Americas
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Polaris under fire for slow response to VLOC’s disappearance
The search for the missing VLOC and 22 out of its 24 crew continues with more ships drafted in to…
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Vantage Drilling gets jackup extension from CPOC
Vantage Drilling jackup rig has been awarded a nine-month extension by Carigali-PTTEP Operating Company (CPOC) for operations in Malaysia and…
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Brightwell Payments: Cashing in on card flexibility
Shipowners and managers looking to save costs wherever possible in today’s tricky trading environment should think about changing the way…
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Driftwood LNG project moves a step closer
Tellurian’s wholly owned subsidiaries, Driftwood LNG and Driftwood Pipeline have completed the pre-filing phase and collectively submitted a formal application…
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Hopes fade in search mission for missing Stellar Daisy crew
The two rescued survivors of the VLOC , which apparently sank in the South Atlantic on Friday, have told their…
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Canfornav takes Parakou handies
Canadian Forest Navigation (Canfornav) has bought a pair of sister laker ships – and Garganey – that it had been…
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Search efforts continue as 22 feared dead from VLOC sinking
The search continued on Sunday for survivors of the very large ore carrier which is believed to have sunk in…
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US judge rules in Keppel’s favour over Petrobras bribery links
A court in the US has thrown out a case linking Singapore’s Keppel Corporation to the massive bribery case that…
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VLOC sinks in the South Atlantic
A very large ore carrier (VLOC) belonging to South Korea’s Polaris Shipping is believed to have sunk off Uruguay. Crew…
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Spill reported from Husky rig offshore eastern Canada
Canadian oil and gas company Husky Energy has reported a spill of Blowout Preventer (BOP) control fluid from semi-submersible drilling…
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Argentine union suspends dock strike after picketer killed by truck
Argentine dockworkers suspended a 24-hour work stoppage on Thursday after a picketing striker was killed when a trucker drove his…
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Ocean Rig set to be delisted from Nasdaq
Having filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy protection earlier this week, George Economou’s offshore drilling firm Ocean Rig now faces being…
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Kalmar keen to build Trump’s Mexican wall
Finnish cargo handler Kalmar is in the mix for a very different type of project compared to its normal logistics…
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Charges laid in against owners of ship that spilled bunker fuel in English Bay in 2015
Court charges were laid on Wednesday against the owners of a bulk carrier that spilled thousands of litres of bunker…
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Exxon announces another oil find offshore Guyana
ExxonMobil announced on Thursday that it has made another oil discovery offshore Guyana, the third such find on the Stabroek…
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Petrobras ends oilfield deals with Australia’s Karoon Gas
Brazil’s state oil firm Petrobras has withdrawn its appeal of an injunction on the planned sale of offshore oil fields…
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Algoship: Dual-fuel bulkers
The Seatransporter-DF, a dual-fuel design concept developed by Algoship Designers of Nassau in the Bahamas received approval in principle (AIP)…
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FMC commissioner gives backing to HMM alliance with 2M
The commissioner of the US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has issued a statement of support for the strategic alliance announced…
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Crude spill from pipeline near Venezuela’s main oil export terminal
A rupture in a pipeline caused a crude oil spill at Venezuela’s main terminal but the state oil and gas…
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Trump signs executive order ditching many clean air requirements on energy sector
As promised a day previously, US President Donald Trump on Tuesday unveiled an energy policy executive order that rolls back…
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