Italian authorities have launched an investigation into the non-governmental organisation Mediterranea Saving Humans related to the Maersk Etienne migrant rescue. Specifically, the investigation is said to be looking into whether Mediterranea took money from Maersk Tankers to take over the migrants
WIKING Helikopter Service has signed a contract extension with Ørsted to continue providing HEMS services for offshore wind projects in Germany. WIKING will provide HEMS (Helicopter Emergency Medical Service) for the Borkum Riffgrund 1 and 2 and Gode Wind 1 and 2 wind farms, as well as for the plann
EnQuest has started the cessation of production activities on the Northern Producer floating production facility at the Don fields in the UK North Sea.
Norwegian offshore safety watchdog has given DNO Norge consent for the use of the Borgland Dolphin rig for a permanent plugging of wells offshore Norway.
Norway’s offshore safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has issued an order to Equinor following an audit of the company’s integrated risk and barrier management on the Norne FPSO.
Production at Rauma Marine Constructions in Rauma, Finland, was resumed on February 25, after a week-long corona closure.
Tekmar Energy has secured a new contract award to supply its bend restrictors and J-tube seals to protect subsea umbilicals on an offshore energy project in the Norwegian North Sea. Manufacturing and delivery will take place in 2021. According to Tekmar, the conract came from a leading integrated su
The cause of the engine failure and fire onboard Lithuanian registered ro-ro cargo vessel Finlandia Seaways, which caused serious structural damage to the engine in 2018, are poor overhaul practices, MAIB said. To remind, the vessel was hit by an engine room fire on its voyage from Zeebrugge to Rosy
Acteon’s surveying company UTEC has won a contract from TechnipFMC to support the development of Coral-Sul FLNG (floating liquefied natural gas) project, the world’s first in ultra-deepwater. The Coral-Sul FLNG, which is approximately 50 kilometres from the Mozambique coast, will operate in 2000 met
Port of Antwerp is deploying an autonomous drone for the first time to maintain safety at the port’s critical infrastructure. The fully-independent drone will test various use cases in the field of inspection and control, the goal being to establish a network of autonomous drones in 2022. These wil
Towage operator Svitzer A/S, maritime technology group Kongsberg Maritime, and classification society ABS have signed an agreement to jointly develop RECOTUG, the world’s first fully operational, and fully remotely controlled tugboat.
3D at Depth has launched its offshore geophysical survey services division. The new division will provide surveys to support both nearshore, inshore, and offshore deepwater development activities focused in the areas of offshore wind farms, pipeline routes, environmental site surveys, offshore hydro
The Maersk Eindhoven, a containership operated by Maersk which lost around 260 containers last week, is currently in Japanese waters, awaiting clearance by Japanese authorities for transit into APM Terminals Yokohama. The ship is expected to receive the green light to dock at the container terminal
Four crew members were injured following an explosion onboard a Hong Kong-fagged bulker in Gibraltar waters on 19 February 2021.
