Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) delivered a high specification Platform Supply Vessel, “Sea Tantalus”, bearing the Hull No. BY-089, to M/s. PSV Holding Inc.,Liberia. This is the first of a series of four (4) Nos. of similar vessels being built for the same client. The Protocol documents of the ship were signed by Capt. R.S.Sundar,…
Indonesia-based oil and gas shipping company, PT Berlian Laju Tanker, filed for Chapter 15 creditor protection in a U.S. bankruptcy court on Tuesday, days after it reached a deal with creditors to restructure its $1.9 billion debt. Under U.S. bankruptcy laws, Chapter 15 grants a foreign company protection from creditors looking to seize its…
A Pakistani engineer seized from a vessel in Nigerian waters is missing for a 33rd day and claims of his sightings are so far unfounded, employer Petrostar Nigeria Ltd. said. A group which said it had Kaleem Ul Haq Usmani “sent a photograph of a man I have never seen in my life,” Elie…
Two German mariners were briefly detained in India after their ship was reportedly involved in a collision with a local fishing vessel, resulting in the death of one fisherman. Germany’s Foreign Ministry stated that their two citizens were released on bail in the Port of Chennai [pictured above]. The men were receiving consular assistance. It…