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Operations
Johan Gustafsson joins Ocean Technologies Group
Johan Gustafsson has joined fast growing maritime training firm Ocean Technologies Group as chief revenue officer. Gustafsson, 47, joins from Wallem…
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Environment
LNG retrofits touted as way to meet IMO 2030 targets
Newport Shipping, a UK-based ship repair coordinator, is touting LNG conversions as a new angle for business in the post-scrubber…
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Offshore
Seadrill Partners defers interest payments with lenders
Offshore driller Seadrill Partners has announced that it has entered into a 30-day grace period with its lenders to defer…
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Piracy
13 crew kidnapped from tanker off Benin
The 2007-built 11,300 dwt chemical tanker was attacked by pirates off the coast of Benin in West Africa on July…
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Offshore
Offshore drillers Valaris and Noble Corporation stop making interest payments
Under pressure offshore drillers Valaris and Noble Corporation have both stopped making interest payments. Valaris disclosed after-hours yesterday that it…
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Europe
Paddy Rodgers joins Foresight board
Ravi Mehrotra’s UK-based Foresight Group, an integrated shipping and offshore drilling company, has appointed Paddy Rodgers, former CEO of Euronav,…
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Tech
Shipbroker teams with Microsoft to unlock answers to the chemical trades
Chemical tanker brokers SPI Marine have teamed with Microsoft in a bid to bridge the gap between data and decision-making…
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Offshore
North Star Shipping appoints new CEO
Aberdeen-based emergency response and rescue vessel (ERRV) operator North Star Shipping has appointed Matthew Gordon as the new CEO of the company, replacing Callum…
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Gas
Golar Power awarded Brazilian LNG liquefaction contract by Galileo Technologies
Golar Power, a joint venture between Golar LNG and Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners, has signed an agreement with Galileo Technologies for the provision…
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Offshore
Valaris scraps three young drillships originally ordered for $2.25bn
Offshore driller Valaris has sent three drillships, all less than ten-years-old, to the scrapyard amid continued uncertainty in the offshore…
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Offshore
Fugro awarded subsea inspection contract by Neptune Energy
UK-headquartered E&P company Neptune Energy has awarded a subsea inspection contract to Fugro to survey subsea structures at the Cygnus gas…
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Environment
British start-up attempts to bring steam power back to shipping
A British start-up called Steamology is trying to bring steam power back to shipping. However, the key difference for this…
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Environment
UK climate committee urges IMO to make 2050 GHG goals more strict
International shipping and aviation are likely to be included in the UK’s greenhouse gas plans to be net zero by…
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Operations
Ocean Technologies Group takes over Marlins
Rapidly growing Ocean Technologies Group has added maritime English testing to its array of learning products, buying Marlins from V.Group. …
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Maritime CEO
Inchcape: World of Ports launches
Yesterday was the opening of another very important chapter in the 173-year history of Inchcape Shipping Services with the launch…
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Europe
IMarEST appoints new CEO
The Insitute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology (IMarEST) has announced the appointment of Gwynne Lewis as the new chief…
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Europe
Maritime UK releases sector recovery plan
Maritime UK has published a sector recovery plan to guide the industry through the current difficulties the maritime world faces.…
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Europe
BP partners with Windward to promote digitisation of maritime trade
BP Shipping, the shipping unit of energy giant BP, has entered into a partnership with maritime trade analytics service provider…
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Americas
Descartes Systems acquires Kontainers
Descartes Systems, a Canadian logistics software service provider, has announced that it has acquired Cracking Logistics, which is trading under…
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Europe
Nexans Norway secures Seagreen offshore wind contract
Nexans Norway has been awarded a design, engineering, production and installation contract to supply cables to the Seagreen project off…
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