Moving from carbon-intensive fossil fuels to more sustainable forms of energy is an area of major focus in the Netherlands as it is across Europe, but investing in energy transition involves navigating complex regulatory systems and bridging crucial knowledge gaps. On 28 November 2019, the European
Chrysaor’s decommissioning program for its Ganymede platform topsides, which is located on the Jupiter area in the UK sector of the North Sea, has been approved by UK authorities.
Germany and other European countries would allow cruise lines to pause their repayments of export credit guarantees for one year.
Norwegian offshore safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has found irregularities during an audit of Equinor’s operations and barriers at the Johan Sverdrup field in the North Sea.
U.S. offshore vessel operator Hornbeck Offshore has entered into a restructuring support agreement for comprehensive balance sheet restructuring.
The South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) is working with South African Police Services on an investigation into an alleged throwing overboard of two stowaways by the crew of a foreign cargo vessel off South Africa. SAMSA said that the two men from Tanzania, believed to be stowaways, had r
Due to the ongoing disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States Coast Guard has given owners more time to meet the Ballast Water Management Regulation for vessels with compliance dates before April 1, 2021. Specifically, closed drydocks, travel restrictions in many parts of the wor
Virginia’s Governor Ralph Northam has signed the Clean Economy Act which requires at least 5.2 GW of offshore wind power to be developed in this U.S. state by 2034. The Virginia General Assembly passed this House Bill 1526 and Senate Bill 851 Clean Economy Act in March. The act provides that 5.2 GW
The US CDC has extended a ‘No Sail Order’ for all cruise ships during the coronavirus pandemic.
Australia’s National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) has accepted a plan for a 2D seismic survey in the Browse and Offshore Canning basins submitted by Japan’s Inpex.
BW Offshore’s efforts to remove its FPSO Umuroa from a field offshore New Zealand following last year’s contract termination have been hindered by legal complications.
The US Department of Energy has dedicated up to $38 million in funding for a new Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program, submarine hydrokinetic and riverine kilo-megawatt systems (SHARKS). The program seeks to design economically attractive hydrokinetic turbines (HKT) for tidal an
Cyprus is no longer part of the targeted flag list of the USCG in relation to the safety performance of flag administrations.
Detectives have boarded the Ruby Princess cruise vessel docked at the port of Port Kembla to seize its black box.
