After several days of deliberation, it has been concluded that Eemshaven will serve as the designated Port of Refuge for the distressed freighter Fremantle Highway. The decision was made by the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure & Water Management as Eemshaven is the most suitable port due to its clos
Towing of the Fremantle Highway, a pure car and truck carrier which has been burning off the Dutch coast for days, has been finally launched. The car carrier was taken under tow on Sunday afternoon as the smoke from the vessel subsided considerably, Rijkswaterstaat, a government agency overseeing wa
The much-anticipated removal of more than 1 million barrels of oil from the decaying FSO Safer off Yemen’s Red Sea coast started today. The ship-to-ship transfer of oil to the replacement tanker Yemen, formerly known as Nautica, which arrived in Yemen a few days ago, is expected to last 19 days. The
Germany has found traces of subsea explosives in samples taken from a yacht that may have been used to transport the explosives that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea, a letter sent to the UN Security Council states. Four gas leaks were found on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipeline
Mexico’s Pemex has disclosed that a fire at one of its platforms off the coast of Mexico resulted in two fatalities.
Salvage operations to transfer the oil from a rapidly decaying FSO, moored off Yemen, to a safe vessel are expected to start soon.
Norwegian regulator has carried out an audit of DNO’s planning of drilling operations using an Odfjell Drilling-managed rig.
USCG has performed an evacuation via helicopter of a 47-year-old male worker from an offshore platform located near Venice, Louisiana.
After looking into circumstances surrounding an injury during offshore energy operations, the U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has come up with four recommendations.
The government of Canada has established a task force on sustainable tidal energy to explore issues and opportunities associated with the deployment of tidal energy projects in the Bay of Fundy.
The U.S. Coast Guard has performed an evacuation via helicopter of a 54-year-old male worker from Noble’s drillship off Louisiana.
MISC Berhad (MISC), a provider of energy-related maritime solutions, has signed collaboration agreements with Swiss marine power company WinGD and classification society DNV for the development of ammonia engines for ammonia dual-fueled vessels. Said to mark a historical milestone as the first of it
Norwegian offshore safety regulator has carried out an audit of COSL Drilling and its management of helideck operations on one of its rigs.
Human rights and environmental non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are urging UNDP to ensure the clean and safe recycling of the decaying floating storage and offloading (FSO) vessel Safer, moored offshore Yemen, that is threatening to cause a massive oil spill. In a letter addressed to UNDP, the
