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One Hundred Offshore Projects due for Sanctioning in 2018

By The Maritime Executive

May 2, 2018

The current tailwind in the oil market is likely to propel 100 new offshore projects to be sanctioned in 2018, according to Rystad Energy. This compares to only 60 projects in 2017 and below 40 in 201...

EIA: Lightering Imposes Costs on U.S. Oil Exports

By The Maritime Executive

May 2, 2018

Since restrictions on American crude exports were lifted in December 2015, outbound oil shipments from the Gulf have been booming. However, Gulf Coast petroleum ports have been calling attention to th...

Global Military Spending: $230 Per Person

By The Maritime Executive

May 1, 2018

Total world military expenditure rose to $1,739 billion in 2017, according to new figures from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). This represents 2.2 percent of global GDP o...

New Water-Based Battery Targeted at Renewables

By The Maritime Executive

April 30, 2018

Scientists from Stanford University in the U.S. have developed a manganese-hydrogen battery that could provide a cheap way to store wind or solar energy so it can be fed back into the electric grid an...

Taiwan Holds First Major Offshore Wind Auction

By The Maritime Executive

April 30, 2018

Taiwan announced the results of its first major offshore wind farm auction on Monday with Germany’s wpd awarded one GW of capacity and Ørsted 900MW. The nation aims to add 3.8GW of capacity to its exi...

Competition Increases in Maritime Battery Technology

By Harry Valentine

April 28, 2018

There are geographic locations where fuel oil prices are high and electric power prices comparatively low. Such locations enhance the business case to operate electric propulsion along inland waterway...

U.S. Revisits Blowout Preventer Rules

By The Maritime Executive

April 28, 2018

The Trump administration has proposed relaxing rules put in place after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster. On Friday, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) proposed changes that...

New Book Details Polar Operations

By The Maritime Executive

April 28, 2018

The Nautical Institute has published a new edition of its acclaimed Polar Ship Operations – A Practical Guide, by Captain Duke Snider FNI. As a highly-qualified ice navigator, Snider brings the full b...

Emission Impossible

By Mia Bennett

April 28, 2018

In a world of globalized trade, ships are often seen as a green alternative for moving goods from one place to another. As vessels glide across the oceans, they tend to remain “out of sight, out of mi...

Texas City Oil Terminal Hosts First VLCC

By The Maritime Executive

April 27, 2018

Just days after the announcement of a planned VLCC-capable terminal at the mouth of Corpus Christi Bay, the Enterprise Product Partners terminal in Texas City hosted its first supertanker, the 300,000...

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