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  • Five EU Yards to Work Together on Ship Recycling

    10 March 2017
    Business & Finance

    Five of the EU’s approved recycling yards have decided to join forces as they signed an agreement to form the European Ship Recyclers Group (ESR). Namely, the French Port of Bordeaux , Belgium-based Galloo, Smedegaarden from Denmark, Dutch Scheepssloperij Nederland and Spain’s DDR plan to operate under the flag of the International Ship Recycling Association (ISRA). “Our first […]

  • GE Marine Engines for Panama Canal New Tug Boats (USA)

    14 June 2012
    Business & Finance

      GE Marine, a business unit of GE Transportation, recently announced an order for 28 of its Model 8L250 Marine engines to power 14 new tug boats commissioned by the Panama Canal Authority. This marks the third order by the authority for GE Marine engines to power its fleet. The first order for 26 GE […]

  • FERC Gives Green Light to Freeport Liquefaction Project

    1 August 2014
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) authorized Freeport LNG Development, L.P. to site, construct, and operate facilities to liquefy and export domestic natural gas from its existing liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal located near the city of Freeport, Brazoria County, Texas.   The Freeport Liquefaction Project includes the construction and operation of a […]

  • AEC Maritime Installs Scrubber on Scandlines’ Ferry

    18 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    AEC Maritime has installed a closed loop scrubber installation, which has been commissioned and is now fully operational at the Scandlines Ferry M/V Schleswig-Holstein, sailing on the route Puttgarden-Rødby. “With this technology, ship owners can use high sulphur fuels while meeting the strict requirements set by the IMO MARPOL Annex VI Resolution MEPC 184 (159),” […]

  • Tidal wetlands license for Cove Point LNG approved

    24 July 2014

    The Maryland Board of Public Works approved unanimously a tidal wetlands license for the Dominion Cove Point LNG export project. A crowd of about 250 Calvert County leaders and other citizens, labor representatives and supporters rallied outside the State House before the hearing. The BPW voted 3-0 to approve the license after two hour, 40 […]

  • 2018 in review: Interviews of the year

    2 January 2019

    Interview: Dunkirk LNG arrivals expected to double in 2018 France’s Dunkirk LNG import terminal, the country’s fourth regasification facility, could double the number of ships calling at the facility this year, boosted by the volumes from Russia’s Yamal project in the Arctic. Interview: Panama’s first LNG terminal to get commissioning cargo early May Panama’s and […]

  • Shell’s Australian unit names new VP for Prelude FLNG project

    3 December 2018
    Ports & Logistics

    Shell Australia, a unit of the Hague-based LNG giant Shell, recently welcomed Rob Jager to Perth as the new vice president for the massive Prelude FLNG project. Jager has taken the reins from David Bird who finished his assignment on November 30. Jager moves to Perth from New Zealand, where he was the Country Chair & VP […]

  • HACE secures EU funding for wave energy tech

    11 April 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    French wave energy company Hydro Air Concept Energy (HACE) has been selected to receive €50,000 of Horizon 2020 funding to further develop its wave energy technology.

  • Shepherd Construction to Build Turbine Testing Facility for Narec (UK)

    30 November 2011

    The National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec) has signed a £14.8m contract with Shepherd Construction to deliver a 3,000m² building that will become the world’s largest facility for testing entire offshore wind turbine nacelles of up to 15MW capacity.  Tony Quinn, Director of Major Assets and Projects at Narec, said: “This is the third new building […]

  • Annova LNG seeks FERC approval for its liquefaction project

    12 March 2015

    Houston-based Annova LNG filed a request with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to initiate a review of the potential development of a mid-scale natural gas liquefaction and transfer facility at the Port of Brownsville, Texas. Exelon Generation is the majority owner of the Annova LNG Brownsville project. The project is contingent upon Annova successfully obtaining […]

  • FERC Stands By Admiralty Inlet Tidal Project

    10 December 2014
    Authorities & Government, Technology

    Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) denied a request for a rehearing of orders for a tidal energy proposal in the Admiralty Inlet in Snohomish County, Washington, USA.  On March 20, FERC issued the license order and then the preemption order in June, both of which were objected by PC Landing Corp. and the Tulalip Tribes of Washington. PC Landing and the […]

  • Perth Wave Energy Project Pre-Deployment Testing Underway

    30 June 2014

    Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Limited is continuing progress on the assembly and pre-deployment testing is at BAE Systems in Henderson south of Perth and at Carnegie’s onshore project site at Garden Island in Western Australia. Current assembly and testing at Perth Wave Energy Project has been focused on the buoyant actuators, pumps, energy relief […]

  • Sandbank Fully Up and Running

    27 January 2017
    Storage

    The 288MW Sandbank offshore wind farm has been fully commissioned, Vattenfall reports. Sandbank, located 90 kilometers west of the island of Sylt in the German part of the North Sea, delivered its first power to the German national grid as a fully constructed wind farm on Wednesday, January 25, Vattenfall said. The wind farm was commissioned less […]

  • Sandbank Fully Up and Running

    27 January 2017
    Storage

    The 288MW Sandbank offshore wind farm has been fully commissioned, Vattenfall reports. Sandbank, located 90 kilometers west of the island of Sylt in the German part of the North Sea, delivered its first power to the German national grid as a fully constructed wind farm on Wednesday, January 25, Vattenfall said. The wind farm was commissioned less […]

  • Adwen 8MW Prototype Enters Final Stretch in Bremerhaven

    30 March 2017
    Technology

    Adwen has entered the final stages of the installation of its AD 8-180 offshore wind turbine prototype in Bremerhaven, Germany.

  • USA: Governor LePage Signs Offshore Wind Bill

    1 July 2013
    Authorities & Government

    Governor Paul R. LePage signed LD 1472, “An Act to Provide for Economic Development with Offshore Wind Power.” The Governor advocated for an amendment to the bill which requires the Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to conduct a second round of competitive bidding for offshore wind projects. A Norwegian multi-national oil and gas company, Statoil, […]

  • Statoil Awards Dudgeon OWF Contract to Siemens

    14 January 2014
    Technology

    Statoil has awarded two contracts to Siemens plc for the engineering, supply, assembly, commissioning and service of 67 wind turbine generators for the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm project. The wind turbine generator (WTG) supply contract will cover engineering, procurement, assembly and offshore commissioning. Each turbine (6.0 MW) consists of a tower section, a nacelle and […]

  • SapuraKencana Changes Name

    28 March 2017
    Business & Finance

    Malaysian oil and gas services provider SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad has changed its name to Sapura Energy Berhad with effect from March 24, 2017. The name Sapura Energy Berhad was approved and reserved by the Companies Commission of Malaysia (CCM) in February 2017. As the company informed, the new name was registered by CCM on Friday. Prior to the […]

  • Enra inks $48M Petronas deal for Myanmar project

    10 July 2017

    Malaysia’s Enra Group has secured a contract with Petronas to provide condensates storing, offloading facilities and services in Myanmar. The company will, through its subsidiary ENRA SPM, lease a single point mooring system and storage tanker Petronas. The facilities will provide condensate storing and offloading services for the Yetagun offshore gas field operated by Petronas’ […]

  • Sierra Leone: Illegal fishing puts 300,000 jobs at risk

    2 December 2010

    Illegal fishing is pushing fishermen out of work, according to Hadijatou Jallow from the Guinea Current Large Marine Ecosystem Project – an organisation assisting countries adjacent to the Guinea Current Ecosystem to achieve environmental sustainability. Sierra Leone, which is also a member of the Guinea Current Large Marine Ecosystem (GCLME), is experiencing fishing problems as […]

  • Dockwise Vanguard to Transport Costa Concordia Wreck?

    20 September 2013

    Dockwise Vanguard may be the solution for the transportation of Costa Concordia wreck to the scrapyard, since the owner of the cruise ship Carnival Cruises commissioned the transport ship, the Italian media reported. Dockwise Vanguard is a semi-submersible heavy transport vessel (SSHTV) and currently the largest of its kind. The vessel is built by Hyundai […]

  • Dolphin in Oman Seismic for Masirah

    3 December 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Masirah Oil has commissioned a new 3D seismic survey in Block 50 Oman. The seismic survey, will be undertaken by Dolphin Geophysical ASA with its vessel, Artemis Arctic. The seismic survey commenced in November 2014 and is scheduled to be completed within approximately 45 days following mobilisation. Hans Lidgren, Chairman of Masirah, said, “The data collected will help increase […]

  • Leningrad Region Officials Visit Vyborg Shipyard (Russia)

    12 November 2012

    Last week Deputy Heads of municipal districts administrations of Leningrad Region visited Vyborg Shipyard. Among the guests there were representatives of Leningrad Region Government, election commission, Chamber of Control and Accounts, Administration of the Russian Federation Ministry of Justice for Leningrad Region. During the visit there was arranged an excursion around the shipyard facilities, and […]

  • Spain: Repsol Closes EUR 750 Million Eurobonds Offering

    14 September 2012

    Repsol International Finance, B.V. closed a 750 million euro 5 years and 5 months bond at 99.654 per cent, with a coupon of 4.375 per cent equivalent to mid swap + 335 b.p., to be listed on the regulated market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. This bond, guaranteed by Repsol, S.A., is issued under the […]

  • Ivory Coast Wants Estonian Tanker Held

    26 September 2006

    Authorities in Ivory Coast asked Estonia to hold a tanker that left hundreds of tons of toxic waste in the West African nation’s main city, as another death was attributed to the foul-smelling substance on Tuesday. A judge heading the commission investigating the chemical waste scandal sent a written request to Estonia to detain the […]