Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has received two orders of record size for Alfa Laval PureBallast systems from two leading shipyards in South Korea. The systems will be installed onboard 14 vessels built for A.P M?ller – Maersk. The total ord
In line with the recently approved sand berm plans by the President of the US, the State of Louisiana has contracted Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. to deliver sand for berms to protect the Louisiana coast from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The Boskalis trailing suction hopper dredger Stuyvesant,
Cianbro crews are preparing for a job that will be visible to thousands of Mainers who look out to sea in the Rockland area. On or about June 17th, the 750 foot drilling vessel Stena Forth will appear on the horizon, approximately a mile and a half off the Rockland breakwater. For about one week, [&
Japanese Mitsui is interested in boosting the capacity of the Sakhalin-2 project’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant, the chairman of Mitsui… [mappress] Source: interfax, June 17, 2010;
The Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO) has launched its fifth Ship Reporting System Survey dealing with the fair treatment of seafarers. In 2008, BIMCO began to develop a formalised ship reporting system to collect as much practical and relevant shipping information as possible in ord
The Port of Rotterdam Authority and contractor PUMA have reported that progress on the major port expansion project in Rotterdam at… [mappress] Source: portofrotterdam, June 17, 2010
Colombo Dockyard PLC (CDPLC) has been successful in securing repeat business from Van Oord, Holland one of the biggest Dredger operators… [mappress] Source: Colombo Dockyard, June 17, 2010
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation reported today that it has been engaged as a subcontractor to Shaw Environmental and Infrastructure Group (“Shaw”) to provide dredging services relating to the construction of sand berms off the Louisiana coast. Shaw has been retained by the State of Louisiana t
The Flag Officer Eastern Naval Command (FOC), Rear Admiral Ben Acholonu has raised alarm over Calabar waters saying they are not safe for… [mappress] Source: leadershipnigeria, June 17, 2010;
EXMAR NV of Belgium (“EXMAR”) and LLOG Deepwater Development Company LLC of the United States (“LLOG”) have reached an agreement in principle whereby LLOG will acquire the semi-submersible production platform OPTI-EX™ from EXMAR. The OPTI-EX™ is currently located quay side in Ingleside, Texas. LLOG
It is reported that construction of a coal port started on June 12th at Jinzhou City in northeast China Liaoning Province. [mappress] Source: sxcoal, June 17, 2010;
Seatronics has invested £1 million in Sonardyne’s new 6G (Sixth Generation) range of acoustic and inertial navigation products and becomes the first subsea electronics rental company able to offer customers this leading-edge technology. The launch of 6G represents a major advance by Sonardyne in sub
The plan for development and operation (PDO) of the North Sea Gudrun field was approved by the Norwegian Parliament on 16 June. Production is scheduled to start in the first quarter of 2014. ”This is an important day for us,” says Øystein Michelsen, executive vice president for Exploration & Product
UP to 300 wind turbines the height of the London Eye could be sited off the Dorset coast and generating energy by 2018.The offshore wind… Melanie Vass (bournemouthecho) – [mappress] Source:bournemouthecho , June 17, 2010;
