OFFICERS ON VAN OORD DREDGER PLEAD GUILTY FOR SINGAPORE ALLISION/OIL SPILL
Four of the officers who were aboard the Van Oord dredger Vox Maxima in June 2024 when it blacked out and hit a bunker tanker pleaded guilty in a Singapore court on Thursday for...
TDI-BROOKS WRAPS UP SEISMIC SURVEY FOR SHELL OFFSHORE NIGERIA
U.S.-headquartered TDI-Brooks has finalized its job with Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) which entailed series of 2D ultra high-resolution (2DUHR) seismic site survey and pipeline route assessment work offshore Nigeria.
According to...
CLASS SOCIETIES ABS AND DNV ADVANCE PLANS FOR AMMONIA-CRACKING BULKER
An innovative project to develop a shipboard ammonia-cracking technology took a key step forward toward the vision of building a zero-emission dry bulk carrier for the copper industry. Class societies ABS and DNV working...
FUTURE IMO AND ILO LEGISLATION AUTUMN 2024
Including adopted amendments entering into force on or after 1 November 2024, requirements which have entered force but are phasing in for some ships, and significant developments up to and including the Marine Environment...
TOTAL INSURED LOSSES FROM NORTH SEA CONTAINERSHIP-TANKER ALLISION TO LIKELY RANGE BETWEEN $100M TO...
Total insured losses resulting from the allision between a Portuguese-flagged containership and a US-flagged tanker in the North Sea are anticipated to range between $100 million and $300 million for all coverages, according to...
SEAGLIDER FULL-SCALE WIG PROTOTYPE CONDUCTS FIRST ON-WATER TESTS
The first full-scale seaglider prototype using the wing-in-ground effect recently completed the first on-water tests of a prototype with humans onboard. According to Regent Craft, which is developing the new vessels, it was the...
AYK ENERGY SECURES DEAL WITH TURKISH YARD FOR ‘WORLD’S FIRST’ BATTERY-METHANOL TUG
Andorra-based marine battery manufacturer AYK Energy is set to manufacture and supply a battery system that would power the world’s ‘first-ever’ battery-electric methanol tug, currently under construction at Türkiye’s Uzmar shipyard.
As disclosed, AYK Energy...
PRODIGY CLEAN ENERGY AND LLOYD’S REGISTER TEAM UP ON TRANSPORTABLE NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS WITH...
Today at CERAWeek, Prodigy Clean Energy and Lloyd’s Register (LR) announced a collaboration to complete the development of lifecycle requirements for Prodigy’s Transportable Nuclear Power Plants (TNPPs) to drive deployment in Canada by 2030.
Partially...
‘ENERGY ADDITION’ STRATEGY IN ACTION: US HANDS OUT EXTENSION TO ANOTHER LNG EXPORT PROJECT
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has given its fourth blessing for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project since the return of President Donald J. Trump to the White House, prolonging the timeline to...
OFFSHORE SUPPORT VESSEL TO BECOME WORLD’S LONGEST-RANGE HYBRID VESSEL
Energy service company and tanker operator AET provided details on its planned conversion of one of its support vessels to create a hybrid electric vessel with the world’s longest range. Based in Galveston, Texas,...