Five protesters from environmental activist group Greenpeace boarded and occupied the New Zealand Government-owned research ship Tangaroa in Wellington Harbour without authorisation after she returned from a Pacific seabed mineral survey on Saturday, September 26.Police removed the attention-seeking activists after…
The crew of a container vessel rescued four sailors north of the Australian external territory of Norfolk Island after a yacht struck a whale on Sunday, September 27.The Australian-flagged yacht Tai Tam began flooding and sinking after the collision, the…
September 28, 2026 · 13 hours ago Managing Editor Norway’s Shearwater Geoservices has won a three-year ocean bottom node (OBN) seismic acquisition contract offshore South America, with what it says is a major oil & gas company.
The shipping industry will likely miss its 2030 targets for vessels running on alternative fuels, according to a new study from the UCL Energy Institute, mainly due to the regulatory uncertainties surrounding the IMO Net-Zero Framework (NZF).
Chinese criticism of Japan’s growing defense budget appears to have been one of the most consequential developments coming out of the days President Xi Jinping spent in Washington for his state visit, which otherwise seems to have done little to…
New Zealand has made further progress in restarting domestic gas production with a new round of funding targeting offshore exploration projects. Resources Minister Shane Jones and Associate Finance Minister Chris Bishop this week announced $21 million financing for two offshore gas…
