Danish-based O&M jack-up services provider, DBB Jack-Up Services A/S, moved from Aarhus to Bygholm Søpark in Horsens on 1 December, Danish media reports. Previously located at Aarhus Harbour, the company decided to move due to lack of space. “We had simply outgrown our previous frames in the industr
European shipowners unveiled on Tuesday 16+1 proposals to highlight the industry’s point of view and priorities ahead of the upcoming review of the EU shipping policy in 2017 by the European Commission. “What we really want to show Transport Commissioner Bulc is that our proposals tie in with the Co
Italian shipbuilder Finactieri has held a keel laying ceremony today at its Sestri Ponente yard in Genoa, for the Silver Muse, an ultra-luxury cruise ship which Fincantieri is building for Monaco-based cruise company Silversea Cruises. Finacantieri cut the first steel of the ship in July. Silver Mus
A number of safety measures were disregarded resulting in a collision on February 11, 2015, between the UK registered containership Ever Smart and the Marshall Islands registered tanker Alexandra 1, in Jebel Ali, UAE, according to a report released by UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch. In part
The global shipping and aviation industries have been left out from the draft Paris climate agreement published on Wednesday afternoon. The two sectors account for 5 percent of the global emissions and their exclusion from the deal might compromise the 2 degree C target. The two sectors have been in
Cyprus-flagged container ship Nordic Bremen collided on Wednesday morning, December 9 with a German frigate Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in the Kiel Canal. Nordic Bremen’s starboard bow area was breached in the crash and two of its containers were damaged. What is more, the frigate sustained damage to its
Did you know that a gold bar found off the coast of South Carolina was sold for a record breaking USD 7.5 million? Maybe today’s article on the bountiful seas that hold as many as three million shipwrecks scattered across the ocean floor will give you a better picture of some of the greatest shipwre
Repsol, an integrated global energy company based in Madrid, has announced it will write off part of Talisman Energy’s debt and reduce its financing costs by $65 million a year. To remind, the Spanish company bought the Canadian oil and gas exploration and production company Talisman for $8.3 billio
MT Tidal has announced its former CEO and co-founder Paul Morris passed away on December 2, 2015. MT Tidal, a joint venture created by Tocardo and Mosscliff Environmental, stated their former CEO has lost the fight against cancer. The news follows Morris’ stepping down as MT Tidal’s CEO in October t
By Alexandra Popescu and Claudette Remeijsen Marketing & Communications at Bayards Aluminium Constructies B.V. Everyone knows helidecks are an engineering challenge to start with. So one can only imagine the immense challenge of replacing 179 decks. This was the case for the timber decks used on the
Dolphin Group, a Norwegian seismic surveyor, has hinted it might be forced to file for insolvent liquidation if its lenders reject its debt restructuring proposals. Commenting on the progress of its restructuring plan, the company, providing marine seismic services to oil and gas industry, on Wednes
ConocoPhillips has received consent from the Norwegian safety watchdog to extend the lifetime of platforms and pipelines on the Eldfisk field, in the North Sea. ConocoPhillips is the operator of Eldfisk, an oil field in block 2/7 in the southern North Sea. The field was discovered in 1970 and produc
U.S. oil and gas company Noble Energy, Inc. has increased its fourth quarter 2015 sales volumes to range between 405 and 415 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day (MBoe/d), with the midpoint of the new estimate representing a 15 MBoe/d increase over the prior midpoint. According to Noble Energy
French oil and gas service company, Technip denied recent reports of talks with the Houston-based FMC Technologies regarding a potential combination.
