It was finally necessary to declare Oslo Port as Port of Convenience (POC) and ask for international solidarity to stop the attacks on both seafarers and dockworkers in the port, the Norwegian Transport Workers’ Union (NTF) told World Maritime News. “We, in the Norwegian Transport Workers’ Union, ar
The global oil market has not been affected by the recent move by the US President Donald Trump regarding the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) agreed with Iran and six other powers in 2015, Iran’s Petroleum Minister, Bijan Namdar Zanganeh is quoted as saying by the Business Standard. Accor
By Van Oossanen Over just the past fifteen years, the use of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) has become mainstream in ship design. CFD is a way to calculate the flow around a ship, allowing to predict accurately the generated wave profile, streamlines and resistance. While CFD has been used for m
On Sunday, 22 October, wind turbines off the Belgium’s coast generated a record-breaking 20 GWh of electricity, according to WindEurope’s Daily Wind Power Numbers.
The body of a worker who went missing in last week’s explosion of an oil platform in Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, has been recovered. This is according to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff Lopinto who on Friday said the body of the 44-year-old Timothy Morrison of Katy, Texas, had been found on the Lake
French energy giant and LNG player Engie could be selling its liquefied natural gas (LNG) business to compatriot Total.
An injured crewman was medevacked from the 63,200 dwt bulk carrier Delsa some 130 miles southeast from Cold Bay, Alaska, on October 19, the United States Coast Guard (USCG) informed. Coast Guard Communications Detachment Kodiak watchstanders received a call from the captain of the Delsa at 7:30 P.M.
The first two transition pieces (TPs) were put on top of the two already installed jackets at the Nissum Bredning site. The first one got together with its jacket on Wednesday, 18 October, and the second one was installed on Sunday.
The lack of progress on the future relationship between the EU and the UK creates uncertainty for shipping companies, Danish Shipping said. As explained, the time for operational preparations post-Brexit becomes increasingly short, given that no deal was made between the EU leaders at their meeting
Qatar’s Nakilat, the world’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipper, saw its net profit in the January-September period fall 19 percent. Nakilat reported a nine-month net profit of 607 million riyals ($161.8m), compared with 749 million riyals in the same period last year. The Doha-based LNG sh
Australian LNG player, Santos, on Monday said that Keith Spence will succeed Peter Coates as company chairman in February 2018.
Singapore’s Keppel Corporation reported an 11 percent increase in the nine-month profit year-on-year.
Seacor Marine Holdings, Inc. has unviled the first of a its fleet of Fast Support Vessels (FSV), M/V Ava J McCall. The 13,500 horsepower propulsion system onboard the M/V Ava J McCall allows the vessel to achieve a maximum speed of 38 knots. The vessel was built with ABS Class 2 Kongsberg dynamic po
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