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Highlights of the Week
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (December 5 – 11, 2016). VIDEO: Launching of TSHD Minerva in Kinderdijk The launching ceremony of DEME’s 3,500m³ LNG-powered trailing suction hopper dredger Minerva took place on December 3 at Royal IHC’s shipyard
Readers’ Picks of the Week (December 5 – 9, 2016)
Readers’ Picks of the Week (December 5 – 9, 2016)
Woodmac: What’s on the horizon for o&g exploration?
The global oil and gas exploration spending, which has been trimmed since the oil prices went down in 2014, will further fall in 2017. It might start rising in the next few years, but not to the pre-slump levels, a graph released by Wood Mackenzie shows. Also, on the oil prices, the energy intellige
Ashtead Provides nCentric Tech for Fugro’s North Africa Ops
Ashtead Technology is delivering nCentric wireless mesh communication network to assist Fugro Subsea Services operation in North Africa. Utilising nCentric Nova Node technology combined with the HyperBox, Ashtead has supplied video streaming and data transmissions between four vessels during the ins
Tema Port Expansion Project VIDEO
The Ghana Ports & Harbors Authority (GPHA) announced recently that construction operations on the $1.5 billion Tema Port Expansion Project have officially started. This capital development project, expected to be completed by the 4th quarter of 2019, is being executed by the Meridian Port Services (
Report: Asian LNG prices rise above $8/mmBtu
Prices for liquefied natural gas (LNG) have increased to their highest since mid-2015 in Asia, boosted by plans by OPEC and Russia to cut crude oil production. Spot prices for Asian LNG increased 50 cents from last week to around US$8.1 per million British thermal units (mmBtu), Reuters reported on
Nigeria: Otakikpo oil flows to storage tanks
Oil is flowing at the Otakikpo marginal field in Nigeria to onshore storage tanks ahead of evacuation by shuttle tanker. The field is operated by the Nigerian oil and gas company Green Energy International with 60 percent interest. Oil and gas exploration and development company Lekoil is a technica
UniSite: Look Back at Business in 2016
UniSite Group, a Chinese company involved in dredging, land reclamation, offshore projects, marine, mechanical engineering and green remediation projects, took an active part in a lot of projects all over the world in 2016. During the first quarter of 2016, UniSite supplied a significant amount of s
Hill International to Manage Facility Construction at Tangier-Med
Terminal operator APM Terminals MedPort Tangier has awarded a contract for managing construction of a new container facility at the Tangier-Med Port Container Terminal in Morocco to US-based firm Hill International. Under the two-year contract, Hill International will provide project management and
VV: Top Five Consolidated Container Fleets Worth USD 33.4 Bn
The top five consolidated container fleets are currently worth USD 33.4 billion and account for 33% of the entire container fleet, according to the latest data provided by VesselsValue. The report on the top five fleets, including the Moller Maersk AS/Hamburg Süd, China COSCO Holdings Co, CMA CGM/ A
Stricken Bulker Under Tow off Cape Town, Crew Evacuated
The Greek bulk carrier Antaios, which suffered both fire and water flooding damage in its engine room, is currently under tow off Cape Town, according to the South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA). The 27,776 dwt bulker, loaded with maize, ran into trouble some 860 nautical miles west of Ca
Stolt-Nielsen, ISS Ink South African Port Agency Deal
Maritime services provider Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) has won a new contract with Oslo-listed shipowner Stolt-Nielsen Limited for port agency in South Africa. Under the agency agreement, ISS South Africa would handle the port calls of Stolt Tankers at Durban, Richards Bay, Cape Town and Mosel