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  • EPA Report Shows Increase in Great Lakes Basin Pollution (USA)

    17 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    Toxic releases into surface waters in the Great Lakes Basin increased by 12 percent from 2010 to 2011, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s annual Toxics Release Inventory report published yesterday. Nationwide, toxic surface water discharges decreased by 3 percent. “This is a significant increase in toxic releases to our waters – and an […]

  • Clinton River Projects Get Support

    10 November 2015
    Business & Finance

    The U.S Environmental Protection Agency has announced the award of new funding for major Great Lakes Restoration Initiative projects in the Clinton River Area of Concern totaling nearly $20 million. Senior Advisor to the EPA Administrator Cameron Davis was joined by U.S. Sen. Gary Peters, U.S. Rep. Sander Levin, U.S. Rep. Candice Miller, Clinton River Public […]

  • OceanServer Receives Fourth Contract From University of Michigan for Iver2 EP42 AUV (USA)

    22 March 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

      OceanServer has received a fourth contract from the University of Michigan for an Iver2 EP42 equipped with Side Scan Sonar, 10 beam DVL and ADCP. Early this year, OceanServer delivered the University’s third vehicle for service in the Great Lakes. The new vehicle will be used as part of the Great Lakes Observing System […]

  • AdvanFort Signs on Axel Tuetken as New Business Development Director

    6 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    The AdvanFort Company, a recognized global leader in maritime security solutions, has just signed on Axel Tuetken, the former country president in Tokyo for Maersk Line and Safmarine, as its business development director in Northern Europe, AdvanFort President William H. Watson said. “Axel Tuetken is largely responsible for the recent optimization of profitability for the […]

  • Russian Navy Acquires AS-39 Consul Autonomous Deep-Sea Submersible

    14 September 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

      Acceptance certificate of 3rd rank autonomous deep-sea submersible AS-39 Consul was signed on Sept 9 in the conference hall of Admiralteyskie Verfi shipyard. Participants of the acceptance ceremony were developers from Malakhit design bureau, members of the state acceptance board headed by Vice Admiral Yury Kurganov, representatives of Russian Navy – Hero of Russia […]

  • CAW Local 1 Ratifies New Agreement with Irving Shipbuilding, Canada

    29 November 2012

    Members of CAW/Marine Workers Federation Local 1 voted 69% in favour of ratifying a new 6-year collective agreement with Irving Shipbuilding. The agreement covers approximately 1000 workers at Halifax Shipyard, skilled shipbuilders who will be key in the construction of the new naval combat fleet for Canada in the coming years. “Our negotiating committee worked […]

  • UAE: ADPC Celebrates International Day of the Seafarer

    25 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    On 25 June 2013, individuals, organisations and governments around the world will be recognising seafarers – the unsung heroes of the sea who make global trade possible. Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC), the master developer of ports and industrial zones, will be taking the opportunity to recognize and thank the seafarers – on all types […]

  • Successful naming and launch of largest Dutch cutter suction dredger

    15 February 2011

    Van Oord’s largest self-propelled cutter suction dredger Athena was named and launched at the IHC Merwede shipyard in Kinderdijk on 12 February last. The Athena is the largest ever cutter suction dredger built in the Netherlands for a Dutch dredging company. What is more, the Athena is one of the largest cutter suction dredgers in […]

  • GALLERY: New semi-sub accommodation vessel delivered to OOS International

    12 February 2018
    Project & Tenders

    OOS International has taken delivery of its new semi-submersible accommodation vessel, the OOS Tiradentes.

  • Apply Secures New Contracts Worth USD 245.8 Million

    16 July 2012
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Apply has over the last weeks been awarded contracts worth over 1.5 billion NOK. In addition to significant contracts in Norway, new projects as far apart as Canada and Australia confirm the Group’s growing international scope. Living Quarters to the Hebron platform, offshore Canada to Apply Leivik Worley Parsons has announced the intent to award […]

  • El Faro’s Final Inspection Found No Issues

    20 May 2016
    Business & Finance

    The final inspection of the ill-fated cargo ship El Faro did not show any signs of mechanical or structural issues, the latest round of hearings held by the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation revealed, according to local media. On the fourth day of the hearings, the board listened to a testimony from a surveyor with the American […]

  • Germany grants €10M for projects to cut ship emissions

    18 June 2024
    Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics

    As part of its ‘BordstromTech’ program, Germany’s Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV) has supported several projects that aim to reduce ship emissions in sea- and inland ports.

  • Suncor restarting production at Terra Nova

    4 December 2018
    Infrastructure

    Canadian energy company Suncor has restarted production at its Terra Nova FPSO located offshore Canada. 

  • USA: Storm Recovery is Great Lakes Priority, Levin Says

    25 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    More than four months after Superstorm Sandy devastated parts of the Eastern United States, recovery and reconstruction efforts are far from complete. And while most of the attention has rightly focused on the need for aid to areas in the Northeast that were devastated by the storm’s landfall, Sandy’s power was so great that its […]

  • USA: Detroit Corps Office Receives Additional $17.8 Million

    31 March 2014

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, announces additions to its fiscal year 2014 program based on the recently approved Work Plan. This additional $17.8 million will be used in 2014 to repair breakwaters, dredge harbors and complete various projects throughout the Great Lakes. “We recognize that in this time of economic recovery we […]

  • USA: DEQ Announces Water Quality Grants for Michigan

    25 June 2012

    The DEQ  announced $3 million in grants statewide to improve water quality in Michigan’s lakes and streams. The grants, issued through Michigan’s Nonpoint Source Program, support development of watershed plans to improve water quality as well as funding for existing program activities. Several of the projects will result in water bodies meeting water quality standards. […]

  • SPS Delivering Concrete Mattresses for Kentish Flats Cables

    2 December 2014
    Storage, Technology

    Subsea Protection Systems (SPS) has started supplying 255 concrete mattresses to Vattenfall’s extension of the Kentish Flats Offshore Wind Farm, approximately 7 km off Whitstable and Herne Bay. The Great Yarmouth company, which employs 20 in the town, will transport approximately 1,250 tonnes of concrete mattresses to the site which will be used to protect […]

  • Foundations Work Starts at Kentish Flats Extension

    5 May 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Vattenfall, the Swedish energy company, has started construction on Kentish Flats Extension, expected to cost more than £150mn to build and the only wind farm to be built offshore in UK waters in 2015. Construction started late on Saturday May 2, with the piling of foundations for the 15-turbine scheme 8km offshore. All wind turbines are […]

  • Funding Announced for Canadian Coast Guard New Vessels

    26 June 2013

    The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence, on behalf of the Honourable Keith Ashfield, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans today announced funding of up to $488M to procure 18-21 new vessels for the Coast Guard Fleet. Minister MacKay made the announcement during the 2013 Mari-Tech Conference, an annual event providing marine engineers and those […]

  • Everything Ready for Christening of Somerset (LPD 25) at Ingalls Shipbuilding

    23 July 2012

    On Saturday, July 28, Ingalls Shipbuilding will christen the company’s ninth amphibious transport dock, Somerset (LPD 25). LPD 25 is named in honor of 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. Patrick White, president of Families of […]

  • Hercules Offshore orders jack-up rig in Singapore

    21 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary Jurong Shipyard has secured a US$236 million (about S$296 million) contract to build a high specification, tailor-made jack-up rig for new customer Hercules North Sea Ltd. Scheduled for delivery in the second quarter of 2016, the jack-up rig will be built based on the Friede & Goldman JU 2000E design which has […]

  • Australia: Santos GLNG Project Invests to Boost Volunteer Fire Fighting Equipment

    28 September 2011

    The Santos GLNG Project has invested $500,000 to purchase new fire fighting equipment for the Rural Fire Service to assist volunteer fire fighters in the Maranoa region in preparing for the fast approaching fire season. The new equipment consists of 65 slip-on units with speed loader stands, which can be easily transported on the back […]

  • Reynolds: Vattenfall’s New OWFs Big Boost for Norfolk Economy

    15 March 2016
    Business & Finance

    Vattenfall’s announcement that it wants to work closely with Norfolk (UK) businesses in the development of its huge wind farms off the county’s coast has been welcomed by Johnathan Reynolds, business development lead at the renewables hub OrbisEnergy. In the announcement, Ruari Lean, Vattenfall’s project manager for Norfolk Vanguard, said his company wanted to work with […]

  • Equinor, BHP enter new licenses offshore Canada

    8 November 2018

    Norway’s Equinor and its partners were the successful bidders for new exploration parcels in the prolific Jeanne d’Arc basin, offshore Newfoundland. BHP Billiton was also awarded two licenses.

  • ExxonMobil to Acquire Celtic Exploration, Canada

    18 October 2012

    ExxonMobil Canada announced an agreement with Celtic Exploration under which an ExxonMobil Canada affiliate will acquire Celtic. Under the terms of the agreement, ExxonMobil Canada will acquire 545,000 net acres in the liquids-rich Montney shale, 104,000 net acres in the Duvernay shale and additional acreage in other areas of Alberta. Current production of the acreage […]