Docking a boat – especially in wind and current – can be a stressful experience for even the most-experienced captains. The impacts of mishaps range from mildly embarrassing to extremely expensive.

The Tax Foundation has found that President Biden’s plan to repeal so-called fossil fuel “tax breaks” could marginally benefit the environment but at the cost of denying the fossil fuel industry normal cost recovery.

Fugro has been awarded the prestigious Craig Black Award for Innovation and Technology at Subsea Energy Australia’s 2021 Australian Subsea Business Awards.

The Norwegian authorities have granted consent for start-up of the Solveig field in the North Sea. Operator Lundin plans to start up the field this autumn.

The Port of Corpus Christi Authority (Port of Corpus Christi) and the Texas General Land Office (GLO) have executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) stating their intention to co-develop a carbon dioxide (CO₂) storage solution in the Coastal Bend in support of national decarbonization targets. Such a solution would involve infrastructure to transport and permanently store CO₂ captured by various industrial target sources in the greater Port of Corpus Christi area.

Global integrated solutions specialist business EnerMech has secured a raft of significant new business in the Americas.

NDT Global has announced the appointment of Trevor MacFarlane to the role of President, NDT Global.

Europort 2021 has announced the first program components. This year's largest maritime exhibition will take place from 2 to 5 November in Rotterdam Ahoy and its brand-new convention center. It is the 40th edition of Europort, making it one of the longest existing maritime exhibitions in the world.
 

The reputation of C-Kore subsea test tools for quickly and accurately locating existing faults in subsea circuits, and for monitoring the integrity of new umbilicals during installation, continues to spread around the globe. Over recent months the UK based company, C-Kore Systems Ltd, has been delighted to add Angola, China, Canada, and Israel to the list of countries where their tools have been successfully deployed.

Leading integrated subsea and offshore solutions provider Unique Group announces the purchase of an iXblue Gaps M7 USBL (Ultra Short Base Line) acoustic positioning and communication system. This new addition will be placed in Unique Group’s rental pool of equipment and made available to clients across the Americas.

BOURBON announces that it has been awarded by SHELL a fully integrated logistics package contract comprising of international freight forwarding, integrated logistics services and PSV (Platform Supply Vessel) services to support two deepwater offshore exploration campaigns in Namibia and Sao Tomé.  

This week, a Multi-Carrying Vessel (MCV) owned by P&O Maritime Logistics, arrived in Saudi Arabia, the first time a ship of this category has visited the Arabian Gulf. The Topaz Moskva, the vessel, arrived in the country following a journey from Italy and also visited Dubai this week on its tour of the Middle East. 

Chevron Corporation announce that it is making a commitment of $3 million to support relief and recovery efforts underway in the communities affected by Hurricane Ida.

Maersk Training UK (MTUK) has launched its newly refurbished, state-of-the-art safety and survival center following a £60k investment.

On October 26-27, 2021, the Offshore Energy Exhibition and Conference (OEEC) takes place.

Stratagraph, a leader in geological services to the oil and gas industry for the past six decades, has strengthened a strategic partnership by investing in the growth of CoreSpec Alliance LLC (CoreSpec), which provides exploratory analysis for conventional and unconventional oil and gas reservoir evaluation.