Attracted by huge profits, many people are continuing to dredge up sand from the Dong Nai River in the south and the Hong (Red) River in the… (vietnamnews) [mappress] Source: vietnamnews, September 20, 2010;
Incat Crowther announced a contract to design two 30m aluminium monohull crewboats for service in Nigeria. Incat Crowther’s brief is to design vessels that are easy to construct and robust in operation, with simple systems; in line with the demands of the region. To be built by Cape Town-based Veecr
A Youngstown company is at the forefront of a $100 million plan to build the country’s first offshore wind farm on Lake Erie.Great Lakes… By Grace Wyler (vindy) [mappress] Source: vindy, September 20, 2010;
Bibby Offshore Holdings Limited, the holding company of Aberdeen-based subsea construction and IRM firm, Bibby Offshore, has made two board appointments. Andrew Duncan and Jeremy Punnett have been appointed to the positions of business & commercial director and strategic & corporate development dire
Hyundai Engineering and Construction Company has been awarded a US$329m (AED1.2bn) contract to carry out building works at the Khalifa Port… By Elizabeth Broomhall (constructionweekonline) [mappress] Source: constructionweekonline, September 20, 2010;
Songa Offshore SE (“Songa” or the “Company”) announced that a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company has entered into an agreement to sell the drillship Songa Saturn to a wholly owned subsidiary of PetroSaudi Oil Services Ltd. (“PetroSaudi”) for net sales proceed of USD 260 million. As advised by th
If you’ve noticed the beehive of activity down at the main wharf in St Anthony last week, expect plenty more as a $5.4 million redevelopment… [mappress] Source: Northern Pen, September 20, 2010;
It is fair to assume that the millions of viewers who tuned into EastEnders a week last Monday did not simultaneously give thanks for the… By Terry Macalister and Tim Webb (guardian) [mappress] Source: guardian, September 20, 2010;
The following statement was released by BP America Chairman and President Lamar McKay on completion of the MC252 Relief Well in the Gulf of Mexico. “Today’s completion of relief well operations on the Macondo well is a significant technological accomplishment and another important milestone in our c
Saudi Arabia and Belgium have set out a new vision of bilateral relationship with plans to forge closer cooperation in the port and maritime… (arabnews) [mappress] Source: arabnews, September 20, 2010
By 2016, Lagos will get a new city to be built on nine million square metres of reclaimed land about 2.4 kilometres into the Atlantic Ocean… By Demola Abimboye (newswatchngr) [mappress] Source: newswatchngr, September 20, 2010;
A letter of agreement has been signed for the provision, lease and operation of a semi-submersible production facility for the Tubular Bells field in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM). The agreement allows SBM Offshore to start engineering and commit substantial hardware investment in the facility until fina
Statoil has awarded Aker Solutions the Sleipner Modifications Portfolio Agreement and the first project-specific agreements for engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) for the Gudrun tie-in to Sleipner in the North Sea. The order is worth approximately NOK 900 million (approxi
National Grid has testified that its contract with Cape Wind is the best way of meeting new state requirements that a portion of electricity… (bostonherald) [mappress] Source: bostonherald, September 20, 2010;
