Cairn Energy’s Stena Don oil rig is scaled by Greenpeace activists to demand an end to offshore drilling. The four climbers used RHIBS to dodge Danish Navy Commandos before climbing up the inside of the rig and hanging from it in tents suspended from ropes, halting its drilling operation. The climbe
Hardy Oil and Gas plc, the oil and gas exploration and production company, with assets predominantly in India, announces its fourth successive gas discovery in the exploration block KG-DWN-2003/1 (D3) of NELP-V. The well KGV-D3-W1, the fourth exploration well in this block, was drilled to a total me
Vanzetti Engineering S.r.l. has completed construction of Italy’s first public Liquefied to Compressed Natural Gas (LCNG) fuelling station… (ngvglobal) [mappress] Source: ngvglobal, August 31, 2010;
Besides the many trailing suction hopper dredgers already seen on Maasvlakte 2, two cutter suction dredgers are now at work. These special vessels ‘cut’ the soil under water free with a rotating cutter head, suck it up, and pump it to the right destination via a pipeline (floating as well as over la
Coastguards have warned vessels sailing off the Norfolk and Suffolk coast to watch out for 60 tonnes of cargo which fell off a ship. The cargo of wooden planks fell overboard from a Norwegian ship 55 miles east of Lowestoft in heavy seas.
Danish-owned ship forced to evacuate 118 passengers after hitting a rock in the Arctic. The Danish-owned cruise ship Clipper Adventurer was evacuated after it hit a rock in Canadian waters in the Arctic. The 35-year-old cruise ship, owned by Danish shipping firm Clipper, hit a rock in the Nunavuts C
Shipowner Polarcus took delivery of the 12 streamer 3D/4D seismic vessel Polarcus Asima on 31 August. The vessel is built at Drydocks World Dubai, and is of ULSTEIN´s SX134 design. The vessel, measuring 92 m length and 21 m breadth, is the largest in the Polarcus fleet Polarcus Asima is classed with
Dame Vera Lynn says she would support a scheme for local people to buy the port of Dover, if the government decides it should be privatised. Forces sweetheart Dame Vera, who sang (There’ll Be Blue Birds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover during World War II, said it was an important landmark.
Keppel AmFELS L.L.C., the U.S. wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Limited (Keppel O&M), is on track to deliver the second of four EXL rigs to Rowan Drilling Companies, Inc. (Rowan) on time, within budget and with zero lost-time incidents. The rig, christened Rowan EXL-II last Friday
Wilh. Wilhelmsen has sold four of its car carriers to China for recycling. Since the market for vehicle carriers collapsed in 2008, the ships have been surplus. The ships are the Tampere (built in 1979 as Barber Nara), Tapiola (built in 1978 as Bongabilla), Toba (built in 1979) and Tourcoing (built
The Cross River State Governor, Mr. Liyel Imoke, has urged the Federal Government to expedite action on the dredging of the Calabar Port. Imoke, who was represented by the state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr. Edem Asim, said this at a maritime seminar in Calabar, the state capital
STX Norway Offshore has entered into two new contracts with Island Offshore for the building of two LNG powered Platform Supply Vessels. The vessels are scheduled for delivery in Q2 and Q3 2012. The total value of the contracts amounts to approximately NOK 900 million..
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading ship power solution provider, has signed a turnkey contract with Tarbit Shipping of Sweden to convert a product tanker to LNG propulsion, and to supply the ship with a Wärtsilä LNGPac system for the safe and convenient storage of LNG onboard. This is the first
The twenty-fourth international shipbuilding fair SMM 2010 held in Hamburg, and the first GMEC 2010, (Global Maritime Environmental Congress) will be opened by Hans-Joachim Otto, German Parliamentary State Secretary for the Ministry of Economics and Technology.
