LA County to control cruise ship’s illness outbreak
With several passengers reported being ill onboard the cruise ship “Norwegian Joy”, officials in Los Angeles acted immediately and showed their concern while the vessel had to dock in Port of LA.
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Norwegian archaeologists found a 1,000-year-old ship burial
Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (NIKU) and its archaeologists team recently discovered a new ship burial site, with the aid of georadar technology, that probably dates to the Viking or Merovingian period.
Equinor turns its drilling focus on Norway’s Arctic
The Norwegian oil company, Equinor, after several exploration efforts and many depressing wells in the frontier areas of Barents Sea, announced that from now on will pay attention to some of the Norway’s promising offshore productive areas, as it further goals to build a new oil province in its Arctic region.
Norwegian Shipping Association: Laid-up vessels and rigs to decrease
According to Norwegian Shipowners’ Association’s Outlook Report for 2019, shipowners expect increased profitability and more new employees this year. Despite highly challenging markets in recent years, both the transport segments and the offshore segments expect better profitability in 2019.
Low lube oil pressure resulted to Viking Sky blackout
The Norwegian Maritime Authority resulted to the fact that low lubricating oil pressure was most probably the cause of the engine failure aboard the 2017-built cruise ship Viking Sky. The Authority collaborated with the ship’s classification society, Lloyd’s, and the company in order to identify the reasons the vessel suffered a power blackout.
Norwegian Arctic coast busy on natural gas tankers
An overall of 14 LNG carriers crowded at loading and reloading facilities in northern Norway on January 16. The number of the vessels reflects the busy days both Honningsvåg and Hammerfest, two towns located along the coast of the Barents Sea. are experiencing.
World’s first test area for autonomous ships opened
The Norwegian Maritime Authority and the Norwegian Coastal Administration have signed an agreement which allows for testing of autonomous ships in the Trondheim fjord.
US Cruise Industry to provide responses on Passenger Safety and Security
US Cruise Industry to provide responses on Passenger Safety and Security
A unique year on the Norwegian continental shelf
Statoil has completed a fantastic year "Statoil has completed a fantastic year, both in terms of exploration successes, and the…
