Image Courtesy: MPA The Montreal Port Authority (MPA) welcomed on June 10 Holland America Line’s MS Maasdam, the first ship to dock at the Port of Montreal’s new cruise terminal. “We are very proud to have successfully completed this important project that represents a milestone in the Port of Montr
UAE’s Zakher Marine International and Quality Marine Services have reportedly taken delivery of their first China-built offshore barge. According to the Emirates News Agency, the delivery is a part of the order consisting of three barges, ordered at a price of around $350 million in total. The news
Abu Dhabi-based Quality Marine Services (QMS) and Zakher Marine International (ZMI) have taken delivery of the first of three offshore barges being built in a shipyard in China, with the second one slated to be deployed on North Sea offshore wind projects.
At least five people were injured when a high-speed ferry hit a jetty while entering Hyannis Harbor, Massachusetts, in the evening hours of June 16, the United States Coast Guard (USCG) informed. The Massachusetts Steamship Authority ferry Iyanough, which operates on the route Nantucket-Hyannis, str
Two seafarers which were reported missing following the sinking of the cargo ship KM Avatar in the Malacca Strait have been found, with one of them alive and the other one dead, Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) said. The two men were found some 11.8 nautical miles southwest of Tanjung Kl
Saudi Arabia has reportedly thwarted what appeared to be an attack on an offshore oilfield in the country’s territorial waters. The country’s government-run press agency cited an official source who said that at 20:28 on Friday, 16th June, three small boats, bearing red and white flags, entered the
Malaysian oil company Petronas has terminated a contract for the provision of transportation of personnel to offshore facilities with the helicopter services provider, MHS Aviation. MHS Aviation, a 51% subsidiary of Boustead Holdings, had received a letter dated June 9, 2017, from Petronas Carigali
UK’s Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has created and published a suite of measures to make data openly available and stimulate interest in the UK Continental Shelf ahead of the 30th Offshore Licensing Round. According to the OGA’s statement on Monday, the 30th Offshore Licensing Round will focus on the
GeoSea has awarded Sif the production of all monopiles and, in joint venture with Smulders, all the transition pieces for the EnBW Albatros offshore wind farm in Germany.
The European Commission has given its clearance for the Shell’s sale of the UK North Sea assets to Chrysaor. As previously reported, Shell in January 2017 agreed to sell “a package” its of UK North Sea assets to Chrysaor for a fee of up to $3.8 billion. Chrysaor, the UK oil and gas independent, will
Russia’s Rosneft has found an oil field in the Khatanga Bay of the Laptev Sea, in what is considered to be the northernmost exploratory well on the Eastern Arctic shelf. The company on Sunday said that during the drilling of the Tsentralno-Olginskaya-1 well from the shore of the Khara-Tumus Peninsul
Oil and gas firm Europa Oil & Gas has received consent for the extension of Phase 1 on two Frontier Exploration Licences off Ireland. Europa said on Monday that the Irish Government gave it an extension on FEL 2/13 and 3/13 by two years to July 4, 2019, following the company’s agreement to certain p
Japan’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports increased by 13 percent in May year-on-year, according to the provisional data released by Japan’s Ministry of Finance. The world’s largest buyer of the chilled fuel imported 6.24 million mt of LNG in May as compared to 5.52 million mt in the same month th
Carbon capture and storage is gradually gaining government attention after being overtaken by investment in wind and solar energy, with the International Energy Agency (IEA) saying the technology will be crucial to limiting global warming.
