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Posted: over 3 years ago

Update: Fire-stricken Maersk Elba en route to Algeciras

Maersk Elbe, a Neopanamax containership that suffered engine failure off Portugal after a fire onboa...

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  • Vessels
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Maersk Elba loses power after fire off Portugal

A Denmark-flagged containership lost power due to a fire in the engine room off the coast of Portuga...

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  • Vessels
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USCG vessel spills oil in Alaska

A United States Coast Guard (USCG) ship has spilled hydraulic oil into the sea in Womens Bay, Kodiak...

Categories:
  • Environment
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Spirit Energy may face penalty over discharges from North Sea platform

Dutch regulator has ordered Spirit Energy to meet discharge standards on its North Sea offshore plat...

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  • Authorities & Government
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Maersk’s boxship boarded by pirates, crew accounted for

A 4,500 TEU containership Maersk Cadiz has been boarded by pirates while en route from Tema, Ghana t...

Categories:
  • Human Capital
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MSC calls for long-overdue crew change on bulker stuck in China

Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is calling for an urgent crew change solution for the bulk carr...

Categories:
  • Business & Finance
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Landmark ILO ruling says govts failed to protect seafarers

The International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) Committee of Experts issued a ruling that governments ...

Categories:
  • Human Capital
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Equinor cleared to use Odfjell rig in North Sea

Equinor has received consent from the country’s offshore safety watchdog to use the Deepsea At...

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  • Authorities & Government
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PIL’s Kota Bahagia hit by fire in Port of Napier

A fire broke out on board a cargo vessel identified as Kota Bahagia, in the Port of Napier today, De...

Categories:
  • Ports & Logistics
Posted: over 3 years ago
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MOL: Wakashio grounding caused by unsafe behaviors due to overconfidence

The probable cause of the devastating grounding and oil spill from Wakashio off Mauritius are unsafe...

Categories:
  • Environment
Posted: over 3 years ago
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DNV GL selected for Trion FPU job by BHP

DNV GL will verify that the new infrastructure built for BHP’s Trion project in Mexico is comp...

Categories:
  • Certification & Classification
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Plans filed for Northern Producer decommissioning

Northern Offshore and EnQuest have submitted combined decommissioning programmes for the Northern Pr...

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  • Authorities & Government
Posted: over 3 years ago
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Companies step up work on maritime cyber security

Following several cyber attacks that happened in the maritime sector this year, the issue of maritim...

Categories:
  • Safety
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Chemical tanker boarded in GoG for 3rd time in December

A chemical tanker identified as MT New Ranger was boarded earlier today, some 160 nautical miles Sou...

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  • Vessels
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Safety audits reveal flaws in Equinor activities

Norway’s Equinor has to account for deficiencies that the country’s offshore safety auth...

Categories:
  • Authorities & Government
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CSUB lands well protection deal with DeepOcean

Norway-based CSUB has secured a contract from DeepOcean for nine well protection structures. CSUB ha...

Categories:
  • Equipment
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Hurtigruten comes under cyberattack

Norway’s expedition cruise operator Hurtigruten was hit by a cyberattack on 14 December 2020. ...

Categories:
  • IT & Software
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Vale winds down the use of converted VLOCs

The Brazilian mining giant Vale has discharged its last cargo in China transported on a converted Ve...

Categories:
  • Vessels
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Removal of dislodged containers from ONE Apus expected to take over a month

The removal of the dislodged containers from the ONE Apus containership under a schedule formulated ...

Categories:
  • Vessels
Posted: over 3 years ago
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Explosion rocks Hafnia tanker off Jeddah port

A Singapore-flagged LR1 Product tanker has been hit from ‘an external source’ whilst dis...

Categories:
  • Vessels
Posted: over 3 years ago
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Equinor gets consent to extend Veslefrikk field life

Norwegian safety watchdog Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has given Equinor a consent for the life ...

Categories:
  • Safety
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EU presents new strategy to transform transport sector

On 9 December 2020, the European Commission presented its new mobility strategy, charting a course f...

Categories:
  • Transition
Posted: over 3 years ago
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Quantum of the Seas returns to Singapore after COVID-19 case

An 83-year-old male Singaporean on board Royal Caribbean International’s Quantum of the Seas tested ...

Categories:
  • Vessels
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Posted: over 3 years ago

Libyan forces intercept Turkish cargo ship

A Jamaica-flagged, Turkish-owned cargo ship has been detained by Libyan National Army (LNA) forces o...

Categories:
  • Vessels
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Tidal company joins Sea Watcher initiative

Researchers at Bangor University have teamed up with wildlife charity Sea Watch Foundation and tidal...

Categories:
  • Business Developments & Projects
Posted: over 3 years ago

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