
Cyprus-based shipping company Diana Wilhelmsen Management Limited (DWM) has been sentenced to pay a $2 million fine by the US federal court for violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships that occurred on the dry bulk vessel MV Protefs.

BW Offshore has informed that a JV partnership for the equity financing of the Barossa FPSO has been granted regulatory approval.

UK-based EnQuest has submitted its decommissioning plan for the Thistle Alpha platform topsides to the country’s authorities.

The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) has found 27 vessels sailing in the Strait of Gibraltar to be in possible violations of the International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) regulation on sulphur oxides (SOx) emissions.

Poland’s Energy Regulatory Office (ERO) and the Danish Utility Regulator (DUR) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on joint activities for the Baltic Pipe project.

Shell has sanctioned its Ormen Lange wet gas subsea compression project in Norway and filed its development plan to the authorities.

Draft interim guidelines aimed at providing international standard provisions for ships using fuel cell power installations have been agreed by International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Sub-Committee on Carriage of Cargoes and Containers (CCC 7).

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Aker BP a drilling permit for two wells in the North Sea offshore Norway.

Søren Skou, CEO of the world’s biggest container shipping company Maersk, has called on the UN maritime body to determine the end date for the use of fossil fuels in the shipping industry.

The ABS-classed and FPSO Liza Unity has been awarded the SUSTAIN-1 notation by ABS – the first FPSO in the world to receive it.

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted INEOS E&P Norge a drilling permit for a wildcat well located in the Norwegian Sea.

The UK government has backed an absolute zero target for international shipping emissions by 2050, marking the start of London International Shipping Week.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, Shell is redeploying its personnel to the Gulf of Mexico assets, which were evacuated ahead of the storm.

Santos and Oil Search have entered into a definitive agreement to merge the two companies in a deal valued at about $16 billion.