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Aug. 14 (splash247.com) As shipowners place their first investments in ethanol-fuelled ships, engine technology is well prepared for growing uptake of the biofuel, writes Andrea Lazzaro, head of business intelligence at WinGD. When one of the world’s biggest dry bulk charterers backs a new alternative fuel type, the industry takes notice. But to anyone paying... Continue Reading →
Aug. 12 (oilnow.gy) Guyana’s expanding oil production is helping create more work for tanker owners as growing volumes of crude from the Americas are shipped to buyers farther east, according to S&P Global. The trend is part of a wider increase in Western Hemisphere crude supply from Guyana, the United States, Brazil and Argentina. More of those... Continue Reading →
Aug. 10 (offshote-energy.biz) Two ocean-going tugs from the fleet operated by Boskalis, a Dutch offshore services provider, have undertaken a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) tow mission across the Atlantic. Boskalis has shed light on the role its ocean-going tugs BOKA Alpine and BOKA Glacier recently played in completing a major FPSO towage operation. Each with a bollard... Continue Reading →
July 31 (offshoreWIND.biz) The French government has selected five ports to receive nearly EUR 260 million in funding under the France 2030 investment programme to upgrade infrastructure supporting the country’s floating offshore wind industry. The selected ports are Cherbourg, Brest, Nantes-Saint Nazaire, Port-la-Nouvelle, and Marseille-Fos, with the port funding expected to leverage almost EUR 1... Continue Reading →
July 30 (investnews.com.br) A recent decision by CARF (Administrative Council of Tax Appeals) overturned a tax claim of approximately R$ 400 million against Petrobras and set a precedent for other oil companies operating offshore platforms—including those in Brazil's pre-salt fields, where production takes place entirely at sea. The ruling was announced earlier this week. The... Continue Reading →
July 1 (OE) Steel pipe supplier Tenaris has started operations at a new service center in Suriname to support the GranMorgu offshore project, operated by TotalEnergies with APA Corporation and Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname as partners. Located in Paramaribo, the service center will provide integrated services for offshore operations, supporting TotalEnergies with the supply of casing,... Continue Reading →
June 24 - ASCO, a global logistics, materials management and operations specialist, has signed a Heads of Terms with N.V. Dordt Gateway to establish a strategic joint venture to support the development and operation of the Dordt Marine Support Base in Commewijne, Suriname. The agreement includes the formation of a joint operating company, Dordt Operations... Continue Reading →
June 23 (OE) Italian energy services company Saipem has launched operations for the GranMorgu offshore project in Suriname with the arrival of the multi-purpose construction vessel Normand Navigator at the Jules Sedney Harbour commercial port in Paramaribo. The vessel is berthed and ready to begin preliminary activities for the project, which is located in Block... Continue Reading →
April 29 - Wilson Sons, a port and maritime logistics operator with more than 188 years of experience, is set to conduct its first drone operations to deliver and pick up documents for platform supply vessels (PSVs) and to perform other services in Guanabara Bay. The initiative began last year in the Port of Salvador... Continue Reading →
April 2 (TN) Vast Infraestrutura carried out the first ExxonMobil oil transshipment operation in Brazil, moving one million barrels from the Bacalhau Field to Vast's Oil Terminal (T-Oil), in the Porto do Açu, in the north of the state of Rio de Janeiro, destined for the international market. The operation involved two Suezmax class tankers... Continue Reading →
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