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Offshore performance is not a data problem, it is a decision problem
After more than a decade working across offshore support fleets, with experience spanning more than 1,000 offshore support vessels, one conclusion has become hard to ignore. Performance is not primarily won through one-off initiatives. It is won through the decisions made every day: how vessels are planned, how tasks are sequenced, how exceptions are handled,
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What a Guinea Bauxite Export Cap Could Mean for Dry Bulk
Guinea has long been a cornerstone of the global bauxite trade, and its rapid export growth over the past five years has been a key driver of Capesize demand and firmer freight rates. However, the combination of a stalled Chinese aluminum industry, supply glut in the bauxite market, and conflict in the Middle East is
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Baltic Dry Index Highest since 2023
The Baltic Exchange dry index increased 2.1% to 3063 on Tuesday, the highest since December 2023. The capesize index, which typically transport 150,000-ton cargoes, including iron ore and coal, rose 2.1% to 5,082. The panamax index, which usually carry 60,000 to 70,000 tons of coal or grain, advanced 3.4% to 2,360. Also, the supramax index
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Fresh food for seafarers is a strategic imperative for ship owners
The World Maritime University’s Food4Seafarers project has called for systemic reform in how food is provisioned and managed at sea. Across the maritime industry, there is a growing recognition that seafarer wellbeing is a core operational concern. A healthy, balanced diet is increasingly understood as fundamental to crew welfare, safety, and the resilience of the
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Peninsula starts physical bunkering in Mauritania
Marine fuel supplier Peninsula has launched a physical supply operation in Mauritania after receiving a bunkering licence from the National Hydrocarbons Commission. The supplier has received approval to operate up to three bunker barges, giving it the flexibility to expand capacity as bunkering activity grows. It currently operates two bunker barges capable of delivering fuel
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Petronas seals 20-year deal with MISC for newbuild LNG vessel quintet
Malaysia’s owner and operator of offshore floating and energy-related maritime solutions and services MISC Group, a member of the Petronas Group of Companies, has struck a multi-year charter with Petronas LNG Ltd. (PLL), a subsidiary of Petronas, for five newbuild liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers (LNGCs). The post Petronas seals 20-year deal with MISC for
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Ireland hit with multimillion-dollar arbitration claim over oil & gas project
Oil and gas company Lansdowne has embarked on an arbitration battle to pursue its Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) claim against Ireland over the country’s refusal to issue a lease undertaking for an oil and gas field in the North Celtic Sea, which is operated by Barryroe Offshore Energy’s subsidiary, Exola DAC. The post Ireland hit
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Técnico Económico – Financiero para la Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia
Técnico Económico – Financiero para la Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia BASES DE LA CONVOCATORIA PÚBLICA PARA LA OFERTA DE EMPLEO PÚBLICO PARA LA CONTRATACIÓN DE UN PUESTO DE TÉCNICO ECONÓMICO-FINANCIERO DE PERSONAL LABORAL FIJO SUJETO A CONVENIO COLECTIVO PARA LA AUTORIDAD PORTUARIA DE VALENCIA Y PARA LA CONSTITUCIÓN DE UNA BOLSA DE EMPLEO DE TÉCNICO
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El Port de Barcelona celebra la 3ª edición de las Jornadas de Puertas Abiertas con el estreno de un baile de barcos y la incorporación de visitas al faro del Llobregat
Las Jornadas de Puertas Abiertas se celebrarán el sábado y domingo, 30 y 31 de mayo, con casi 5.000 visitas guiadas por tierra y mar, actividades familiares y nuevas propuestas abiertas a toda la ciudadanía. La reserva de entradas para las visitas podrá realizarse a partir del martes, 19 de mayo, con una aportación simbólica
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Wavepiston files permits for Gran Canaria wave energy pilot, signs MoU in Iceland
Danish wave energy firm Wavepiston and its Spain-headquartered partner Bluenewables have submitted all permitting […] The post Wavepiston files permits for Gran Canaria wave energy pilot, signs MoU in Iceland appeared first on Offshore Energy.