A MAJOR event to promote the Scarborough area as a supply base to the expanding offshore windfarm industry takes place tomorrow.More than… (scarborougheveningnews) [mappress] Source: scarborougheveningnews, July 22, 2010;
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. today reported net income for the second quarter of 2010 of $224.4 million, or $1.61 per share on a diluted basis, compared with net income of $387.4 million, or $2.79 per share on a diluted basis, in the same period a year earlier. Revenues in the second quarter of 2
A company hoping to build a liquefied natural gas terminal in Calais is working to line up a new financial backer after the original partner… (bangordailynews) [mappress] Source: bangordailynews, July 22, 2010;
China’s Guangdong province stopped fishing in the Ting River until at least the end of this month amid concerns Zijin Mining Group Co.’s waste spill upstream is widening, the provincial government said. The government bought about 450,000 kilograms (992,000 pounds) of fishes from local fishermen and
Total cruise passenger traffic last month stood at 46,574, up by 38.5 per cent over the corresponding month last year. There were 25 cruise liner calls with an average 1,863 passengers per vessel. The National Statistics Office said the number of passengers in transit amounted to 43,862 and those wh
Aker Solutions has won a contract with Eni Norge for the design and supply of an on-vessel Pusnes mooring systemTM for the Goliat FPSO. The total contract value for Aker Solutions is approximately NOK 150 million (USD $24 Million).
Fugro Brasil – Serviços Submarinos e Levantamentos Ltda. has been awarded a long term diving contract by Otto Candies for Petrobras in Brazil. The three party-contract has a value for Fugro of approximately USD 100 million, involving ROV and diving services. Otto Candies is providing the Diving Supp
Federal Labour Minister Lisa Raitt has referred the Port of Montreal dispute to the Canadian Industrial Relations Board. The action was taken yesterday in response to concerns raised about the supply of goods to Newfoundland and Labrador, Raitt’s office said in a statement.
Opposition has been received from a number of organisations responding to plans by UK boatbuilder Princess Yachts International to develop a £45m, 300,000sq ft superyacht new-build facility at South Yard, Devonport Dockyard in Plymouth. Among the organisations are English Heritage and the influentia
Paragon Shipping Inc., a global shipping transportation company specializing in dry cargoes, made yesterday the following announcements: The Company agreed to sell one of its 1995 built dry bulk handymax vessels (the CLEAN SEAS) which will be delivered to her new owners in September 2010. The Compan
Shipping lines said the congested ports in the country and the current low-level productivity of the major ports in the country are still the main concerns of the industry. In a draft of its position paper that will be sent to Transportation Secretary Jose de Jesus, the shipping lines and the tanker
A federal judge on Wednesday stopped companies from developing oil and gas wells on billions of dollars in leases off Alaska’s northwest… [mappress] Source: TheWashingtonTimesDaily,July 22, 2010;
To stay competitive, the Port is planning more than $3 billion in upgrades, including a new container terminal, improvements for an existing terminal, redevelopment and consolidation of two older terminals, the replacement of an obsolete bridge and upgraded rail infrastructure.
BP has begun the widely-anticipated asset sales to pay for its liabilities for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill by signing deals with Apache. Apache Corporation is to acquire BP assets onshore in the US, Canada and Egypt worth a total of US $7 Bn the Anglo-American oil giant declared today.
