The French government has ended its emergency response regime to the 2017 grounding of a new container ship in New Caledonia's waters.
The 184-metre Kea Trader had run at full speed into the Durand Reef near Mare after which debris and oil began spilling into the ocean.
France invoked its ORSEC response scheme to contain the disaster.
Posted on - 2019-11-20Brazil’s Petrobras is on course to become the world’s largest oil producer among publicly listed companies by 2030, based on Rystad Energy’s latest data and forecasts. After a tough few years embroiled in a huge corruption scandal, Petrobras is now the world’s fastest growing oil producer and Rystad analysis suggests it will need to spend $70bn on field development between 2020 and 2025.
Posted on - 2019-11-20A sixth of seven intercessional working group meetings took place last week at the International Maritime Organization to look at ways to make existing ships improve operational efficiency and thus cut CO2 emissions. As discussions focused on ship’s speed the usual difference of opinion on the speed of the decision making emerged between shipowner and green lobby groups.
Posted on - 2019-11-19