Steder Group from The Netherlands, a member of the Cargo Equipment Experts (CEE) and Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC), has successfully demobilised and returned dredging equipment from Trapani in Italy to Zeebrugge in Belgium.
A group that supports good fishing on Lake Champlain is hailing the results of efforts to control populations of sea lamprey in the lake. A cooperative involving the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Servic
Cruises are great fun for passengers, but courting the industry can leave taxpayers and communities feeling more than a little seasick. Governments sank $19 million into a cruise-ship terminal for Campbell River, for example, with promises of great economic benefits. It’s been largely unused. No med
South Korea’s STX Offshore and Shipbuilding selected a Norwegian firm to supply hardware for a new ultra-deepwater drillship owned by Noble Corporation.
Production at the UK North Sea Beatrice field has been boosted after a workover programme was completed on a second production well.
The decline of container rates on the Asia to Europe trade slowed last week, as prices dropped just US$4 per teu. According to the Shanghai Shipping Exchange (SSE), rates on services from Shanghai to Northern Europe dropped from $1,337 per teu for the week ending 10 December, to $1,333 per teu for t
Massachusetts and federal officials have designated a 3,000-square-mile swath of ocean south of Cape Cod and the Islands as available to… By Patrick Cassidy (southcoasttoday) [mappress] Source: southcoasttoday, December 29, 2010
RECRUITMENT has begun for a wind turbine production factory which will bring 400 jobs to the Tees Valley. By Owen McAteer (thenorthernecho) [mappress] Source: thenorthernecho, December 29, 2010
RECRUITMENT has begun for a wind turbine production factory which will bring 400 jobs to the Tees Valley. By Owen McAteer (thenorthernecho) [mappress] Source: thenorthernecho, December 29, 2010
The biggest headlines for the U.S. wind industry in 2010 held promise and foreboding for 2011. 1. Triumphant 2009 U.S. growth turns dismal. By Herman K. Trabish (greentechmedia) [mappress] Source: greentechmedia, December 29, 2010
STEP Offshore, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aker Solutions, has won a contract from South Korea’s STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Co., LTD (“STX”) to supply equipment for a new, dynamically positioned ultra-deepwater Globetrotter-class drillship(image). The owner of the ship is Noble Corporation. STEP O
Repsol and Sinopec today successfully closed the agreement reached in October to jointly develop the exploration and production of its Brazil offshore assets and to create one of the Latin America’s largest private energy companies. After obtaining the necessary authorizations from the authorities o
The Methane Heather Sally LNG carrier, with a capacity of 145,613 cubic metres, is due to arrive in the UK’s Dragon terminal January 5, according to the Milford Haven Port Authority website. BG and Petronas between them have contracted for the full capacity at Dragon LNG’s Milford Haven site over th
Is there a federal moratorium on offshore drilling in the Arctic or not? Patti Epler (Alaska Dispatch) [mappress] Source: Alaska Dispatch, December 29, 2010;
