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Subsea 7 ends Malaysian JV
Subsea 7 and Malaysia’s Sapura Energy have brought their joint venture, SapuraAcergy, to a close. SapuraAcergy’s heavylift and pipelay vessel …
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Europe
Wood awarded FEED contract for offshore gas platform
UK offshore engineering specialist Wood, formed by Wood Group’s acquisition of Amec Foster Wheeler, has secured a $12m front-end engineering…
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Offshore
Noble Corporation secures pair of new contracts
Offshore driller Noble Corporation has secured new contracts for a drillship and a jackup drilling rig, according to the company’s…
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Europe
Fugro sells trenching and cable laying business to Global Marine
Fugro has signed an agreement to sell its trenching and cable laying business to UK-based subsea cable installation and maintenance…
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Europe
Ensco completes acquisition of Atwood Oceanics
UK-based offshore driller Ensco has completed its acquisition of Houston-headquartered Atwood Oceanics. The deal, which was announced in May, gives…
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Europe
That’s enough theory – let’s get on with the practice
There are reams and reams of cyber security advice now published. Ian Millen, GNS’s security and intelligence advisor, suggests now…
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Europe
BP in for six new LNG carriers
Asian ship finance giants KMarin and ICBC Leasing are investing more than $1bn in six LNG tankers which BP will…
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Europe
Rolls-Royce joins forces with Google in autonomous ship quest
Rolls-Royce has signed a deal with Google to develop further its push for autonomous ships. The agreement, believed to be…
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Europe
Subsea 7 and OneSubsea awarded Fortuna LNG contract
Subsea Integration Alliance, a partnership between Subsea 7 and Schlumberger’s OneSubsea, has been awarded an integrated contract by Ophir Energy…
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Europe
Lomar concedes brand new boxship aground off New Caledonia will have to be scrapped
Lomar Shipping has conceded that its brand new 2,194 teu boxship will have to be scrapped. The vessel, delivered from…
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Europe
Fletcher Shipping goes into administration again
Scottish OSV operator Fletcher Shipping has been forced into administration by a local court again, only two years after it…
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Middle East
Marcura buys Falmor and G-Ports
The Marcura Group, a Dubai-based group of companies focused on providing business solutions to the maritime industry, has acquired UK-based…
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Gas
Golar LNG appoints new CEO
Golar LNG has announced the appointment of Iain Ross to replace Oscar Spieler as CEO. Spieler had been the CEO…
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Europe
British government launches cyber security code of practice for ships
The UK government has launched a code of practice for ship operators to handle cyber security. Parliamentary undersecretary for aviation,…
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Europe
Scottish court rules in favour of selling controversial Indian OSV
A sheriff in Scotland has ruled in favour of selling an Indian OSV to pay back hundreds of thousands of…
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Europe
Wood Group wins CNOOC subsea contract
Wood Group has been awarded a subsea and flow assurance services contract by China’s CNOOC to support their Lingshui 17-2…
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Contributions
Disappointing reflections on London International Shipping Week
Ed King, founding editor of Climate Home, lashes out at the outdated views on display this week across the British…
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Contributions
When London had international shipping, it didn’t need a Week
I started work in the City in 1974; within walking distance of my office in St Mary Axe were three…
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Europe
Regulators need mindset change to cope with pace of technological change
Maritime regulators need to change their mindsets from one of risk avoidance to focus more on risk management amid the…
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Bunkering
BunkerEx: Hybrid platform
Newly formed bunker broker BunkerEx is utilising its technology platform to save buyers both time and money. The London-based company…
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