Maltese-flagged oil/chemical tanker Skaw Provider hooked a historic test torpedo by its anchor and dragged it into Portland, UK. The unexploded device had been pierced by the fluke of the anchor as it landed on the seabed, and had then been dragged up from around a 15-metre depth, the Royal Navy sai
The Sunreef 74 Calmao , a new yacht built at Poland-based shipyard Sunreef Yachts, was presented at the Cannes Yachting Festival in September. Being an advanced version of the company’s Sunreef 74 model, this sailing catamaran features a bow terrace, a hydraulic aft platform and an enlarged flybridg
Bakker Sliedrecht will deliver the main electrical power package for the offshore wind installation vessel Orion, scheduled to be delivered to its owner GeoSea in 2019. The vessel will be deployed on next-generation projects featuring massive components.
Antigua and Barbuda is getting ready to implement a maritime single window for ship notifications related to stay and departure of vessels, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) informed. The maritime single window is part of a project facilitated by IMO technical cooperation program. Norway
The container shipping industry is steaming its way toward making an operating profit in the region of USD 6 billion this year, with that sum rising again next year, Drewry said in its latest report on container shipping industry. As disclosed, for now, “the industry is moving in the right direction
Sevan Marine, a cylindrical platform design provider, has entered into a settlement agreement related to an ongoing dispute with Logitel Offshore and Teekay Offshore Partners. Sevan Marine informed on Monday it had entered the settlement agreement with Logitel Offshore and Teekay Offshore Partners w
Chevron Australia said it has made a decision to pull out of the Great Australian Bight exploration program, due to the current low oil price environment.
Offshore oil and gas operators in the Gulf of Mexico have restarted almost the entirety of their oil production following Tropical Storm Nate with under one percent of output remaining shut-in. According to a final Storm Nate report released on Saturday by the U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental
Multi-client seismic data specialist Spectrum has announced the beginning of a 6,000 km multi-client 2D seismic survey covering the Ceara Basin within the Equatorial Margins of Northern Brazil. The Ceara Basin contains sectors of the 15th licensing round. The survey is being carried out in partnersh
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s fleet of seven Bayard class crew transfer vessels (CTVs) reached 1,000 days without a lost time incident (LTI) on 12 October.
The Italian natural gas transmission system operator, Snam, has completed the acquisition of Edison’s 7.3 percent stake in the Adriatic LNG.
In the not so distant past, the torrent of data flooding the maritime industry had probably only set pulses racing among ICT enthusiasts. However, recent years have seen shipping follow other industries in being engulfed by the big data tsunami, with the pacesetters among ship owners and operators r
U.S.-based oil and gas company LLOG Exploration Offshore has shut in production from its Delta House development in the Gulf of Mexico following an oil spill from a damaged pipeline. The U.S. offshore safety regulator, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), said on Friday it had
The US LNG export player, Cheniere, has reached substantial completion of the fourth liquefaction train at the Sabine Pass LNG project in Cameron Parish, Louisiana.
