Netherlands-based EasEur Holding, owner of Moldova’s sole oil products import terminal, expects shipments through the facility at Giurgiulesti to double to 30,000 tonnes this year from the 14,899 tonnes shipped in 2008. EasEur Vice-President Thomas Moser expressed satisfaction with development of th
A new museum charting the story of the Titanic could be built ahead of the 100th anniversary of the sinking. The £28m project in Southampton, from where the liner set sail in 1912 on her maiden voyage, is set to feature a climb-aboard replica of the ship. The Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded almost
Lift Emotion BV, the Dutch manufacturer for special marine elevators for Yachts and Super Yachts, has successfully commissioned the 3 stop marine elevator for the ‘NB48 M/Y Leo Fun’. After the successful delivery of the ‘NB47 M/Y Vinydrea’, Lift Emotion BV also delivered the lift on this yacht. This
Winteb has received an order for the supply of the air vent heads for a total of five ships being built at Pella Shipyard in Otradnoye, Leningrad region, Russia. Founded on December 1st 1952, Winteb has become the world’s largest producer of seawater resistant aluminium air pipe heads throughout the
Recently Holland Marine House China warmly welcomed Euroglide BV as her 12th member company. Euroglide manufactures a wide range of bearing materials which are well suited for marine applications, such as rudder- and stern tube bearings. All materials are available through a network of dedicated dis
The expansion of Port Kembla’s outer harbour will be brought forward to reduce the impact of the financial crisis on the Illawarra. The NSW Government’s budget committee yesterday approved $20 million for the project to allow reclamation work to start early next year. The Government was going to wai
Flags from Guernsey’s 10 parishes have been run up the mast at St Peter Port in a colourful ceremony co-ordinated by the Sea Cadet Corps. The event also saw the Guernsey Ensign, Union Flag and Guernsey Flag hoisted. The flags are set to remain on the Weighbridge roundabout through to the end of Octo
Norwegian oil company StatoilHydro plans to invest US$5bn-10bn in Brazil over the next 5-10 years with a focus on deepwater heavy oil fields. “Brazil is one of the most important areas in the world for StatoilHydro outside Norway,” company head of the South Atlantic region, Thore Kristiansen, told r
Russia sent its first cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Japan on Sunday from a Pacific island project that will allow the Kremlin to extend its reach in world energy markets from Europe into Asia and North America. Sakhalin Energy, controlled by gas export monopoly Gazprom, loaded the 145,000-
Nigeria’s targets of 4 million barrels per day (mbpd) of oil production and 40 billion barrels of reserve by 2010, grossly threatened by sabotage attacks in the Niger Delta, may yet be achieved, thanks to the nation’s bludgeoning deep offshore fields. On-shore oil production has continued to suffer
This superb and stylish new stainless steel handrail section from Timeless Ltd has been developed with both the marine industry and the ecology in mind. This may sound to some like a contradiction in itself, but not for innovator, Malcolm Cole, who has spent the last 2 years working on perfecting th
Recently honored with the Best Power 40m-65m award 2008 by the International Superyacht Society, the 44.65-meter (146’ 6”) Feadship Harle is a motoryacht of uncompromising beauty and grace. Built by Feadship/Royal Van Lent, this superb vessel completely validates the ideas behind the custom-series F
Moonen Shipyards, builders of a full line of motor yachts up to 150 feet, is pleased to announce that one of its “pocket-size superyachts” has come home for a truly extraordinary refit, well beyond the usual “tuning up.” Launched in 2003, the Moonen 84 Moon River (ex-Moon Bels) has a new owner who,
It is a major benchmark but still a bittersweet time in the history of the Lower Fox River. The largest portion of the country’s largest government-ordered river clean-up project is scheduled to start in May. The entire project is expected to span nine years and cost $600 million. Georgia-Pacific, N
