Last Friday Ghent port aldermand Christophe Peeters (Open VLD) and port director Daan Schalck announced that 2010 was a record year, with… (mediargus) [mappress] Source: mediargus, January 14, 2011;
Late last year well-known dredging company DEME christened its first gravel hopper dredger Victor Horta, an investment of 60 million euros… (mediargus) [mappress] Source: mediargus, January 14, 2011;
A new 30,500m3 capacity, 181-metre dredger for Belgian company Jan De Nul, called ‘Charles Darwin’, has been supplied with a number of deck machinery items from Spanish company Ibercisa. The contract includes two combined windlasses with Ø81mm chain, which have been measured to work without stoppers
Delegates at a pioneering UK-Dutch conference were urged to build on flourishing trade links between the countries to meet challenges posed… (oilvoice) [mappress] Source: oilvoice, January 14, 2011
AMC Connector, a future new-build subsea installation and construction vessel from Aker Solutions, has finalised its vessel specs. With a total payload capacity of 9 000 tonnes of subsea power cables or umbilicals, the vessel will be well equipped to target the deepwater installation segment. AMC Co
Australian renewables developer Carnegie Wave Energy has agreed a deal with the Irish Government to explore potential sites for marine… (build) [mappress] Source: build, January 14, 2011
OpenHydro, the Irish tidal renewable energy company and Bord Gáis Energy have concluded an agreement for Bord Gáis Energy to become a shareholder in OpenHydro. In addition to the investment, OpenHydro and Bord Gáis Energy have formed a joint venture focused on the development of a utility scale tida
Wilhelmsen Ships Service has appointed Vidar Hole to the position of Business Director responsible for the Maritime Logistics Services portfolio. Vidar will drive the design, development and launch of new offers in line with the company’s strategy and identified market and customer needs, across its
ABPmer, a leading UK marine environmental consultancy, has reported that against a much increased competitive and challenging market background, it achieved its ambitious 2010 sales target. The energy sector continues to be its biggest market and the company continues to offer a suite of services to
Ukraine, a net importer of natural gas, increased gas imports from Russia to 36.47 billion cubic metres (bcm) in 2010 from 26.8 bcm in 2009… (kyivpost) [mappress] Source: kyivpost, January 14, 2011;
Greener, more environmentally friendly container ships are heading for the port of Southampton as vessels of the future reduce their carbon… By Keith Hamilton (dailyecho) [mappress] Source: dailyecho, January 13, 2011;
Russia and India will cooperate on jointly developing liquefied natural gas projects including in third countries, the Russian government sa… (RIA Novosti) [mappress] Source: RIA Novosti, January 13, 2011;
On November 17, 2010 OAO Gazprom priced USD 1 billion of loan participation notes due November 29, 2015. The notes were issued by Gaz Capital S.A., a Luxembourg special purpose vehicle, under Gazprom’s Loan Participation Note Programme. The loan participation notes were priced at par and have an ann
A group of veteran Midcoast marine industry players appears poised to buy the former Stinson Seafood Company property on the Belfast … By Ethan Andrews (villagesoup) [mappress] Source: villagesoup, January 13, 2011
