Australia
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Europe
Aker Solutions awarded FEED contract by Chevron Australia
Norway’s Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract by Chevron Australia to support the delivery of a subsea compression system…
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Asia
Koreans partner to chase FSRU projects
Two Korean firms are partnering to chase FSRU projects. EPIK, which has an FSRU project at the Australian port of…
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Greater China
China extends import restrictions on Australian coal
Adding to dry bulk’s woes, China is believed to have imposed import restrictions for Australian coal to a number of…
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Europe
DOF scores PSV contract in Oz
Norwegian offshore vessel owner DOF has sealed a 21-month contract for 2003-built platform supply vessel . DOF said the new…
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Dry Cargo
BHP dragged into escalating crew neglect saga
Crew aboard a ship at a BHP terminal in Queensland claim they are being starved and underpaid, in what the…
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Contributions
Live Animal Export: Industrial insecurity
Regular livestock contributor Dr Lynn Simpson makes her 2019 debut warning there’s still plenty to fix in this trade. Where…
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Operations
Australia’s largest privately owned shipping operator put up for sale
Australia’s largest privately owned shipping operator is up for sale. The Australian Financial Review is reporting Macquarie Capital has been…
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Offshore
Jadestone contracts Ensco jackup for Stag do
Singapore-headquartered Jadestone Energy has signed a rig contract with offshore driller Ensco for infill drilling on the Stag oilfield, offshore…
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Americas
McDermott awarded floating production unit contract for Scarborough field
Houston-based offshore services firm McDermott International has been awarded a contract with Australia’s Woodside Energy for the front-end engineering and…
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Gas
Cash raised to help fund innovative CNG carriers
Cash has been raised for an impending series of innovative new gas ships. Australia-based Global Energy Ventures (GEV) has raised…
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Ports and Logistics
Port Augusta to resume commercial shipping for first time in 50 years
Port Augusta in South Australia is expected to resume commercial shipping for first time in half a century as the…
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Offshore
Woodside awards four FEED contracts for Scarborough project
Australian oil and gas company Woodside has awarded four contracts for front-end engineering design (FEED) activities for its Scarborough Project…
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Operations
Trade unionists hit out as Australian crews lose seafaring jobs
Trade unionists have acted with predictable ire down under following the news that miner BHP and BlueScope Steel have cancelled…
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Ports and Logistics
Rio Tinto port hit by fire
A fire was brought under control after a couple of hours today at Rio Tinto’s Camp Lambert port facility in…
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Europe
Höegh LNG wins Crib Point FSRU contract
Höegh LNG has entered into a 10-year time charter party with AGL Energy for an FSRU at its proposed gas…
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Europe
Woodside awards SNE FEED contract to OneSubsea, Schlumberger and Subsea 7
An alliance of OneSubsea, Schlumberger and Subsea 7 has been awarded a contract by Australia’s Woodside for front-end engineering design…
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Americas
McDermott and Baker Hughes selected for Equus Gas Project
McDermott International and GE’s Baker Hughes (BHGE) have signed an MOU with Australia’s Western Gas Corporation to be the exclusive…
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Operations
Australian authorities take action against unstable livestock carrier
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has withdrawn the Australian Certificate for the Carriage of Livestock (ACCL) for the livestock…
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Environment
Australia to review open-loop scrubber strategy with Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) will hold discussions with state authorities and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority…
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Operations
Unstable livestock carrier detained
In another setback for the Australian livestock exporting community a ship carrying more than 4,300 cows was detained today after…
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