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  • Bangladesh: BIWTA Expands Its Fleet with Three Dredgers

    13 January 2012

    Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) will add three new fuel-saving computerised dredgers to its present fleet to maitain …   (thefinancialexpress-bd) [mappress] Source: thefinancialexpress-bd, January 13, 2012; Image: vostalmg

  • Twelve of 14 from sunken vessel rescued in Sea of Okhotsk

    17 November 2006

    The operation to rescue the crew from the sunken schooner near Kunashir Island in the Sea of Okhotsk has ended. Twelve of the 14 crewmembers were rescued. Two, a sailor and a boatswain, were found dead, the press service of the Sakhalin regional prosecutor’s office said.

  • Sri Lanka clash ‘kills 15 rebels’

    28 March 2007

    Sri Lankan navy troops have sunk three Tamil Tiger boats off the island’s north-east coast, killing at least 15 rebels, the military says. Officials said the navy fought a three-hour battle with 10 rebel boats.

  • VOR: Where beagles dare

    2 March 2006

    After the battering the fleet had as it rounded Cape Horn yesterday, the lighter winds that the crews now have as they sail around the southern side of The Falkland Islands is more than welcome. Spirits are rising and grins are back on the faces of the tired crews.

  • Bridgehead for the Hinterland

    4 February 2011

    The container logistics specialist Contargo, which sends more than 60 % of its transports via inland waterway, is very strongly affected by the closure of the Rhine due to the accident of the “Waldhof”, the tank vessel which capsized with a cargo of acid. The logistics enterprise operates scheduled sailings transporting import/export containers from the […]

  • BC Ferries Moves Forward with Green Investments

    24 June 2019
    Business & Finance

    BC Ferries is continuing with numerous investments to reduce its environmental footprint. 

  • Denmark rolls out 18 GW offshore wind map

    5 June 2020
    Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development

    Denmark has mapped out areas in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea suitable for the development of up to 18 GW of offshore wind capacity. COWI has, on behalf of the Danish Energy Agency, conducted ”a fine screening” of areas in Danish territorial waters to investigate the possibility of establishing both standalone offshore wind […]

  • SEPD Starts Cable Renewal Project (UK)

    4 October 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Southern Electric Power Distribution (SEPD) has this week commenced Phase One of its £13m project to renew one of the three High Voltage cables between Isle of Wight and the mainland. On completion of this project, the new cable and two existing High Voltage cables will all be ‘state of art’ and buried in the […]

  • EMEC sets up hydrogen know-how events

    20 August 2015
    Authorities & Government, Environment, Research & Development, Technology

    A series of events during September is expected to highlight Orkney’s pioneering role in creating a new use for power harnessed from the wind and tides. According to EMEC, the events offer the chance to discover more about the ‘Surf and Turf’ project, which involves generating hydrogen fuel using wind and tidal energy – and then […]

  • S.B. 220 Links Dredging Grants to “Clean Marinas” (USA)

    1 March 2012

    Advocates of “clean marinas” testified before the General Assembly’s Commerce Committee Tuesday, urging support for a bill that would allow marinas that follow anti-pollution protocols to apply for grants that could pay 40 percent of dredging costs. “Long Island Sound provides more than $9 billion to the regional economy every year,” Leah Schmalz, director of […]

  • APM Terminals Proposes Solutions to Indonesia’s Infrastructure Challenges

    22 July 2011
    Business & Finance

    Addressing the Indonesia International Conference- Focus On Indonesian Economy 2011, APM Terminals Asia-Pacific Regional Director of Portfolio Management, Michael Lund Hansen, noted the impressive recent growth of the Indonesian economy, but cautioned on the need for port and inland infrastructure to keep up with the nation’s development requirements. “Indonesia is not growing at its full […]

  • SCT&E Secures Land for New LNG Facility

    12 May 2014
    Research & Development

    Greg Michaels, Chairman and CEO of Southern California Telephone & Energy, announced the acquisition of land located on the Calcasieu Ship Channel for the development of a $2.4 billion LNG facility by its subsidiary SCT&E LNG, LLC. The approximate +/-232 acre site is strategically located on Monkey Island in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, and is expected […]

  • Cosco Sends Its Latest ULCS to Antwerp on Maiden Voyage (Belgium)

    16 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Cosco Belgium, the latest container carrier in the fleet of the Chinese shipping company Cosco, moored in the port of Antwerp on Sunday. The Cosco Belgium scored an important first: with a capacity of 13,350 TEU the Cosco Belgium is a new record for the state-owned Chinese company. The Cosco Belgium is the 55th […]

  • Salvage attempt for stricken boat

    15 February 2008

    Attempts will be made later to remove the stricken Portrush lifeboat from rocks on Rathlin Island. The Katie Hannan was forced onto the rocks by a heavy swell while attempting to rescue three people whose boat was in danger on 29 January.

  • Shetland travelling crabs tagged

    27 January 2008

    Shetland crabs are to be tagged to see how far they travel around the island as part of a new research project. The programme – launched by the NAFC Marine Centre in Scalloway – will check if 2,000 local brown crabs are migrating into foreign fishing waters.

  • Adria LNG Project in Croatia to Begin

    11 May 2010
    Project & Tenders

    The Croatian liquid natural gas (LNG) project Adria LNG near Krk Island in which Austrian oil and gas producer OMV has a 32.47-per-cent inte… [mappress] Source: austriantimes, May 11 , 2010;

  • Rescue crews save 20 from stranded vessel

    23 March 2005

    Emergency crews performed a dramatic maritime rescue Monday after a double-masted sailing ship ran aground near a rock jetty in Channel Islands Harbor, then was battered by heavy surf as 20 people clung to the listing vessel.

  • Warship HMS Clyde is commissioned

    4 July 2007

    The first warship to be launched at Portsmouth Naval Base for almost 40 years has been commissioned. HMS Clyde, a 262ft (80-metre) offshore patrol vessel, is due to leave for a five-year deployment in the Falkland Islands in August.

  • Bangladesh: Int’l tender for Sonadia deep sea port design proposed

    23 December 2009
    Project & Tenders

    The government plans to invite international tender to appoint a consulting firm by January next for preparing a detail design of the proposed deep seaport at Sonadia Island to be built at a cost of Tk 15,000 crore… Source: The Independent, December 23, 2009;

  • Kiel Canal (Germany) gets major port specifically designed to handle Offshore Wind equipment

    9 December 2009

    Construction has begun of a new ‘heavy lift’ inland port costing about €32m at Rendsburg on the Kiel Canal, the world’s busiest manmade waterway, linking the Baltic and the North Sea… Source: Maritime Journal, December 9, 2009

  • Gas Tanker Grand Aniva to Deliver LNG Cargo to Japan

    24 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    The 500th delivery of liquefied natural gas via the LNG terminal was loaded in the port of Prigorodnoye (Sakhalin Island). After the loading Grand Aniva headed for Japan. Grand Aniva is one of two Sovcomflot LNG tankers, chartered by the operator of the project – Sakhalin Energy Investment Company (SEIC). Sovcomflot is SEIC’s main partner […]

  • BC Ferries first LNG-fueled vessel arrives

    12 January 2017
    Vessels

    Salish Orca, the first of three LNG-fueled ferries built for BC Ferries completed its 10,440 nautical mile journey from the Remontowa shipyard in Gdansk, Poland to British Columbia.

  • BC Ferries’ third LNG-vessel arrives in B.C.

    8 June 2017
    Vessels

    BC Ferries’ Salish Raven, the third and final Salish Class LNG-fueled vessel arrived in British Columbia on Wednesday following a 41-day journey from Remontowa Shipbuilding in Gdansk, Poland.

  • Wärtsilä bags Bahamas LNG-ready power plant deal

    11 March 2019

    The technology group Wärtsilä has been contracted to deliver an LNG-fueled power plant to the Bahamas utility, Bahamas Power and Light (BPL).

  • Connect LNG selects Indonesian and Australian representatives

    28 July 2016

    Connect LNG headquartered in Oslo on Thursday said it has selected two representatives in Jakarta and Melbourne to cover the market in the two regions.