John Lawrie Decom, a metal recycling specialist, has completed the final stages of the Buchan Alpha decommissioning project in the UK.
Turkey has increased the levels of maritime pollution fines raising them by 9.11 %, according to the Standard Club. Environmental pollution fines are revised annually and declared in the Official Gazette for the respective year. The fines relate to pollution caused by cargo ships and other naval ves
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Chrysaor drilling permits for two wells located in the North Sea offshore Norway.
The Government of Norway has revealed plans to increase its national tax on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions more than threefold by 2030 to help it reach its climate goals.
ConocoPhillips has received consent from the Norwegian offshore safety watchdog for remote operation of a North Sea platform.
i3 Energy has relinquished its UK North Sea licence which contains the Liberator field, after determining that its development would not be commercially viable.
Equinor has received consent from the country’s offshore safety agency for the use of the Island Wellserver vessel for well intervention.
The recently approved amendments to MARPOL Annex VI to introduce requirements to the operational efficiency of ships, the Carbon Intensity Indicators, promise to introduce a completely new compliance regime in the sector. The introduction of carbon intensity targets to existing ships will be calcula
Dutch regulator has ordered Spirit Energy to meet discharge standards on its North Sea offshore platform or face a penalty.
Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas project is expected to start laying pipes for the gas pipeline in Danish waters in January 2021.
Norwegian Supreme Court has ruled against environmental groups and in favour of the government following a lawsuit claiming the government violated the people’s right to a healthy environment by issuing new exploration licences for Arctic drilling.
Polish shipbuilder Remontowa Shipbuilding S.A. has launched the fourth liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fuelled Salish Class vessel owned by the Canadian ferry operator BC Ferries. The ship entered the water over the weekend, with work continuing there until scheduled sea trials in late 2021. Following s
IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim has criticized the “no crew change” clauses in charterparties, stressing that such clauses exacerbate the dire situation of stranded seafarers and undermine the efforts undertaken to resolve the ongoing crew change crisis. The so-called “no crew change” clauses, whic
Monaco-based bulker owner Safe Bulkers has acquired a Japanese-built Post-Panamax class, 87,000 dwt, eco-efficient newbuild vessel. The vessel is designed to meet the latest requirements of Energy Efficiency Design Index related to greenhouse gas, EEDI, Phase 3. Once delivered in the third quarter o
