Obama Administration announces 20-million acre oil & gas lease sale offshore TexasAs part of President Obama’s all-of-the-above energy strategy to expand safe and responsible domestic energy production, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar…
CNOOC Limited (SEHK: 00883, NYSE: CEO) and Nexen Inc. (TSX: NXY, NYSE: NXY) announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which CNOOC Limited will acquire all of the outstanding common shares of Nexen for $27.50 per share in cash…
Mandie Moore has been promoted to Service Management. She has been a member of the Bay Diesel family for 6 months. Mandie is responsible for our Government Jobs (NSWG & Coast Guard), special tools, tool room and warranties. Established in 1982…
ExxonMobil Marine Lubricants completed the first bulk delivery of Mobilgard 570 cylinder oil in the Port of Shanghai in May. The bulk delivery of Mobilgard 570 was made by Hai Gong You 30, the first double-hulled marine lubricants-delivery barge to operate in Shanghai…
The Secretary of the Navy & Chief of Naval Operations visit USS Nimitz for RIMPAC bio-fuel demonstration The Secretary of the Navy, the honorable Ray Mabus, and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert, visited the aircraft carrier…
DONG Energy and Siemens Energy sign to supply & service 300 offshore wind turbines for installation offshore UKThe framework agreement is in regard to the supply and servicing of a total of 300 offshore wind turbines of 6 megawatt each, yielding a total capacity of 1…
Asia-bound fuel-oil cargoes from Western countries in August rise to 3.44-million tonsFuel-oil shipments to Asia from Western countries for August delivery rose from a week earlier to 3.44 million metric tons, according to vessel-charter data and information from traders compiled by Bloomberg…
Alphatron Marine adds a fiber optic heading sensor to its gyro compass product rangeThe small light-weight fast setting device, contains a fiber optic and 1Xblue core as sensor reference, and is fully approved by class and is MED wheel-marked…
Britain's 'HMS Diamond' works in tandem with Australian warship 'HMAS Melbourne' east of SuezThe Type 45 destroyer HMS Diamond has relieved her sister ship HMS Daring to become the latest Royal Navy warship serving with the 26-nation Combined Maritime Forces…
Fire fighting, salvage operations, continue on the abandoned container ship mid-Atlantic after last week's cargo explosion Three tugboats with fire-fighting ability are on the scene.After the arrival of the second firefighting tugboat, Anglian Sovereign…
Nigeria fines the country's subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell US$5-billion over the massive Bonga offshore oil field spill in 2011Dr. Peter Idabor, Director General, National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) was quoted by local…
'INS Sahyadri', the third stealth frigate of the Shivalik Class, commissioned at the Mumbai Naval Dockyard.The warship, named after the mountain range Sahyadri, can generate speeds of 30 knots and is equipped with an array of surface, sub-surface and air defence weapons…
In the first half of 2012, Vietnamese ships were inspected by PSC 434 times at foreign ports, with 30 ships being detained for 457 errors.The number of Vietnamese ships which are seized at foreign ports in the first half of 2012 reduced compared to the same period of 2011…
Greece's Star Bulk Carriers Corp. announce a recent incident involving their chartered bulker, 'Star Polaris'Star Bulk Carriers Corp. announce that their Star Polaris sustained main engine failure while sailing from the port of Dangjin, South Korea…
Low-water levels resulting from severe drought conditions in the US Midwest have potential for significant national economic consequences.The low-water levels resulting from severe drought conditions in the Midwest are a stark contrast to…