Lamprell’s East Anglia ONE project, involving fabrication of 60 jacket foundations and their accompanying piles, has brought startup costs and inefficiencies with the learning curve proving to be steeper than anticipated, according to the company, who said it now expects the project to make a signi
The IQPC Middle East will be the organizer of the Island Development Middle East Conference that will take place from 5-7 December in Dubai. With the man-made developments like Dubai palm islands and the World project in the UAE, Amwaj islands in Bahrain and the Pearl island in Qatar, and recently a
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Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from November 20 – 26, 2017.
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (November 20-26, 2017). GLDD Takes Delivery of ATB Hopper Dredge Ellis Island Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) has taken delivery of the new build ATB hopper dredge Ellis Island and tug Douglas B. Mack
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (November 20 – November 26). Following a request for assistance from the Argentine Government, the Royal Navy patrol ship HMS Protector has been deployed to join efforts to find and rescue an Argentine
Ocean Energy Systems (OES) Annex IV project has organized a webinar to discuss three tools that can be employed for addressing environmental impact assessment (EIA) concerns around marine renewable energy deployments.
Owner and operator of floating LNG import terminals Höegh LNG Holdings has terminated the 20-year charter contract for a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) with Global Energy Infrastructure Limited (GEI). The FSRU charter agreement signed on December 15, 2016 was intended for the FSRU #
Israeli container shipping company ZIM reaped the fruits of the market recovery and returned to the black in the third quarter of 2017 posting a net profit of USD 25.2 million. The profit was reported against a loss of USD 37.6 million booked in the corresponding quarter of 2016. “The industry is st
By David Pitt, Naval Architect at Offshore Ship Designers In the wake of the well-documented downturn in the oil and gas markets in recent years, an increasing number of platform supply vessels (PSVs) are currently under-utilized or languishing in lay-up, most notably in the US Gulf Coast region. Va
The International Association of Dredging Companies’ (IADC) Jurgen Dhollander will be in Beijing to give an insightful presentation to attendees of the 5th International Congress on Dredging Technology Development, from 28-29 November. Mr Dhollander will present the integrated role of ecosystem serv
Saudi Arabia’s Public Transport Authority (PTA) has raised the country’s flag on Shaden, a very large crude carrier (VLCC) owned and operated by National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri). At a ceremony held at Port of Ras Tanura on November 23, the new vessel joined the country’s maritime fl
Qatar-based maritime transport and logistics conglomerate Milaha is launching a direct feeder service between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh this month. The new service, called BCX, will be operated via two vessels with a capacity of 1,200 TEUs, following a Colombo-Chittagong-Colombo rotation with a trans
Polarcus has informed that Dr. Henrik Madsen has for personal reasons resigned from the board of directors. Dr. Henrik Madsen’s resignation is effective from November 21, 2017. He was elected as a director of the board in May 2017, for a term of two years. He is known as the former chief executive o
