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  • MARINA Voices Confidence that Filipino Seafarers Will Pass EMSA Audit

    10 May 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA), the Philippines is confident that the 80,000 Filipino seafarers on board European Union flagged vessels will retain their jobs as they are already making necessary changes to pass the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) audit. “We expect that EMSA will find the quality standard system that we adopted, hewing to […]

  • Long Beach Forms Congestion Relief Team

    9 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    The Port of Long Beach has convened a Congestion Relief Team to meet daily and seek solutions for addressing congestion issues. A surge of larger ships has taxed terminals at ports around the world to move cargo faster. Locally, Port of Long Beach staff has already identified one of the challenges. “There is a chassis imbalance,” said Dr. […]

  • Dunkirk LNG to start commercial operations by year end

    5 October 2016

    France’s fourth liquefied natural gas import terminal in the port of Dunkirk is expected to begin commercial operations by the end of the year.

  • RTS Wind Wrapping Up at Wikinger

    14 November 2017
    Operations & Maintenance

    RTS Wind is currently involved in the commissioning works at the 350MW Wikinger offshore wind farm located in the German Baltic Sea.

  • Belgium: Elia Requires Contractors for Submarine Cable System

    15 February 2013
    Storage

    Elia is seeking contractors for submarine HVAC cable system of Belgian Offshore Grid (BOG). The scope of the contract entails  a complete installed cable system, which involves design, engineering, construction, supply, installation, burial, handling and commissioning of submarine 220KV AC power cables including all necessary accessories, such as joints and terminations. After commissioning, the tenderer […]

  • Aquamarine Power CEO Joins Ocean Energy Europe Board

    9 December 2014
    Business & Finance

    Aquamarine Power Chief Executive Office John Malcolm was elected to the board of Ocean Energy Europe – the influential Brussels-based trade body which has an important role in shaping European policy for wave and tidal energy. Speaking on his election at the AGM Malcom said: “The recent events in the wave energy sector have underlined the […]

  • Petrobras Claims Oil from Santos Basin Spill Contained

    6 February 2012
    Business & Finance

    Petrobras announced that no more traces of oil were found in the sea during overflights carried out Friday morning in the Carioca Nordeste area, in the Santos Basin. Therefore, in accordance with the procedures laid down in the Emergency Plan and with the knowledge of the Navy, Ibama and ANP, contingency actions have been demobilized. […]

  • Vattenfall Picks LICengineering for Danish Offshore Wind Projects

    29 August 2017

    Danish engineering consultancy LICengineering has won a contract to provide Vattenfall with design solutions for the Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm and the Vesterhav Nord and Vesterhav Syd nearshore wind farms in the Danish North Sea.

  • Vattenfall Picks LICengineering for Danish Offshore Wind Projects

    29 August 2017

    Danish engineering consultancy LICengineering has won a contract to provide Vattenfall with design solutions for the Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm and the Vesterhav Nord and Vesterhav Syd nearshore wind farms in the Danish North Sea.

  • EC clears creation of Japanese JV for liquefied hydrogen supply chain

    26 February 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    The European Commission (EC) has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the creation of a joint venture by Japanese companies INPEX Corporation, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, and Iwatani Corporation that aims to develop a liquefied hydrogen supply chain. On February 22, the EC issued a document stating that the companies will acquire joint control over the […]

  • IOG full steam ahead with Thames Pipeline work

    1 May 2018
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    IOG has awarded contracts to Subsea 7 and Wood for the provision of work related to its Thames Pipeline located in the Southern North Sea.

  • Farr Yacht Design Announced The Launch Of The Open 60 Paprec-virbac

    4 February 2007

    Farr Yacht Design is pleased to announce the launch of the Open 60 PAPREC-VIRBAC in Tauraunga, New Zealand. This boat is the 4th Open 60 design from their studio (VIRBAC-PAPREC 1 , DELTA DORE and PRB being the other three) designed for Jean-Pierre Dick who commissioned FYD’s first Open 60 VIRBAC-PAPREC 1 back in 2002.

  • Fincantieri New Cruise Ship Order Sign Of Recovery, says CEO

    15 December 2009

    Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri SpA’s recent commission to build a 3,700 passenger cruise ship is an “important sign” that recovery could emerge in 2010, said Fincantieri Chief Executive Giuseppe Bono in an interview. Shipbuilders across Europe–already struggling to compete with rival builders in China and Asia–are struggling with layoffs and flat balance sheets as orders dry […]

  • Germany: WSA Minden Contracts Kongsberg for Hydrographic Survey Equipment Provision

    17 August 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Wasser- und Schifffahrtsamt Minden (WSA Minden) has contracted Kongsberg Maritime GmbH for the provision of hydrographic survey equipment. The contract is for the supply, installation, calibration and commissioning of the sounding measurement system for the hydrographic survey vessel ‘Visurgis’, as well as training and evaluation of operating staff. The value of the contract is approximately […]

  • Fishing industry loses £60 million a year

    2 November 2009

    Dead fish worth £60 million is being dumped from fishing boats back into the North Sea every year, according to figures released by the Scottish government at the weekend. Fishing minister Richard Lochhead is this week to call on the European Commission to change the rules for discards now rather than wait until 2013 when […]

  • Belfast Harbour to become UK renewables hub

    2 February 2011

    Belfast Harbour and the Danish renewable energy company, Dong Energy, have signed a letter of intent to transform a 50-acre area of the harbour into a offshore wind turbine manufacturing complex. The Harbour is looking to fund the construction of a 450m quay at a cost of GBP40m, creating 150 construction jobs and 300 full-time […]

  • Marcon sells two new 58-metre AHTS vessels

    14 May 2010

    Marcon International, USA, has announced the delivery of two new DP-1, 1,350DWT anchor handling tug supply vessels to Nigerian buyers. ‘Opu Tamuno 1’ and ‘Ibi Teme’ were constructed at the Zhanjiang Haibin Shipyard in China. Initially, the units were commissioned on speculation by the shipyard, and the buyers secured the vessels with over six months […]

  • Heavy lifting at Port of Albany

    14 December 2006

    The Port of Albany is on track to handle more than 780,000 tons of cargo this year, the most in five years, Albany Port District Commission Chairman Robert Cross said Wednesday. Shipments of sugar, grain, steel and scrap iron have boosted tonnage and are expected to provide more than 80,000 man-hours of work, up from […]

  • Ballast Nedam: Heavy Lift Vessel Svanen at Work for Belwind

    2 September 2009

    Ballast Nedam’s heavy lift vessel Svanen left the port of Rotterdam last weekend. The Svanen has been commissioned by Van Oord Dredging and Marine Contractors to drive 56 steel piles for the foundations of the Belwind offshore wind farm off the coast of Zeebrugge (Belgium). This is the first phase of the Belwind project, which […]

  • VIDEO: Installation of Foundations and Wind Turbines at London Array

    10 April 2013

    The commissioning of the London Array’s 175th and final turbine happened at 16.09 on Saturday, 6 April. Thus, full capacity has now been reached at the 630MW first phase of the world’s largest offshore wind farm. The following is a video of foundation and turbine installation at the London Array Offshore Wind Farm: [mappress] Offshore […]

  • El Musel LNG terminal welcomes first commercial ship

    14 August 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    Energy major Enagás has announced that the El Musel LNG terminal in Gijón, Spain, has received power major Endesa’s first vessel, the 180,000 m3 capacity Gaslog Warsaw, following the final technical tests required before the plant’s commercial commissioning. According to Enagás, on 31 July, following the successful completion of the capacity allocation procedure (open season), […]

  • CTI-Maritec gets DNV GL approval for ballast water testing

    24 September 2020
    Certification & Classification, Environment, Equipment, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Rules & Regulation, Vessels

    Classification society DNV GL has approved CTI-Maritec as a test facility capable of undertaking ballast water system commissioning tests in line with new ballast water rules set to enter-into-force in October 2021. The Approval of Service Supplier (AoSS) certification, the first of three classification society approvals expected this year, allows CTI-Maritec to perform biological efficacy […]

  • Saipem Lands USD 950 Mln E&C Offshore Contracts (Italy)

    24 September 2012
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Saipem has signed new E&C Offshore contracts in Angola, Kazakhstan and North Sea, worth approximately $950 million. In Angola, Saipem has been awarded an EPCI contract by CABGOC for the Congo River Crossing Pipeline Project, to be developed off the coasts of Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The scope of work includes the […]

  • ABB to Connect German Wind Farm to Mainland Grid

    23 April 2012
    Storage

    ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won a significant order from the Dutch-German transmission grid operator TenneT to supply an AC (alternating current) power transmission link connecting Nordergründe, an offshore North Sea wind farm, to the mainland grid in Germany. The order was booked in the first quarter. The link has a […]

  • France: European Parliament Votes to Protect Whistleblowers from Offshore O&G Industry

    13 September 2011
    Business & Finance

    Development of new gas or oil fields in European seas should only be allowed if the company has prepared an adequate emergency plan and has sufficient funds to repair possible damage to the environment, says a resolution passed by Parliament on Tuesday. Site-specific plans for all drilling, which would have to be approved by the […]