Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement Director Michael R. Bromwich announced they will require oil and gas companies operating in the Gulf of Mexico to set permanent plugs in nearly 3,500 nonproducing wells that are currently complete
The 222,222nd passenger was welcomed to the terminal in the HafenCity district by Gerd Drossel, managing director of Hamburg Cruise Center. Last September, the port greeted its 100,000thguest. Thomas Fries, described as 43 years young and from Bochum in western of Germany, was surprised by Larissa B
The Swedish warship HMS Carlskrona, which was the EU Operation Atalanta flagship until August 15, is back in duty in the piracy infested waters off Somalia. The warship has been off duty during three weeks due to maintenance. She be deployed in the EU fleet until November.
Ananda Shipyard & Slipways Ltd (ASSL), Bangaldesh’s leading shipbuilder, expects to sign a contract by the end of October for four 50m aluminium superyachts. The yachts have been designed in the Ukraine and are destined for one German owner.
Composite Mouldings (CML) based in Southampton, UK has announced its entry into the medium-sized sail boat market, with a 14 metre performance cruiser, design name B45. The company says it aims to have the prototype ready by the beginning of 2011. The prototype will be built from cedar strip plank c
Brazil’s Transpetro has selected a start-up yard to build 20 trains of tugboats and ethanol barges under the Promef waterway project. The 20 pusher-tugs and 80 ethanol barges will be built by Estaleiro RioTiete, a consortium formed by Rio Maguari SA / SS and Estre Petroleum Administration, that put
The Norwegian vessel KVANNØY is the world’s first fishing vessel to benefit from Humid Air Motor technology. Humid Air Motor is abbreviated to HAM. At last month’s commissioning test and technical seatrials, KVANNØY’s exhaust gas NOx emissions were reduced by 61.3%
A 34 million euro investment has been announced for the ports of Adra, Garrucha, Roquetas and Villaricos. Of the funding 28 million euro has been allocated to the northern port of Garrucha, with the aim of improving the accessibility and functionality of the commercial docks and the establishment of
A NORTH East MEP has launched a passionate defence of wind power. Fiona Hall said it was time to “dispel the myth that wind energy does not… (journallive) [mappress] Source: journallive, September 16, 2010;
A NORTH East MEP has launched a passionate defence of wind power. Fiona Hall said it was time to “dispel the myth that wind energy does not… (journallive) [mappress] Source: journallive, September 16, 2010;
Atwood Oceanics, a Houston-based offshore drilling contractor, has chosen Atwood Condor as the name for its newbuild ultra-deepwater dynamically positioned (“DP”) semisubmersible. The Atwood Condorremains on track for delivery from Jurong Shipyard in Singapore by the middle of 2012.
Port officials in India’s Jawaharlal Nehru port JNPT have reported another accident, which disrupted shipping. The 4,253 TEU capacity ’Lahore Express’ was being unloaded when its bunker tanks were damaged last week.
Anadarko Petroleum is seeking to cancel a drilling contract with Diamond Offshore for semisubmersible Ocean Monarch, which is under contract in the Gulf of Mexico. In its Sept. 13 filing, Anadarko said that the actions of government authorities related to an ongoing moratorium on Gulf of Mexico dril
An EU partnership looking to increase onshore and offshore wind development has been launched today (September 14) by Scottish energy… (newenergyfocus) [mappress] Source: newenergyfocus, September 16, 2010;
