Former Louisiana State Official Scott A. Angelle has been named the director of the U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE). The BSEE said on Monday that Angelle, who most recently served as the vice chairman of the Louisiana Public Service Commission, would assume his new positio
MAN Diesel & Turbo said the world’s first ME-GIE (Gas Injection Ethane) two-stroke engine fueled by ethane has passed gas trials on board the Gaschem Beluga, an LEG carrier, on its trip between Houston and the Bahamas.
Indonesia, the world’s second biggest contributor to plastic waste in the oceans, is in a state of emergency with regard to waste problems. With 250 million people, around 175,000 tons of waste is produced each day, amounting to 64 million tons per year, according to data from the Environment and Fo
Lighthouse together with QPS, organised a training for the Lebanese Navy in cooperation with the Italian Navy as part of the ISG (International Support Group Lebanon) program. During the 2 week training in Beirut, the focus of the training was to setup a hydrographic workflow from data acquisition t
Five people died in a fire on board Mutiara Sentosa I Ro-Pax ferry on Friday, May 19 while the Indonesian-flagged ship was underway in Masalembo waters of East Java. A total of 192 survivors have been rescued by the National Search and Rescue Agency of the Republic of Indonesia. After two days of se
Life Cell Marine Safety has been included in a new initiative established by EDF Energy Renewables, which will support local fishermen operating from coastal locations between Hartlepool and Saltburn by the Sea, who have used the fishing grounds in and around the Teesside offshore wind farm.
Babcock has awarded a contract to Granada Material Handling (GMH) to design, manufacture, deliver and commission 2 davit crane units for the Beatrice offshore wind project.
Babcock has awarded a contract to Granada Material Handling (GMH) to design, manufacture, deliver and commission 2 davit crane units for the Beatrice offshore wind project.
South Korean shipowners have placed orders for the construction of thirteen vessels at Chinese shipyards so far in 2017, with only seven ships ordered at domestic yards, Yonhap News Agency cited industry sources as saying. In total, twenty ships have been ordered by South Korean shipping companies u
Japan’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports increased by 3 percent in April, according to the provisional data released by Japan’s Ministry of Finance. The world’s largest buyer of the chilled fuel imported 6.57 million mt of LNG in April, as compared to 6.38 million mt in the same month the year be
Aberdeen-headquartered Sentinel Marine has confirmed it has taken delivery of a new emergency response and rescue vessel (ERRV) Mariner Sentinel, which will see 24 new jobs created in the North Sea. Sentinel Marine, which owns and operates offshore support vessels for the oil and gas industry, has a
The Danish Maritime Authority (DMA) revealed it has launched a pilot project to shed light on the long-term possibilities of digitizing the entire ship registration process. As disclosed, the project has been created in order to promote digitalization in Denmark as shipowners are still required nowa
Malaysia’s Sarawak State government has entered negotiations with Petronas to acquire a 10 percent stake in the ninth liquefaction train at the company’s Bintulu LNG complex.
Norway’s offshore safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has found nine non-conformities at Statoil’s Troll C platform off Norway during a probe into emergency preparedness management, logistics, and employee participation. The Troll field is located in the northern part of the Norwe
