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UK: Cosalt Appoints In-House Lawyer
Cosalt announced the appointment of Nick Ravaji as In-House Lawyer for the Group. In this role Nick will report directly to the CEO, and will be based at Cosalt Offshore offices in Aberdeen. Nick will advise on a broad range of commercial activities, including partnerships with suppliers and clients
Bilbao Port Authority, Basque Government Visit India
The Bilbao Port Authority will form part of the extensive business delegation set to accompany the Basque Government on its trade mission to India, the world’s fourth-largest economy and second most-populated nation, with close to 1.2 billion people. The delegation, headed by Basque president Patxi
UK: Grimsby’s Offshore Wind Potential Presented to National Audience
GRIMSBY’S potential as a centre for the multi-billion pound offshore wind industry has been highlighted as part of national television coverage about the UK economy. Viewers of the BBC’s Breakfast programme were shown workers leaving the town’s docks on boats bound for offshore wind farm sites. Duri
Gazprom Sees FID on South Stream Bulgaria by November
The Gazprom headquarters hosted a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company’s Management Committee and Dimitar Gogov, Executive Director of Bulgargaz. “The meeting participants discussed the crucial issues of the bilateral cooperation as well as the prospects for the Bulgarian g
GL Noble Denton Wins Inspection Services Deal from Shell
GL Noble Denton, an independent technical advisor to the oil and gas industry, has been awarded a four-year enterprise framework agreement (EFA) to provide inspection services for Shell’s extensive global portfolio of projects in select locations. GL Noble Denton’s network of highly qualified inspec
BASF Opens New Application Center in Oldenburg, Germany
BASF’s Coatings Division has invested one million euros in the construction of a new Application Center in Oldenburg, Germany. The company has now officially opened the center as part of a customer event. The center is therefore not only strengthening the Oldenburg site, but also BASF’s global busin
The Netherlands: Periplus Completes Data Conversion for RWS Oost-Nederland
The River Waal is the main commercial shipping route in the Netherlands. In order to allow vessels to load to maximum capacity, it is of utmost importance that the water depths are guaranteed at all times. In order to monitor this, RWS Oost-Nederland surveys the riverbed with Multibeam Echosoundings
Germany: Windkraft FiT Gets Thumbs Up to Use STRABAG’s Surface Foundations
Wind farm contractor Windkraft FiT GmbH has received approval from Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) to build the Albatros 1 offshore wind farm using surface foundations developed by European construction group STRABAG. The Albatros 1 project is located in the “Nördlich Auster
Spain: ZÈFIR Floating Med Wind Plant Project Passes EIB Assessment
The ZÈFIR Floating Med Wind Plant is part of the second phase of the ZÈFIR Test Station, during which five floating wind turbines will be installed 30 kilometres off the coast of Tarragona on water 110 metres deep. NER 300 funds innovative experimental projects in the field of renewable energy techn
GasLog Starts IPO (Monaco)
GasLog Ltd. said that it has commenced an initial public offering of 23,500,000 common shares. The estimated price range for the initial public offering is $16.00 to $18.00 per shar, GasLog said in a statement. The underwriters will be granted an option to purchase up to 3,525,000 additional common
UK: Marubeni, Riverstone Holdings Acquire Seajacks
Marubeni Corporation, one of the largest Japanese trading companies, Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ), a government-sponsored private equity corporation, and Riverstone Holdings LLC, a leading conventional and renewable energy focused private equity firm, today announced jointly that M
UK: Marubeni, Riverstone Holdings Acquire Seajacks
Marubeni Corporation, one of the largest Japanese trading companies, Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ), a government-sponsored private equity corporation, and Riverstone Holdings LLC, a leading conventional and renewable energy focused private equity firm, today announced jointly that M
Germany: Vattenfall Starts Construction of DanTysk Substation
The first construction phase in the DanTysk offshore wind park project, run by Vattenfall and Stadtwerke München (SWM) [Munich City Utilities], is now underway with the construction of the wind park’s substation. The substation is being constructed in the Netherlands, not far from Rotterdam, as part
UAE: World Ports and Trade Summit to Highlight Key Trends of Maritime Sector
H.E. Sultan Bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Economy, UAE; Dr Sultan Al Jaber, Chairman Abu Dhabi Ports Company; H.E. Jamal Majid Bin Thaniah, Non-Executive Director & Vice Chairman, DP World and Jonathon Porrit, Founder Director, Forum for the Future are amongst some of the eminent personalities