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First Offshore Wind Farm Decommissioning Complete

By The Maritime Executive

February 4, 2016

Wind farm operator Vattenfall has completed the decommissioning and removal of the five-turbine, 10 MW Yttre Stengrund offshore wind farm – the first dismantlement of its type. The announcement brings...

Trans-Pacific Partnership Deal Signed

By The Maritime Executive

February 4, 2016

The Trans-Pacific Partnership, one of the world's biggest multinational trade deals, was signed by 12 member nations on Thursday in New Zealand, but the massive trade pact will still require years of...

U.S. Has Shed 100,000 Oil Jobs, "More Layoffs Virtually Certain"

February 4, 2016

(By John Kemp) The number of people employed in oil and gas extraction and support activities across the United States has fallen by around 100,000 since October 2014. Between October 2014 and N...

Briggs Marine Orders the Versatile Damen Multi Cat 2712

By The Maritime Executive

February 4, 2016

Briggs Marine and Environmental Services, the Fife, Scotland-based leading supplier of offshore services, has ordered a Damen Multi Cat 2712. One of the largest models in Damen’s extensive Multi Cat r...

Wind Farm Installation Platform Capsizes

By The Maritime Executive

February 3, 2016

The wind turbine installation platform Sea Worker, aground at Hvide Sande, Denmark for seven days, has capsized due to heavy weather. She grounded last Wednesday following the parting of her tow li...

Listing Ro/Ro Modern Express Enters Port of Bilbao

By The Maritime Executive

February 3, 2016

The listing ro/ro Modern Express has been successfully towed into harbor at Bilbao, Spain, following days adrift without crew in the Bay of Biscay. A team from SMIT Salvage boarded her Monday and ran...

Ro/Ro Modern Express Successfully Taken in Tow

By The Maritime Executive

February 3, 2016

On Monday morning, a four-man team from SMIT Salvage successfully passed a tow line from the stricken ro/ro Modern Express to the tug Centaurus. As of Monday afternoon, the tow was under way, headed a...

DONG Makes FID on Largest Offshore Wind Farm

By The Maritime Executive

February 3, 2016

DONG Energy has made a final investment decision to build the giant Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm in the U.K. With a capacity of 1.2 gigawatt (GW), Hornsea will be the world’s first offshore...

OPEC Negotiations Could Draw Lessons from 1998 Deal

February 2, 2016

After a year of secret diplomacy and hushed-up private talks around the world, OPEC's mighty Saudi Arabia and rival Venezuela were persuaded to cut a deal by non-OPEC Mexico which overcame mutual acri...

Salvage Master Nick Sloane Joins Resolve Marine

By The Maritime Executive

February 2, 2016

Respected salvage master Captain Nick Sloane has joined Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based salvors Resolve Marine Group as the firm’s new director. Captain Sloane has more than thirty years of experien...

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