The South Korean government has presented a new initiative promoting eco-friendly ship technologies.
Dutch regulator has ordered Spirit Energy to meet discharge standards on its North Sea offshore platform or face a penalty.
The Indian government has been ordered to pay oil and gas company Cairn Energy $1.2 billion following an arbitration award in a tax dispute case.
Polish shipbuilder Remontowa Shipbuilding S.A. has launched the fourth liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fuelled Salish Class vessel owned by the Canadian ferry operator BC Ferries. The ship entered the water over the weekend, with work continuing there until scheduled sea trials in late 2021. Following s
Eagle Bulk Shipping, one of the world’s largest owner-operators within the Supramax / Ultramax drybulk segment, has become a signatory to the Sea Cargo Charter. The charter, which was launched in October 2020, provides a global framework for aligning chartering activities with responsible environmen
Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) has awarded Approval in Principle (AIP) to the autonomous and remotely controlled navigation technology of a Russian company JSC Kronshtadt Technologies (the a-Nav set of technical solutions). The technology has been approved for the implementation on board
IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim has criticized the “no crew change” clauses in charterparties, stressing that such clauses exacerbate the dire situation of stranded seafarers and undermine the efforts undertaken to resolve the ongoing crew change crisis. The so-called “no crew change” clauses, whic
The International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) Committee of Experts issued a ruling that governments have failed in their duty of care towards seafarers under international law during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the first ruling of its kind, the committee of 20 jurists found that governments failed abj
Equinor has received consent from the country’s offshore safety watchdog to use the Deepsea Atlantic rig on a well in the North Sea off Norway.
German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has granted planning permission for the 342 MW Kaskasi offshore wind farm (officially known as Kaskasi II). Kaskasi II is the first offshore wind farm in Germany to receive planning permission under the new offshore wind law (WindSeeG), following
Classification and technical advisory body ABS, Sembcorp Marine and A*STAR’s Institute of High-Performance Computing (IHPC) have completed joint development projects in LNG bunkering and the use of LNG as a marine fuel.
Australian utility AGL Energy has made a final bid for approval of a long-delayed Crib Point gas import terminal in the state of Victoria.
A revised Strategy from the UK OGA, featuring a range of new net-zero obligations for the UK oil & gas industry, was submitted before the UK Parliament.
Pakistan will start building a 1,100-kilometre pipeline with Russia in July 2021 that will allow the South Asian nation to operate more liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals.
