The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is designating two individuals and five entities that have facilitated weapons procurement for Yemen’s Houthi rebel group. OFAC is also designating one individual and one company, as well as identifying one vessel, that...
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COLUMN | Safety culture matters: Pemex and Perenco on the wrong side of history [Offshore Accounts]
Offshore is one of the industries with the biggest risk profiles in the world. When bad things happen in offshore, people die, often there are explosions and sinkings, fires and oil spills, and the environment can be badly polluted, killing seabirds, fish, dolphins and coral, and inflicting...
COLUMN | Perenco’s shame and Gabon’s lax standards: a fatal combination [Offshore Accounts]
In an industry is awash with cash and record profits, it is tragic to see five people confirmed dead in an accident on a Perenco platform offshore Gabon, and one other worker still missing, presumed also killed, as per the most recent update. Last Wednesday, there was a fire on the Becuna platform...
UAE bans Cameroon-flagged ships: Is this a clampdown on illegal activities of Russia’s ghost fleet?
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has banned vessels flying the flag of the Republic of Cameroon from calling UAE waters and ports.
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UAE cracks down on Cameroon flag
Ships flagged with Cameroon face restrictions when calling in the Middle East. The United Arab Emirates has added the Cameroon flag to its growing list of flag states it has a dim view about. Unless Cameroon-flagged ships are classed by a member of the International Association of Classification...
Borr Drilling seals jackup deal in Cameroon
Norwegian jack-up rig owner Borr Drilling has struck a deal with Tower Resources for its premium rig Norve, the London-listed oil and gas company focused on Africa said. The 2011-built unit has been earmarked to drill the NJOM-3 well on Tower’s Thali license in Cameroon in 2024. The Norve is...
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Cargo ship catches fire while undergoing repairs in Taiwan
A foreign-flagged cargo vessel caught fire while undergoing repairs at the Taiwanese port of Kaohsiung on Wednesday, September 13. The Cameroon-registered, Chinese-owned general cargo vessel Wan Lung was at the Kaohsiung facilities of Jong Shyn Shipbuilding Company for repairs when a blaze ignited...
OPINION | The sticky case of Indonesia, a seized Iranian oil tanker, and legal jurisdiction
The two giant freighters floated “dark” in the open ocean not far from Indonesia. Their positioning transponders switched off, neither tanker displayed a national flag – but one ship was known to have claimed Iranian registration, the other to have made at least eight visits to Venezuela in recent...
Two pirate attacks occur in same day in Cameroon waters
UK-based security consultancy the EOS Risk Group has reported that two separate pirate attacks occurred within just hours of each other off the coastal city of Douala in ..
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COLUMN | Tor Olav Trøim, Golar LNG, diversity and carbon emissions equity [Offshore Accounts]
Tor Olav Trøim has enjoyed a stellar career in shipping. Now chairman of Golar LNG, a role he has held for more than five years, Mr Trøim has served as a director of th ..
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