Crowley Maritime Corp. V-P, testifies on behalf of American Waterways Operators (AWO) to Senate Subcommittee.Bruce Harland, Vice President-Commercial Services of Crowley Maritime Corporation, has testified on behalf of Crowley and the American Waterways Operators (AWO) before the U…
The world’s move north to the Arctic for the exploration of energy resources has attracted global attention of Arctic and non-Arctic states. The newest player: China, which last month announced its plan to design and build its first ever Polar Research Vessel…
Units of Shell's oil drilling fleet leave Dutch Harbor for the Arctic Ocean.The Aiviq anchor-handler has begun the long sea journey, bearing some of the massive anchors that will be set to hold the drilling rig Noble Discoverer in place as it drills a well in the Chukchi Sea…
The Russian spoke to members of an expedition to clean up polluted areas of the Franz Josef Land archipelagoExcerpts from President Putin's speech at an Arkhangelsk dockside follow:'This is a symbolic event for Russia. First, it confirms our growing presence in the Arctic…
Transas supples a simulator to the training centre of Arktikmorneftegazrazvedka in Russia.The system has been designed for training of personnel operating cranes offshore on the Arctic shelf.The platform intended for the operation of the…
Australia-based Buccaneer Energy sees its 'Endeavour – Spirit of Independence' en route to Cook Inlet, Alaska.Buccaneer says it jack-up rig has been loaded on to the heavy lift vessel Kang Sheng Kou bound to drill for fossil fuels in waters off the coast of Alaska…
Danish scientific mission to gather data for a formal claim to areas north of Greenland up to the North PoleThe expedition will be aboard the Swedish icebreaker “Oden”, as it leaves from Svalbard with 46 Swedish and Danish scientists who will…
NOAA Ship 'Fairweather' to conduct hydrographic work in the Arctic updating depths measured in the 18th century.NOAA Ship Fairweather begins a 30-day survey mission in the Arctic, scheduled to check a sparsely measured 1,500-nautical mile coastal corridor from Dutch Harbor…
RSI, a geoscience consulting firm to the oil exploration industry, completes several late sales of its Arctic atlas.RSI recently completed several late sales of its 79-well Barents Sea Rock Physics Study and Atlas of Seismic Expression; in total 17 companies have now licensed this product…
“There is a resurgence of the marine industry in the Pacific Northwest we haven’t seen for 20 to 30 years now,” said Vince Piscitello, Vice President of Business Development for Vigor Industrial LLC. “The oil and gas industry is really new to our area…
Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) is helping clients execute voyages through the Northern Sea Route (NSR) as this new trade lane begins to open up new opportunities for shipping.WSS is working with Russian Arctic shipping specialist Rosatomflot…
While it seems that half the world is monitoring the oil and gas exploration activities of Royal Dutch Shell (Shell Oil) on the United States outer continental shelf (OCS) in waters of the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas off the north coast of Alaska…
Shell Oil drilling vessel 'Nobel Discoverer' dragged anchor to within 500 feet of an island near Dutch Harbor in Unalaska Bay, Aleutian Islands“While moored off the coast of Dutch Harbor, the Noble Discoverer drill ship drifted toward land and stopped very near the coast…
Kongsberg Maritime DP and simulation systems provide foundation for improving ice operations.The final piece of a CAD $8.5 million research project to improve DP operations in ice fell into place on May 23, 2012 when the Government of Canada announced a contribution of $3…
Clay Maitland, managing partner of International Registries LLC (which administers the Marshall Islands ship registry), Founding Chairman of the North American Marine Environment Protection Association (NAMEPA), member of the United States…
