Belgian frigate BNS Louise-Marie, en route to the Mediterranean to join the Aspide mission in the Red Sea, as part of the Belgian Marine Component, participated in an exercise to test its capabilities to respond to the threat posed by Houthi drones. Unfortunately, according to insider reports, a...
https://insurancemarinenews.com/cargo/marine-round-up-22nd-april-2024/
One of the problems for the US offshore wind industry has been the complexities surrounding the extent to which the Jones Act – which dates back to long before the concept of offshore wind farms was thought of – applies to the farms, the ships which will help build them, maintain them, and deal...
A Unified Command has completed a successful integrity test on the Main Pass Oil Gathering (MPOG) company’s pipeline system in Plaquemines Parish southeast of New Orleans. The procedure was carried out as a response to an oil release that was first detected on November 16th last year. The integrity...
https://insurancemarinenews.com/insurance-marine-news/gulf-of-mexico-pipeline-repaired/
The fire on a Pemex oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico initially reported to have injured nine workers (see yesterday’s IMN) has now been revealed to have killed one contractor, with two others seriously injured, in a “grave” condition. The fire struck the offshore Akal-B platform, operated by...
Mexican state energy company Pemex reported at the weekend that a fire broke out at one of its platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. It said that it had activated emergency protocols and contained it, but that nine workers were injured in the accident, none of them seriously. The fire broke out late...
https://insurancemarinenews.com/insurance-marine-news/nine-injured-in-gulf-of-mexico-platform-fire/
The East Coast US move towards offshore wind as a major source of its energy has taken a further step, with energy firm Equinor announcing last week the first Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approval for an offshore wind project to connect directly into the New York City transmission...
Houston-based wholesale broker and managing general agent JH Blades has signed a master underwriting agreement with re/insurer MS Amlin. The new facility will focus on upstream oil and gas liability risks, with clients being onshore and offshore operators that have fully operational extraction...
A plan to build a floating offshore wind farm in Arctic waters has received state backing worth NOK2bn ($193m). The relatively small GoliatVind project would be situated in the Barents Sea and would consist of five 15 MW turbines. The aim would be to supply power to the Arctic town of Hammerfest....
Switzerland-based Nord Stream is suing insurers in the London market for more than €400m over the explosions in 2022 which ruptured the pipelines that had been built to transport Russian gas to Germany, according to court filings. Nord Stream AG names Lloyd’s Insurance Co and Arch Insurance (EU)...
Price Forbes has appointed Dan Nicholls to its energy leadership team, and Ray Spreadbury as Head of Renewables. Nicholls joins after 11 years at Miller, including four as Head of Onshore Energy. He has experience across midstream and downstream energy, power utility, and renewables, as well...