Privately held US company Crowley, a logistics, government, marine and energy solutions company has committed to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. To reach this target, Crowley estimates that it will reduce overall emissions by 4.2m metric tons of greenhouse gases per year. Crowley’s...
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Houston-headquartered McDermott has been awarded three new contracts by Saudi Aramco for offshore engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) projects. The contracts will see McDermott provide EPCI of four drilling jackets and seven oil production deck modules (PDMs) in Saudi...
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In a recent interview on Odd Lots, a Bloomberg podcast, the White House port envoy John Porcari described the Biden administration’s approach to tackling congestion at the San Pedro Bay ports. Communication and collaboration are at the heart of the strategy. “The way we have operationalized this,”...
Petroleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) plans to begin drilling at the Equatorial Margin in 2022, according to the company’s reservoir executive manager Tiago Homem. Homem announced at the World Petroleum Congress in Houston that the first of 14 planned wells at the site will be drilled next year. The...
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Oslo-listed OSV owner and operator Solstad Offshore has won long-term contracts from Equinor for two platform supply vessels in Brazil. The 2012-built PSVs Sea Brasil and Far Scotsman have been fixed for two years, with commencement in December 2021 and June 2022, respectively, in direct...
https://splash247.com/solstad-offshore-scores-equinor-charters-for-psv-pair-in-brazil/
Unifor, the union for container truck drivers at Prudential Transportation, reached an agreement with the company on December 3, averting a strike that had been planned to start that day. Earlier in the week, Aheer Transportation also agreed to the union’s demands. Together, the companies’ 200 or...
https://splash247.com/truck-drivers-strike-at-port-of-vancouver-averted/
Brazil’s federal police have completed a two-year investigation into a major oil spill off the country’s coast in the summer of 2019, and have recommended in a report submitted to the Federal Judicial Power of Rio Grande do Norte that charges be laid against a Greek oil tanker – which has so far...
Oslo-listed Magseis Fairfield has won another 4D ocean bottom node (OBN) seismic survey in the Gulf of Mexico from a repeat customer. The contract is expected to commence in the first quarter of 2022 and run for approximately two months. The deal also includes an optional project for an additional...
https://splash247.com/magseis-fairfield-seals-another-gulf-of-mexico-survey/
Norwegian offshore seismic acquisition specialist PGS is scheduled to start what it says is a significant 4D survey for Petrobras over the Roncador and Albacora Leste fields offshore Brazil in the second quarter of 2022. The survey, for which the contract was awarded earlier and is already...
Louisiana-based Maritime Partners has acquired a diversified portfolio of over 1,000 marine vessels operating on bareboat charter from J. Russell Flowers and its affiliates (JRF). JRF’s fleet includes a variety of towboats, tank barges, hopper barges and deck barges. With this acquisition, Maritime...
https://splash247.com/maritime-partners-acquires-j-russell-flowers-portfolio/