The removal of the X-Press Pearl’s wreck from the seabed off Colombo, Sri Lanka, will start once the South Westerly Monsoon season ends, according to the operator of the ill-fated vessel. The period in question covers the month of June until September. “Due to the exposed nature of the anchorage to
The Ulsan District Prosecutors’ Office announced that it has indicated 18 officials of local shipbuilding giant Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) on violations of health and safety regulations.
Australia’s Northern Territory (NT) Health has refused to undertake COVID testing of crew members onboard a vessel at the centre of the alleged biosecurity breach at the Port of Darwin, despite the fact that seafarers requested the tests through ITF.
Norway’s safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has given Equinor and Wintershall Dea consents to use two Odfjell Drilling rigs for work offshore Norway.
South Korea’s national flagship carrier HMM has fallen victim to a cyber attack that has mainly impacted the company’s email server.
The Norwegian offshore safety body Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has issued an order to KCA Deutag Drilling following a serious personal injury incident on the Askeladden jack-up rig.
The international efforts carried out over the past year to assess the risk of a massive oil leak or explosion from the Safer, a stricken FSO moored off the coast of Yemen, have been largely unsuccessful. The condition of the floating storage and offloading unit, which is anchored 60 km north of the
A recent independent ecotoxicity study undertaken in accordance with the IMO GESAMP guidelines has given open-loop scrubbers the all-clear, the Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems Association (EGCSA) said.
Florida-based Crowley Maritime Corporation has become the first US-owned and 13th overall ship owner-operator that will publicly disclose its ship recycling policies, practices and process through the Ship Recycling Transparency Initiative (SRTI) website.
Norwegian offshore safety regulator has carried out an audit of Aker BP and its planning for exploration drilling in the Barents Sea.
Chemical-laden feeder containership X-Press Pearl, which has been burning for almost two weeks off Sri Lanka’s coast, sank yesterday and touched the sea bottom, the Indian Coast Guard informed. “The ship’s aft portion is sitting on the seabed at a depth of about 21 meters, and the forward section co
An inspection team has boarded fire-stricken X-Press Pearl earlier today in a renewed attempt to make a line connection on the bow and tow the vessel away from the coastline. The fire, which has ravaged the vessel, has finally been extinguished after an extensive firefighting operation lasting for
Norway’s PSA has given Equinor consent to use a Floatel International-owned accommodation rig on the Martin Linge field off Norway.
Due to challenges faced in constructing the hull and equipment for the Johan Castberg FPSO, the project is now about a year behind schedule.
