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COLUMN | Disappearing acts: Mozambique’s tuna money, The Metals Company’s alleged big investor, and LNG CO2 emissions [Offshore Accounts]
Last week we looked (here) the multiple cases of corruption and bribery that have stained the oil and gas industry’s reputation in recent years from Angola to Azerbaijan, including a gallery of crooks, from former employees at Petrofac, Sonangol, Pemex and Petrobras, to various presidential relations, both dead and ..
Welcome to Tug and Salvage Week!
Tug, tugs and ever more tugs keep sailing across these pages from and to practically everywhere in the world. This mont’s Tug and Salvage Week is typical with tugs from China, Vietnam, the Netherlands, Russia, France, Turkey and the United States going to owners who will operate them anywhere from El Salvador to ..
Welcome to Research and Training Week!
Invariably different inventive, interesting and innovative, research vessels, while there are far fewer of them than tugs or ferries, for example, keep being launched. Mostly owned by governments or well-funded research organisations, these vessels are generally designed and built with little expense spared. That tends to ..
OPINION | The case for CAUKUS and CANZUS – Where are the Canucks?
The announcement of the ground-breaking trilateral AUKUS security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States on September 16, 2021, naturally generated the expected flood of discourse and debate in both the specialist and general media. Most coverage so far has been positive, welcoming and ..
BOOK REVIEW | A Raid on the Red Sea: The Israeli Capture of the Karine A
It is a pity that it has taken twenty years for this important book to be published. Your reviewer has a vague recollection of hearing the story contemporaneously but, as the author remarks, it failed to gain anywhere near the attention it warranted. Briefly, it details how the Israeli armed forces foiled an attempt by the ..
OPINION | Can Australia get second-hand nuclear submarines? The UK option
In case you’ve just arrived from Mars, the Australian government has announced it will acquire, with the assistance of the United States and United Kingdom, a fleet of nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) that will be built in Australia. It has also said that the first submarine won’t be operational until the late ..
Welcome to Tug and Salvage Week!
Tug, tugs and ever more tugs keep sailing across these pages from and to practically everywhere in the world. This mont’s Tug and Salvage Week is typical with tugs ..
- TUG AND SALVAGE WEEKOctober 25, 2021
Turkey’s Yalova Pilotaj takes delivery of locally-built tug
Turkish operator Yalova Pilotaj has taken delivery of a new harbour tug from local builder Bogazici Shipyard. Designed by Istanbul-based V Denge Technology to ABS class r ..
- October 25, 2021
Belgium’s Brabo christens new harbour cleaning boats
Belgian company the Brabo Group recently held a naming ceremony for two new harbour cleaning vessels built by the Damen Shipyards Group. The 15-metre and 19-metre newbuil ..
- NAVAL ARCHITECTURE WEEKOctober 22, 2021
VESSEL REVIEW | JB-01 & JB-02 – Durable shallow-draught survey boats for Bangladesh Navy
The Bangladesh Navy has taken delivery of two new survey boats in a series from local builder Khulna Shipyard. BNS JB-01 and BNS JB-02 each have an LOA of 14.7 metres, a ..
- TUG AND SALVAGE WEEKOctober 25, 2021
Turkey’s Yalova Pilotaj takes delivery of locally-built tug
Turkish operator Yalova Pilotaj has taken delivery of a new harbour tug from local builder Bogazici Shipyard. Designed by Istanbul-based V Denge Technology to ABS class r ..
- October 25, 2021
Belgium’s Brabo christens new harbour cleaning boats
Belgian company the Brabo Group recently held a naming ceremony for two new harbour cleaning vessels built by the Damen Shipyards Group. The 15-metre and 19-metre newbuil ..
- NAVAL ARCHITECTURE WEEKOctober 22, 2021
VESSEL REVIEW | JB-01 & JB-02 – Durable shallow-draught survey boats for Bangladesh Navy
The Bangladesh Navy has taken delivery of two new survey boats in a series from local builder Khulna Shipyard. BNS JB-01 and BNS JB-02 each have an LOA of 14.7 metres, a ..
- October 25, 2021
NYK, Geogas JV adds LNG carrier to fleet
Samsung Heavy Industries delivered a new LNG carrier to France LNG Shipping, a ship-owning company jointly owned by Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) and France’s ..
- NAVAL ARCHITECTURE WEEKOctober 21, 2021
VESSEL REVIEW | French shipbuilder to receive two 1,450-tonne floating drydocks
Zamil Shipyards at the Persian Gulf port of Dammam in eastern Saudi Arabia has completed the construction of two massive floating drydocks in a series for Constructions M ..
- NAVAL ARCHITECTURE WEEKOctober 19, 2021
New bunkering ship delivered to Avenir LNG
Chinese shipbuilder Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore and Engineering has delivered the first in a series of four bunkering and supply vessels ordered by Avenir LNG. The ..
- October 25, 2021
Two adrift fishermen rescued following collision off south-western India
The Indian Coast Guard successfully rescued two local fishermen who had ended up in the Laccadive Sea off the south-western state of Kerala after their boat collided with ..
- October 15, 2021
Northern Ireland to award £1.9 million grants for local fishers
Northern Ireland Fisheries Minister Edwin Poots has unveiled a grants support scheme worth £1.9 million (US$2.6 million) to benefit local fishing businesses. The Maritim ..
- RUSSIA WEEKOctober 11, 2021
Welcome to Russia Week!
During the heyday of the former Soviet Union, shipyards were scattered all over the various socialist republics. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia lost acces ..
- October 21, 2021
GEAR | Japanese manufacturer completes first 70MPa high-pressure ship refueling with hydrogen
Yanmar Power Technology (YPT), a group company of Yanmar Holdings, has conducted the world’s first 70MPa high-pressure hydrogen refueling of a ship using a demonstr ..
- FISHING/AQUACULTURE WEEKOctober 7, 2021
GEAR | Norway’s Alfa Laval acquires local supplier of cage cleaning systems
Norwegian aquaculture equipment manufacturer Alfa Laval has completed its acquisition of local company LiftUp, which specialises in cage cleaning systems such as sludge c ..
- TUG AND SALVAGE WEEKSeptember 28, 2021
GEAR | Steerprop to supply azimuth propulsors for Turkish-built tugs
Uzmar Shipyard in Turkey has selected Steerprop to deliver six SP 20 WD azimuth propulsion units for a series of three Robert Allan Ltd-designed tugs being built. The pro ..
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