
A crew member of containership MSC Gayane was sentenced to more than five years in prison for attempting to smuggle cocaine worth over $1 billion into the United States two years ago.

A U.S. federal appeals court has confirmed bans on offshore oil leasing in most federal Arctic waters in the Atlantic which Trump attempted to open for development.

Australia’s Santos has submitted an environment plan to the country’s regulator NOPSEMA ahead of drilling 12 wells in the Bedout Basin.

An alliance of Greek and Swedish shipowners, along with Transport & Environment (T&E), has called on the European Commission to put the ‘polluter pays principle’ at the core of its emissions trading system (ETS) proposal.

TenneT and partners Statnett and KfW have taken over the NordLink high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system between Norway and Germany, marking the end of the interconnector’s trial operation.

The U.S. Department of Energy-supported Testing Expertise and Access for Marine Energy Research (TEAMER) program is now accepting applications for the third Request for Technical Support (RFTS).

UK oil and gas company EnQuest has filed its decommissioning programme for the Heather Alpha platform topsides to the country’s authorities.

Swedish Energy Agency has approved funding support of SEK 5.6 million (€550,000) for the project looking to advance Novige’s NoviOcean wave energy device.

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Equinor a drilling permit for the drilling of two wells located offshore Norway.

One of the world’s largest semi-submersible heavy-lift crane vessels OOS Serooskerke has been awarded the ABS integrated software quality management (ISQM) notation.

Norway’s safety regulator has given Equinor consent for life extensions for the Heimdal platform with associated pipelines and wells.

Norwegian shipowner Hagland Shipping has entered into a contract with Dutch shipbuilder Royal Bodewes for the construction of two eco-friendly self-discharging bulk carriers of 5,000 dwt.

Turkey has banned the discharge of scrubber wash water in its territorial waters following in the footsteps of a number of governments, including that of Saudi Arabia and Singapore. The move was announced by the Turkish Ministry of Environment and Urbanization on April 6, 2021. “It is forbidden to d

German shipbuilder Meyer Werft hosted a keel laying ceremony for Disney Wish, the first of three new ships ordered by the US-based cruise company Disney Cruise Line that will feature environmentally friendly technologies.