Another North Korean vessel was detained by the Philippines authorities at the Misamis Oriental port in light of the recently imposed stricter sanctions against North Korea, the Manila Bulletin reports. The vessel, which is being held at the country’s Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT), was boarded b
The nomination committee in Norwegian Statoil recommended that the company’s corporate assembly elects Jeroen van der Veer as a new member of Statoil’s board of directors.
Offshore shipowner Vroon Offshore Services has reached two milestones in China with the launching of one vessel and the keel laying for another. The company on Tuesday said that VOS Start was launched last week at Fujian Southeast Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. in China. Earlier this week, with the keel layi
Metlakatla First Nation signed two benefits agreements with British Columbia government in regards to TranCanada’s Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline and Spectra’s proposed Westcoast Connector Gas Transmission pipeline.
Aminex PLC is getting ready to start production from its Kiliwani North-1 well, offshore Tanzania. The company on Tuesday said that the final well integrity testing of the Kiliwani North-1 well (“KN-1”) has been concluded, recording a high tubing pressure reading relative to the other producing well
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), an agency under the United States Department of the Interior, has identified the offshore worker who died in an incident on a platform in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The bureau said on Monday it continues its investigation into the March 10, 20
China boosted its LNG imports in January by 16.4 percent, as compared to the same month a year before, according to the General Administration of Customs data. The world’s largest energy consumer imported 2.46 million mt of liquefied natural gas in January, the data shows. Chinese yearly imports of
Matheson Trucking informed on Monday it has expanded its natural gas tractors fleet with the addition of 37 new tractors.
Malaysian shipbuilder TAS Offshore has lost a contract for the construction of two offshore vessels. According to the company’s statement, the contract was for two anchor handling tug oil recovery supply vessels. In a filing on Bursa Malaysia on Friday, Tas Offshore said its subsidiary TA Ventures h
Aker Solutions on Monday notified subsea employees in Norway about the company’s latest round of job cuts amid a continued market slowdown. The company stated that this would affect management and other staff in Norway. Aker Solutions already reduced its workforce in Norway in its maintenance, modif
Malaysia’s FPSO player Bumi Armada has started a court action in Australia against the oil and gas company Woodside over an FPSO contract termination that Bumi Armada claims was unlawful. To remind, after receiving a notice of contract termination from the Australian oil and gas company Woodside for
The oil tanker MT Maximus that was rescued from pirates last month has been handed over to its owners, represented by Rene Von-Loenen of Super Maritime Nigeria Ltd. by the Nigerian Navy. The Saturday handover in Lagos comes on the back of yet another arrest of what the navy officials dubbed as a “ke
Dockyard and classification societies are likely to encounter a bottleneck in 2020 as numerous shipowners have decided to complete their International Oil Pollution Prevention (IOPP) renewal survey due to uncertainties on IMO’s Ballast Water Management Convention, the UK Chamber of Shipping said. In
Cheniere Energy’s unit, Cheniere Marketing filed an application with the Department of Energy to re-export up to 500 billion cubic feet of previously imported LNG from the Sabine Pass LNG terminal.
