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IRClass Lends Support to Maritime India Summit

Apr 12, 2016

Indian classification society, The Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass), continues to be instrumental in facilitating the aims and objectives of the Government’s Make in India initiative, lending its support this week in Mumbai to the Maritime India Summit…

NRC Aquires ENPRO Services

Apr 12, 2016

National Response Corporation (“NRC”) announced today it has acquired ENPRO Services, Inc., adding to its national footprint and expanding its full line of environmental, emergency response, and industrial services.Since 1983, ENPRO has been providing essential environmental…

New ABS Guide for Reducing PSC Detentions

Apr 11, 2016

New mobile-friendly, interactive format makes it easy to define and address Port State Control compliance concerns to reduce detentions.(Houston)  ABS, a leading provider of classification and technical services to the global marine and offshore industries…

High Correlation of Biomass to Species Diversity in Northern Chukchi Sea - BOEM Study

Apr 09, 2016

Last summer, researchers began a five year study to monitor biodiversity in the Arctic Chukchi Sea from an ecosystem perspective, looking at microbes, whales and everything in between. Marine biodiversity is a key indicator of oceanhealth…

Production of First EnergySail Begins

Apr 08, 2016

Automated rigid sail set to bring back wind-assisted propulsion for shipping.Onomichi, Japan – 8th April 2016 – In another important step towards bringing its rigid sail technology onto ships Eco Marine Power (EMP) has commenced work on the production of an EnergySail in Onomichi…

Cegal Launches Blueback ODiSI

Apr 07, 2016

Cegal today announced the release of Blueback ODiSI - an innovative One Dimensional Stochastic Inversion method. Blueback ODiSI produces high-quality images of reservoir property estimates and associated uncertainties. According to Sara Grant…

Development on BWM highlights - IMO's R&D Forum

Apr 07, 2016

Ballast water management experts, meeting at the recent IMO-GloBallast R&D Forum in Canada, have showcased the latest developments in ballast water management and highlighted the areas where further research is needed, in order to prevent the spread of potentially harmful species in ballast water…

BOEM's Public Meetings Rescheduled

Apr 07, 2016

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is holding meetings to seek public input on the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement that analyzes potential impacts of oil and gas activities that could result from lease sales scheduled…

DEA becomes Operator in Denmark

Apr 06, 2016

The Danish Energy Agency has awarded DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG two licences in Denmark. The concession area of about 530 square kilometres is located in the southern Central Graben in the western part of the Danish North Sea.The German upstream company DEA…

Europort to Partner IRANIMEX

Apr 06, 2016

Leading maritime exhibition offers gateway to maritime and offshore opportunities in Iran Europort has become the official and exclusive international partner of IRANIMEX, the leading maritime & offshore exhibition in Iran. The agreement…

Hin Lee Shipyard Selects FORAN System

Apr 05, 2016

The SENER engineering and technology Group has signed a contract with the company Hin Lee Shipyard Co., Ltd. in Zhuhai, China, for the implementation of the shipbuilding CAD/CAM System FORAN, developed by SENER. After the evaluation of different ship design CAD/CAM systems…

Mandatory e-data Exchange to be Adopted by Facilitation Committee

Apr 05, 2016

The Facilitation Committee, meeting this week (4-8 April), is expected to adopt mandatory requirements for the electronic exchange of information on cargo, crew and passengers as part of a revised and modernized annex to the 1965 Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic (FAL)…

Container Shipping Approaching Crucial Trigger Point - Drewry

Apr 04, 2016

Further expected container shipping liner losses throughout the first half of 2016, exacerbated by the awful prevailing spot and contract freight rates will lead to a major trigger point at some stage later this year. This will happen either…

ABB To Help Save Venice From the Sea

Apr 04, 2016

ABB to deliver advanced integrated automation and electrical solution for largest Italian public work project of the last century.ABB will supply the complete integrated electrical and automation system for Mo.S.E. (the Italian acronym for experimental electro mechanic module)…

Bibby Wins North Sea Decommissioning Contract

Apr 04, 2016

Subsea services provider to the oil and gas industry Bibby Offshore (BOUK) has secured a multimillion pound contract with a North Sea Operator, to deliver decommissioning operations in the Northern North Sea East Shetland Basin. The agreement…

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US LNG Exports Fall for Fourth Straight Month

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