EC antitrust officials raid oil company offices

MAY 14, 2013 — European antitrust authorities have raided the offices of several companies active in and providing services to the crude oil, refined oil products and biofuels sectors, including BP, Royal

Subsea vessels fuel Vard order intake

MAY 14, 2013 — “We anticipate that the subsea construction vessel segment will continue to drive our growth this year, and we are confident about the group’s prospects for new orders for

IMO to ease BWM implementation schedule?

MAY 13, 2013 — Shipowners will soon know whether there is to be any easing of the schedule for fitting the Ballast Water Management system required under the IMO Ballast Water Management

Matsuda to step down as Administrator

MAY 13, 2013—U.S. Maritime Administrator David Matsuda will be stepping down later this month. Deputy Administrator Chip Jaenichen will be taking over as Acting Administrator. Over his three years as Administrator, Matsuda

Chinese shipyard to build Zentech jackup rig design

MAY 13, 2013—China State Shipbuilding Corporation’s Guangzhou Huangpu Shipbuilding is starting the construction of two jackup drilling rigs based on a new design from Zentech, Inc., Houston, TX. The new R-550D jack

Austal strengthens Asia-Pacific ship support network

MAY 13, 2013 — Following on from the strategic partnership with Singapore’s Sembawang Shipyard Pte Ltd announced in January (see earlier story), Austal has now secured similar agreements with Unithai Shipyard and

Canada starts ECA, MARPOL Annex VI enforcement

MAY 13, 2013 — Canada has started enforcement of the North American Emission Control Area (ECA) standards and the requirements of Annex VI of the MARPOL convention. The announcement was made last