With several deepwater projects successfully completed over the last few years and in recognition of the growth potential in South-East Asia, Jumbo Offshore has decided to open a new Regional Office in Perth, Australia. The office is headed by Mr Sjoerd Meijer, Business Development Manager Australia
Two Isle of Wight companies have landed grants totalling £700,000 to develop key next generation offshore wind technology. [mappress] Source: andoveradvertiser, July 05, 2010;
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. has contracted with major solid waste operator Republic Services to deliver clean-burning, environmentally friendly LNG fuel to three Republic divisions in California: Republic Waste Services of Southern California, Consolidated Disposal (Los Angeles County) and Solano Garba
USACE announces invitation for bids, for maintenance dredging of San Diego Harbor and Ballast Point. Project consists of dredging the approach channel of San Diego Harbor to a depth of -55 ft. MMLW, approximately 100,000 cubic yards. Option item to dredge approximately 27,000 cubic yards from the Ba
Topaz Marine recently confirmed the acquisition of the Multipurpose Support Vessel (MPSV) Ocean Commander in Singapore. The vessel has been renamed Topaz Commander and joins Topaz Marines’ fleet of around 100 vessels, reinforcing Topaz’s position as one of the top ten largest offshore vessel operati
Nexans, the worldwide leader in the cable industry, has been awarded a major contract by Lincs Wind Farm Limited to supply the medium voltage submarine array cables and associated accessories for the 270 MW Lincs offshore wind farm to be constructed off the east coast of England. The order further e
Northern Offshore, Ltd. reported today that upon completion of the shipyard work announced May 3rd, the drillship Energy Searcher departed Singapore, has returned to Vietnam and has resumed operations under its drilling contract with the Joint Operating Company Vietgazprom, a joint venture between P
W&T Offshore, Inc. announced the resignation of W. Reid Lea from his position as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Manager of Corporate Development. Mr. Lea, whose resignation is effective July 2, 2010, is leaving to pursue other business opportunities. As part of the resignation, Mr. Lea h
Aggressively pursuing its expansion plans to substantially raise capacity, Paradip Port is set to have a multi-purpose berth exclusively to handle Clean Cargo and containers at a cost of Rs 387.31 crore. “The dedicated terminal, likely to be operational by 2012, will add five million tonne capacity
Surfers, fishermen and harbor denizens are celebrating a small victory in a larger fight. A coalition of Coastsiders interested in … By Mark Noack [mappress] Source: hmbreview, July 5, 2010;
Siemens has been awarded contracts for the turnkey construction of two combined cycle power plants including long-term service agreements in India – UNOSUGEN and DGEN by Torrent Power Ltd and Torrent Energy Ltd. respectively of Torrent Group based in Ahmedabad, India. Siemens will erect the DGEN pow
Most Greek shipowners, who account for more vessel orders than any other nation, are waiting for prices to drop before expanding their fleets, according to Royal Bank of Scotland Group, their largest lender. The cost of a new 2 million-barrel carrying supertanker has climbed 5 percent this year to $
Clean-up hopes in the Gulf of Mexico are riding on a supertanker called The Whale. The world’s largest oil skimmer, from Taiwan, has cruised a 25 square-mile test site north of the Macondo deepwater well. It can process 21 million gallons of polluted water a day by sucking it up, separating the oil
Evergreen Group has placed orders with Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd in Taipei for ten 8,000-TEU L-class environmentally advanced container vessels. The first vessel is due for delivery in 2012 and will join Evergreen Line global containership fleet. Six of the new vessels will be built for Ever
