Aker Solutions was recognised as the best subsea company of the year at the Subsea UK awards last night and David Bloom of Subsea 7 was honoured for his outstanding contribution to the subsea industry. The awards, which seek to celebrate the achievements of companies and individuals in the £9 billio
Decommissioning is a hot topic within the Offshore Energy industry and will also be a conference topic during Offshore Energy 2016 conference program. Over the past months a worldwide first has taken place with the dismantling Yttre Stengrund wind farm owned by Vattenfall. The wind farm had been ope
Due to harsh weather, the offshore installation vessel Sea Worker has capsized during the night between Tuesday and Wednesday, A2SEA reported today. No pollution has been detected from Sea Worker, but the focus remains on preventing any oils or fuels leaking from the vessel. A special operations tea
The European Commission has selected the CORE LNGas project to promote LNG as fuel, particularly for maritime transport of the Iberian Peninsula. EU selected the CORE LNGas hive initiative among the projects submitted for the 2014 Connect Europe Facility (CEF) Transport Calls for the development of
A Bristow Group-owned offshore helicopter carrying eleven people on board ditched in water near Lagos, Nigeria. Bristow said in a statement that nine passengers and a crew of two are all safe and accounted for. The incident happened around 10:25 a.m. local time on Wednesday, while the helicopter was
A new 24 hour general strike has been announced in Greece on 4 February by both public and private sector unions, while the Seamen’s Union is scheduling another 48 hour strike on the same date, according to Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS). The action is expected to affect the routes of domestic and
January was a very slow month for South Korean shipbuilders as the country’s big three failed to book any new ship orders, Yonhap reported citing industry sources. As disclosed, this is the first time that no orders were received in January, despite the fact that this is typically a very slow month
The Supreme Court on Tuesday gave the green light to GAIL India to resume works on its Kochi-Mangalore natural gas pipeline project in Tamil Nadu. The pipeline will connect Petronet’s Kochi LNG terminal to industries in the States of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. The Kochi LNG terminal has been
The 16 Australian crew on board the CSL Melbourne have been locked out from accessing food, according to the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) which believes that this is another attempt to get them to leave the ship. The CSL Melbourne, which transports alumina from Gladstone to Newcastle, along wit
By Amanda Cooper LONDON (Reuters) – Oil rose on Wednesday, paring earlier losses after Russia reiterated its openness to talking with OPEC about output cuts, which helped revive hope among investors that the world’s largest producers could act to boost prices. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov
A Mongolia-flagged bulk carrier South Star caught fire while moored in Tonkin Bay, Hai Phong, Vietnam, on February 2, according to local media. The fire, which started in the vessel’s accommodation area, was extinguished some two hours later by the local authorities. The incident caused significant
Norwegian oil company Noreco will not be selling its Norwegian petroleum activities to Djerv Energy, at least not for now. To remind, the company in December said its subsidiary Noreco Norway would sell its exploration licence interests, organisation and management systems, and thus cease its petrol
As a result of five attacks off Nigeria, kidnappings doubled from nine in 2014 to 19 in 2015, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Maritime Bureau (IMB) said in its annual piracy report. ICC IMB added that piracy and armed robbery on the world’s seas is persisting at levels clos
Australian port of Port Hedland has achieved a monthly throughput of 34.1 million tonnes (Mt) in January 2016, a decrease of 9% from 37.3 Mt handled in the same month in 2015. January iron ore exports totalled 33.7 Mt, a decrease of 8% from 36.7 Mt seen a year earlier, while imports reached 134,000
