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  • Government Invests Big in New Flood Defenses

    5 December 2014
    Business & Finance

    Homes, businesses and farmland from Lancashire to Essex will be better protected from floods by a six-year £2.3 billion flood defense program announced by the government. This first ever long-term investment program will protect over 300,000 properties, reduce flood risk by 5% and save the economy £2.7 billion by 2021. The lifetime benefits of this […]

  • Murray Mouth Dredging Resumes

    6 February 2015
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    The Murray Mouth will be closed to boating traffic for up to three weeks as dredging to remove excess sand resumes. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources’ Manager Water Resource Operations, Jarrod Eaton said the closure would be effective from today. “Dredging was interrupted late last week due to a mechanical issue with the […]

  • USA: Hahn Supports Harbor Maintenance Programs

    1 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    Congresswoman Janice Hahn (CA-44) issued the following statement regarding her vote on the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2013: “I was very pleased to vote in support of the bi-partisan Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2013. This important legislation provides long-needed investment to our nation’s ports, creates good paying jobs and […]

  • Namibia: CHEC Lands Walvis Bay EPC Deal

    29 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    On November 8, CHEC held the signing ceremony of Walvis Bay container terminal EPC contract in Windhoek, capital of Namibia. Li Yi, general manager of CHEC Angola Management Center and Bisey Uirab, CEO of the Namibian Port Authority signed the contract on behalf of respective sides. With a contract value of 300 million US dollars […]

  • Panama Canal Expansion Project Reaches 96 Percent

    22 December 2015
    Business & Finance

    The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has announced that the Panama Canal Expansion project is now 96 percent complete. In line with this, ACP CEO/Administrator Jorge L. Quijano provided a next-step update at an industry event held last Friday in Panama City. “We are very close—only four percent remains to complete the project,” Quijano said. “An expansion […]

  • KazMunaiGas EP CEO leaves for another job

    8 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Kazakhstan’s KazMunaiGas Exploration Production Abat Nurseitov has resigned as the company’s CEO (Chairman of the Management Board) and a member of the Board of Directors due to his transfer to another job. The subsidiary of National Company KazMunayGas JSC said that the decision on the appointment of a new CEO would be […]

  • CMAL to Buy Three Passenger Ferries

    30 April 2018
    Business & Finance

    CMAL has reached an agreement to purchase three passenger ferries serving the Northern Isles.

  • Krasnoye Shipyard to Build Russian Cruise Ship

    26 January 2017
    Business & Finance

    Russia’s Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard, cruise company Vodohod and leasing firm Goznak-Leasing have signed a three-party contract for the construction and delivery of a cruise liner within the Project PV-300, MNP Group informed.  Under the agreement, the ship will be built at Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard, part of United Shipbuilding Corporation, and delivered to Goznak-Leasing (the customer) and […]

  • Latest Gas Technology Report Issued by Lloyd’s Register

    28 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    The November 2013 edition of Lloyd’s Register’s Gas Technology Report, issued yesterday, is dedicated to LNG as a marine fuel. Highlights include: A look at developments in Canada – a shipowner, the regulator and a shipbuilder talk about gas fuelled shipping Progress made by the Maritime and Port Authority in Singapore to develop LNG bunkering […]

  • Keel Laid for Indonesian Navy’s 1st Damen SIGMA Frigate

    18 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    The keel-laying ceremony for the Indonesian Navy’s first Damen SIGMA Frigate has taken place at the PT PAL (Persero) Shipyard in Surabaya, Indonesia. Construction works on the 4 modules that are going to be built at PT PAL (Persero) Shipyard Surabaya and the two modules that are being built in Vlissingen, are proceeding according to […]

  • France: DCNS Reports Continuing Growth

    1 March 2013

    DCNS reports continuing growth and profitability in difficult economic conditions, in 2012, DCNS’s revenue and operating by almost 12%. Order intake in 2012 amounted to €2.5 billion, compared with €3.2 billion in 2011. The biggest orders booked during the year were for through-life support for the French Navy’s submarines and FREMM multimission frigates. DCNS also […]

  • Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Wins Navy’s Top Environmental Award (USA)

    23 March 2012

    Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNSY) received the Navy’s top environmental award on March 20th for its environmental restoration efforts during fiscal year 2011. The Secretary of the Navy recognizes Navy and Marine Corps individuals, teams, ships and installations for exceptional environmental stewardship and awarded PHSY top honors in the Environmental Restoration, Installation category. “Receiving this award […]

  • Emerald Isle Nourishment Update: Efforts Continue Along the Shores

    8 April 2020
    Business & Finance

    Beach nourishment efforts are continuing along the shores of Emerald Isle, between the Lands End subdivision and east of the Western Ocean Regional Access area, the Town of Emerald Isle, North Carolina, said in their latest project update. According to the most recent project schedule, sand placement is likely to begin this week and continue […]

  • Galp Strikes Out in TAO-1

    4 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Galp Energia has concluded the drilling of the exploration well TAO-1, located in the Tarfaya Offshore area, in the Atlantic margin of offshore Morocco, where no hydrocarbons were encountered. The primary objective of the well was to test the resources potential of the Trident prospect, located in the Middle Jurassic interval. The well was drilled at a […]

  • Duval County Beach Project Moves Forward

    15 November 2018
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District yesterday released the latest update and progress map for the Duval County beach project. The $15.7 million Duval County Shore Protection construction contract was awarded this summer to Manson Construction of Seattle, Washington. Under the deal, the contractor will place around 850,000 cubic yards of sand on about 8 miles […]

  • Beaver Island Dredging on Display

    1 November 2019
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Rock Island District’s representatives met with partners from Iowa Department of Natural Resources and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Midwest Region yesterday for a site visit of the Upper Mississippi River Restoration (UMRR) Habitat Rehabilitation and Enhancement Project (HREP) at Beaver Island in Clinton County, Iowa. The site visit […]

  • CPRA: Utilizing Dredge Material to Protect Terrebonne Parish

    7 January 2019
    Business & Finance

    The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) has completed a $36 million marsh creation project benefiting 1,158 acres in south central Terrebonne Parish at Lost Lake, utilizing both dredge material and hydrologic control structures along bayous Carencro and Rice. Commenting the latest announcement, Louisiana Governor, John Bel Edwards, said: “From the time I took office, coastal protection and restoration […]

  • East Riding to Hold Exhibition on Flood Defense Projects

    22 February 2019
    Business & Finance

    A two-day exhibition will be held next week to show residents the progress of multi-million-pound flood schemes under construction in the East Riding. Members of the public are invited to go along to the drop-in event which will be held at East Riding Leisure Haltemprice, Springfield Way, Anlaby, on Monday 25 and Tuesday 26 February, from […]

  • Swan Hunter Expands Equipment Pool with New Tensioner

    24 October 2016
    Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Swan Hunter has taken delivery of a new 15Te horizontal 2 track tensioner from Motive Offshore Group. The tensioner is supplied with an electrical HPU, and has an open PLC control system that allows it to be synchronized with other flexible and cable lay equipment including carousels, reel drive systems and spoolers. The horizontal two […]

  • Demak to Tackle Coastline Erosion

    10 October 2017
    Business & Finance

    Ten community leaders have signed agreements to help further restore their severely eroded coastline during a high level event organised by the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (MMAF) of Indonesia and the public private Consortium Building with Nature (BwN) in Demak. At the multi-stakeholder event, the Dutch embassy in Indonesia and the Governor of […]

  • TE SubCom Completes Hawaiki Subsea Cable

    7 May 2018
    Equipment

    TE SubCom, a TE Connectivity company, has completed the final splice of the Hawaiki submarine cable, on schedule to enter the service in June 2018. With the final splice and all cable station installations complete, the Hawaiki cable system has end-to-end connectivity and is entering final system testing, the company informed. The more than 15,000 […]

  • Budget Cuts Cause Concern

    23 November 2015
    Business & Finance

    The joint budget committee of the Louisiana state legislature held a hearing last week to discuss the state’s mid-year budget cuts to reduce a budget deficit. Proposed cuts include a more than $6 million reduction of the state’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority’s budget – more than seven percent of the agency’s total budget. “Coastal […]

  • Forewind Gets New General Manager

    2 May 2014

    Forewind has appointed Tarald Gjerde as its new General Manager and as Project Director of the Dogger Bank Zone.  Mr Gjerde comes to the role from within the Forewind consortium where he has been Head of Business Development for the past 18 months, seconded from owner company Statoil. He follows Dr Lee Clarke who leaves […]

  • Container Volumes Rise by 45 Pct at King Abdullah Port

    5 June 2018

    Saudi Arabian King Abdullah Port has achieved new heights in container handling this year.

  • Gazprom,Turkey review projected pipeline route

    9 February 2015

    Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Taner Yildiz, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of the Turkish Republic met in Turkey last week.