The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has issued a marine notice for cruise vessel owners and operators aimed at limiting sulfur emissions from cruise ships when at berth in the Port of Sydney Harbour. From December 2016, cruise vessels capable of accommodating more than 100 passengers and
The Ontario Trucking Association issued a report on using natural gas as fuel for vehicles in order to assist the government of Ontario in the design of a heavy truck natural gas program.
Eni’s investment in its activities in Egypt reached US$2.7 billion in 2017, the company’s CEO, Claudion Descalzi noted during his meeting with Egypt’s president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
The Scottish Government today launched a 12-week consultation on the long term framework for the devolved management of the Crown Estate in Scotland. The Scottish Government is taking a phased approach on devolution of the management of the Crown Estate and this consultation, which will run until 29
CHC Helicopter has lost a contract with the oil company Apache in the North Sea. According to a report from BBC, Apache did not renew the contract with the helicopter operator, which accounts for less than a fifth of the company’s business. Offshore Energy Today has reached out to CHC seeking confir
Cheniere’s Sabine Pass LNG terminal in Louisiana shipped nine liquefied natural gas cargoes to Asian countries during December.
Global Renewables Shipbrokers (GRS) today informed it had completed its first assignment in Taiwan by providing brokerage services on turnkey solution basis for a geotechnical soil investigation campaign in Taiwanese waters. GRS said it supported a European wind farm developer during the entire purc
Around 300 tonnes of oil were spilled from the Gibraltar-registered containership APL Denver after the vessel collided with the Singapore-flagged boxship Wan Hai 301 off Pasir Gudang Port, Johor, Malaysia. The Master of APL Denver reported that one of the containership’s bunker tanks sustained damag
Chevron-led 5.2 million tons per year Angola LNG plant in Soyo has restarted production following the latest shutdown during late December.
The Veja Mate offshore wind farm project has entered the turbine installation phase with two of the wind farm installation vessels (WFIVs) contracted for the task currently loading the first batch of turbine components at the Port of Esbjerg in Denmark, according to Siemens. The two WFIVs tasked wit
China’s Ningbo Zhoushan Port (NZP) handled a total of 900 million tons of freight in 2016, claiming to have become the first port in the world with such a high annual cargo throughput. Positive results come sixteen months after Ningbo Port Group merged with Zhoushan Port Group, creating the world’s
Six armed persons in a speed boat chased and fired upon a general cargo vessel while it was underway some 21 nautical miles east of Basilan Island, the Philippines, according to data provided by IMB Piracy Reporting Centre. The incident occurred in the afternoon hours on January 3, the data shows. T
The global container fleet market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.19% during the period 2017-2021, according to a report issued by Research and Markets. The report identified Danish shipping giant Maersk, French CMA CGM, Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) and China
Norwegian state-owned oil giant Statoil plans to drill around 30 exploration wells in 2017, an increase of around 30 percent compared to 2016. More than half of the wells will be drilled on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), Statoil said on Wednesday. “Taking advantage of our own improvements an
