Chrysaor’s decommissioning program for its Ganymede platform topsides, which is located on the Jupiter area in the UK sector of the North Sea, has been approved by UK authorities.
ECA Group will once again provide its K-STER ROV solution for sea mines clearance to the Lithuanian Navy. ECA developed K-STER as an expendable mine disposal system in 2008. The Lithuanian Navy also became one of the first navies equipped with this MIDS ROV back in 2009. The Navy deployed the MIDS R
Finnish technology company Wärtsilä has won a contract to update ECDIS on board 50 tankers that frequently sail in the Baltic Sea.
Norwegian offshore safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has found irregularities during an audit of Equinor’s operations and barriers at the Johan Sverdrup field in the North Sea.
Around one third of cargo is estimated to have been removed from the grounded Norwegian ship Kaami off the coast of Scotland.
A Hong Kong-flagged vessel was boarded by unidentified armed men in the Gulf of Oman.
Swiss-based container shipping major Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has resolved its network outage issue which has kept some of the company’s digital tools down for five days. The company said that all internal systems were fully functional and that all its booking options and the website msc
Tekmar Group companies, Subsea Innovation and Tekmar Energy, have joined forces to manufacture personal protective equipment (PPE) for NHS workers in the North East of England. Subsea Innovation and Tekmar Energy have responded to the coronavirus pandemic and have begun manufacturing protective face
Pirates boarded 37 ships and kidnapped 22 seafarers in the first quarter of 2020, the latest report from the ICC International Maritime Bureau (IBM) shows. In total, the bureau received reports of 47 attacks in the first three months of this year, with the Gulf of Guinea remaining the world’s piracy
Dutch marine energy group SBM Offshore has been adapting to the unprecedented situation regarding the coronavirus pandemic and was protecting its workforce by putting in place business continuity measures.
A Greece-flagged crude oil carrier was towed to safety after sustaining mechanical problems on the Bosphorus on April 12.
Solutions developer for the offshore industry Trendsetter Vulcan Offshore (TVO), has collaborated with pulmonary and critical care physician Luis E. Chug, MD, to introduce personal protective equipment for healthcare workers fighting the coronavirus pandemic. The ViraBox is a plastic enclosure that
DP World implemented an action plan in order to keep essential trade flowing amid the global pandemic.
A worker has died onboard the Saipem FDS vessel, currently located in the port district of Waalhaven in Rotterdam. While the death was initially suspected to be linked to the coronavirus, Dutch authorities have confirmed it has occurred due to natural causes.
