Shuttle tanker owner and operator KNOT Offshore Partners LP announced that Gary Chapman, KNOP’s CEO, and CFO, has given notice that he intends to resign from his roles at the partnership in order to pursue an opportunity outside of the shuttle tanker sector. The company added that Chapman will remai
Thirteen Filipino seafarers have made it home after more than five months aboard an abandoned livestock carrier ship, the Yangtze Harmony, following an intervention from the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF). The ship’s owners abandoned the vessel and its crew after the ship was ar
Following the recent appointment of a new Chief Operating Officer (COO), U.S. oil and gas company Amplify Energy Corp. has named a new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Senior Vice President. Amplify Energy announced on 17 April that James (Jim) Frew has joined the company as Senior Vice President a
Recent report about the impact of oil spills on UK waters is bound to spur further calls to end offshore drilling while targeting the Rosebank project.
The U.S. Coast Guard has performed an evacuation via helicopter of a 69-year-old captain from an oil tanker 218 miles offshore Alabama.
UK’s Rovco has appointed Fraser Moonie, previously Regional Director for Mermaid Subsea Services UK, as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO) as part of the company’s global expansion targets. Shortly before taking over the role at Rovco, Moonie worked to bring the Asia-based subsea contractor Merma
The Federal Government of Nigeria has filed criminal charges against energy company Seplat Energy and some of its directors and officers over an alleged breach of the Immigration Act. In a statement issued on 13 April, Seplat Energy reported that the suit is in relation to the immigration status of
Trinity Exploration & Production has confirmed that a fire broke out at one of its platforms working at an oil field offshore Trinidad.
Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine has initiated a recruitment process for a new head of finance as the current Group Finance Director William Goh Khor Boon announced his resignation. Goh, who has held the position since May 2017, heads the company’s finance function and investor relations and corporate co
The U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has come up with recommendations after looking into a near-miss fatality.
The maritime industry has a better idea of the trade-offs necessary to achieve net zero, although most of the practical work still lies ahead, and regulatory and technology uncertainties remain, a recent survey conducted by the London-based law firm Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) shows. ‘The Sustain
UK’s Unite the union has revealed a 48-hour stoppage on dozens of offshore platforms on the United Kingdom Continental Shelf (UKCS).
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Seven member states of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) have nominated candidates for the post of Secretary-General, as the term of the current incumbent, Kitack Lim of the Republic of Korea, is set to expire on December 31, 2023. The seven nominees are Moin Uddin Ahmed of Bangladesh, S
