On Thursday 7 October 2010 Navingo BV will organize the third edition of Offshore Energy at the Old Navy Yard Willemsoord in Den Helder, The Netherlands. The exhibition, which focuses on the international offshore energy industry, is the only event in The Netherlands which combines an extensive exhi
While the UK government was backing support for a change in the UK energy market another agency has said marine energy devices are ready for full deployment with £22 million of new funding. After the DECC supported Ofgem’s statement on the need for up to £200 Bn of investment to secure Britain’s fut
It’s a work of modern art and an engineering marvel — a 60-foot catamaran kept afloat by recycled plastic bottles. It only takes 12,000 bottles to do the job. Each is filled filled with carbon dioxide, making the bottles so rigid that a truck could drive over one and it wouldn’t break.
The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) is talking to large cruise companies to make the freeport one of its major destinations in the region for next tour season. Ronnie Yambao, manager for investment processing department at SBMA, said Subic is ready to cater to cruise ships with their facilit
Singapore shipbuilder SembCorp Marine said today its Jurong Shipyard would build a new shipyard in Brazil to serve the region’s burgeoning offshore oil and gas industry. SembCorp said in a statement Jurong had bought a 825,000-square-metre site with 1.6 kilometres of coastline about 80 kilometres no
The General Cargo vessel, M/V Rim is reported to have been hijacked the morning of Feb. 3 in the Gulf of Aden to the north of the Internationally Recommended Transit Corridor (IRTC). M/V Rim is not registered with MSC HOA and has had no communications with UKMTO.
A Devon defence contractor has welcomed Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s restated commitment to two new aircraft carriers for the Royal Navy. Pipex of Plymouth has about £4m of work in hand on the project for HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales.
The US Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District teamed with the San Francisco Estuary Institute last month to host a two-day symposium on dredging in the Bay Area. Held at the California State Building in Oakland, the symposium brought together government, industry and academic experts to dis
Throughput in the port of Rotterdam for the year 2009 ended up two million tonnes higher than suggested by the provisional figures published at the end of December 2009. The percentage decline in throughput is 8.1%, instead of the 8.5% initially calculated. The difference is due primarily to a sligh
The Tyrihans field was one of five offshore developments to be presented with a Five Star Award at the Deep Offshore Technology (DOT) conference in Houston on 2 February. The Statoil-operated oil and gas project in the Norwegian Sea came on stream last July, and has delivered well above its producti
New Zealand has a new convention to manage non-highly migratory fisheries in the South Pacific Sea. The convention aims to manage deep sea fish stocks and pelagic species in a sustainable manner. By contrast, highly migratory species (such as tuna) are managed by the Western and Central Fisheries Co
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday in parliament unveiled her government’s massive plans to develop and modernise all sea, river and land ports of the country in addition to setting up a deep-sea port to boost Bangladesh’s economy. [mappress] Source: The Daily Star, February 4, 2010
Sydney, 4 February — Port Waratah Coal Services (PWCS) plans to expand its Kooragang Island coal terminal at Newcastle port by 20mn t, as it strives to meet its contractual obligations from 2012. [mappress] Source: Argus Media, February 4, 2010
The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) expressed concern over the Obama Administration’s proposed fiscal 2011 federal budget, particularly for funding key programs that help make the nation’s seaports more navigable, efficient and secure. Source: Break Bulk, February 3, 2010;
