Officers in the England have been granted more time to question the seven men arrest after the maritime security incident on board the Nave Andromeda on Sunday. The seven men, who are all Nigerian nationals, were arrested on suspicion of seizing or exercising control of a ship by use of threats or force under Sec […]
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Containership Maersk Launceston and Greek Minesweeper Collide Off Piraeus
A Greek Navy minesweeper was badly damaged after colliding with a much larger containership off Piraeus port on Tuesday morning. The incident involved the Navy vessel Kallisto and the Maersk Launceston, a Portuguese-flagged containership owned and managed by J.T. Essberger. All 27 crew members of the minesweeper are safe and accounted. Two suffered relatively minor […]
U.S. Gulf’s Offshore Energy Producers Brace for Latest Hurricane
By Erwin Seba HOUSTON, Oct 27 (Reuters) – Energy firms and ports along the U.S. Gulf Coast prepared on Tuesday for another test as Hurricane Zeta, the 11th hurricane of the season, entered the Gulf of Mexico. BP, Chevron and Royal Dutch Shell, among others, evacuated 157 offshore facilities and sharply cut production from the […]
Dayang Topaz: Crew Jump Overboard After Vessel Hits Platform in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 27 (Reuters) – Two crew of a Malaysian offshore support vessel died on Tuesday after their ship hit a rig operated by state oil firm Petronas off the state of Sarawak on Borneo island. The Dayang Topaz rammed into the Baram B oil platform after its anchor cable broke in bad weather, […]
Green Power to Draw $11 Trillion Investment by 2050: BNEF
By William Mathis and Jeremy Hodges (Bloomberg) — Green power is set to draw around $11 trillion of investment in the coming decades as the cost of renewables plummets and more of the world’s energy comes from electricity. That’s the latest analysis from BloombergNEF in its annual New Energy Outlook report. It’s further evidence of […]
