Wreckdock, a Jubail-based offshore vessel recycling company, has revealed plans to develop a safe and sustainable facility in Saudi Arabia for the circular demolition of vessels. The company plans to build four drydocks from 350 meters to 500 meters long with eight quays equipped with heavy-duty cra
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has handed down a 90-day ban to the Netherlands-flagged ship Flevogracht, in what has been described as a ‘crackdown on poor performers in the maritime industry.’ AMSA said that it had detained the general cargo ship Flevogracht, operated by the Spliet
An investigation carried out by the U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has found that hydrogen embrittlement was the cause of a flowline jumper failure in the Gulf of Mexico in 2020 that resulted in a subsea leak. The incident that occurred in July 2020 saw approximately 479
The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) has performed an emergency evacuation via helicopter of a 28-year-old male worker from a BP-operated platform.
Following an incident during routine maintenance, which damaged a floating storage and offloading (FSO) unit operated by a Thai subsidiary of Chevron, Thailand has ordered its navy to join the efforts being undertaken to prevent an oil spill from the vessel.
Netherlands-based Elegant Exit Company (EEC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Spain’s Astander Shipyard to collaborate on ship recycling initiatives. Located at the southern end of the Port of Santander, Northern coast of Spain, Astander is a shipyard with 130 years of expertise i
A group of cross-industry experts, led by Grieg Star, has conducted a study involving the potential retrofitting of an open hatch vessel to run on green ammonia. Initial findings of the study said that elements perceived as challenges turned out not to be barriers or present major risks for moving f
Following the investigation report about a fatality aboard a drillship in the Gulf of Mexico, BSEE has outlined that the lack of training with hydraulic torque wrench contributed to the fatality.
In early March, Japanese shipping major NYK sent one of its vessels to PHP Ship Recycling Facility in Bangladesh for green recycling. The company said that PHP Ship Recycling Facility, which is a ship-recycling facility operated by PHP Ship Breaking and Recycling Industries Ltd., has become the firs
S.N. Corporation’s Unit-02 ship recycling yard at Shitalpur, Sitakunda in Bangladesh has been certified as compliant with the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) guidelines for the Hong Kong Convention (HKC) on sustainable ship recycling. The certification process was undertaken by the Japan
Shell has received consent from Norway’s regulator for removal and disposal operations, as part of decom activities on a North Sea field.
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) signed an agreement with tanker owner EURONAV Luxemburg to buy a very large crude carrier (VLCC), as part of the UN-coordinated operation to remove more than one million barrels of oil from a decaying tanker off Yemen’s Red Sea coast. The new vessel to
International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has launched a new approval process for remotely operated vehicle (ROV) introductory training courses due to an increase in false certificates. IMCA reported on 9 March that it had introduced a new scheme to address the safety concerns of this unau
US liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter Freeport LNG has received regulatory approvals to restart the final train of the three-train liquefaction facility in Texas. On 8 March, Freeport LNG announced it had received regulatory approvals from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the Pi
