National Maritime Museum acquires Liquid Traces: The Left to Die Boat Case from Forensic Oceanography
Heller in 2014.Forensic Oceanography is a project that emerged out of Forensic Architecture based at Goldsmiths, University of London. Liquid Traces interrogates the impact of policies and practices of abandoning migrant vessels in distress in overlapping jurisdictions, as evidenced during the First Libyan Civil War in 2011.The video reconstructs the route of a small boat that was carrying seventy-two people away from Libya in March 2011. It was left adrift for 14days in NATO’s maritime surveillance area following an engine failure. Despite sending several distress signals and encounters with
Israel Says It Tracked Down the Ship Linked to Recent Oil Spill
blackened beaches up and down the Israeli coast, and clumps of sticky black tar have washed up on the shores of south Lebanon and the Gaza Strip, as well.Environmental groups are calling it an ecological disaster that could take years to clean up.Gamliel said the vessel was "owned and operated by a Libyan", without identifying a person or company.Libya's state-owned shipping firm, the General National Maritime Transport Company, said it had owned the vessel but sold it at an auction in December.The vessel was purchased by Emerald Marine Ltd, a company based in the Marshall Islands, according
N-Sea Reports Sales Uptick
requirements, assisted by the charter of six diving support vessels and N-Sea’s three daughtercrafts. As a result, the Aberdeen division has appointed a number of additional personnel to its workforce.N-Sea’s Dubai office has extended its services into emerging markets, having secured work in Libya with a tier 1 contractor and currently working on saturation diving and air diving scopes in Egypt. Throughout 2019, the Middle East base has achieved a 500% growth and attained $20 million in contract wins, making it a record year for the region. As a direct result, N-Sea has increased its Dubai-based
Mooring Installation Highlights Thordon's Range
The bearing installations to two Calm Buoys operating offshore Libya are indicative of the wide-range of applications Thordon’s environmentally-safe bearing systems have outside the company’s traditional maritime market.A total of 48 bearings and bushings were supplied in 2014 for installation to the chain stoppers of Monobuoy’s 400t turntable Calm Buoys, a single point mooring system designed to allow oil tankers to load and offload cargoes offshore, without having to berth alongside the refinery. However, the ensuing Libyan conflict resulted in the project being postponed until
Schlumberger Revenue Misses Estimates
.14 billion."Despite OPEC's recent decision to increase production, the global supply base continues to weaken," Chief Executive Officer Paal Kibsgaard said, pointing to uncertainty for producers and service providers due to sanctions on Iran, falling production from Venezuela and outages in Libya.The world's largest oilfield services company posted net income attributable of $430 million, or 31 cents per share, in the second quarter ended June 30, compared with a loss of $74 million, or 5 cents per share, a year earlier.Total revenue rose 11.3 percent to $8.30 billion, but missed analysts'
Salardi to Lead Xodus’ Decom Division
and gas assets, joining Xodus from operator Quadrant Energy where he was senior project manager for a number of decommissioning programs in Australia. Throughout his career, Salardi has managed many projects in various phases of their lifecycle around the world, including Italy, Nigeria, Norway, Libya, Croatia, Egypt and Australia. After more than 15 years working for Italian supermajor Eni, he joined Apache in Perth, Australia where, besides decommissioning work, he also managed a number of new development projects. “Xodus has been ahead of the game when it comes to decommissioning
Oil Steady, Supply Outlook Unclear
. "With investors now expecting a relatively high level of compliance with the production-cut agreements, prices should be well supported," ANZ bank said on Monday. Speculators raised their holdings of Brent crude oil futures to a record high last week. Traders noted a possible delay in Libyan exports provided some support to oil prices earlier in the session. In Libya, a group guarding oil infrastructure said late last week it had reopened a long-blockaded pipeline leading from the oilfields of Sharara and El Feel. Over the weekend, however, a separate group prevented a production
JFSE to Aid FSO Replacement at Bouri Pilfield
. Global offshore marine construction contractor EMAS-AMC is responsible for the engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning of new offshore facility, FSO Gaza, at the Bouri oilfield. Bouri, considered to be the Mediterranean’s largest producing oilfield 120 km from the Libyan shore, is operated by Italian oil company Eni with the National Corporation of Libya as a partner. JFSE’s non-contact method is essential for this project, delivering enhanced safety during operations close to existing assets, as the new flowline is to be laid adjacent to an existing
Italy May Have Found Ship Carrying 900 Drowned Migrants
Italy's navy said on Thursday it believed it had found the wreck of a boat that sank last month killing up to 900 migrants off the coast of Libya, the Mediterranean's most deadly migrant tragedy in living memory. Only 24 bodies have been recovered since the April 18 disaster and the discovery of the wreck 375 metres (1,235 feet) underwater some 135 km (85 miles) north of Libya would notably increase the chances of finding more remains. Search teams based on two minesweepers and a smaller navy vessel used sonar instruments and a submersible to locate the hulk of a 25-metre blue boat
February 2024
