Russian shipyards are ready to build Mistral class helicopter carriers whenever they receive orders from the military, industry officials said on Monday. Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said earlier on Monday that Russia had reached the final stage of pre-contract talks with France, Spain
The cruise vessel Deutschland suffered an engine room fire last Sunday. Over 360 passengers had to be evacuated from the 175 metre long vessel, built in 1998. According to unconfirmed Norwegian newspaper reports, a number of passengers were taken to hospital by ambulance.
BP today provided an update on developments in the response to the MC252 oil well incident in the Gulf of Mexico. Subsea efforts continue to focus on progressing options to stop the flow of oil from the well through interventions via the MC252 blow out preventer (BOP) and to collect the flow of oil
The Honourable Rob Merrifield, Minister of State (Transport), Rob Crosbie, chair of Marine Atlantic Inc.’s (MAI) board of directors, and Wayne Follett, president and chief executive officer of MAI, announced that Marine Atlantic has reached an agreement with Stena Group of Companies to charter two n
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has been awarded a contract for the construction of a new LNG (liquefied natural gas) port at Swinoujscie near Szcecin, Poland. The total contract value is approximately € 170 million with Boskalis’ share amounting approximately € 75 million. The contract was awarded
The Offshore Valuation Group has just released the Offshore Valuation, the first comprehensive valuation of the UK’s offshore renewable energy resource over the long-term. The Offshore Valuation Group is an informal collaboration of government and industry organisations that has commissioned an inde
“I do not want any contractor to exceed the June target for the delivery of this project”. These was an outright directive from the former Minister of Transport, Ibrahim Isa Bio, in March this year, when he undertook an inspection tour of the River Niger dredging project, with the aim of assessing t
The Scottish government has given its stamp of approval to 10 offshore windfarm projects with a combined capacity of 6.4 gigawatts (GW). The 10 projects in Scottish territorial waters were originally outlined in February 2009 by the Crown Estate, which oversees the development of the U.K.’s seabed.
Cairn Energy and partner Santos have completed a 200-sq km (77-sq mi) 3D seismic survey over the Magnam discovery in the Bay of Bengal offshore Bangladesh. They have also acquired a second 3D survey of around 100 sq km (38.6 sq mi) over part of the Sangu gas field and the South Sangu discovery. Both
Once again, the fleet of Acta Marine has been expanded with a new multicat of the type Eurocarrier 2209. The newly built vessel, named “Coastal Fighter”, was handed over to Acta Marine. After the naming ceremony, the Coastal Fighter immediately set course to the Dutch Province of Zeeland for her fir
“The Beast” is leaving North Augusta. This is the official name that a Canadian-based company has given a 400,000-pound dredge that was… [mappress] Source: chronicle, May 25, 2010;
OGX Petróleo e Gás Participações S.A. identified gas and condensates in the Santonian section of well 1-OGX-11D-SPS, Natal prospect, located in the BM-S-59 block, in the shallow waters of the Santos Basin. OGX holds a 100% working interest in this block. “Our find at the OGX-11D well marks the begin
BHP Billiton and ExxonMobil are in talks with Chevron to underpin a huge expansion of Chevron’s yet-to-be developed Wheatstone LNG venture n… [mappress] Source: yahoo news, May 25, 2010;
The Abstracts Committee of “The 4th Nigerian Dredging Summit Calabar 2010 would like to invite all interested persons and organisations… [mappress] Source: tinapa, May 25, 2010;
