November 8th, 20190Norwegian OSV operator Solstad Offshore entered into a contract with Woodside for the provision of six vessels. The vessels, made up of two anchor handlers and four PSVs, Normand Saracen, Far Senator, Normand Leader, Normand Skimmer, Normand Swan and Far Seeker, will provide marine services for several offshore drilling campaigns in...
October 31st, 20190Norway's Solstad Offshore has entered into a contract with Japanese E&P company Inpex for the provision of two anchor handlers to support additional drilling for the Ichthys LNG development off Western Australia. Normand Scorpion and Normand Sirius will be contracted to INPEX for a period of three years, with...
October 31st, 20190Japan's MODEC has signed a contract with ConocoPhillips Australia Barossa to supply a floating production storage and offloading vessel for the Barossa field, offshore Australia. The Barossa FPSO will produce gas and condensate from subsea wells and supply feed gas to the Darwin LNG Plant via a gas export pipeline. MODEC was...
October 21st, 20190TechnipFMC has been awarded an integrated engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract by Australia's Woodside for the development of the Pyxis and Xena fields, off North West Australia. TechnipFMC will design, manufacture and install subsea equipment including subsea production system, flexible flowlines...
October 2nd, 20190Mining giant BHP is teaming up with one of shipping’s most committed digital pioneers in the latest example of tech collaboration to drive transparency. BHP is using Klaveness Digital’s CargoValue solution to allow the miner and and its partners to access the same shipping information in real-time. Customers on the platform can...
October 1st, 20192One of the world’s largest shippers has warned shipping it ought to prepare for a carbon levy. Mining giant BHP is preparing for greater shipping environmental clampdowns once the global sulphur cap is out the way next year. In a recent interview with The Australian newspaper, BHP’s maritime vice president Rashpal Bhatti said,...
September 12th, 20190Australian authorities have detained a second vessel at a Queensland port after crewmembers reported being owed more than $100,000 in unpaid wages. The Hong Kong-flagged bulk carrier , owned by Chinese company Ocean Prosperity and managed by Dalian Shipping, was delivering clinker — a material used in the manufacture of cement —...
September 6th, 20192A Chinese-owned bulk carrier chartered to carry coal to South Korea has been detained at the Port of Gladstone by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) after crewmembers reported they were owed tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid wages. An inspector from the International Transport Workers' Federation boarded the...
September 5th, 20190The Environmental Protection Alliance (EPA) has written an open letter to the CEO of RightShip, the world’s leading third party ship vetting organisation, demanding that the company amends its environmental rating system to take into account the pollution from scrubbers. The EPA’s forthright letter suggested that RightShip had not...
September 4th, 20190The Australian government is coming under pressure to rescind plans for a biosecurity levy for all incoming ships. The bill has already been twice delayed amid fierce criticism from trading partners, notably Japan, who have described the move as a kind of import tariff. The levy was budgeted to raise A$325m ($220m) in its first...
