The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has released its draft environmental assessment (EA) of the Morro Bay wind energy area (WEA) for public comment. The assessment looks at potential impacts from future commercial leasing and related site characterisation and assessment activities...
Offshore drilling player Valaris has sealed new contracts and extensions, with associated backlog of $181m added since its most recent fleet status report in February. The New York-listed firm has won two-year contract extensions with BP in the US Gulf of Mexico for managed rigs Mad Dog and Thunder...
https://splash247.com/valaris-seals-fresh-deals-for-its-drilling-fleet/
Randy Giveans, widely hailed as one of the best analysts in shipping, has quit his position at investment bank Jefferies to take on a new role with Navigator Gas, the operator of the world’s largest fleet of handysize liquefied gas carriers. Giveans will be based in Houston, serving as an executive...
https://splash247.com/randy-giveans-quits-jefferies-for-new-role-at-navigator-gas/
The Port of Los Angeles has completed its Everport terminal improvement project, upgrading berths 226 to 236 along the Los Angeles main channel. The $65m project was designed to improve the container-handling efficiency and capacity of the Everport terminal to accommodate a mix of larger container...
https://splash247.com/port-of-los-angeles-completes-upgrades-to-everport-container-terminal/
After two attempts to shift the from the muddy sea floor off Baltimore, the US Coast Guard has decided the best strategy now is a lightering operation, warning shippers with cargoes on the 12,000 teu ship that the refloating operation could take another two weeks. Previously announced dredging will...
https://splash247.com/us-coast-guard-concedes-lightering-operation-required-to-refloat-ever-forward/
A host of shipping groups have come together as a team determined to oppose a giant stadium planned along the waterfront of Oakland, one of California’s premier ports. On Friday, several organisations representing truckers, ocean carriers, terminal operators, longshore workers and other...
https://splash247.com/shipping-pitches-for-the-oakland-athletics-to-walk/
Netherlands-based floater specialist SBM Offshore announced on Tuesday that Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL), an affiliate of Exxon Mobil Corporation, had confirmed the award of contracts for the Yellowtail development project located in the Stabroek block in Guyana. Under...
https://splash247.com/sbm-offshore-firms-up-guyana-fpso-deal-with-exxonmobil/
Japanese containerline Ocean Network Express (ONE) is working with Google Cloud and Deloitte to install artificial intelligence (AI) across the carrier’s business. ONE is establishing an AI Center of Excellence (CoE) that it says will imbue an agile culture across every aspect of its business;...
https://splash247.com/one-works-with-google-cloud-to-develop-artificial-intelligence-solutions/
Glynn County in Georgia has filed a lawsuit related to the capsize off its shores in September 2019. The suit names several defendants in the case: GL NV24 Shipping Inc. as the vessel’s owner, Hyundai Glovis Co. as its manager, G-Marine Service Co., Ltd as its operator and technical superintendent,...
https://splash247.com/lawsuit-filed-by-county-against-golden-ray-owner-manager-salvage-company/
ExxonMobil has made a final investment decision for the Yellowtail development offshore Guyana after receiving government and regulatory approvals. The company’s fourth, and largest, project in the Stabroek Block is expected to produce approximately 250,000 barrels of oil per day starting in 2025....
https://splash247.com/exxonmobil-makes-final-investment-decision-on-fourth-guyana-offshore-project/