Shannon LNG, an Irish subsidiary of Hess LNG Ltd, is planning to construct a €400 million ($US490 million) LNG import terminal and associate… [mappress] Source: pipelinesinternational, June 21, 2010;
Donegal County Council seek expression of interest from suitably qualified consultants to provide consultancy engineering led services… [mappress] Source: etenders.gov, June 21, 2010;
Turkey is about to receive a US$1 billion injection from the private sector to revamp seaport projects over the next five years. [mappress] Source: baird, June 20, 2010;
The biggest container ship to call at Hamburg, the 13,800 TEU CMA CGM flagship ‘Christophe Colomb’, will visit the German Elbe port… By Tom Todd [mappress] Source: maritimejournal, June 19, 2010;
Skanska has been commissioned to build an office in Oslo. The contract amount is NOK 1.3 billion, approximately SEK 1.6 billion, which will be included in order bookings for the second quarter of 2010. The customer is the Norwegian company IT Fornebu, which is developing the former airport area, For
Danish shipping company ESVAGT has ordered a standby/rescue vessel of the Ulstein SX123 design. The vessel is a part of emergency preparedness in the Goliat field for operator Eni and will enter directly into a ten-year contract. The vessel will be constructed at the shipyard Astilleros Zamakona SA
Britain will continue to play a pivotal role in balancing the amply-supplied global liquefied natural gas market this year, using its big ne… [mappress] Source: forexyard, June 18, 2010;
The City of Mainz and Frankenbach Container Terminal are constructing a new trimodal terminal in the Ingelheimer Au industrial area. In the first phase, 80,000 of the available 130,000 m2 will be used. Initially the handling capacity is 160,000 containers, some 260,000 TEU. The investments are appro
Damen’s STAN Tug 1205 on the pontoons (A36) has been purchased at the Seawork exhibition by their fellow exhibitor Red7Marine. Nick Offord, (MD of Red7) commented: “We came to Seawork with a view to investigating our first major tug purchase and found that the first-of-type vessel brought by Damen w
Drilling of the exploration well 6507/7-14S (Zidane prospect) in PL435 has started. The well is being drilled with the rig Bredford Dolphin, and the operator is RWE Dea. Results are expected during September. PL435 is situated in the Norwegian Sea, 10 km northwest of the Heidrun field, and several s
Japanese Mitsui is interested in boosting the capacity of the Sakhalin-2 project’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant, the chairman of Mitsui… [mappress] Source: interfax, June 17, 2010;
The plan for development and operation (PDO) of the North Sea Gudrun field was approved by the Norwegian Parliament on 16 June. Production is scheduled to start in the first quarter of 2014. ”This is an important day for us,” says Øystein Michelsen, executive vice president for Exploration & Product
When developing the offshore shelf, Gazprom will seek to replace foreign-made equipment with analogues from Russian yards, company leaders… [mappress] Source: barentsobserver, June 17, 2010;
A new agency set up to protect the marine environment has defended a decision to base a silt dumping site in Whitsand Bay. [mappress] Source: thisisplymouth, June 17, 2010;
