The European Commission has seen progress in the safety of offshore oil and gas operations following the implementation of the safety directive.
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has approved a number of measures aimed at cutting the shipping sector’s carbon emissions in the next decade. The measures adopted at the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) taking place virtually from 16-20 November included amendments
Marine industry experts from Portugal and Canada are staging a special ‘blue economy’ conference to spark transatlantic business growth.
Norwegian shipowner Grieg Star has set up a separate company, named Grieg Edge, to drive innovations within sustainable maritime services.
The European Commission has added new yards to the European List of ship recycling facilities suitable for the dismantling of EU-flagged vessels in an environmentally-friendly way. These include two European yards and two more yards in Turkey. “With the addition of these new yards, ship owners of EU
The UK government has launched the bidding process for the first seven Freeports in England.
The interim COVID arrangements which have permitted seafarers to serve longer than 11 months on-board ships will end from February 28, 2021, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) said. Under the Maritime Labour Convention, the normal maximum period that a seafarer can serve aboard a vessel
Fourteen crew members are reported to have been kidnapped from a heavy lift vessel in the Gulf of Guinea.
The Norwegian authorities have given oil major Equinor and its partners the consent to start work on the expansion of the Snorre field in the North Sea.
Swedish wave energy company CorPower Oceanhas been awarded a ten-year marine license by Portuguese authorities for wave energy projects in the Atlantic Ocean.
Ghana has imposed its terms and conditions for the Italian oil major Eni and domestic explorer Springfield E&P for the unitisation of their adjacent fields.
Trillions of dollars could be misallocated if member states of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) fail to back an industry proposal for a global $5 billion research and development fund in order to de-risk the massive investment needed to decarbonize shipping. The call was made by the Int
Ofgem will open a tender round for the offshore transmission licences for the Moray East and Triton Knoll offshore wind farms on 30 November. The authority issued a notice on 12 November, informing that the projects fulfilled all necessary conditions in accordance with regulation, including the subm
LOC Group has been awarded new contracts with SBM Offshore to act as Marine Warranty Surveyor on two of its FPSO projects.
