its fleet, the MV ‘C-Fenna’. The C-Fenna is a 26.48 meter Neptune eurocarrier 2611, that has been adapted to support the offshore marine renewable sector, especially wave and tidal. The vessel has a bollard pull capacity of over 35 tonne, and
Sparrows to refurbish Centrica’s platform cranes
Following an announcement that Centrica would invest £60 million to refurbish its Morecambe Bay platforms, offshore services firm Sparrows has has been awarded a contract to fully refurbish two offshore cranes for Centrica in the East Irish Sea. The 27-year-old cranes are sited on the Morecambe fiel
North P&I: US Getting Tough on BWM Extensions
United States Coast Guard (USCG) officers are taking a much tougher stance with regards to various aspects of ballast water management (BWM) compliance in their routine port state control (PSC) inspections, North P&I Club said referring to local sources. Precisely, all ships calling at US ports and
Modulus Technology Becomes AML Representative in UK and Ireland
Modulus Technology, an AAE Technologies Group company, and AML Oceanographic have signed an agreement to act as AML’s representative in the UK and Ireland markets. AML designs and manufactures CTD (conductivity, temperature and depth), sound velocity and environmental instrumentation. These products
OBP: Nearly 2,000 Seafarers Affected by Piracy in West Africa in 2016
There was a 57 percent rise in the number of seafarers affected by piracy in West Africa in 2016, a report on the state of maritime piracy released by the Oceans Beyond Piracy (OBP) program shows. Last year’s rise in piracy and armed robbery at sea in West Africa saw a recorded 95 incidents overall,