Judging by the early success the newly created Virginia Offshore Wind Coalition has had in attracting support from private industry and the political world, it’s clear just about everyone wants to stake a claim in the rush to develop a multibillion-dollar wind-generated energy industry off the Atlan
A shipping firm in Wirral has secured a £44m contract to build part of one of the biggest and most powerful warships in the UK. More than 350 jobs will be created at the Cammell Laird Shipyard to help construct the flight deck of aircraft carrier, the HMS Queen Elizabeth.
DP World produced its figures for 2009 and, as expected, they showed a drop of 8% in the number of TEU’s handled throughout the year at the company’s 28 “Consolidated 1” freight terminals world wide. Once new facilities, added during the course of last year, are excluded this actually represents a 1
Holland America Line’s 2011 Europe season will feature the newest Signature-class ship, ms Nieuw Amsterdam, on popular Mediterranean sailings and more round-trip and seven-day itineraries than ever before. Seven ships — Nieuw Amsterdam, ms Eurodam, ms Noordam, ms Rotterdam, ms Prinsendam, ms Maasdam
Van Oord took receipt of trailing suction hopper dredger Vox Máxima, built by IHC Dredgers bv, on 21 January 2010. This concludes a building period of more than two years after the cutting of the first steel plates in 2007. The vessel departed for Rotterdam, where it was put to work on the Maasvlakt
AMSTERDAM –Dutch maritime services provider Smit Internationale NV Monday said it would recommend a takeover offer from Royal Boskalis NV after the dredging company raised its offer with a dividend for Smit shareholders… Source: The Wall Street Journal, January 25, 2010
China Cosco Holdings Co., the world’s largest operator of dry-bulk vessels, said the Baltic Dry Index of commodity shipping rates will jump as much as 54 percent this year from 2009’s levels, boosted by Chinese demand. The index will average between 3,000 points and 4,000 points this year, China Cos
Colombo Dockyard PLC (CDPLC) in Sri Lanka has secured repeat business from Van Oord, and says the trailing suction hopper dredger Volvox Olympia is currently repairs at the yard. This is the second Van Oord vessel to utilize Colombo’s repair facilities after the split hopper vessel Costa Blanca was
By moving the outfitting of a hull from its yard in Bergen to its facility in Fosen, the Bergen group secures jobs at the Fosen yard, where large parts of the work force has been given notice during the winter. However, through the new project the employment is secured to the end of the third [&hell
Construction for the Four Major Rivers Restoration Project is stopped at the Haman weirs of the Nakdong River as a result of the discovery of sludge, in Changnyeong County, South Gyeongsang Province, Jan. 22. This marked the second time sludge was discovered, following the discovery… [mappress] Sour
The $6,2 million contract consists of excavating shoal material from the project channel to a required depth of 40 feet plus an allowable 2-foot overdepth… [mappress] More info: fbo.gov;
Amendment 16, a rewrite of the rules of commercial fishing in the Northeast, has been approved by NOAA’s Fisheries Service and will take effect May 1. “I’ve been dealing with fisheries for 25 years. This is, in my estimation, one of the darkest hours this industry has ever seen,” said Gloucester fis
Production has started at the Siri field in the North Sea after several delays. Norwegian Energy Company reports that the field which has been shut down since 31 August, is back in production. “With Siri back in production, the production from the satellite fields Nini and Cecilie can also be resume
A special forces operation mounted to rescue a British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates was “bungled”, the BBC has learned. Paul and Rachel Chandler, of Tunbridge Wells, Kent, were captured while sailing towards Tanzania on 23 October.
