The FORESEA (Funding Ocean Renewable Energy through Strategic European Action) programme opened its third call for support package applications on Wednesday. Support packages will help commercialize offshore renewable energy technologies by giving free access to FORESEA’s network of test sites. The
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, and ESL Shipping, part of Aspo Plc, have agreed to jointly develop and test an autonomous discharging feature on MacGregor bulk handling cranes. The cranes will be fitted on board ESL Shipping’s two new LNG-powered handysize bulk carriers. “Autonomous crane operation imp
Russian prime minister Dmitry Medvedev has sent a letter to Shell, congratulating the oil giant’s 125th anniversary in Russia. You can read the full letter below. Dear friends, 2017 is a special year for your company, as it marks 125 years since Shell first came to Russia. Please accept my sincere c
Oman seems to have benefited considerably on the back of the Qatar-Gulf Crisis as it has seen the number of vessels berthing in the country jump by 75 pct during the same week as the diplomatic fallout, CargoSmart’s data shows. Specifically, prior to the dispute the highest number of recorded vessel
Armed pirates attacked a tanker off Malaysia on June 23, stealing the ship’s diesel cargo, the IMB piracy reporting center informed. The attack occurred some 33 nautical miles northeast of Kuantan while the tanker was en route from Singapore to Songkhla, Thailand. After approaching in a speed boat,
USS Fitzgerald, a US Navy warship which collided with the Philippine-flagged containership ACX Crystal in Japanese waters on June 17, did not respond to warning signals and change the course moments before the incident, Reuters said, referring to a report from the boxship’s captain. The warship coll
Lithuania’s natural gas supply and trading company Lietuvos Dujų Tiekimas has booked additional capacity at the country’s first LNG import terminal in the port of Klaipeda. Klaipedos Nafta, the operator of the LNG import facility, said Tuesday it concluded a deal with LDT under which the latter gets
Irish oil & gas explorer Petrel Resources is in arbitration with the Australian energy company Woodside Energy due to alleged breach of contract related to a seismic program over a license offshore Ireland. Petrel and Woodside were partners in two Irish Atlantic licenses, FEL 3/14 and FEL 4/14, afte
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The 1988-built product tanker Theresa Arctic, which ran aground off the coast of Kilifi in Kenya on June 20, could soon be refloated, according to local media. The Netherlands-based SMIT Salvage, as well as the local salvage company Alpha Logistics were reportedly hired to undertake the refloating o
The sixth Siemens 4.2MW turbine was installed at the Tahkoluoto offshore wind farm this morning (27 June).
By Jessica Resnick-Ault (Reuters) – About 300 BP workers commute 150 miles here by helicopter, from the Louisiana coast to a deep-sea drilling platform that can produce more oil in a day than a West Texas rig can pump in a year. On the deck of Thunder Horse, they work two-week shifts, drink seawater
Danish shipowner J.A. Rederiet has upgraded its multipurpose support vessels Susanne A and Mira A to meet the requirements of offshore DP2 and DP1, respectively, so they can carry out operations in the offshore wind industry.
An excavator stranded while working on the Rampion offshore wind project is expected to be lifted on Tuesday, 27 June, according to a Notice to Mariners.
