A Chinese government delegation led by vice premier Li Keqiang has arrived in Edinburgh at the start of a UK state visit. (stv) [mappress] Source: stv, January 11, 2011
Sloppy administration means a council’s plan to dredge Canvey Lake has been held up. Last summer, Canvey Town Council contracted Norfolk-… (echo-news) [mappress] Source: echo-news, January 11, 2011;
Launch ceremony of the 30,000m3 Trailing Suction Hopper dredger CONGO RIVER,is scheduled for Friday, 21 January 2011. The ship is being built for the DEME Group at the IHC Offshore & Marine yard, Schaardijk 24, 2921 LG, Krimpen a/d IJssel, The Netherlands. [mappress] Source: ihcmerwede, January 11,
Collection of meteorological and oceanographic (metocean) data plays a vital role at different phases of offshore wind farm projects ranging from early feasibility studies to engineering design and construction phases, as demonstrated by two recent contracts won by Fugro GEOS, for UK Round 2 and 3 p
RWE Innogy has entered a long-term partnership with Linnhoff Offshore and shipping company NSB, both based in Buxtehude near Hamburg, for… (theengineer) [mappress] Source: theengineer, January 11, 2011
In the name of safety, Vestas, Siemens, Suzlon and other manufacturers are putting competition aside and joining forces. In cooperation with key customers the industry now works together on a safety training program. Vestas is teaming up with competitors and costumers to make a standard for Basic Sa
Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has achieved an independent certification for its utility-scale PowerBuoy, the PB150, by Lloyd’s Register. (theengineer) [mappress] Source: theengineer, January 11, 2011
LNG Energy Ltd. is pleased to announce that its 20% owned Polish subsidiary, Saponis Investments Sp. Z o.o., has spudded its 1st shale gas exploration well, Wytowno S-1, in Poland. As of Sunday, January 9, 2011, intermediate casing has been landed at 1205 mKB, and cemented in place, with drilling op
At the beginning of the year E.ON commenced operations at its new gas and steam turbine power station in Malzenice in Slovakia. The environmentally friendly and highly efficient plant has a gross electricity output of 430 megawatts and generates more than three billion kilowatt hours annually. This
Developing standards and practices for the offshore marine contracting industry has proved vital in ensuring consistently high levels of… (bymnews) [mappress] Source: bymnews, January 10, 2011
Developing standards and practices for the offshore marine contracting industry has proved vital in ensuring consistently high levels of… (bymnews) [mappress] Source: bymnews, January 10, 2011
PD Ports has announced it has reached another major milestone at Teesport – handling its 150,000 container through its container terminals for the first time in history within a calendar year. Frans Calje, PD Ports MD Unitised, said: “To have reached this record number from a steady throughput of ar
In the revision of the trans-European energy network policy (TEN-E) the European Commission highlights the importance of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminals to cover Europe’s future increasing demand for natural gas. This estimation coincides with NGVA Europe’s focus to promote a European NG/biome
Draka Offshore will provide subsea array cabling for the 576 MW Welsh Gwynt y Mor Offshore Wind Farm under a €25 million inter-array cabling… (renewableenergyfocus) [mappress] Source: renewableenergyfocus, January 10, 2011
