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USCG Assists Fish and Wildlife Departments Patrol Crab Opening

Jan 02, 2016

The Coast Guard assisted representatives of the Washington and Oregon Departments of Fish and Wildlife patrol the waters of the Pacific Northwest during the pre-soak period of the commercial Dungeness Crab season, which opens Jan. 4, 2015…

Cheniere Begins Production At Louisiana LNG Terminal

Jan 01, 2016

Houston-based Cheniere Energy Inc has began production at what will become the first U.S. terminal to export natural gas from shale formations.  It has officially flipped the switch at its liquified natural gas (LNG) export terminal in Louisiana…

Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller Bullish on Arctic

Dec 30, 2015

Gazprom has completed the construction of the Gates of the Arctic offshore offloading terminal that would pave the way for year-round oil supplies from the Novoportovskoye field in Yamal. Gazprom takes the leadership position in the Russian petroleum industry…

Abu Dhabi Ports and Gulf Marine Services Announce New Partnership

Dec 28, 2015

Abu Dhabi Ports – the master developer, operator and manager of ports and Khalifa Industrial Zone in the Emirate ― has signed a contract with Gulf Marine Services (GMS) that will see the creation of a state-of-the-art facility at Zayed Port…

New Appointments for Subsea UK Board

Dec 24, 2015

Subsea UK has unveiled its new Board, following a members’ ballot at the industry body’s Annual General Meeting.  Following an unprecedented number of member nominations, two new Board members were appointed and seven members reelected.Cameron Mitchell…

Dozens Rescued at Sea after Abandoning Indonesian Ferry

Dec 20, 2015

Dozens of people with life jackets were found floating in Indonesia's Gulf of Bone on Sunday, some clinging to a fish trap, after abandoning their ferry in rough seas off Sulawesi Island, said officials, adding that two passengers had died…

SBM Offshore Responds to Brazilian Reports

Dec 18, 2015

The Company responds to news that CEO Bruno Chabas and member of the Supervisory Board Sietze Hepkema appear on a list of (former) Petrobras executives, former sales agents and (former) SBM Offshore executives who may be prosecuted in Brazil in relation to a corruption scandal…

Brazil Prosecutors Charge 12 in SBM Offshore Graft Scheme

Dec 17, 2015

Brazilian prosecutors on Thursday charged 12 people with a bribery scheme involving Dutch firm SBM Offshore NV, the world's top leaser of oil production ships, and state oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA .  Police said they had four arrest orders as part of the scheme…

Bibby HydroMap’s First Apprentice Becomes Category B Certified

Dec 17, 2015

Twenty-year-old Emma Lamont has recently graduated top of her Hydrographic Survey Category B course with Skilltrade in the Netherlands.   Lamont joined Bibby HydroMap in 2012 as a hydrographic surveying apprentice, and has since played…

Veiseth appointed CFO of EMG

Dec 17, 2015

Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has appointed Hege A. Veiseth (38) as acting CFO of the company effective from 1 January 2016, following the resignation of Svein Knudsen. Hege has worked for EMGS since 2007 and is currently the Group Finance Manager of the company…

Marin Teknikk Design for Ultra Deep Offshore’s DSCV Newbuilds

Dec 16, 2015

Marin Teknikk has entered into a contract with Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group for delivery of Design & Engineering of two Diving & Construction vessels for Ultra Deep Offshore Ltd. in Singapore. The vessels are a newly developed MT6023 DSCV design…

BMT Group Implements Internal Reorganization

Dec 16, 2015

BMT Group (BMT), an international design, engineering and risk management consultancy, has announced an internal reorganization which will see the existing BMT operating companies grouped into five market focused partnerships in a move that…

NOIA Rebuts “Red Herring” Study on Atlantic Development

Dec 16, 2015

NOIA President Randall Luthi issued the following statement regarding a report released today by SELC which attempts to discredit an earlier study by Quest Offshore: “The Quest Study estimates the potential for jobs, economic activity…

Semco Maritime wins order for Expansion of Maersk Guardian

Dec 11, 2015

Semco Maritime entered into an agreement with Maersk Drilling for the expansion of accommodation rig Maersk Guardian, which will be inserted at various fields in the Danish part of the North Sea from September 2016. The order for Semco Maritime…

Subsea Innovator Wins SUT Award

Dec 11, 2015

Thirty year old napkin sketch became a reality in 2015. The Society for Underwater Technology (SUT) has presented its President’s Award to Dr Kjell Olav Stinessen in recognition of his long term services to industry at the Society’s AGM and annual dinner in London…

Logistics News

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Net Feasa Unveils Agentic Control Tower Shipping Container Booking Platform

Panama Canal Vessel Transits Increase to 34 Per Day in April

Panama Canal Vessel Transits Increase to 34 Per Day in April

Egypt's Suez Canal Chief Shares Possible Discounts on Transit Fees

Egypt's Suez Canal Chief Shares Possible Discounts on Transit Fees

Cavotec Signs $8.99 Million Shore Power Order

Cavotec Signs $8.99 Million Shore Power Order

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