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Louis Dreyfus Vessel To Have World’s Largest Suction Sails
Louis Dreyfus Armateurs will equip one of its vessels with three of bound4blue’s suction sail systems in 2023. The three...
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Iran Oil Exports To China On The Rise, West ‘Distracted’ By Russia-Ukraine
Iran is becoming brazen in its oil export activities despite international sanctions, and more customers are preparing for trade should...
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Lamprell Ticks Off Load-Out And Float-Off For First Of Two Jack-Up Rigs Built For Saudi Yard
UAE-based offshore contractor Lamprell and the largest maritime yard in the MENA region, International Maritime Industries (IMI), have completed and crossed...
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Chevron Sanctions Fresh Deepwater Project In Gulf Of Mexico
Oil and gas major Chevron has sanctioned the Ballymore project in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico, with the first...
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Isle Of Man Ship Registry Expands Greek Fleet
The Isle of Man Ship Registry (IOMSR) is expanding its Greek fleet with an agreement to flag four bulk carriers...
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Global Shipping Community Updates Maritime Labour Convention To Reflect Lessons Of Pandemic
The UN International Labour Organization (ILO) tripartite of shipowners, governments, and transport workers unions have agreed to new measures to...
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US Offshore Wind ’30 By 30′ Coming To Life
The mantra “30 by 30” —30 gW of electricity generated from offshore wind by 2030—continues to provide tangible benefits in...
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Simplify And Standardise To Support Seafarers
New technologies and regulations have the potential to improve safety and seafarer’s lives, but the industry must keep an eye...
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Australia To Get Its First Deepwater Hyperbaric Test Facility
Australian government and oil and gas industry have allocated $1.2 million in funding to build the country’s first deepwater hyperbaric...
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HydraWell, READ Unite To Create Well Integrity And P&A Specialist Supporting Energy Transition
Well integrity specialists HydraWell and READ have teamed up to create a combined company focused on late-life oilfield activities including...
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Coast Guard: SpaceX Rocket Launch Cancelled After Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship Entered Safety Zone
A U.S. Coast Guard investigation has concluded that a Royal Caribbean International cruise ship violated a Coast Guard Captain of...
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Mitsubishi Shipbuilding And NYK Line Obtain Approval In Principle (AiP) From Classification Society ClassNK For Large LCO2 Carrier
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line) have been granted...
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Peru Sues Repsol For $4.5B For Liabilities For January 2022 Oil Spill
Peru filed a civil suit again Repsol and others for liabilities in the January 2022 oil spill off its coast...
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CSSC Jiangnan Delivers First Post-Lockdown Vessel
CSSC Jiangnan Shipyard delivered the VLEC Pacific Ineos Grenadier, to PACIFIC GAS, the first vessel the yard has delivered since...
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TotalEnergies Launches Drone-Based Detection Campaign For Methane Emissions Across Oil & Gas Assets
French energy giant TotalEnergies is working to reduce methane emissions from its operations through a drone-based detection campaign across all its operated...
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HMM Launches Tianjin Sea-Rail Combined Transportation Service
South Korea-based ocean carrier HMM announced the opnening of Tianjin sea-rail combined transportation services. The new service will provide a...
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ITF: Seafarers Win New Connectivity Guarantees In MLC
In the latest meeting of the Maritime Labor Convention's Special Tripartite Committee (STC), delegates agreed to create a right to...
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Japan Coast Guard Airlifts Crew After Cargo Ship Lists
A smaller domestic cargo ship reported to the Japan Coast Guard that its cargo had shifted causing the vessel to...
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Shell Joins Exxon In Losing Brazil Bet
Expensive offshore exploration setbacks for international oil majors including Shell Plc and Exxon Mobil Corp. are throwing cold water on...
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Scrubber Premium Widens To Cover Opex
In the year to date, scrubber-fitted VLCCs have earned about $11,000 more per day on the spot market compared with...
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