
Ireland-based company GKinetic Energy has issued a request for tender for services that would help facilitate the permitting process for the deployment of its hydrokinetic turbine in Limerick.

Norway-based shipping and logistics company Wallenius Wilhelmsen has named MV Tannhauser, its newest HERO large car and truck carrier (LCTX) vessel.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) extended the terms of seven long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) export authorizations through 2050.

Norwegian safety watchdog Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has given Equinor a consent for the life extension for Veslefrikk.

Oil and gas company Hague and London Oil (HALO) has set out plans to reactivate the out-of-production UK North Sea field and reroute gas through infrastructure in the Netherlands.

On 8 December 2020, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated six entities and identified four vessels related to the transport of North Korean coal.

Malaysian operator Hibiscus Petroleum has pushed back a final investment decision (FID) for the Marigold development in the UK part of the North Sea.

The Norwegian authorities have approved Aker BP’s development and operation plan for the Hod field in the Norwegian part of the North Sea.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated that he would not bow to threats regarding the dispute with Greece and Cyprus over maritime claims in the eastern Mediterranean as the EU foreign ministers met in Brussels to discuss the issue.

Norwegian oil major Equinor has drilled a dry well near the Tordis field in the North Sea offshore Norway.

The Korean Register (KR) has developed new class rules revising the existing structural rules for membrane-type LNG carriers. The new class rules apply the concept of EDW (Equivalent Design Wave) based on direct load analysis to determine structural arrangements and scantling that meet the structura

DCSA has published data and process standards for the submission of shipping instructions and issuance of the bill of lading (B/L).

The American Bureau of Shipping has issued its Guide for Hybrid Electric Power Systems for Marine and Offshore Applications.

The European Commission has requested from Italy to abolish the corporate tax exemptions granted to its ports, in order to align its tax regime with EU State aid rules.