Low profile Singapore firm set to benefit from diversification and improving offshore market, says analyst.
Month: May 2019
GPS Spoofing a Cyber Threat To Ship Navigation
- GPS spoofing threat was pushed higher up the global news agenda, when more than 20 vessels in the Black Sea reported AIS traces erroneous in 2017.
- All of the ships’ tracking systems placed them in the same nonsensical location, led to informed speculation.
- It is still unconfirmed officially that the incident could be attributed to Russian testing of satellite navigation spoofing technology as part of its electronic warfare arsenal.
- A UK-based cyber vulnerability testing firm’s researchers...
http://mfame.guru/gps-spoofing-a-cyber-threat-to-ship-navigation/
Landmark ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation celebrated in Singapore
Pavilion Energy has performed the first commercial ship-to-ship LNG bunkering in the Port of Singapore. The operation, the first of its kind in Singapore, comprised a reload of 2,000 cu m of LNG onto a small-scale tanker at the newly-modified secondary jetty of the Singapore LNG (SLNG) Terminal,...
https://splash247.com/landmark-ship-to-ship-lng-bunkering-operation-celebrated-in-singapore/
ADNOC Launches Bid for Five Blocks
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) said that it has launched the second exploration bid round for five new oil and gas blocks.The bidding will be for both conventional and unconventional resources, and the successful bidders will enter into agreements granting them exploration rights…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/adnoc-launches-bid-five-blocks-465728
Weir Oil & Gas Intros ULR Wellhead
Weir Oil & Gas, a upstream provider of pressure pumping and pressure control equipment and services, today announced an updated, field-proven Unitized Lock-Ring (ULR) wellhead.The ULR wellhead features a standardized design for shale plays in the U.S.
https://www.marinelink.com/news/weir-oil-gas-intros-ulr-wellhead-465729
Sonardyne Tech for Canadian Seabed Observatory
Sonardyne International is supplying acoustic sensing technology for a new seabed observatory that will provide critical information about earthquake and tsunami hazards is to be deployed offshore Vancouver, Canada.The new Northern Cascadia…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/sonardyne-tech-canadian-seabed-465730
Two crewmembers die on icebreaker
Two crewmembers of icebreaking Antarctic supply ship Vasiliy Golovnin (IMO 8723426) have died during a voyage between Antarctica and South Africa. It was thought that the two crew on board died of poisoning, possibly caused by methanol alcohol. The ship was on the way to Cape Town with an ETA of...
https://insurancemarinenews.com/insurance-marine-news/two-crewmembers-die-on-icebreaker/
Greenpeace members climb down from Norwegian rig
Greenpeace activists have climbed down from the West Hercules drilling rig in Norway, owned by Seadrill. The rig was boarded by four Greenpeace members on Monday April 29th and was evacuated the following day. The rig, in the Norwegian Arctic, is scheduled to be used next month by Equinor to...
Lloyd’s unveils new initiatives
Lloyd’s has revealed its long-heralded new strategy, comprising six main ideas. The publication of this strategy marks the latest phase of what Lloyd’s described as a “phase of wide-ranging consultation and blueprint development involving Lloyd’s unique ecosystem of market participants, customers...
https://insurancemarinenews.com/insurance-marine-news/lloyds-unveils-new-initiatives/
Huge swathe of the merchant fleet predicted to fail to be ready for the sulphur cap
A very significant swathe of the global merchant fleet will be non-compliant during the first year of the sulphur cap, according to an ongoing survey carried on this site. Of the 350 votes cast so far in MarPoll, our quarterly online survey, 45% of readers believe more than 20% of the global...