Overview page containing news articles

Safety

List of the highlighted articles

Posted: over 2 years ago

Safety order for KCA Deutag after serious injury on Askeladden rig

The Norwegian offshore safety body Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has issued an order to KCA Deuta...

Categories:
  • Safety
Posted: over 2 years ago
Posted: over 2 years ago

UN: No progress on accessing ‘ticking bomb’ FSO off Yemen

The international efforts carried out over the past year to assess the risk of a massive oil leak or...

Categories:
  • Vessels
Posted: over 2 years ago
Posted: over 2 years ago

Open-loop scrubbers safe for marine environment, study finds

A recent independent ecotoxicity study undertaken in accordance with the IMO GESAMP guidelines has g...

Categories:
  • Research & Development
Posted: over 2 years ago
Posted: over 2 years ago

Crowley opts for green ship recycling as it joins SRTI

Florida-based Crowley Maritime Corporation has become the first US-owned and 13th overall ship owner...

Categories:
  • Environment
Posted: over 2 years ago
Posted: over 2 years ago

Safety watchdog audits Aker BP’s well plans due to challenging location

Norwegian offshore safety regulator has carried out an audit of Aker BP and its planning for explora...

Categories:
  • Authorities & Government
Posted: over 2 years ago
  • video
Posted: over 2 years ago

Fire-stricken X-Press Pearl sinks. No oil pollution, says operator

Chemical-laden feeder containership X-Press Pearl, which has been burning for almost two weeks off S...

Categories:
  • Vessels
Posted: over 2 years ago
  • video
Posted: over 2 years ago

Salvors attempt to tow charred X-Press Pearl amid concerns over ship’s stability

An inspection team has boarded fire-stricken X-Press Pearl earlier today in a renewed attempt to mak...

Categories:
  • Vessels
Posted: over 2 years ago
Posted: over 2 years ago

Equinor gets nod to use Floatel unit on Martin Linge

Norway’s PSA has given Equinor consent to use a Floatel International-owned accommodation rig ...

Categories:
  • Authorities & Government
Posted: over 2 years ago
  • long read
Posted: over 2 years ago

Repairs on Johan Castberg FPSO hull to delay completion by a year

Due to challenges faced in constructing the hull and equipment for the Johan Castberg FPSO, the proj...

Categories:
  • Authorities & Government
Posted: over 2 years ago
Posted: over 2 years ago

Pakistani workers injured while scrapping mercury-laden FSO

Scrapping of the Floating Storage and Offloading (FSO) tanker J. NAT in Gadani, Pakistan, has been s...

Categories:
  • Human Capital
Posted: over 2 years ago
Posted: over 2 years ago

Velesto abandons sunken rig while progressing insurance claims

Malaysian rig owner Velesto Energy is progressing on the insurance claims and it has issued a notice...

Categories:
  • Business & Finance
Posted: over 2 years ago
  • video
Posted: over 2 years ago

Operator: Hull of fire-stricken X-Press Pearl’s structurally intact

Hull of the feeder containership X-Press Pearl, which has been ablaze off Colombo Port for days, rem...

Categories:
  • Vessels
Posted: over 2 years ago
Posted: over 2 years ago

AMSA imposes record ban on Aswan Shipping's bulker

Australian authorities have issued a record ban to Aswan Shipping, the owners of Panama-flagged bulk...

Categories:
  • Vessels
Posted: over 2 years ago
Posted: over 2 years ago

One crew member of X-Press Pearl tests positive for Covid

One of the two injured crew members of the X-Press Pearl containership, which remains ablaze off Col...

Categories:
  • Human Capital
Posted: over 2 years ago
Posted: over 2 years ago

Containers tumble into sea as fire-stricken X-Press Pearl lists starboard

X-Press Pearl, the feeder containership which continues to burn in Sri Lankan waters for the sixth d...

Categories:
  • Vessels
Posted: over 2 years ago
Posted: over 2 years ago

U.S. gov’t appoints TEES to manage safety institute for offshore energy

Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) has been appointed by the U.S. federal agencies ...

Categories:
  • Business Developments & Projects
Posted: over 2 years ago
  • breaking news
Posted: over 2 years ago

X-Press Pearl engulfed in flames after an explosion

Harrowing images have emerged this morning of the X-Press Pearl containership, engulfed in flames wi...

Categories:
  • Vessels
Posted: over 2 years ago
  • video
Posted: over 2 years ago

Containership battling fire for days in Sri Lanka

Efforts to contain the fire on board MV X-Press Pearl containership, which broke out on May 20th whi...

Categories:
  • Vessels
Posted: over 2 years ago
Posted: over 2 years ago

Regulator to probe fatal Gulf of Mexico incident

U.S. offshore safety authority has launched an investigation into a fatal incident on a Fieldwood En...

Categories:
  • Authorities & Government
Posted: over 2 years ago
Posted: over 2 years ago

Five kidnapped from vessel in GoG

Five crew members have been reportedly kidnapped from a fishing vessel in the Gulf on Guinea. ...

Categories:
  • Safety
Posted: over 2 years ago
Posted: over 2 years ago

Safety order for Equinor after two cases of possible asbestos exposure

Norwegian offshore safety watchdog has given Equinor a notice of an order after two cases of exposur...

Categories:
  • Safety
Posted: over 2 years ago
Posted: over 2 years ago

India searching for missing workers after cyclone sinks barge

Search and rescue efforts continue for workers who went missing after cyclone Tauktae hit a barge wo...

Categories:
  • Safety
Posted: over 2 years ago
Posted: over 2 years ago

New IMO measures to address containers lost at sea

The International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) has agreed to ...

Categories:
  • Safety
Posted: over 2 years ago
Posted: over 2 years ago

Shipping industry signs declaration to curb piracy in GoG

After more than 95% of sea kidnappings happened in the Gulf of Guinea in 2020, almost 100 shipping c...

Categories:
  • Regulation & Policy
Posted: over 2 years ago
Posted: over 2 years ago

ONGC: Three barges and one drillship adrift as cyclone blasts India

Three construction barges and one drillship working for ONGC on fields off Mumbai, India are adrift ...

Categories:
  • Safety
Posted: over 2 years ago

Subscribe to the daily newsletter Daily news in your inbox?

The latest news and in-depth stories Daily news and in-depth stories in your inbox

Subscribe now Subscribe