5414 results found for 'prosafe'

5414 results found for 'prosafe'
Order results by

A list of search results

  • Rob van der Hage, TenneT: Having Significant Responsibilities Requires a Vision

    20 October 2016
    Business & Finance, Storage

    Rob van der Hage, Business Manager Offshore at TenneT Netherlands, will be one of the panellists in the closing discussion on short and long term potential at the Offshore WIND Conference and has provided an insight into the sector from an interesting point of view – that of an electricity transmission system operator. Regarding his […]

  • Number of ships flying Danish flag set record in 2021

    13 January 2022
    Business Developments & Projects

    The number of ships flying the Danish flag has set a record in 2021 which means that the country moves up one place on the list of the flag states, Danish Shipping reported.

  • Namibia Sets Three-Year Ban on Seabed Mining

    20 December 2013
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    A moratorium on the issuance of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) clearance certificates on bulk seabed mining for industrial minerals as well as base and rare metals in Namibian waters will be in place for a minimum of three years. Cabinet made this decision during its 13th ordinary meeting in September this year. A media statement […]

  • Europe Could Become First 100% Renewable Energy Continent

    21 June 2013

    The Global Alliance for 100% Renewable Energy criticises many legislators in Europe for still lacking full commitment to the transformation to renewable energy. At the European inauguration of the new Alliance in Munich, member organisations stated that renewable energy has become the key to Europe’s future economic and industrial development. However, according to the Alliance, […]

  • Qatar University Receives State-of-the-Art Marine Research Ship

    23 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    A new, state-of-the-art ship given to Qatar University will transform marine research in the Gulf region. The model research facility Janan – named after the island located in the western part of the Qatari peninsula – was donated to the University by H.H. the Heir Apparent Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani. Underlining a […]

  • Western nations decide to make things harder for Russian ‘shadow’ fleet

    24 December 2024
    Authorities & Government, Collaboration, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Vessels

    Twelve European countries agreed measures targeting Russia’s ‘shadow’ fleet at a recent summit in Tallinn, Estonia.

  • Port of Amsterdam Aims to Cut Shipping Emissions

    14 January 2018
    Business & Finance

    The Port of Amsterdam is to cut shipping emissions and its environmental impact in the coming years.

  • WPCAP exploring ways to scale up shore power worldwide

    30 May 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development

    World Ports Climate Action Program (WPCAP), a working group that focuses on taking actions against climate change in the maritime sector, has provided updates on current progress and made agreements on how to proceed with the various processes, especially the development of shore power and alternative fuels.

  • Ørsted and Esvagt investing in ‘world’s first’ green fuel service operation vessel

    8 April 2022
    Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Technology, Vessels

    Danish companies Ørsted and Esvagt have decided to invest in what the companies describe as the world’s first service operation vessel (SOV) that can operate on green fuels. The SOV will be powered by batteries and dual-fuel engines, capable of sailing on renewable e-methanol, produced from wind energy and biogenic carbon, which will lead to […]

  • First oil flows from Apache’s Garten development

    5 December 2018
    Project & Tenders

    Apache Corporation has initiated production from its Garten development on Block 9/18a Area-W in the United Kingdom sector of the North Sea.

  • The Netherlands: Archaeologists Find Traces of Stone Age Habitation in Port of Rotterdam

    8 November 2011
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The site of what is now Rotterdam’s Yangtzehaven was inhabited by humans in the Middle Stone Age. At a depth of 20 metres, in the sea bed, unique underwater archaeological investigation found traces of bone, flint and charcoal from around 7000 BC. These finds are the very first scientific proof that humans lived at this […]

  • Ebola Turns Up the Heat on West Africa Trade

    24 November 2014

    West Africa trade continues to acutely feel the pressure of the Ebola outbreak with export trade estimated to be down by as much as 30% since the start of the outbreak, UK’s shipping consultant Drewry said in its weekly container insight. Capacity dipped 4.9% dip to 207,000 teu in October, albeit this is still up […]

  • Scandlines launches industry-first digital climate twin ferry project

    22 August 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Innovation, IT & Software, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vessels

    Danish ferry operator Scandlines has chosen compatriot climate tech startup ReFlow to develop advanced climate twins of its latest zero-emission ferry design using life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology. The zero-emission ship is being built at Cemre Shipyard for Scandlines. It will operate on the Puttgarden-Rødby route. Over the following months, ReFlow will build a detailed […]

  • Germany: Leadership Change on E.ON AG Supervisory Board

    14 December 2010

    There will be a leadership change on the E.ON AG Supervisory Board in May 2011. Supervisory Board Chairman Ulrich Hartmann (72) will end his service at the conclusion of the company’s next Annual Shareholders Meeting. There is broad agreement on the Supervisory Board to propose Werner Wenning (64) as his successor. Hartmann has served E.ON […]

  • Researchers Team Up on Mediterranean Seismic Survey

    7 October 2014
    Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    With the aim of expanding the so far only fragmentary knowledge about the processes on the seafloor of the Mediterranean and improving the risk assessment, researchers from GEOMAR and their colleagues from France and Italy have started an expedition on the German research vessel METEOR into the waters southeast of Sicily. Scientists from Italy, France […]

  • Total Strikes Oil in Deepwater Angola Block 17/06

    6 May 2011
    Business & Finance

      Total announces that its subsidiary, TEPA (Block 17/06) Limited, and Sociedade Nacional de Combustíveis de Angola (Sonangol E.P.), have discovered hydrocarbons in the north-eastern area of the deep offshore block 17/06. Drilled in a water depth of 445 meters, the Canna-1 well discovered hydrocarbons in reservoir of Miocene age and produced more than 5,000 […]

  • Flotte Hamburg, TU Hamburg partner up for cleaner air in the port

    4 April 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Environment, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Regulation & Policy

    The Flotte Hamburg (FLH), a city-owned shipping company, and Hamburg University of Technology (TU Hamburg) have joined forces to make a contribution to improving air quality in the Port of Hamburg.

  • Heriot-Watt University Hosts Energy Showcase

    20 October 2014

    More than 120 energy industry experts gathered at Heriot-Watt University today to hear about how the latest research and partnership with Scottish and global energy businesses could drive innovation. Delegates include representatives from the Scotmas Group; Selex Galileo; AMEC; The Crown Estate; Scottish Water; Grontmij and Heliex Power. Professor Mercedes Maroto-Valer, Director of the Energy […]

  • DTU on Mission to Cut North Sea Energy Hubs Failure

    28 October 2019

    The Technical University of Denmark (DTU) is developing digital solutions for controlling long-distance power flows in order to avoid blackouts and failure at energy hubs in the North Sea. The multiDC project focuses on developing intelligent digital solutions for controlling long-distance power flows to avoid blackouts and severe failure and looks into how to design the power […]

  • Statoil, ExxonMobil Strike Gas Offshore Tanzania

    6 December 2013

    Statoil and co-venturer ExxonMobil have made its fifth discovery in Block 2 offshore Tanzania.   The discovery of an additional 2-3 trillion cubic feet (Tcf)* of natural gas in place in the Mronge-1 well brings the total of in-place volumes up to 17-20 Tcf in Block 2. Mronge-1 is drilled by the drillship Discoverer Americas, […]

  • World’s largest civilian hospital ship nears delivery

    7 October 2020
    Human Capital, Vessels

    The Global Mercy, the world’s largest civilian hospital ship, being constructed at the Tianjin Xingang shipyard in northern China is nearing completion. Mercy Ships, the international charity that ordered the vessel, expects it to enter service by the end of 2021, after transport to Africa. Global Mercy is the second hospital ship and it will join Mercy Ship’s  Africa Mercy, […]

  • USA: Wrecked Remains of Pacific Coast Schooner Found Near Channel Islands

    23 October 2012

    Seventy years after it was scuttled off Los Angeles, Calif., government archaeologists have found the wrecked remains of a rare Pacific Coast schooner that was employed in the lumber trade during the early 1900s. Today, Robert Schwemmer, maritime archaeologist for NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, presented a scientific paper on the George E. Billings […]

  • Qatar University Receives New Research Vessel

    23 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    A new, state-of-the-art ship given to Qatar University will transform marine research in the Gulf region. The model research facility Janan — named after the island located in the western part of the Qatari peninsula – was donated to the University by H.H. the Heir Apparent Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani. Underlining a […]

  • US-German collab gets $7.7M boost for development of low-cost subsea energy storage

    1 November 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Environment, Infrastructure, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Storage, Technology, Transition, Vision

    U.S. and German governments are supporting two projects that have a mutual goal of developing a low-cost subsea energy storage technology that supports electrical grid decarbonization with funding of $7.7 million. The U.S. Sperra, dedicated to pioneering the next generation of renewable energy solutions through automated construction, secured a $4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy […]

  • USACE Awards Dredging Contracts Worth $54.6M

    29 September 2016
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District recently awarded $54.6 million in dredging contracts for the work along the Texas coast. The following contracts were awarded: $26,571,750 awarded to Weeks Marine Inc., for deferred environmental restoration along the Houston Ship Channel. This contract will use material mined from the HSC beneficially to construct marsh […]