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  • VULKAN Group Opens Hackforth Academy

    8 July 2013

    On Wednesday, 3rd July 2013, the Mayor of the city of Herne and the owners and Executive Management of the VULKAN Group cut the blue ribbon to inaugurate the Hackforth Academy, the new advanced training centre. More than 30 guests from the sectors of politics, economics and science gathered to attend the festive inaugural celebrations. […]

  • Cougar helicopter flying to Exxon platform forced to return to base after hydraulic pressure issues

    26 November 2019

    Canadian offshore regulator C-NLOPB has reported that a Cougar helicopter has returned to base after being hit by a hydraulic pressure issue while on its way to ExxonMobil’s platform offshore Canada.

  • Statoil Sends Students on North Sea Platform

    24 May 2013
    Business & Finance

    Statoil’s Natural Science Award was presented in Bergen yesterday, 23 May, and 15 students from six upper secondary schools from all over the country were gathered for the grand finale. The competition is a collaboration between Statoil and six regional science centres in Norway. The winners of Statoil’s Natural Science Award Lea Starck, Rebekka Frøystad […]

  • Navy ship to be sunk during target practice exercise

    17 November 2006

    A Canadian warship that has been tied up at the dock at CFB Esquimalt since 2001 will be towed out to sea off the west coast of Vancouver Island next year and used for target practice. HMCS Huron was commissioned in 1972 and saw service in the Persian Gulf during the first Gulf War.

  • USCG Medevacs Injured Chinese Sailor off Puerto Rico

    12 April 2018
    Business & Finance

    USCG medevacs injured Chinese crewmember from the bulk carrier Bunum Hero on April 10 off Puerto Rico.

  • Lake Erie Metropark Shoreline Project on the Way

    24 July 2019
    Business & Finance

    The Huron-Clinton Metroparks will soon start work on a new collaborative restoration project at Lake Erie Metropark to improve shoreline and coastal wetland in the park. The project is possible thanks to a $1.5 million grant from The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. “With that, the Metroparks’ Natural […]

  • City of Rockingham Secures Coastal Grants

    22 August 2019
    Business & Finance

    The City of Rockingham (WA) announced today that it has secured two Coastal Adaptation and Protection (CAP) grants for 2019/2020, which will be used to carry out coastal monitoring, modifications and upgrades along the city’s coastline. The CAP funding will be administered by the Department of Transport on behalf of the State Government. According to […]

  • Vattenfall Warns That Offshore Wind Industry Needs to Reduce Costs or Risk Dying Out (UK)

    11 March 2011
    Business & Finance

    KENTISH Flats operator Vattenfall has warned that the offshore wind farm industry must reduce its costs or risk “dying out.” Speaking at a wind energy event in London on Tuesday, Ole Bigum Nielsen, who heads the UK offshore operations, told the audience: “I think we all agree we have to lower the costs of what […]

  • Low Water Levels to Cause Negative Economic Impact, Study Says

    27 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    A new Mowat Centre study conducted for the Council of the Great Lakes Region (CGLR) finds that if water levels remain low on the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River they will have a negative economic impact on the region that could reach $18 billion by 2050. Following nearly three decades of higher than […]

  • El Faro’s Ex-Captain Raises Ship Stability Issues

    18 May 2016

    Former El Faro master, Capt. Jack Hern took the stand yesterday during the second day of the United States Coast Guard hearing into the El Faro sinking. During his testimony Hern said that he had raised concerns over the ship’s stability, citing water integrity-issues, wear on hatches and boilers that often needed maintenance as key vulnerabilities […]

  • Students Visit Statfjord A Platform (Norway)

    19 September 2013

      Students from Danielsen upper secondary school in Bergen were the winners of this year’s prestigious Natural Science Award. This week they got to visit the Statfjord A platform in the North Sea. The competition tasks are prepared in accordance with target student competency levels in physics and chemistry. The prize, a grant of NOK […]

  • Mouchel Shortlisted for BCI Award

    11 June 2015
    Business & Finance

    Mouchel’s Herne Hill & Dulwich Flood Alleviation Scheme, delivered in partnership with Southwark Council, has been shortlisted for the British Construction Industry (BCI) Awards in the Project of the Year – under £10m category. The £4.28m project involved teams from across Mouchel and was jointly developed as a partnership between Southwark Council, the Environment Agency […]

  • Grounded Bulker Refloated from St. Lawrence Seaway

    1 January 2018

    Pacific Huron was refloated on Saturday evening from its grounded position in the St. Lawrence Seaway.

  • Hercules Offshore, Inc. Completes Acquisition of TODCO

    11 July 2007

    Hercules Offshore, Inc. (‘Hercules Offshore’, ‘the Company’ Nasdaq: HERO) today announced the completion of its acquisition of TODCO as the transaction was finalized today following approvals by the stockholders of both companies.

  • USA: Bad Weather Delays Arthur J Salvage

    25 July 2012

    On-scene weather conditions Tuesday continue to delay the on-going salvage operations of the Arthur J, the 110-foot dredge barge that is grounded and partially sunk two miles off the shore of Lakeport, Mich., in Lake Huron. This is the second day that weather and sea state have caused a delay in the salvage of the […]

  • ‘Leadership Sails’ put women in ship-shape

    3 August 2006

    Of all the sailing vessels at the Tall Ships Festival, the Tallship Unicorn has the most “girl power.” An all-woman crew sailed her in yesterday from Green Bay, Wis., with a half-dozen women executives on board for leadership training. It leaves here next Saturday for Port Huron, Mich., with a group of teenage girls on […]

  • Hercules Offshore, Inc. Announces Cash and Stock Merger Consideration in Acquisition of TODCO

    15 July 2007

    Hercules Offshore, Inc. (“Hercules Offshore”) (Nasdaq: HERO) today announced the merger consideration expected to be paid to TODCO stockholders in the merger of Hercules Offshore and TODCO, which was completed on July 11, 2007.

  • Helix Energy Solutions appointed for full-field decommissioning in Gulf of Mexico

    31 May 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Helix Alliance, the Louisiana-based subsidiary of Helix Energy Solutions, has secured a full-field decommissioning contract in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico shelf. As part of the project set to begin in mid-2023, Helix’s scope of work includes the plug and abandonment of 39 wells, 15 pipelines and seven structures. Helix Alliance plans to use the […]

  • UK: ICIS Announces First Cleared LNG Swap Trade

    17 July 2012

    The world’s first cleared LNG swap traded on 16 July. The contract settles on the ICIS East Asia Index (EAX) for physical LNG. The deal was brokered by Tradition over the CME Direct trading platform and has been cleared by CME Europe. The deal was done for September at $13.90/MMBtu. From 16 July the NYMEX […]

  • Siem Offshore completes takeover of Secunda Canada. Takes AHTS delivery

    18 May 2016
    Business & Finance

    International offshore vessel owner Siem Offshore has acquired 50 percent, or the other half of ownership interest, in the Canadian offshore vessel provider Secunda Canada.  With this transaction Norway’s Siem Offshore becomes the 100 percent owner of Secunda Canada, as it had bought the first 50 percent of the company in September 2013, for 16.25 million […]

  • 235 Yachts Set Sail in the 84th Bayview Mackinac Race

    14 July 2008

    PORT HURON, Mich., July 12 /PRNewswire/ — An array of 235 sailboats in 19 classes with nearly 3,000 sailors jockeyed for position as they crossed the starting line to the sound of race committee canons and windswept waves as the 2008 Chrysler Jeep Superstores Bayview Mackinac Race got underway at the noon hour on Saturday.

  • Sand Renourishment Works at Challenger Beach About to Begin

    16 April 2019
    Business & Finance

    The City of Rockingham in Western Australia plans to carry out sand renourishment works at Challenger Beach in late April to combat ongoing erosion issues that are occurring on site. Otherwise known as the Kwinana Headland Beach, Challenger Beach is located in East Rockingham, just north of the grain terminal on Rockingham Beach Road. The area has […]

  • Crew rescued as cargo ship sinks

    16 March 2006

    Local Maritime Safety Agency teams were heroes early Monday as they rescued a 24-man crew from a sinking cargo ship near Kume Island.

  • U.S. – Canadian Panel: Great Lakes not losing extra water because of navigational dredging

    16 December 2009

    TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Lakes Huron and Michigan are not losing extra billions of gallons of water daily because of navigational dredging as a Canadian group contends, a scientific panel said Tuesday… Source: Associated Press, December 15, 2009

  • Ingalls-Built LPD 25 Somerset Christened in Honor of the 9/11 Heroes of Flight 93

    31 July 2012

    Nearly 1,800 guests attended the christening of Huntington Ingalls Industries’ ninth amphibious transport dock, Somerset (LPD 25), at the company’s Avondale shipyard. LPD 25 is named to honor the courage of the passengers and crew members of United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed on Sept. 11, 2001, near Shanksville in Somerset County, Pa. “We thank […]