By MarEx 2015-04-17 02:30:35 In a maritime environmental emergency having access to accurate, real-time information is vital to mounting an effective response. The Australian Maritime Safety ...
Australia Establishes Onboard Hazard Response Team
Cruise Ship Rescues Sailors from Remote Island
By MarEx 2015-04-17 00:30:17 Two sailors are safe after their 37-foot sailing vessel sustained severe damage when it ran aground, stranding them on a small remote island near Malden Island, Kiribati ...
Bumi Armada establishes new subsidiary
Malaysia-listed offshore services provider Bumi Armada has incorporated a wholly owned subsidiary in the British Virgin Islands under the name of Bumi Armada Marine Holdings (BAMHL). The subsidiary is ...
Boskalis Praised on Mexican Shipbreaking Policy
By MarEx 2015-04-17 00:17:07 NGO Shipbreaking Platform board member Merijn Hougee has collaborated with Dutch dredging and marine expert Boskalis over several months to develop a comprehensive ship ...
U.S. Issues Guidance on LNG Barge Design
By MarEx 2015-04-16 23:57:47 The U.S. Coast Guard’s Office of Design and Engineering Standards has released CG-ENG Policy Letter 02-15 to provide interim guidance on the design of LNG barges. As ...
U.S. Navy Researchers Test Swarming Drones
By MarEx 2015-04-16 23:29:17 A new era in autonomy and unmanned systems for naval operations is on the horizon, as officials at the U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) announced recent technology ...
Petrobras Won’t Sell Oil Fields
By MarEx 2015-04-16 18:35:25 Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras said on Wednesday it has no plans to sell sub-salt oilfields in a divestment program aimed at shoring up its ...
EU approves German Aid to Wind Industry
By MarEx 2015-04-16 18:31:55 The European Commission on Thursday gave Germany the green light to support the construction of 20 offshore wind farms by paying operators a premium on top of the market ...
World’s Longest LNG Fuelled Voyage
By MarEx 2015-04-16 18:20:02 A Rolls-Royce pure-gas engine has propelled Nor Lines’ Kvitbjørn into the history books by becoming the world’s first vessel to operate between Asia and Europe solely on ...
Tribesmen Take Control of Yemen Oil Terminal
By MarEx 2015-04-16 17:18:16 Yemeni tribal forces took control of a major southern oil terminal and airport after military forces protecting it withdrew from the site, local officials and residents ...


