The European Shippers’ Council (ESC) Board of Directors has decided to set up a temporary observer group comprised of representatives of European exporters to monitor closely the situation related to the capacity crunch in container shipping. The group will analyze the changes in capacity, the time
Oil giant BP, the operator of the Shah Deniz 2 project, has posted a video on its YouTube channel of the sail away and launch of the Caspian Sea project’s quarters and utilities (QU) platform jacket. The jacket sailed away to the Shah Deniz contract area in the Caspian Sea from the Heydar Aliyev Bak
Only a few days after the final turbine was installed at the Nobelwind offshore wind farm in Belgium, works on setting up a further array of wind turbines in the Belgian part of the North Sea started. Namely, the construction of the Rentel offshore wind farm has begun, according to the project’s soc
Only a few days after the final turbine was installed at the Nobelwind offshore wind farm in Belgium, works on setting up a further array of wind turbines in the Belgian part of the North Sea started. Namely, the construction of the Rentel offshore wind farm has begun, according to the project’s soc
French energy giant and LNG player Total on Wednesday opened its first natural gas fueling station in France, in Nantes. Total said in a statement that it plans to open another 15 stations this year, followed by an additional 10 a year. The aim is to create a network of 110 outlets — either Total or
An alliance of several European environmental organizations adopted a declaration to designate the Mediterranean Sea as an Emission Control Area (ECA) in an effort to limit air pollution from ships. The document, known as the “Rome Declaration”, was signed by a group of NGOs including BirdLife Malta
Japan’s shipping giant Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries have secured an approval from DNV GL for the future design of a series of LNG-fueled containerships. The approval in principle (AIP) has been granted for the series of four 20,000 TEU containerships that
Danish design and consultancy company LICengineering A/S has been selected by Éoliennes en Mer Dieppe et Le Tréport to review and supervise pile test campaign for the 496MW Le Treport offshore wind farm.
Shell’s QGC joint venture in Australia has signed two new domestic gas sales deals for power generation in South Australia and manufacturing in Queensland. QGC, that became part of Shell when the Hague-based company acquired BG Group in February last year, is the operator of the 8 million tons per y
The Hague-based LNG giant Shell said Thursday it sold its stake in a New Zealand natural gas field. Shell has sold its 50 percent stake in the Kapuni gas field to Todd Energy, a New Zealand company that has been in the Kapuni joint venture since the venture’s formation in 1955. Under the deal, Shell
The Italian energy company Eni has made a new discovery of gas and condensates offshore Libya. The discovery was made in the Gamma prospect in the Contract Area D. It is located 15 km south west of the Bouri field and 5 km north of the Bahr Essalam field. The drilling of the Gamma prospect […
The marine energy industry has a role to play in the EU electricity supply by 2050. This requires advancement in the certification and verification of technologies in order to access commercial funding. The Marine Energy Event 2017, organized in cooperation with the Dutch Energy from Water Associati
Maersk Genoa, a containership operated by Danish shipping giant Maersk Line, collided with a freighter named Dan Fighter in the Westerschelde estuary on April 4, Dutch news agency HVZeeland reports. Based on the report, the freighter made contact with the stern of Maersk Genoa. Following the collisi
By DNV GL Fiscal metering of gas needs to ensure traceability to international standards. It must also reduce errors to levels that meet contractual or legal obligations, and which can be justified on technical and economic grounds. The huge volumes of gas flowing through transmission pipelines inte
