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  • Subsea 7 awards Martin Linge equipment deal to Westcon

    22 June 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Westcon, a provider of products and services to offshore rigs, ships and subsea modules, has been awarded a contract from Subsea 7 to deliver equipment to be used on the Martin Linge field, in the Norwegian North Sea.  With a basis in Westcon’s facilities in Floro, the company has been awarded a contract from Subsea 7 […]

  • Surf City Approved for Federally Funded Beach Nourishment Project

    15 January 2020
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will fund a flood and storm damage reduction project (beach nourishment) for the Town of Surf City, Mr. R. D. James, assistant secretary of the Army of Civil Works announced earlier this week. According to the announcement, Surf City and North Topsail Beach will be receiving $237 million for […]

  • EU Awards EUR 4,3 Million to Mare Nostrum Project

    28 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    The European Union (EU) has awarded the international Mare Nostrum consortium €4.3 million to explore new ways of preserving the Mediterranean Sea and its coastline. The three-year project is aimed at bridging the legal-institutional gap in the implementation of existing policies on integrated coastal zone management (ICZM) in the Mediterranean region. Mare Nostrum, which is […]

  • Gorgon Project Shore Crossing Wins Environmental Award, Australia

    21 November 2012

    Chevron’s Gorgon Project Shore Crossing has been awarded The Environmental Engineering Excellence Award –at the 2012 Australian Engineering Excellence Awards– representing world’s best practice in environmental engineering for Australia. “The construction of the Gorgon Project Shore Crossing involved meticulous planning and construction of protecting a shore based crossing to transport gas via subsea pipelines, while […]

  • “K” Line Launches a Next-Generation Eco-Friendly Project

    13 February 2014

    Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” Line) has just launched the DRIVE GREEN PROJECT. The project was launched in order to pursue environmental protection and energy savings with the world’s most advanced technologies to be integrated on the 7,500-unit Car Carrier on order with Japan Marine United Corporation as Flag Ship of this project that includes […]

  • EU Parliament Members Visit EUNAVFOR’s Operational HQ

    3 May 2013

    On May 2nd, members of the European Parliament Sub Committee on Security and Defence visited the Operational Headquarters of the European Union’s counter piracy mission – Operation Atalanta. The Sub Committee visitors were briefed on the role of the EU Naval Force Somalia, and given an update on the counter piracy efforts off the Horn […]

  • USA: Army Corps Seeks Public Comments on Yaquina Bay Plan

    30 May 2012

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is accepting public comments on plans to place sediment in two ocean disposal sites near Yaquina Bay. The Corps maintains the Yaquina Bay federal navigation channel to federally authorized depths by periodically removing naturally occurring sedimentary material. There are two ocean-dredged material disposal sites; one north and one south […]

  • South Africa: Cape Town to Host “African Ports Evolution”

    19 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    African Ports Evolution (26-28 August 2013, Cape Town International Convention Centre, South Africa) will address the readiness of African ports to receive the newer and bigger vessels, developing, improving and protecting port facilities; securing financing for marine infrastructure; managing congestion and increasing operational efficiency. The programme will feature leading presentations and case studies from Africa […]

  • NRW to Reduce Flood Risk in Tywyn

    15 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    Urgent work is being carried out to remove gravel which is blocking the flow of water in a Gwynedd river.  Natural Resources Wales (NRW) is removing 60,000 tonnes of gravel from the River Dysynni as it enters the Dysynni Estuary, in order to protect properties in Tywyn from potential flooding. The blockage has reduced the […]

  • Oceanlinx sinks into liquidation

    23 December 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    Oceanlinx Ltd has gone into liquidation, costing investors approximately AUD 80 mln, Australian media report. The liquidation follows an accident during the transportation of the company’s prototype generator ‘greenWAVE’ that was designed to power 1000 houses. It sank off the coast of Australia in March this year. Tibor Westes, Oceanlinx chairman, will try to protect the […]

  • Gazprom Files International Arbitration Suit Against Lithuania

    1 March 2012

    Russia’s Gazprom said it has filed a lawsuit with the International Court of Arbitration against the Lithuanian Government to protect the Company’s investments in the Republic of Lithuania. The statement was made today by Gazprom’s spokesman at the meeting of the Lietuvos Dujos Board during the vote on dividing Lietuvos Dujos in line with the requirements of the Lithuanian legislation regarding the natural gas […]

  • Solar Solve Marine scores LNG order

    11 July 2014
    Equipment

    Solar Solve Marine of the UK has recently won an order for their roller screens to be installed at the navigation bridge windows of an LNG tanker. Shell International placed the order in the middle of June for LNG Lagos, an LNG tanker built way back in 1976 at Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in France, the […]

  • Ship passages drive ‘high and unexpected’ methane emissions, new study reveals

    3 July 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Research & Development

    Ship traffic in shallow areas, such as ports, can trigger large methane emissions by just moving through the water, a new study found.

  • Caterpillar presents new offshore generator at 2014 OTC Houston

    2 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Caterpillar Oil & Gas will introduce a new platform to the Cat® C175-16 offshore generator set at 2014 OTC Houston exhibition. This new platform offers a 50 Hz power rating for offshore drilling and production applications. The Cat C175-16 offshore generator set has become the preferred power source for jackup newbuilds since its introduction to […]

  • TES to manage Excelerate’s FSRU in Germany with E.ON and ENGIE

    2 September 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    European energy companies Tree Energy Solutions (TES), E.ON, and ENGIE have partnered up to manage the fifth FSRU import terminal in Germany.

  • USA: EPA Invests $2.7 Million to Reduce Air Pollution from Old Diesel Engines

    17 January 2013

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has provided a total of $2.7 million to help two organizations reduce air pollution in the New York metropolitan area by replacing old, dirty diesel engines on a tug boat with less polluting models. The projects will cut emissions of harmful nitrogen oxides by 70 tons per year and particulate […]

  • Full offtake from Conrad’s Indonesian gas field booked by local utility

    17 July 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Singapore-headquartered natural gas player Conrad Asia Energy has signed a binding agreement for the sale and purchase of natural gas with PT PLN Energi Primer Indonesia (PLN EPI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Indonesian state-owned electric utility company PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (Persero), or PLN Persero.

  • USA: Marysville Ring Levee Project Moves Forward

    11 December 2012

    After two full years of construction, phase one of the Marysville Ring Levee Project has drawn to a close with 4,600 linear feet of deep-soil-mixed cutoff wall installed – the first milestone in a four-phase project to reduce Marysville’s flood risk. “All major structural improvements for this stretch of levee are complete,” said Mark Ellis, […]

  • Jan De Nul Gears for Taiwanese OWF Project

    9 April 2019
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    The 20 foundation monopiles, built for the Formosa 1 Phase 2 offshore wind project in Taiwan, have left the EEW SPC yard in Germany onboard two heavy-load transport vessels, Jan De Nul said on Tuesday. Both vessels set sail to Taichung port, the marshalling harbour for the OWF project in Taiwan. According to Jan De […]

  • Buoy comes back for maintenance after one year of gauging tidal energy device effects on wildlife 

    28 May 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Menter Mon-managed wildlife monitoring buoy, in charge of collecting marine wildlife information off the coast of Holyhead, has been brought back to Holyhead Port for maintenance, after a year at sea.

  • Norfolk Invests Heavily in Its Beaches

    6 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    Mayor Paul Fraim and other city of Norfolk leaders joined Col. Paul Olsen, Norfolk District, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers commander, along Ocean View Beach to sign a historic project partnership agreement here March 30, 2015. The agreement lays the foundation for construction of a coastal storm damage reduction project to protect the Willoughby […]

  • North Wildwood Beaches to Get New Sand

    24 April 2019
    Business & Finance

    The City of North Wildwood is beginning its annual shore protection and replenishment project of moving sand from the City of Wildwood to North Wildwood. According to the city’s officials, the replenishment project started Monday, April 22, 2019. During the project, North Wildwood beaches will intermittently be closed at various sections from 2nd – 26th […]

  • SMM Exhibitors to Present New Defence Technologies for Naval Ships (Germany)

    22 August 2012

    The maritime environment has changed significantly in recent years, due to piracy and terrorism, climate change and environmental protection, and the offshore sector. Global trading of goods continues to grow, and 90% of it is carried by sea, so security of the overall global maritime logistic chains is at the focus of attention. The means […]

  • Germany: Industry Representatives Discuss 3D Technology in Shipbuilding & Shipping

    27 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    Ships and offshore units are specialist structures with high requirements for efficiency and availability throughout their entire life cycle. Many of the processes, from draft via production all the way to operation, can be supported by 3D models and computer graphics. How can the actual dimensions of a compartment be measured efficiently in case of […]

  • VIDEO Update: The 18th Caisson in Place at Anse du Portier Monaco

    30 September 2019
    Business & Finance

     Anse du Portier Monaco has just released the latest update on their land reclamation project, saying that the 18th caisson – the C0 – is now in position. Its function is to protect the entrance to the port and limit agitation inside. At the beginning of the project, it did not exist. The possibility […]