Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), a shipbuilding holding company of Hyundai Heavy Industries Group, has extended the deadline for the acquisition of shares in compatriot Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) amid regulatory delays. The mega-merger deadline has been extend
Over 300 maritime industry and human rights leaders have signed a new global pledge urging for industry accountability and finally ending the deepening crew change crisis. The signatories of the Neptune Declaration on Seafarer Wellbeing and Crew Change vowed to deliver on a shared responsibility to
Dubai-based port operator DP World has signed a 20-year concession agreement with the Government of Angola to operate the Multipurpose Terminal (MPT) at the Port of Luanda.
Maine Governor Janet Mills is proposing a series of actions to advance the planned floating offshore wind research array in the Gulf of Maine. In a letter to Maine’s licensed commercial fishermen, Mills announced she will propose for the legislature’s approval a ten-year moratorium on new offshore w
A pipelayer vessel has started work in Danish waters ahead of the resumption of construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline regardless of the pressure from the United States and European Union to stop it.
Oil and gas firm New Age has received formal approval to apply for a new exploitation agreement for its Etinde license offshore Cameroon.
A Liberia-flagged bulk carrier ran aground off the coast of Sri Lanka on 23 January, the Sri Lanka Navy said.
Australia’s National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) has accepted the T/30P environmental plan from Beach Energy for a geophysical, geotechnical and 2D seismic survey activity in the Otway Basin. This survey should take 28 days within the period 1 February
A court in the Bahamas has decided to add Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC) as a respondent to an application brought by environmental groups.
The Greek wind energy association ELETAEN has launched public consultation for a legislative framework for the development of offshore wind in Greece. The consultation period will run until 1 February and is part of the implementation of the project “Necessary legislative adjustments to promote offs
Scotland has unveiled plans to establish a new model of greenports focused on inclusive growth, fair work practices and delivering a net-zero economy.
The Biden administration has opted to temporarily suspend oil and gas leasing and permitting on federal lands and waters while it evaluates the legal and policy implications of the program.
On 21 January, the Danish Energy Agency (DEA) granted an electricity production permit and issued an electricity production license to Vattenfall for the Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm in Denmark. The permit is valid for 25 years from the time when the first electricity is delivered from the offsh
UK oil and gas company Serica Energy has received a renewed license and secondary sanctions assurance from the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) relating to the North Sea Rhum field in which the company has a 50 per cent interest.
