Another slight rise, another testament of lowered volatility was the case during yesterday’s session of the Baltic Dry Index (BDI), with the industry’s benchmark for tracking the cost of delivering dry bulk cargoes via sea carriers, ending at 3,020 points. Still, the market isn’t quite yet in the cl
Since offshore wind turbines generally work best in the world’s worst seas, you might as well try to generate wave power at the same time. [mappress] Source: greentechmedia, April 26, 2010;
Since offshore wind turbines generally work best in the world’s worst seas, you might as well try to generate wave power at the same time. [mappress] Source: greentechmedia, April 26, 2010;
BAYONNE AND BEYOND — Reports from several prominent officials in Hudson County and in Bayonne suggest that city officials are seeking offers to build a container port on the former Military Ocean Terminal site in a blockbuster deal that could help the city retire its entire debt… [mappress] Source:h
PLAQUEMINES PARISH — Plaquemines Parish officials would like to see more projects that dedicate a dredge operation in the Mississippi River for the sole purpose of mining soil from the river’s bottom to build new marsh. That was the case last year with a dredge that was placed in the river… [mappres
Levels of the toxin tributyltin almost 20 times higher than the concentration known to affect the environment have been found at Rous Head, according to Fremantle Ports’ latest environmental monitoring results. The results, published on the port’s website, show the concentration of TBT… [mappress] S
Saugatuck, MI — The entrance to Saugatuck’s harbor has become dangerously shallow this spring, jeopardizing the tourist community’s economy and prompting the city to ask for emergency dredging. The funds, though, aren’t there. “We know there’s a shoal there,” said Tom O’Brien, area engineer of the U
Despite a difficult economic climate in 2009, DEME succeeded in strengthening its position on the national and international markets. Thanks to its strategy of geographical spreading and the diversifi cation of its activities (such as dredging, lifting works, offshore-related and environmental activ
An international award for ferry operator Stena has put a Newry firm on the crest of a wave after the ship the Stena Navigator won a major global accolade. The ferry which operates on the Stranraer-Belfast route, picked up the award for ‘best ferry conversion’ in the annual awards run by ShipPax, a
Twenty years ago, a massive dredging effort to deepen 103 miles of the mighty Columbia River held the promise of securing Oregon’s connection to the rest of the world. At 43 feet, the channel — otherwise too shallow to compete with deep-water ports — could play host to today’s larger vessels and mor
On the 14th of April, Kingship launched the second Magellan 110, project KS005. The yacht was rolled out of the shed and hit the water for preliminary trials, she is scheduled to be delivered in summer 2010.
The Lake Michigan POWER Coalition is holding a town hall meeting this afternoon to discuss concerns about and alternative to the offshore… [mappress] Source: wkla, April 26, 2010;
Vestas has won the largest single order ever in Vestas’ history for delivery of up to 2,100 MW. The order placed by EDP Renováveis (EDPR), the world third largest wind power company, has been awarded to Vestas after a competitive process launched more than one year ago in Chicago, USA. Today on 26 A
China Shipping Group Co., the nation’s second-largest sea-freight company, plans to buy “quite a few” dry-bulk ships this year on rising demand in Asia for shipments of iron ore and coal. “The shipping market has bottomed out from its worst period,” Li Shaode, the group’s president, said today in Be
