996 results found for 'western isles'

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  • Iskes Towage & Salvage to Get NAUTIS OSV Simulators

    5 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    Iskes Towage & Salvage today signed an agreement with VSTEP for the delivery of two NAUTIS Tug and Offshore Supply Vessel (OSV) simulators. These simulators are the first units purchased for the new Iskes / Damen Training Centre, set up in the new office building of Iskes at the port entrance to the ports of […]

  • GDF Suez reaches 1000 LNG truck loadings in Europe

    20 January 2015

    GDF Suez LNG recorded its 1000th LNG truck loading in Europe at the Elengy terminal of Montoir-de-Bretagne on the western coast of France on January 12th.

  • Malta Denies Entry to Ship amid Ebola Fears

    19 September 2014

    Bulk carrier MV/Western Copenhagen has been denied entry into Maltese territorial waters amid suspicion that one of the crew has been infected by the Ebola virus. The Hong Kong-flagged ship was en route from Guinea to Ukraine. However, as one of the crew, a Filipino national, had taken ill the captain requested to dock in Malta where […]

  • Plan for Boat Harbor in Plett Includes Dredging (South Africa)

    12 July 2012

    Ten-year-old plans to build a small boat harbor in Plett appear to finally be coming to fruition. According to CXPress, Western Cape Marina Investments has eventually made good on an undertaking to take the project forward with the release of an information document describing plans to build the harbor in the Piesang River mouth, next […]

  • Inchcape Shipping Supports PGS’ Seismic Survey Project in Greece

    26 November 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS), the world’s leading maritime services provider, has been appointed by Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) to support a key marine seismic survey project in Greece. Under the three month research project, ISS Greece will provide marine services to the survey vessel ‘Nordic Explorer’ and two smaller support vessels as they work along the […]

  • USA: Board OKs Emerald Isle Beach Renourishment Plan

    23 December 2011

    The Town of Emerald Isle approved plan for a large beach nourishment project presented by Town Manager Frank Rush at its December meeting that would combine two projects into one if state funding is approved in 2012. The town plans to request $3 million from the state to help bolster funding for the proposal, which […]

  • CHC Going Ahead with Planned Eastern Channel Dredge

    15 October 2018
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Cowes Harbor Commission (CHC) delivered a detailed briefing on the Outer Harbor Project (OHP) to the Harbor Advisory Committee (CHAC) at its September meeting. In summary, CHC reported that it has continued negotiations with the developer Victoria Quay Estate Limited (VQEL) and its investors, but have been unable to reach agreement on the final form of the […]

  • Clipper 05-06: A Prickly Situation

    16 July 2006

    As the fleet approaches the wonderfully named Porcupine Abyssal Plain to the west and south of Ireland, they are moving in a somewhat confused meteorological situation. As the weather chart (provided by the Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Centre in the USA) shows the fleet is spread out in the south eastern quadrant of a […]

  • ONGC Hands Over Seven ISVs to Indian Navy

    12 February 2014

    Oil and Natural Gas Corporation ltd (ONGC) handed over a fleet of Immediate Support Vessels (ISVs ) to the Indian Navy for commissioning. This fleet of seven ISVs, each of capability to carry up to six navy commandos and a commanding officer, makes up an entire squadron and shall buttress the safety of the national […]

  • Great Lakes Dredge Completes Carteret County Pumping Operations

    26 April 2019
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Great Lakes Dredge & Dock’s hopper dredge Liberty Island yesterday delivered the last load of sand to eastern Emerald Isle, marking the completion of dredging/pumping activities for Phase I of the post-Florence Renourishment Project. Following the completion of the works, GLDD’ dredge Liberty Island departed the site yesterday afternoon for her next project. The project […]

  • Robert Allan Ltd Participates in Restoration of Historic Scottish Tug Golden Cross

    20 April 2012
    Business & Finance

      Robert Allan Ltd. will assist in the restoration of the historic Scottish tug Golden Cross – one of the first diesel-geared tugboats with direct bridge control ever built. Built in 1955 at Scott & Sons of Bowling on the Clyde, the tug has earned it’s place in history be assisting the Royal Yacht Britannia […]

  • UK: Robert Allan Ltd to Assist in Restoration of Tug Golden Cross

    20 April 2012

    Robert Allan Ltd. will assist in the restoration of the historic Scottish tug Golden Cross – one of the first diesel-geared tugboats with direct bridge control ever built. Built in 1955 at Scott & Sons of Bowling on the Clyde, the tug has earned it’s place in history be assisting the Royal Yacht Britannia on […]

  • Rolls-Royce to Supply Thrusters for Two Scottish Ferries

    17 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has won contracts to supply thrusters for two Scottish operators, Western Ferries and Orkney Ferries. Western Ferries recently announced the construction of two new ferries which will operate on the Dunoon to Gourock route, across the Firth of Clyde. The 50-metre, double ended car ferries will each be equipped […]

  • G E Shipping Buys Suezmax Crude Carrier

    27 December 2016
    Business & Finance

    Mumbai-based Great Eastern Shipping (G E Shipping) has signed a contract to buy a 150,000 dwt Suezmax crude carrier. The company said that the 2000-built vessel is expected to join its fleet in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2017. Earlier in December, G E Shipping took delivery of a secondhand Supramax dry bulk carrier Jag […]

  • Rolls-Royce Wins Contract to Supply Thrusters for Scottish Ferries

    17 August 2012

    Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has won contracts to supply thrusters for two Scottish operators, Western Ferries and Orkney Ferries. Western Ferries recently announced the construction of two new ferries which will operate on the Dunoon to Gourock route, across the Firth of Clyde. The 50-metre, double ended car ferries will each be equipped […]

  • Malaysia: TDW Completes Pipeline Pressure Isolation Operations for Sarawak Shell Berhad

    24 August 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

      TDW Offshore Services AS announced that it has successfully completed a series of pipeline pressure isolation operations offshore western Borneo in Malaysia for Sarawak Shell Berhad. The operations were carried out on the Jintan, B11 and F6 platforms in the South China Sea, as part of Sarawak Shell Berhad’s ongoing pipeline valves maintenance program. […]

  • East Cowes Marina Development About to Begin

    7 December 2015
    Business & Finance

    The developers of the new Victoria Marina waterfront in East Cowes on the Isle of Wight have begun preparations for the start of the project following the recent completion of the new outer breakwater by Cowes Harbour Commission. Arrangements are now being put in place to secure the developers’ contribution towards the funding of the remaining […]

  • Malaysia: TDW Completes Pipeline Pressure Isolation Operations for Sarawak Shell Berhad

    24 August 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    TDW Offshore Services AS announced that it has successfully completed a series of pipeline pressure isolation operations offshore western Borneo in Malaysia for Sarawak Shell Berhad. The operations were carried out on the Jintan, B11 and F6 platforms in the South China Sea, as part of Sarawak Shell Berhad’s ongoing pipeline valves maintenance program. Pipeline […]

  • ISS Provides Support Logistics for Jan de Nul’s Megaproject in Australia

    29 May 2013
    Business & Finance

    Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS), the world’s leading maritime services provider, has been selected to provide support logistics to the Jan De Nul Group for an offshore energy megaproject in Australia. The Belgium-based Jan De Nul Group specialises in dredging operations around the world and has appointed ISS Australia as its agent for the importation of […]

  • ISA, UKSRL Ink Second Mining Deal

    30 March 2016
    Project & Tenders

    International Seabed Authority (ISA) and the UK Seabed Resources Limited (UKSRL) have signed a 15-year contract for exploration for polymetallic nodules in the eastern part of the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone. The contract was signed on March 29, 2016, in New York, by the secretary-general of ISA, Nii Allotey Odunton, and Linda Reiners, UKSRL managing director. The area allocated to the contractor covers […]

  • Holland America’s 2 ships pass Panama Canal after 4 deaths on board Zaandam

    30 March 2020
    Vessels

    The relaxing cruise ship vacation has turned into a nightmare ordeal for passengers on board cruise ships that ventured out to sea in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Ships are struggling to find a port to dock and disembark passengers as authorities across the world limit access to cruise ships amid precautionary measures aimed […]

  • Victoria University: Public Talks on NZ Earthquakes

    25 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    Two experts in geophysics will be visiting New Plymouth as part of the Victoria University of Wellington 2014 Public Lecture Series to talk about the plate-tectonic origins of New Zealand and how these lead to earthquakes. Dr Rupert Sutherland, an associate professor in Victoria’s School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences, will give a talk […]

  • Work Continues on Western HVDC Link

    10 March 2016
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    The vessel Go Pegasus will carry out pre-lay survey and pre-lay grapnel run for the cable laying campaign of the second deep water cable of the Western HVDC Link in the Irish Sea, AWJ Marine informed Wednesday. This installation campaign will take place over a distance of about 120km, starting in Liverpool Bay and finishing […]

  • PHOTO: Jenkins Marine Busy at Cowes Harbor

    9 January 2019
    Business & Finance

    The Cowes Harbor’s Eastern Channel dredging project on the the Isle of Wight is moving forward according to schedule.  The dredging operations, conducted by Jenkins Marine, are being carried out by the dredge barge ‘Doreen Dorward’, with the spoil being deposited into two split hopper barges ‘Nab’ and ‘Needles’. Cowes Harbor Commission, the statutory harbor authority for Cowes Harbor, […]

  • Top news, June 15 – 21, 2015

    21 June 2015

    Tidal Energy Today Staff has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from June 15 – 21, 2015. Tocardo to install 5 tidal turbines in western Netherlands Tocardo has announced plans to install an array of 5 tidal turbines in the Eastern Scheldt storm surge barrier. Tocardo’s five T2 tidal turbines are […]