A 4,500 TEU containership Maersk Cadiz has been boarded by pirates while en route from Tema, Ghana to Kiribi, Cameroon. The Singapore-flagged containership is owned by the world’s largest container shipping company Maersk. “We can confirm that on 19 December 2020 at app. 14:30 local time, criminals
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is calling for an urgent crew change solution for the bulk carrier Anastasia, which is stuck off the coast of northern China together with dozens of ships in a waiting line near the port of Caofeidian. Many of the crew members have been at sea for several months
The International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) Committee of Experts issued a ruling that governments have failed in their duty of care towards seafarers under international law during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the first ruling of its kind, the committee of 20 jurists found that governments failed abj
Equinor has received consent from the country’s offshore safety watchdog to use the Deepsea Atlantic rig on a well in the North Sea off Norway.
A fire broke out on board a cargo vessel identified as Kota Bahagia, in the Port of Napier today, December 18, 2020. The fire originated in one of the holds of the Singapore-registered cargo ship owned by Pacific International Lines (PIL) while it was berthed at the wharf. The 25,000 dwt multi-purpo
The probable cause of the devastating grounding and oil spill from Wakashio off Mauritius are unsafe behaviors due to overconfidence that stems from complacency, Japanese shipowner MOL said. The bulk carrier Wakashio, chartered by MOL from a subsidiary of Nagashiki Shipping Co., ran aground off the
DNV GL will verify that the new infrastructure built for BHP’s Trion project in Mexico is compliant with local and global safety requirements.
Northern Offshore and EnQuest have submitted combined decommissioning programmes for the Northern Producer FPF to the UK authorities.
Following several cyber attacks that happened in the maritime sector this year, the issue of maritime cyber security is gaining prominence.
A chemical tanker identified as MT New Ranger was boarded earlier today, some 160 nautical miles South West of Brass, Nigeria, marking the third time for the vessel to be boarded in a single month. According to Dryad Global, the incident has concluded, with vessel and crew reported safe. The vessel
Norway’s Equinor has to account for deficiencies that the country’s offshore safety authority has found on about two-thirds of its E&P activities.
Norway-based CSUB has secured a contract from DeepOcean for nine well protection structures. CSUB has developed a new single well protection structure for the wellheads for offshore production of oil and gas. The first commercial project delivery took place earlier this year. The new multi-million-k
Norway’s expedition cruise operator Hurtigruten was hit by a cyberattack on 14 December 2020.
The Brazilian mining giant Vale has discharged its last cargo in China transported on a converted Very Large Crude Carrier (VLOC), the company said. The move follows Vale’s new risk management approach, made in January 2020, when the company decided to phase-out or substitute all 25 converted vessel
