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.
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority has issued its most severe banning to date to the master and operator of the Marshall Islands-flagged livestock carrier, Barkly Pearl last night. As informed, the Barkly Pearl was initially spotted on November 3rd, 2020 travelling through Australia’s northern
The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) issued its type approval for Alfa Laval PureBallast 2 ballast water treatment system. The system underwent some technical modifications in order to become compliant with the USCG’s testing regime. With the modifications in place, a PureBallast 2 system with a Boll & Kirsc
Singapore has put the bunker tanker New Ocean 6, operated by Palmstone Tankers & Trdg Pte Ltd, under quarantine and banned it from operating until further notice, Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) of Singapore said. The move is being made after nine crew members on board the bunker tanker tested pos
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has published a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the South Fork offshore wind farm and will open a 45-day public comment period on 8 January. After the public consultation period, BOEM will address all received comments and publish a Fi
A federal judge in Alaska ruled that the Trump administration’s planned auction of oil drilling leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) could proceed as planned.
ConocoPhillips has received consent from the Norwegian offshore safety watchdog for remote operation of a North Sea platform.
A court has ruled that Bahamas Petroleum Company is allowed to continue drilling operations on its Perseverance #1 well located off the Bahamas.
Iran has seized a South Korean chemical tanker Hankuk Chemi citing oil pollution in the Persian Gulf. The tanker was reportedly underway to Fujairah, in the UAE, from the Saudi city of Al-Jubail on Monday when it got detained. The Iranian Foreign Ministry said the reason behind the detainment was st
European Union’s Horizon 2020 program has awarded €5 million to VALID project for the development of a Hybrid Testing Platform that will accelerate the testing of marine energy devices in Europe’s race towards carbon neutrality.
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 Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) of the Philippines has denied the petition filed by the National Renewable Energy Board (NREB) for Feed-in-Tariff (FIT) for electricity generated from ocean energy resources.
Clean energy technology start-up Exowave has secured funding from the Danish government to advance the project that combines wave energy extraction with desalination and hydrogen production.
