Local Content and Workforce Sourcing on PETRONAS Projects
Workforce & Training Local content is usually described as a policy objective. On a live project it behaves as something far more concrete: a set of conditions determining which companies may bid at all, and who they are permitted to pu…
Workforce & Training A dropped spanner from thirty metres carries roughly the energy of a small car at walking pace. Offshore lifting has more pap…
Life-Saving Appliances Distress signals are the only safety equipment aboard that expires on a fixed date whatever their condition, cannot lawfully be…
Firefighting Systems The emergency fire pump exists for the day the engine room is on fire and the main pumps are unreachable. It is tested rarely, si…
Ship-to-ship Oil Transfers Outside Hormuz Offered by Kuwait Petroleum
Kuwait Petroleum Corporation is offering the option of ship-to-ship transfers of its crude oil and petroleum products outside the Strait of Hormuz to its buyers for safe transportation to final destinations, a…
Read more →Captain and Boatswain Go on Trial in Finland for Anchor Dragging Incident
Finnish prosecutors are back in court seeking to hold a captain and a boatswain from a cargo ship responsible for dragging the vessel’s anchor across the Gulf of Finland and damaging critical…
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Video: Strong Winds Tear Aida Cruise Ship From Its Moorings in France
The German cruise ship AIDAperla (125,572 gross tons) broke free of its moorings in the Port of Le Havre, France, on Tuesday and made contact with the berth.
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After a Leak, Troubled Ferry Glen Sannox No Longer Runs on LNG
The Scottish ferry Glen Sannox was billed as an environmentally-friendly LNG powered alternative when it was first ordered in 2014, and the builder and the operator invested heavily in bringing its LNG…
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Texas A&M Welcomes New Maritime Training Ship to Galveston Campus
[By Texas A&M University Maritime Academy] The TS Lone Star State is ushering in a new era for maritime education and training and will help prepare the next generation of mariners for…
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