Teekay Corporation and Teekay Offshore Partners have completed and closed their financing initiatives with Teekay LNG Partners working to follow the same footpath in the near future.
Norwegian offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has announced the audit results of ExxonMobil’s operations on Ringhorne platform, offshore Norway. PSA said on Thursday that audit was conducted from May 20-26 and that its scope included logistics arrangements, materials handling
Nautilus International, the UK-based global trade union representing maritime professionals, is criticizing the UK Chamber of Shipping for remaining neutral on the impact of the Brexit referendum on British seafarers and shipping as shipowners have started to consider changing flags of their UK-regi
The EU Council’s Permanent Representatives Committee approved on June 29 new rules to increase the financial transparency of ports and create fair conditions for access to port services across Europe, confirming the agreement reached with the European Parliament on June 27. The new rules set out to
Venko, a company providing industrial coatings, has been awarded a contract for repair and maintenance of turbines at a project in German waters, using specialist rope access techniques. The work on the project, which the company left unnamed, commenced in May 2016 and is being supported and managed
Vattenfall has appointed Deutsche Windtechnik to oversee the construction and commissioning of the Sandbank offshore wind farm. Engineers and technicians from Deutsche Windtechnik are currently supervising the preassembly of the 72 SWT-4.0.130 wind turbines at the port of Esbjerg. The company has al
A preliminary investigation report of the CHC-operated Super Puma helicopter crash in Norway has found that the accident most likely was a result of a fatigue fracture. To remind, the helicopter accident, in which 13 people died, happened on April 29 near Bergen, offshore Norway. The Accident Invest
Novatek-led Yamal LNG project has withdrawn the first tranche of financing secured under the loan agreement with two Chinese banks signed in April.
Two oil and gas platforms in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico have reportedly been shut down as well as one gas pipeline following an explosion at an Enterprise Products Partners’ plant. Bloomberg reported that the fire at Enterprise’s natural gas processing facility in Pascagoula, Mississippi was extinguish
The DC Circuit court dismissed challenges Sierra Club of FERC’s environmental assessment of Freeport and Sabine Pass LNG export projects.
Vard Holdings has agreed to terminate a shipbuilding contract with Norway’s Rem Offshore (REM) in return for a compensation. The contract with REM for one offshore construction and anchor handling vessel was entered into in June 2014. Delivery of the vessel was originally scheduled for 1Q 2016, but
Subsea-support vessel (SSV) VOS Star was christened on 27 June in Dordrecht, the Netherlands. The vessel was named by Mrs Lianne Maandag, wife of Evert Maandag, Vroon Head QHSE. VOS Star is a DP2, SPS-coded, 68-metre vessel and one of two newbuilding SSVs to have been constructed at Fujian Southeast
Subsea-support vessel (SSV) VOS Star was christened on 27 June in Dordrecht, the Netherlands. The vessel was named by Mrs Lianne Maandag, wife of Evert Maandag, Vroon Head QHSE. VOS Star is a DP2, SPS-coded, 68-metre vessel and one of two newbuilding SSVs to have been constructed at Fujian Southeast
France’s Elengy is mulling the construction of a new liquefied natural gas truck loading station at its Montoir-de-Bretagne terminal.
