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BVLOS Approval: What It Unlocks Offshore
Flying a drone along a hundred kilometres of pipeline, or out to an offshore platform, means flying it where the pilot cannot see it. That single step, beyond visual line of sight, is where casual drone work ends and a formal safety case be…
Life-Saving AppliancesLiferaft Servicing: How Certification Quietly LapsesA liferaft can sit in its canister for years and look perfect from the outside while quietly going out of certification. The rules that keep it valid…
HSE & ComplianceThe ISM Code as a Working Tool, Not a BinderEvery ship over 500 tons carries a Safety Management System. On the best-run vessels it shapes how the crew actually works. On too many others it is a…
Drones & UASMethane Monitoring by Drone: What Buyers Now ExpectMethane is invisible, worth money, and a powerful greenhouse gas. Regulators and buyers no longer accept an estimate of how much is leaking. They want…
Saudi Arabia’s RSGT Considers Bid for Port of Cape Town
In its ongoing international expansion, Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Gateway Terminal (RSGT) is planning to enter the South African port market.
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Vessel Upgrade on the Agenda: SLB, Equinor Strike Multi-year Deal to Unlock Norway’s Tight Offshore Reservoirs
U.S.-headquartered technology player SLB has signed off on a long-term stimulation assignment on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) with Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor.
Read more →Noble’s 2014-Built Jack-up Rig Scoops up New P&A Job With ConocoPhillips
Noble Corporation, a U.S.-based offshore drilling giant, has lined up a new assignment for a 12-year-old jack-up rig off the coast of Norway with ConocoPhillips Skandinavia, a subsidiary of the U.S.-headquartered energy…
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Wrecked Tanker Continues Uncontrolled Oil Discharge Off Oman
Oil is continuing to flow from the wreck of a Russian dark fleet Suezmax, the Cameroon-flagged Caroline Bezengi (IMO 9224439), beached on rocks off Jazirat Al Qibliyyah on the Dhofar coast of…
Read more →Iran’s Loading Port Is Quiet, But Gulf Oil Is Getting Through Hormuz
The U.S. Navy's blockade on Iranian seaports is having the desired effect, according to maritime tracking consultancy Windward.
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