Denmark has become the seventh country to accede to the international Hong Kong Convention in an effort to ensure better protection of people and the environment when ships are recycled. In mid-June the International Maritime Organization confirmed that Denmark expresses the wish to accede to the Ho
By Karolin Schaps LONDON (Reuters) – Oil prices rose to a two-week high on Thursday, extending a rally into a sixth straight session after a decline in weekly U.S. production eased concerns about deepening oversupply. Crude prices slipped to the lowest in 10 months last week but have since rebounded
PitPoint.LNG said it will set up Germany’s first liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering station in the harbor of Cologne. PitPoint.LNG is a joint venture formed by Dutch PitPoint clean fuels and Primagaz Nederland. The new station will facilitate the bunkering of LNG-powered inland vessels that sail
Energy giant Shell has taken delivery of a dual-fuel inland barge that will mainly run on liquefied natural gas (LNG). The 110 meter long LNG-powered barge named RPG Stuttgart is the first out of fifteen vessels Shell Trading Rotterdam chartered from Antwerp-based Plouvier Transport and its Swiss un
Five offshore workers have reportedly been injured after a seismic vessel crashed into an offshore platform in the Caspian Sea. ABC.AZ, citing Socar, Azerbaijan’s national oil company, said the incident happened on Wednesday afternoon with a vessel named Arya 141 involved. According to the company,
The Buss Orange Blue Terminal signed a contract with offshore wind farm constructor GeoSea N.V. for the handling and storage of the transition pieces for the fundamental structures of the 396MW Merkur offshore wind farm.
South Korean LNG importing giant Kogas said it signed a memorandum of understanding with U.S. companies for cooperation in U.S. LNG projects. Kogas signed the document on Wednesday ahead of a planned summit meeting between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump in W
ALP’s last Future Class ultra-long distance towing and anchor handling vessel ALP Keeper has been christened recently in Tamano, Japan. The ALP Keeper was constructed by Niigata Shipbuilding & Repair, Japan. It is one of four ultra-long distance towing and anchor handling vessels constructed for ALP
The team on the Bahrain-based minehunter HMS Bangor has found and recovered a large sonar lost during the latest Anglo-French-US exercise in the Gulf, Artemis Trident. The Brits were asked to assist the US Navy when one of its sonar buoys towed by MH-53 Sea Dragon helicopter became detached and disa
Singapore-based Keppel Shipyard has secured a contract from Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V for the conversion of a semi-submersible heavy lift vessel, Finesse, to a crane vessel.
Norwegian oil company Statoil has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to remove the emergency response vessel at Snorre A platform, offshore Norway. The Snorre field lies in the Tampen area in the northern sector of the North Sea. The field has been developed using two facilit
UK’s industry regulator Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has provided a new cost estimate for offshore oil and gas decommissioning in the UK Continental Shelf as it seeks to bring it down by at least 35 percent. The regulator on Thursday published a report which provides the new cost estimate. With a sha
ExxonMobil, Hess and Statoil consortium has been awarded a production sharing contract for Block 59 offshore Suriname, by the country’s energy agency Staatsolie. At the same time, Staatsolie said, an agreement was reached with Statoil for Block 60. The blocks were awarded to the consortium and Stato
Searcher Seismic, an independent seismic data acquisition company, has completed the Solomon Sea broadband 2D seismic survey off Papua New Guinea. The survey, done in cooperation with BGP and comprising of around 3,600 kilometers, spans the underexplored Cape Vogel and Bougainville Basins as well as
