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  • QRC: Draft Ports Strategy in Queensland’s Interests (Australia)

    17 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    The state government’s draft Ports Strategy showed the hallmarks of an ecologically sustainable approach to future development, the Queensland Resources Council (QRC) said today. Commenting on the release by Deputy Premier and State Development, Infrastructure and Planning Minister Jeff Seeney, QRC acting Chief Executive Greg Lane said the strategy’s focus on developing the capacity of […]

  • McDermott Ups Guidance as It Returns to Profit

    25 April 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Houston-based McDermott posted quarterly profit of $21.9 million, or $0.08 per fully diluted share, compared to net loss of $2.2 million, or $0.01 per fully diluted share same time last year. The company had no adjustments, compared to an adjusted net income of $36.3 million, or $0.13 per adjusted fully diluted share, excluding restructuring charges […]

  • VIDEO: CHC helicopter rotor breaks off before the crash in Norway

    2 May 2016

    An amateur video has started circling the internet following the fatal oil rig helicopter crash, in Turoy, near Bergen on Friday. The video above apparently shows the rotor and propellers of the aircraft spinning in the air, after detaching from the CHC-operated helicopter, right before the crash. Thirteen people died in the crash, two pilots […]

  • Maldives: Vaikaradhoo, Kunahandhoo to Get New Harbours

    15 January 2013

    The government has signed an agreement with Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) last week for the construction of harbours in Hdh. Vaikaradhoo and L. Kunahandhoo, for which MVR64 million will be spent from the budget. Under the agreement, MVR23 million will be spent on constructing a 400-foot long, 250-foot wide harbour in L. Kunahandhoo; […]

  • Dutch Govt Looking into Bill on Armed Guards on board Ships

    23 January 2018
    Rules & Regulation

    Dutch House of Representatives is debating a bill on the introduction of private security guards on board merchant ships.

  • UK: Phase 1 of Walney Offshore Wind Farm Becomes Operational

    11 July 2011
    Operations & Maintenance

      The first phase of the offshore wind farm being developed in the Irish Sea by Walney (UK) Offshore Windfarms Ltd, in which SSE (Scottish and Southern Energy plc) has a 25.1% stake, is now operational. This means that 51 turbines, with a total installed capacity of 183.6MW, have successfully completed commissioning tests and are […]

  • Croatia: Uljanik Shipyard Launches Bulker ‘Valovine’

    6 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    Uljanik Shipyard has launched Hull No. 491 – “Valovine” for the company Uljanik Finances, a part of the Uljanik Group. This ship has been constructed for the transport of bulk cargo and has a deadweight of 52,000 tonnes, length 189.90 m and width 32.24 meters, with a speed of 15 knots achieved by Uljanik’s MAN […]

  • Estonia: New Terminal at Sillamäe Port to Be Finished by End of Year

    29 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    A new container and general goods terminal at the port of Sillamäe on Estonia’s northern coast will be finished by the end of the year, marketing manager of the port company AS Sillamäe Sadam Andrei Birov said: “Right now dredging works are in progress at the terminal, the last finishing touches, so to say. Goods […]

  • Panama Canal Expansion Good for Japan’s LNG Imports

    21 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    The Panama Canal Expansion will open new possibilities for the shipments of liquefied natural gas (LNG) through the waterway, enabling Japan to import LNG from the U.S. Gulf Coast, it was said during a meeting of Panama Canal delegation and Japanese shipping industry representatives. A Panama Canal delegation headed by Administrator Jorge L. Quijano visited Japan to […]

  • Arcadia Shipmanagement Enters New Era of Paperless Navigation (Greece)

    20 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    Having initiated ECDIS program by fitting Transas dual ECDIS on the entire fleet back in early 2006 when ECDIS regulation was only a long-term plan, Arcadia Shipmanagement has teamed up again with Transas Hellas in order to conclude the program and shift its fleet to paperless navigation. All dual ECDIS installed on the vessels will […]

  • Intertanko, Intercargo and Panama Canal Authority Meet in London (UK)

    11 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    As part of the ongoing conversations with the shipping industry, a Panama Canal Authority (ACP) delegation headed by Administrator Jorge L. Quijano met with the International Association Of Independent Tanker Owners (Intertanko) and the International Association Of Dry Cargo Shipowners (Intercargo) in London. This meeting is part of the permanent dialogue that the Panama Canal […]

  • Germany: MEYER WERFT Starts Construction of New Project Sunshine Ships

    6 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    The first steel-cutting taking place in MEYER WERFT’s laser centre marks the start of construction of the new Project Sunshine ships for Royal Caribbean International. The first ship of this class will be completed in October 2014. It took the plasma torch in the yard’s state-of-the-art laser centre merely a couple of minutes to cut […]

  • Greeks Scrapped Most Bulkers in 2015

    8 July 2015

    Greek shipowners have been the most active in scrapping of dry bulk tonnage this year, according to the data provided by VesselsValue. A total of 4,984,500 DWT was sent for scrap by Greek shipowners, equaling to 54 vessels, out of which 20 were Capesizes, 18 Handies and 16 Panamaxes. Greece is followed by China in the second […]

  • Fresh bids for Colombo harbour project

    6 August 2008

    Project Updates – August 6, 2008 News media in the country say the Ggovernment of Sri Lanka plans to call for fresh bids for the construction of the first terminal at the new Colombo South Harbour next month. Quoting the Sri Lanka Ports Authority Chairman Saliya Wickramasuriya, sources said that, in February this year after […]

  • TLP launches Fisheries Peer Review Group

    12 January 2016
    Business & Finance, Environment, Research & Development

    Tidal Lagoon Power (TLP) has formed a Fisheries Peer Review Group to act as independent advisors on the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon impacts on fish. The aim of the Fisheries Peer Review Group is to advise Tidal Lagoon Power and the fisheries research contractors on the methodology being adopted for the prediction of effects and […]

  • SEM-REV test site officially opens

    26 August 2015
    Authorities & Government, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    SEM-REV, marine renewable energy test site located 30 km off the city of Le Croisic on the French Atlantic coast, has been officially opened on August 25, 2015. Operated jointly by the CNRS and Centrale Nantes, SEM-REV has installed equipment at sea and on land for the development and demonstration of scaled marine renewable energy technology […]

  • MassCEC, MTTC Announce Funding Available for Early-Stage Innovations (USA)

    15 March 2013
    Research & Development, Technology

    The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) and the Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center (MTTC) have launched the sixth solicitation for the MassCEC Catalyst Program, which is aimed at commercializing the game-changing clean energy technologies coming out of Massachusetts. “These grants support Massachusetts clean energy innovations and help to expand the Commonwealth’s growing clean energy sector, which […]

  • Maritime UK: Maritime Sector Should Promote Its Priorities During Brexit Talks

    19 June 2017

    As negotiations begin on the UK’s departure from the European Union, Maritime UK reflected on the responsibility of the country’s maritime sector to promote its priorities during the talks. Such priorities would ensure that nothing is “inadvertently given away or conceded as the negotiations progress,” according to David Dingle CBE, Chairman of Maritime UK. “This includes telling […]

  • Minesto Gears for DG500 Kite Setup at Holyhead Deep

    13 August 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Minesto has completed the test site infrastructure installations at the Holyhead Deep site off North Wales. After installing the upgraded infrastructure, the site is ready for installation and commissioning of Minesto’s DG500 kite system. After a period of maintenance and upgrade, the microgrid system (MGS) buoy was lifted back into the sea from the quayside […]

  • Subsea 7 Provides Update on Guará-Lula NE Project Offshore Brazil

    27 June 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Subsea 7 S.A. announced an increase in the estimated full-life project loss on the Guará-Lula NE project, offshore Brazil. As a result, the Company no longer expects full year Adjusted EBITDA to show progress compared to 2012. The Guará-Lula NE project entered the offshore phase in the second quarter 2013. Delays have been experienced during […]

  • £2M Grant for Granny’s Bay Sea Defenses

    27 September 2018
    Business & Finance

    Fylde Council has secured another £2 million grant from the Environment Agency to allow for Granny’s Bay to be redeveloped as part of the Sea Defense Project; bringing the overall Scheme value to £21,825,000. The formal grant letter was received on 4th September 2018 and allows the sea defense walls at Granny’s Bay to be […]

  • Devon Council OKs Flood Risk Management Action Plan

    9 March 2017
    Business & Finance

    A £2.5 million action plan to provide greater flood protection to more than 300 homes has been agreed by Devon County Council’s Cabinet. Councillors yesterday approved the County Council’s Flood Risk Management Action Plan to target flood improvements in priority areas across Devon, the council said in its latest release. Councillor Stuart Hughes, Devon County Council […]

  • Westports Achieves Major Milestones

    11 October 2016
    Business & Finance

    YB Dato’ Sri Mustapa Mohamed, Minister of International Trade and Industries (MITI), recently visited Westports and was briefed on the progress of the latest container terminal expansion program. The Container Terminal 8 (CT8) expansion is being undertaken in two phases and the construction work of Phase 1, which started in January 2015, has now been completed. The first 300-meter […]

  • Marinex Ready for St. Augustine Beach Nourishment

    6 December 2017
    Business & Finance

    St. Johns County beach residents and visitors will soon begin seeing construction equipment and dredging pipe on St. Augustine Beach as efforts to restore critically eroded beaches gets underway, reports the Army Corps, Jacksonville District. Under the deal, the contractor will place approximately 800,000 cubic yards of sand from the navigation channel and ebb shoal on […]

  • VBMS to Deliver East Anglia ONE Inter-Array Cables

    25 January 2017
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Boskalis’ subsidiary VBMS has been awarded a cabling contract with a value of approximately EUR 100 million by ScottishPower Renewables, for the East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm. The scope of work for VBMS consists of the supply, installation and burial, as well as termination and testing of 102 66kV inter-array cables. The project execution […]