Germany-based dry bulk carrier owner and operator Oldendorff Carriers is progressing well with its massive fleet renewal program. The latest two newbuilds joined the company’s fleet during Q2 2020.
The increase in metal mining needed to address the transition to renewable energy is drawing increasing attention and has led to a proposal to identify critical minerals for energy security options and identify sourcing challenges. There is an elemental strain between the need to scale up ocean-base
The Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) has revealed a target to reduce the collective average carbon intensity of member companies’ aggregated upstream oil and gas operations to between 20 and 21 kilograms of CO2 emissions per barrel of oil equivalent by 2025, from a collective baseline of 23 kg
BP’s environment plan for the Ironbark-1 exploration well has been approved by the Australian offshore regulator, NOPSEMA, and BP is preparing to drill the well in October 2020.
The Danish authorities have requested once again the European Maritime Safety Agency’s (EMSA) remotely piloted aircraft system services to support the monitoring of ship emissions around the area of the Great Belt strait.
Marine survey for the NO-UK submarine fibre cable between Newcastle and Stavanger is now underway. The vessel Fugro Galaxy has started survey operations in the North Sea. The survey will gather the sea-bed data required to finalise the marine route and selection of the appropriate cable types. This
Greek containership owner Danaos Corporation managed to meet IMO 2030 carbon reduction targets eleven years ahead of schedule.
By Marnix Viergever In the maritime media there is a strong focus on the ship building sector. Obviously ship construction creates a lot of business opportunities and journalists are eager to reveal new maritime trends and technologies. Ship breaking, on the other hand, is not a popular topic as it
A newly-built berthing area in the Elbe River is powered by nineteen solar panels. The panels provide power to quick-release mooring hook units with integrated capstans. Following
Santos has filed its environment plan for the abandonment of the Tern-1 wellhead to the Australian offshore regulator and the plan is now under assessment.
Canada has joined other countries in the Global Ocean Alliance, Bernadette Jordan, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, announced last week.
Norwegian transportation company The Fjords has taken delivery of its second all-electric passenger ship, Legacy of The Fjords.
ExxonMobil’s environment plan for the plug and abandonment of Seahorse/Tarwhine wells offshore Australia is now under assessment by the Australian regulator.
Italian oil and gas company Eni has submitted its plans for decommissioning of six platforms on the Hewett field to the UK authorities.
