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  • SHEPD Preps for Lerwick-Bressay Sub Seabed Link Ops

    26 May 2016
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution (SHEPD) is preparing to begin work next week to install a new electricity cable between Lerwick and Bressay which will run through a duct bored below the seabed, in a first for inter-island cables in the UK. Specialist contractor Stockton Drilling will bore and line a 20 centimetre duct that […]

  • USA: Bor­ough of Avalon to Present Dredging Project Details on June 21

    16 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The Bor­ough of Avalon has sched­uled a com­mu­nity meet­ing on Sat­ur­day, June 21, to dis­cuss an upcom­ing multi-year dredg­ing project in the com­mu­nity. The meet­ing will be held at the Avalon Ele­men­tary School gym­na­sium start­ing at 11:00am. “This is the largest infra­struc­ture project the Bor­ough has ini­ti­ated since the revi­tal­iza­tion of the Dune Drive busi­ness […]

  • Australia: Arrow Submits Draft Environmental Impact Statements for LNG Project

    19 December 2011

    Arrow Energy’s multibillion dollar coal seam gas (CSG) – liquefied natural gas (LNG) project has taken a major step forward following last Friday’s lodging of three draft Environmental Impact Statements with the Queensland Government. These draft Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) assess the potential environmental, social and economic impacts and benefits of three key components within […]

  • New Zealand: Svitzer Salvors Extract Remaining Oil from Rena’s Submerged Tank

    16 March 2012
    Business & Finance

    The crane barge Smit Borneo is now reconnected to Rena on the starboard side of the partially submerged stern section. Svitzer salvors have attached a hot tap to the starboard wing tank in an effort to extract the remaining oil in the submerged tank. Yesterday, they removed an estimated 10 tonnes of heavy fuel oil […]

  • Georgia Ports Authority sets new cargo volume record

    29 July 2020
    Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics

    Despite COVID-19 disruptions, total tons crossing all Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) docks reached a record 37.77 million in fiscal year 2020, up 0.6 per cent, or 223,000 tons, compared to FY2019.

  • Technip Awarded Two Contracts for the Schiehallion Field in the North Sea

    16 December 2009

    Technip has been awarded two contracts by BP for the Schiehallion field development. The field is located in the North Sea, 175 kilometers (110 miles) west of the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom. The first contract, which was recently completed, was on a lump sum/reimbursable basis and covered the design and manufacture of a 720 meter […]

  • Archaeologists find candidates for Cook’s ship Endeavour

    18 May 2006

    One of four 18th-century ships found on the sea bed off Rhode Island could be the Endeavour, the vessel Captain Cook commanded on his first epic voyage across the Pacific Ocean, according to US archaeologists. Marine experts have found the remains of four cargo ships scuttled by the British in 1778 in a last-ditch effort […]

  • 16 bodies found in ship sinking off Sumatra waters

    27 June 2006

    Rescue team has found 16 bodies in the waters off Sumatra island after their ship sank last week, a navy commander told Xinhua by telephone from the province on Tuesday. Commander of navy base in Sibolga district of North Sumatra province Leut. Colonel Jaka Santosa said that some 20 others, who were still missing, also […]

  • Shipwreck acid is to be released

    22 June 2006

    Thousands of tonnes of chemicals are to be slowly released into the sea from the wreck of a freighter that sank near the Channel Islands earlier this year. The Ece sank with more than 10,000 tonnes of phosphoric acid on board after a collision with another vessel 30 miles (50km) north west of Guernsey. The […]

  • VIDEO: Guinard Energies assesses French Guiana’s tidal resources

    31 March 2017
    Operations & Maintenance

    The video shows an on-site assessment of French Guiana’s tidal resources by Guinard Energies, using its Poseide technology. The assessment was done around the Salvation Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean in January 2017. The device measured in real time the current velocity and actual hydrokinetic power that can be converted to electricity. According to the company, […]

  • Govt. to expand Dockyard port

    29 November 2006

    Two mega-size cruise ships berthing one in front of the other at an expanded facility in Dockyard now appears the most likely way forward for Bermuda. And for St. George’s a future vision of a Monaco-style destination with mega yachts visiting the harbour rather than cruise ships was put forward by Premier Ewart Brown to […]

  • MTCC Bags Thaa Atoll Madifushi Reclamation Contract (Maldives)

    19 March 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Inauguration ceremony of Thaa atoll Madifushi reclamation project was held last month. Under this project an area of 27.5 hectors of land will be reclaimed within 365 days. The Chief Guest Minister of Housing and Infrastructure, State Ministers of the Ministry and Island Council members attended the ceremony at Thaa Madifushi. This project, funded by […]

  • Photo of the Day: EnBW Baltic 2 Components Arrive to Sassnitz

    5 June 2014

    Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: Large component for offshore wind farm EnBW Baltic 2 come in the port of Sassnitz. Located 32 kilometres north of the Baltic Sea island of Rügen, this wind farm will consist of 80 wind power plants with a total output of 288 MW. Baltic 2 will produce enough electricity […]

  • 18 Borssele 1+2 Foundations Stand

    13 February 2020

    DEME Offshore’s jack-up Innovation has installed 18 out of 94 monopile foundations on the 752MW Borssele 1+2 offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. Innovation is loading the monopiles and the transition pieces at Sif’s facility on Maasvlakte 2 in Rotterdam and installing them at the site some 22 kilometres off the coast of […]

  • Pacific leaders vow to transition away from fossil fuels but ‘loopholes and weasel words’ weaken commitment

    20 November 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    While calling for a transition away from coal, oil & gas, Pacific leaders’ final text did not explicitly mention extraction and production.

  • Britain’s New Deep Sea Container Port on Right Track

    30 July 2013

    The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, was today welcomed to DP World London Gateway by DP World Vice Chairman Jamal Majid Bin Thaniah and London Gateway CEO, Simon Moore, as new figures show that the development will deliver 27,700 jobs in London and the wider South East region as well as contribute £2.4 billion to […]

  • Scotland – World Leader in Offshore Renewables Development

    23 May 2012

    Scotland is leading the world in the development of offshore renewables – according to two senior figures from development agency Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE). HIE Chief Executive, Alex Paterson and Director of Energy and Low Carbon, Calum Davidson are both presenting at the All-Energy exhibition and conference in Aberdeen tomorrow [Thursday 24 May]. Mr […]

  • Marienborg Declarations: Independence from Russian fossil fuels drives new offshore wind, LNG plans in the Baltics

    31 August 2022

    Eight Baltic Sea countries that yesterday agreed to build sevenfold the offshore wind capacity currently installed in the Baltic Sea by 2030 have outlined their joint path to minimising the reliance on Russian fossil fuels. Along with the offshore wind buildout, the leaders of the eight countries will also cooperate on grid interconnections and LNG […]

  • Dutch cargo shipping affected as canal freezes

    8 January 2010

    The Dutch Transport Ministry has ordered an icebreaker to clear the Twente shipping canal between the cities of Zutphen and Enschede. The harbours of Almelo and Enschede, both frequently used by local industries, also need to be freed of ice. The canal is gradually freezing over as the severe winter weather continues to hold the […]

  • U.K. North Sea: Total announces the Launch of the Development of the Jura Field

    27 March 2007

    Total announces that development of the Jura gas and condensate field has been launched, just four months after it was discovered. The Jura discovery represents more than 170 million barrels of oil equivalent of proved and probable reserves and is located in the Alwyn Area (100% owned and operated by Total) in the UK sector […]

  • VIDEO: Armada Intrepid Loaded onto Dockwise Vanguard

    11 May 2015

    The following video shows loading of the first ship-shaped Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) – the Armada Intrepid – onto Dockwise Vanguard. The loading took place on Friday, May 8th, at the Caland canal, Port of Rotterdam. Dockwise Vanguard is currently the largest semi-submersible heavy transport vessel in the world. Read our article about […]

  • Search for missing yacht suspended

    18 June 2006

    Polly Bielecki, whose father Jacek Bielecki and her 19-year-old brother Jack are currently missing in the Atlantic aboard their 41ft yacht Free Spirit is appealing for help. Communications from the yacht, on the first leg of her two-year circumnavigation from Newport Rhode Island to the Mediterranean, have not been made since last Thursday since being […]

  • Australian unions claim victory in shipping dispute

    13 July 2006

    A ship at the centre of a week-long industrial dispute in Australia has set sail, with unions claiming a victory. The MT Stolt, the country’s last flagged chemical tanker, had been docked in the southern city of Hobart since Sunday, when the crew stopped work in protest against plans to replace them with Filipino sailors. […]

  • Cargo ship contract is terminated

    9 June 2009

    Shipping company Huelin-Renouf has terminated its contract with a German shipbuilder to supply a new vessel for its Channel Islands’ freight route. The decision was made after the company failed to complete an order on time for a bespoke 85m-long (279ft) replacement cargo vessel scheduled for December. The ship had been specially designed to operate […]

  • Skansi earns new contract with Statoil

    28 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    Statoil has awarded Skansi Offshore a new contract for the PSV “Sjoborg”. Skansi, a shipping company based in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands said that the contract period is 3 months firm, with 3 additional monthly options. The vessel has been on charter with Statoil since delivery in March 2012. The new contract begins on the 28th of May 2014, in […]