Americas
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Vantage Drilling secures Middle East contract for jackup pair
Houston-based offshore driller Vantage Drilling has reportedly received conditional letters of award for its 2009-built jackups and Sapphire Driller for…
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BHP takes option on Noble jackup contract
Offshore driller Noble Corporation said that Australian resources giant BHP has declared a one-well option on its contract for provision…
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American ports fail to make the grade on efficiency
No American boxport is among the top 50 most efficient in the world, a new study reveals, in another damning…
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Seadrill seals drillship contract with Talos
Houston-based Talos Energy has signed a contract with John Fredriksen’s offshore drilling firm Seadrill for the 2014-built drillship for the…
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Decreasing water levels on Parana River threaten to further disrupt shipping
For at least the last year, water levels in the Parana River have been an issue, forcing carriers to reduce…
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American firm presses ahead with tech creating hydrogen from seawater without any need for desalination
Baltimore-based sHYp has developed an electrolyser that produces hydrogen from seawater or brine without requiring desalination or producing toxic waste.…
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Port of Corpus Christi and Stabilis in LNG bunkering tie-up
The Port of Corpus Christi and Stabilis Solutions have entered into a memorandum of understanding to facilitate the use of…
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Puget LNG and GAC Bunker Fuels team up on Tacoma LNG bunkering
US-based Puget LNG and GAC Bunker Fuels, a division of the Dubai-based GAC, have teamed up to supply LNG marine…
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Valaris emerges from chapter 11
Offshore driller Valaris has completed its financial restructuring and emerged from chapter 11, with its plan approved and confirmed by…
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Petrobras seeks ninth floater for Búzios field
Brazilian oil major Petrobras has initiated the bidding process for the acquisition of a new floating production storage and offloading…
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S&B acquires Technology Associates
Houston-based engineering firm S&B Infrastructure has acquired Technology Associates Inc. (TAI), a naval architecture and marine engineering company. The acquisition…
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Baker Hughes wins Petrobras subsea contract
Oilfield services major Baker Hughes has been awarded a subsea contract from Petrobras as part of the Marlim and Voador…
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Port of Montreal dockworkers back on the job after Senate passes legislation
Striking dockworkers at the Port of Montreal, Canada’s second-largest port, were ordered back to work, after the Senate of Canada…
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Port of Savannah to boost capacity
After reporting a volume increase of 15% in its fiscal year to date (July 2020 to March 2021), the Georgia…
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ITF calls Canada’s back-to-work legislation an ‘illegal assault on human rights’ of Montreal dockworkers
Liberal and Conservative members of Canada’s federal government teamed up this week to pass legislation through the House of Commons…
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Port of Montreal strike nears an enforced end
Canada’s House of Commons has passed back-to-work legislation for Port of Montreal dockworkers, and now the Senate will be recalled…
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Chile’s dockworkers join nationwide protest over pensions policy
Chileans struggling with the financial impacts of Covid-19 are holding mass protests aimed at pushing President Sebastian Pinera to allow…
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Equinor awards Canada survey contract to Fugro
Norway’s Equinor has selected Dutch surveyor Fugro to perform a deepwater site investigation in Canada’s Flemish Pass, 500 km off…
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Splash Extra: Amazon rattles forwarders on the transpacific
Not content with disrupting the high street, Amazon is displacing the traditional role of freight forwarders and others involved in…
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Government moves to end Port of Montreal strike
The dockworkers’ unlimited general strike that began on Monday morning at the Port of Montreal, Canada’s second-largest port, may be…
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