The risk of shippers evading the EU carbon market is minimal, as it would not be cost-effective, a study by Brussels-based environmental NGO Transport and Environment shows. In 2019, the European Union committed in its European Green Deal to extend the European emissions trading system (ETS) to the
UK oil and gas company Premier Oil has filed its draft decommissioning program for the Hunter & Rita subsea pipelines to the UK authorities.
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.
Environmental activists have raised concerns with a Bahamas court related to Bahamas Petroleum Company’s plans to drill the Perseverance #1 offshore well.
With the first lockdowns in place in March 2020, the Internet and social media were buzzing with posts and images of empty cities, and in some cities, even wild animals were pictured roaming the streets as if nature was reclaiming the world from humanity. As governments across the globe shut down th
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.
Lack of sufficient recycling capability among shipyards included in the EU list to dismantle large ships remains an issue, according to BIMCO, despite the EU’s efforts to expand the list of approved yards. The EU Ship Recycling Regulation requires all large sea-going vessels sailing under an EU memb
The United States Department of Energy issued a new rule looking to eliminate environmental reviews from non-FTA LNG export authorization procedures.
Fourteen nations represented on the High-level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy (Ocean Panel) and accounting for 30% of the world’s oceans through their exclusive economic zones have committed to the sustainable management of the ocean. The nations led by Norway, include Australia, Canada, Fiji
Member unions of the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) have helped recover more than $1.7 million in wages owed to seafarers amid a concerning rise in abandonment cases by shipowners. The national union affiliates have assisted more than 135 seafarers across 12 ships in the Arab Worl
Norwegian offshore safety watchdog has found a couple of improvements points at Neptune Energy’s Fenja project development located offshore Norway.
