Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: IRDM) has extended its relationship with KDDI Corporation by making it an authorized service provider for the Iridium OpenPort high-bandwidth maritime satellite communication service in Japan. KDDI has secured Japanese product type approvals and will distribute I
An oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico that caught fire after an explosion on Tuesday night has now sunk, the US Coast Guard has said. A search is continuing for 11 missing workers after the blast at the Deepwater Horizon rig. The other workers on the rig, off Louisiana, were evacuated to the US.
Technologies has bagged a multi-year frame agreement with BG Norge, a subsidiary of BG Group, to provide subsea systems for offshore projects. The five-year contract includes provisions for two additional five-year extensions, according to a statement from FMC.
The massive reclamation at Pasir Panjang continues until Oct 10. This huge site is next to Labrador’s shores, near Sentosa’s natural shores and close to Cyrene Reef.Dredging and reclamation works lead to high levels of sediments and thus murky waters. Like haze in the air, this ‘cloudy’ water… [mapp
As it turns out, there is something that the late U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, and his successor Scott Brown have in common.Brown, like… [mappress] Source: bostonherald, April 23, 2010;
Five teams have been constituted to complete the annual dredging of Nullah Leh by the first week of June, Water And Sanitation Agency (WASA) Managing Director Chaudhry Naseer Ahmed said on Thursday… [mappress] Source:dailytimes,April 23,2010;
Dredging operations will displace one fisherman from a slip at the West Ocean City Harbor, the county decided this week. The Army Corps of Engineers project to dredge the Ocean City Inlet to the West Ocean City Harbor and the harbor turning basins needs somewhere to offload the dredge spoil… [mappre
The wind energy market is predicted to grow at dramatic rates, particularly offshore with the opening up of new areas, for example by the… [mappress] Source: azom, April 22, 2010;
Capt. Terence Pittman, chairman of the corporation’s board of directors, says the Netherlands-based company chosen as the preferred bidder for the contract needs a response by mid-May — before Ports Day (May 20 at the Joan Harriss Cruise Pavilion in Sydney).The Sydney Marine Group… [mappress] Source
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is taking steps to make sure sediments do not flow out of the nearly dry North Park Lake while contractors dredge the body back to its original depth. The lake was drained last year to allow for dredging this summer. Two creeks flow into the lake and they have… [&hel
KTL Global, the supplier of rigging equipment to the offshore oil and gas (O&G) sector, says it will invest $6 million to set up one the largest rigging and sling manufacturing facilities in the Middle East. It will be located on a 10,000 sqm plot of prime industrial land in the Hamriyah Free Zone i
WORK should begin in June on two new deep-water berths at Montrose Port, after the project received over £8million in funding on Friday. On a visit to Montrose Harbour, transport infrastructure and climate change minister Stewart Stevenson announced a £3.2million… [mappress] Source:montrosereview,Ap
Wind farms are much easier to build in Britain than in most of the rest of Europe, according to a study that contradicts claims by the… Source: timesonline, April 23, 2010;
The global move to offshore wind farm development is enabling nations to accelerate wind energy adoption while reducing reliance on land-… [mappress] Source: prminds, April 22, 2010;
