At the end of April, the PUMA consortium started constructing the final block dam. In May, the first blocks became visible above water. Now approximately 170 metres of the dam is ready (of a total of aro und 3,500 metres = 20,000 blocks). The highest blocks in the dam now protrude some three metres
Today in Rome Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Dr. Jürgen Grossmann, CEO of RWE signed a Memorandum of Understanding on strategic partnership in power generation in Europe. It also affirms the companies’ intentions to conclude the ongoing commercial negotiations to a m
SBM Offshore announces it has received a letter from BP Exploration Operating Company Ltd confirming full project sanction for the supply of an internal turret mooring system for the Quad 204 FPSO project. The contract consists of engineering, procurement and construction of an internal turret moori
In the Prinses Amaliahaven this summer, the first 500 metres of the total 1,150-metres deep-sea quay for the Rotterdam World Gateway (RWG) container terminal will be prepared for delivery, metre by metre. Fenders and bollards will be installed on the quay. In some places, the salt water is already s
The future ring roads just behind the new Maasvlakte 2 seawall will give a beautiful view across coast and dunes on one side and of the port area activities on the other. Nature and industry, recreation and activities will come together in one image. Such contrasts provided the architects from Zwart
Halliburton announced today that it has been awarded a contract from Chevron for integrated services for shale natural gas exploration in Poland. Work on Chevron Polska’s initial shale gas exploration drilling program is expected to begin in the fourth quarter and the contract award is for three yea
On July 12, SOCAR and Swiss Foster Wheeler signed a memorandum of understanding. The document was signed by SOCAR Vice-President for strategic development Mr. Tofig Gahramanov and Chief Executive Director of Foster Wheeler Mr. Marco Maresco. The MoU involves the establishment of a joint venture on t
World leading marine rental company, Ashtead Technology, announces the appointment of MacArtney Norge A/S as Ashtead Technology agent for… (subseauk) [mappress] Source: subseauk, July 13, 2011;
In May 2011, SGS Industrial Services was awarded a contract to provide complex inspection and testing services for the underground road crossings of refinery pipelines by Kuwait Petroleum Europoort (KPE), one of the Q8 refineries, located in the port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Throughout the ent
Portunus Port Spares and Services from Turkey signed new contract with TCDD – Turkish State Railways for N.5 Ship To Shore Gantry Crane complete refurbishment. After cancelling privatization of Izmir Port, Turkish State Railways decided to renew its facility. Because during this time, new ports had
On behalf of its co-venturers BP is pleased to announce an agreement to progress a major re-development of the Schiehallion and Loyal oil fields to the west of the Shetland Islands. Schiehallion and Loyal have produced nearly 400 million barrels of oil since production started in 1998 and an estimat
Klaipeda seaport authority received six tenders for an open procedure “Capital Dredging and Widening Works of Klaipeda State Seaport … (baltic) [mappress] Source: baltic, July 13, 2011;
Wärtsilä has recently been awarded a series of orders to supply propulsion solutions for dredger vessels to be built in China and the Netherlands. Since dredging applications are typically very demanding, the high reliability of the Wärtsilä solutions was a key element in the award of all three proj
Trelleborg Offshore has revealed a new diver-friendly piggyback clamp designed to improve safety during installation. Trelleborg developed the clamp at the request of leading offshore construction company, McDermott in collaboration with Trelleborg Offshore UAE distributor, Unique Maritime Group. Re
