Fairmount Sherpa
The tug ‘Fairmount Sherpa’ has successfully towed jack-up drilling rig ‘Baharia I’ to her new position in the Zeit Bay oil field in the Gulf of Suez.
A new tug ‘Yong Gang Tuo 29’, built specifically for ship-handling operations in the Ningbo Port area, has recently been delivered to her owners, the Ningbo Port Group of China, from Zhenjiang Shipyard.
BIMCO for Regulation of World Shipping
A Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO) has called for tighter regulation of shipping on a global basis that will take practical and pragmatic steps to enhance the environment.
The FPSO OSX-1, the first oil and gas floating production, storage, and offloading unit in the OSX´s fleet, is heading today towards Waimea, in the Campos Basin where it will begin the process of producing the first oil for its anchor client OGX.
Rena splits into two
Upon facing severe weather conditions and six-meter swells, Rena split into two spilling cargo and debris into the water. The separated pieces are now 20-30m apart on the Astrolabe Reef being open to the sea and vulnerable to further damage.
Maersk Supply Service has won four major contracts worth 250 million with Brazilian oil company Petrobras and American oil major ExxonMobil for operation in Australia.
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