Andrew Mill, CEO of Narec, responds to the announcement by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) of an £18.5 million grant to fund an offshore wind test site at Narec in Blyth, Northumberland: “We very much welcome this funding award and the continued support we have received from
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority signed an agreement with Harbour Centre Port Terminal Inc. to develop an area here into a modern industrial port and logistics hub. [mappress] Source:manilastandardtoday,February 26,2010;
U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi visited the Port of Houston Authority Monday to see how $98.8 million in stimulus funding is benefiting the local economy and helping make the Houston Ship Channel more accessible to bigger laden ships. [mappress] Source:chron,February 26,2010;
Wrightsville Beach has been virtually transformed into a construction zone. As of Tuesday, Feb. 23, the beach renourishment project had nearly reached Johnnie Mercer’s Pier. [mappress] Source:luminanews,February 26,2010;
Operator Dong announces that the unmanned satellite platform, has started production. The oil from the field will be transported to the Siri field. The estimated reserves are 17 million barrels of oil. “Producing from this new field is part of our endeavour to keep up production for years ahead.
Somali pirates have hijacked a small cargo ship with a crew of nine Indians, an NGO monitoring maritime activity in the region said Thursday. Ecoterra International said in a statement that the 40-metre ship, the Abdul Razak, was taken earlier this week before heading into the Gulf of Aden, on its w
Southampton based luxury yacht builder, Discovery Yachts has announced the continued creation of new jobs in the local area as well as plans to expand its existing 31,000ft² production facilities following a record year of sales.
Shanghai Shipping Exchange, based in China’s busiest port, intends to set up a container-shipping derivates market by year-end as the city tries to challenge London as a global center for shipping finance.
Hawaiian Dredging Construction Co has secured an additional US$5.6 million contract from the US Department of Defence to repair a wharf at Naval Station Pearl Harbour. The work, part of a previously received contract, is for the Naval Facilities Engineering Command at Pearl Harbour.
Russia expects a mix of $50 million to $100 million in public-private investment in port projects in its far east to boost grain exports and aims to ship a million tonnes of wheat to Japan within 2 years, the country’s deputy agriculture minister said on Thursday. Sergey Korolev said the country’s s
General Dynamics NASSCO, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), delivered USNS Matthew Perry (T-AKE 9) to the U.S. Navy. The ship is named in honor of Commodore Matthew C. Perry (1794-1858), the U.S. Navy officer who established American trade with Japan in the mid-19th Century.
The government did not have a strategy for tourism, Labour spokesman Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca said referring to statistics showing a drop in the number of cruise passengers in January. She said that when compared to January 2009, which was bang in the middle of a recession, this year’s cruise line
As of 2010, Ecospeed is a pre-qualified coating system in accordance with NORSOK standard M-501, Rev.5, June 2004. The NORSOK standards are a series of standards relevant to offshore installations developed by Norwegian petroleum industry. NORSOK M-501 specifically deals with anticorrosive coating s
Malaysia will consider inaugurating a new maritime institute, according to sources close to Port Klang. According to the source, a new institute would wean dependence away from foreign seafarers and importantly to elevate the professional standing of its cohort of ABs.
