Moonen Shipyards has been commissioned for a unique project to finish a 120 ft yacht designed by Bill Dixon which was started by Royal Denship in Denmark before bankruptcy. Around a quarter of the semi-displacement motoryacht had been completed when the Danish yard went into administration in June 2
SMD in the UK has announced that to better support customers in the Americas, the company has made the commitment to opening a facility in Houston, Texas. Customers will be able to get help, spares, training and support for their existing equipment. Clients will have access to thrusters, power packs
First Russian LNG plant to be constructed without Gazprom will be located in Nenets Autonomous Area. Pechora LNG will be located in the South-East part of the Barents Sea in the settlement of Indiga. The project targets fields of Kumzhinskoye and Korovinskoye found in the Nenets autonomous Area and
Wayne Easter, MP for Malpeque, said the government should step up efforts to ensure the harbour is dredged in a timely manner. [mappress] Source: cbc, May 28, 2010;
After decades of rehabilitation, the Thames Estuary, downriver from London, is widely acknowledged as one of the cleanest metropolitan… [mappress] Source: nytimes, May 28, 2010;
Serica announced that the Conan exploration well 113/26b-3 has reached a total depth of 1,827 meters without encountering hydrocarbons. The Conan well was spudded on May 10. The target of the well was the gas potential of the Triassic age Sherwood Sandstone, which is the principal producing reservoi
BP today provided an update on developments in the response to the MC252 oil well incident in the Gulf of Mexico. Subsea Source Control and Containment Subsea efforts continue to focus on progressing steps to stop the flow of oil from the well through interventions via the failed Deepwater Horizon b
Because of rising demand, South Korea will buy an additional 2.1 million tons of liquefied natural gas annually from Qatar… [mappress] Source: United Press International, May 28, 2010;
Sussex County officials say the purchase of 41 acres near Seaford will help clear the way for the long-planned dredging of the Nanticoke… [mappress] Source: wjz, May 28, 2010;
Port Otago has lodged a resource consent application with the Otago Regional Council for its proposed “next generation” $100 million channel… [mappress] Source: odt, May 28, 2010;
The federal government gave partial approval Thursday to Louisiana’s plan to keep oil out of coastal estuaries by dredging up new barrier… [mappress] Source: cnn, May 28, 2010;
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has begun dredging a 50-acre open water area of Imperial Reservoir just upstream of Imperial Dam. [mappress] Source: yumasun, May 28, 2010;
A seven-member delegation of the energy ministry will leave Dhaka for the Qatari capital of Doha this week to gather information about the… [mappress] Source: thedailystar, May 28, 2010;
After decades of rehabilitation, the Thames Estuary, downriver from London, is widely acknowledged as one of the cleanest metropolitan rivers in the world. But the arrival of a massive dredger in March to cut a deep-water channel for a planned container port has raised fears that toxic residues, lon
