Americas
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Iran claims US will lift oil and shipping sanctions as nuclear talks press ahead
The US government has agreed to lift all oil and shipping sanctions during discussions to revive the nuclear agreement with…
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Noble awarded drillship contract by EnVen
Offshore driller Noble Corporation has secured a one-well contract with Houston-based EnVen for the 2013-built drillship in the Gulf of…
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Low water level in Argentina’s Parana River causes French bulker to run aground
French handy bulk carrier ran aground near Ramallo on the Parana River in Argentina this week, with low water levels…
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Bipartisan group of US senators introduces bill to provide coastal states with revenue from offshore wind energy
A group of 10 senators, from both the Republican and Democratic parties, is sponsoring the Reinvesting in Shoreline Economies and…
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Elon Musk eyes subterranean container transport
Elon Musk is reportedly looking into getting into the red hot container transport sector, but from a typically different angle.…
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GasLog Partners seals new charter with Cheniere Energy
Piraeus-headquartered GasLog Partners has secured a new time charter deal from a subsidiary of US LNG player Cheniere Energy for…
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Blue Sky Maritime Coalition created to help decarbonise the maritime value chain
A new non-profit strategic alliance, the Blue Sky Maritime Coalition, has brought together maritime stakeholders across North America to collectively…
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NOV and Baker Hughes confirmed winners in Petrobras flexibles tender
Petrobras has signed contracts with NOV and Baker Hughes for the supply of flexible lines that will be used in…
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Maersk Supply Service wins major contract with Libra Consortium in Brazil
Maersk Supply Service has landed a major engineering, procurement, construction and installation contract from the Libra Consortium in Brazil to…
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New hub launched to support New York offshore wind supply chain
A new nonprofit organisation, called OSW Supply Chain, launched today to serve as an educational resource for New York state…
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Ocean Power Technologies appoints new CEO
US-based ocean energy technology developer Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has appointed Philipp Stratmann as its new president and chief executive…
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US safety watchdog finds decision to ride out the storm key to Transocean drillship incident
The US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has found that last year’s incident on the Transocean drillship during…
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Boxship ploughs into Santos passenger jetty
Hamburg Sud’s 10,500 teu , while en route to Paranagua, took out a passenger jetty at Santos in Brazil yesterday.…
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Marine Money Decarbonization Index launches
Marine Money International has launched the Marine Money Decarbonization Index (MMDI), a global index of publicly traded companies actively pursuing…
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Workers return to Gulf of Mexico offshore platforms after tropical storm
After implementing severe-weather protocols and evacuating workers from four offshore platforms in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday as tropical…
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Enstructure acquires Patriot Ports to expand its US southeast terminal network
Enstructure, a US terminal and logistics company, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Patriot Port Holdings, the ports…
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Mitsubishi HC Capital takes over container leasing company CAI International
Japan’s Mitsubishi HC Capital (MHC) has snapped up San Francisco-based container leasing company CAI International in a $1.1bn deal. The…
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Oil firms evacuate platforms as US Gulf Coast braces for tropical storm
US oil firms Chevron and Occidental Petroleum are pulling out staff and administering storm precautions at their Gulf of Mexico…
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Nine Argentine port unions hold another strike to gain access to vaccines
Port workers across Argentina will strike for 24 hours, starting at 12:00 am on Friday, in a continuation of their…
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US oil and gas lease sales set to resume after Biden executive order blocked
In January 2021, just days after he became president, Joe Biden signed an executive order pausing new oil and gas…
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