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  • 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 […]

  • 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. […]

  • Worley lands FEED contract for First Ammonia’s flagship project in Texas

    27 January 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Infrastructure, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Technology

    U.S. ammonia plants developer First Ammonia has selected Australian engineering and professional services company Worley to deliver the front-end engineering design (FEED) for its electric ammonia facility in Victoria, Texas.

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Statoil Awarded Licences Offshore Canada

    2 December 2010
    Business & Finance

    The licences include a Significant Discovery Licence (SDL) and three Exploration Licences (ELs) off the coast of Newfoundland, awarded through a land sale issue by the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB). “We are very pleased to learn that we have been successful in acquiring new licences offshore Newfoundland,” says Tim Dodson, senior vice […]

  • 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 […]

  • SYH Gets New 75 Tonne Wise Hoist

    3 October 2014
    Technology

    Based on the River Orwell at Levington (near Ipswich), Suffolk Yacht Harbour (SYH) recently invested in a brand new 75 Tonne Wise hoist. Suffolk Yacht Harbour’s Managing Director Jonathan Dyke says; “The new hoist operates in conjunction with our existing 60 tonne hoist; so SYH now offers its clients increased, more flexible and even faster […]

  • Christiania Shipping orders chemical tankers pair from Murakami Hide

    5 May 2023
    Green Marine, Vessels

    Christiania Shipping A/S, a specialized chemical ship owning and chartering company, has reached an agreement with the Japanese shipyard Murakami Hide for the construction of two 13,000 dwt stainless steel chemical tankers. The Copenhagen-based company said the duo is slated for delivery in the second half of 2025. “This is in line with our strategy […]

  • USCG Questions El Faro’s Stability and Cargo Security

    24 May 2016
    Business & Finance

    As the second round of El Faro hearings continues this week, the US Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation listened to testimonies about the ship’s stability and cargo security, local media reported. With these hearing the USCG is trying to determine what led to the sinking, and whether commercial pressure, negligence in cargo security or poor […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • The Netherlands: Gasunie Unit Transports Almost 1 Billion MWh of Gas in 2011

    17 January 2012

    During 2011, 996 million MWh (102 billion m3) of natural gas was transported by the national gas transport network in the Netherlands. Furthermore, the gas flowed through the pipelines without major interruptions or disruptions to quality. This is shown by recent annual figures from Gas Transport Services, subsidiary of Gasunie and operator of the Dutch high-pressure […]

  • SHI, Korean Register to bolster cyber security capabilities of smart ships

    27 May 2020
    Research & Development

    Korean Register (KR) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with compatriot Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) to conduct a joint study on “Ship Cyber Security Network Construction and Design Safety Evaluation” at the Marine Engineering Research Center of SHI. Under the MOU, the two organizations have agreed to evaluate the construction and design safety of […]

  • Mission to Recover El Faro’s VDR to Launch in July

    7 June 2016

    The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is planning to launch a mission to recover the voyage data recorder (VDR) belonging to the ill-fated cargo ship El Faro in early July. “The trip to the accident site is expected to take three to four days, followed by five days on scene to recover the VDR,” NTSB said. The recovery mission would include naval […]

  • 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. 

  • Bollinger Shipyards Hands Over FRC Richard Etheridge to US Coast Guard

    5 June 2012

    The Richard Etheridge, the second vessel in the Coast Guard’s Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutter (FRC) recapitalization project that was built by Bollinger Shipyards, was officially delivered to the Coast Guard May 26 in Key West, Fla. after transiting from Lockport, La. Richard Etheridge will be homeported alongside the lead FRC, Coast Guard Cutter Bernard C. […]

  • WindWing-fitted Pyxis Ocean docks in Paranaguá

    28 September 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Transition, Vessels

    Pyxis Ocean, the world’s first large ship fitted with WindWings, metal sails that harness the power of the wind to reduce fuel consumption and carbon emissions, arrived at the Port of Paranaguá, Brazil. The bulker, which emits 30% less carbon dioxide compared to conventional ships, embarked on its maiden voyage from the Port of Shanghai, […]

  • RRS Discovery Taken Out of Service After 50 Years

    21 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    The Royal Research Ship Discovery, the UK’s oldest research vessel, has been taken out of service after a distinguished half-century of service to UK marine science. She will be replaced by a new, state-of-the-art Royal Research Ship, also called Discovery, which will be named in Southampton next year. Crew members and scientists who have worked […]