Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has successfully closed an inaugural USD 450 million US Private Placement Notes program with 26 institutional investors in the United States and United Kingdom. The significantly oversubscribed program consists of three tranches with maturities of 7, 10 and 12 years a
The Federation of Irish Fishermen (FIF) today welcomed what they see as an upbeat message from Irish fisheries board BIM’s new three-year strategy “Delivering on the potential of Irish Seafood” which as reported on fishnewseu.com, was launched on Friday. Eibhlín O’Sullivan, FIF Chair, said “ We welc
Consumers Energy has signed a contract with Vestas-American Wind Technology, Inc. to supply 56 wind turbine generators for the utility’s Lake Winds Energy Park in Mason County. The wind park is scheduled to begin operation in late 2012. The contract calls for Vestas to manufacture, deliver and commi
Infratil’s manager HRL Morrison & Co, which has a global infrastructure investment mandate from the New Zealand Superannuation Fund, is leading one of five groups bidding for the Port of Brisbane. The port is being sold by the Queensland state government and is expected to fetch more than A$2 billio
Deliveries of new containerships will hit a record monthly high of 200,000 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in July, extending a year long influx of capacity that may stall the recent rise in ocean freight rates, a leading analyst said. The previous record was set in April 2008 when deliveries totale
The Netherlands has aimed at changing its approach towards Bangladesh from a ‘traditional development partner’ to an active ‘trading counterpart’ to boost productive sectors, business and knowledge exchange.
At the end of the first half of 2010 (as of 24 June) 2five exploration wells on the Norwegian shelf had been completed. During the same period last year, 33 exploration wells were drilled. 19 of the 2five are wildcat wells (new prospects) and six are appraisal wells (for delineation of earlier disco
A $500 million plan to dredge Gladstone Harbour to cope with the massive LNG ships has been given the green light by the State Government. The decision is likely to ignite a David and Goliath battle, pitching the tiny community of South End, on Curtis Island, against some of Australia’s biggest comp
Beluga Shipping GmbH, the dynamic heavy lift specialists, have featured previously on our pages as a company which never does things by… [mappress] Source: handyshippingguide, July 26, 2010;
Beluga Shipping GmbH, the dynamic heavy lift specialists, have featured previously on our pages as a company which never does things by… [mappress] Source: handyshippingguide, July 26, 2010;
Faroe Petroleum plc, the independent oil and gas company focusing principally on exploration, appraisal and undeveloped field opportunities in the Atlantic margin, the North Sea and Norway, announces that drilling operations have commenced on the Anne Marie prospect (Faroe Petroleum 12.5%), located
Gulf of Mexico oil rig
an oil drilling rig on the Prudhoe Bay oil field
An Oil Rig, a Closer Oil Rig, and Huntington Beach Pier
