Two thirds of UK consumers want retailers to remove environmentally damaging products from their shelves, according to independent research released today. Check-out Carbon, published by sustainable development charity Forum for the Future, also reveals that 85 per cent of consumers want to be given
Contracts & Tenders – July 4, 2008 Solicitation Number: W912WJ-08-B-0004 Agency: Department of the Army Office: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Location: U. S. Army Engineer District, New England Notice Type: Presolicitation Posted Date: July 1, 2008 Response Date: August 14, 2008 Archiving Policy: Aut
Race 14, the final race of the Clipper 07-08 Round the World Yacht Race series from Cork, Ireland, to Liverpool, UK, is underway with the crew of Hull & Humber signalling their intent from the outset and crossing the start line first. Currently in second place overall with just this race remaining,
News – July 4, 2008 MARINET reports that the marine aggregate companies Hanson Marine and Cemex UK Marine have obtained a new licence to extract up to 1.5 million tonnes over 10 years from Area 472, Culver Sands, which lies on the median line separating England and Wales, approximately 8 miles south
Contracts & Tenders – July 4, 2008 Solicitation Number: W912DR-08-B-0011 Agency: Department of the Army Office: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Location: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore Notice Type: Presolicitation Posted Date: July 1, 2008 Response Date: August 18, 2008 Archiving Policy: Autom
Offshore Hydrocarbon Mapping (OHM) and TGS-NOPEC have collaborated on an extensive multi-client Controlled Source Electromagnetic (CSEM) acquisition programme in the Barents Sea. OHM said the CSEM lines were acquired in record time, with operational efficiency onboard consistently improving, safely
A revolutionary exploration drilling device sponsored by StatoilHydro and ExxonMobil and Shell has passed a first drilling test at a site in Denmark. Badger Explorer underwent the first full scale prototype test onshore in Denmark in what was described as “relevant geology” which yielded valuable re
Aker Solutions has signed a US $210 million contract with the Jurong Shipyard in Singapore for delivery of a drilling equipment system for a semisubmersible drilling rig. Aker Solutions will deliver a complete drilling package consisting of engineering, equipment deliveries and commissioning service
Maersk Line is pleased to announce that has today the company has signed an agreement with Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co. Ltd. in Korea for the delivery of 16 container vessels in 2010-12. The vessels have individual capacities of 7,450 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) and they are
HAMILTON, BERMUDA–(MARKET WIRE)–Jul 3, 2008 — Teekay Corporation (NYSE:TK – News) announced that its Board of Directors has voted to declare a cash dividend on its common stock of $0.275 per share, payable on July 25, 2008 to all shareholders of record as at July 11, 2008.
MOBILE, Ala.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–International Shipholding Corporation (NYSE: ISH – News) today announced it has been added to the Russell 2000® Index and the Russell 3000® Index after the Russell Investment Group reconstituted its comprehensive set of U.S. and global equity indexes on June 27, 2008. It
HOUSTON, July 2, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) — Transocean Inc. (NYSE:RIG) today announced that its deepwater moored semisubmersible Transocean Marianas, capable of drilling in water depths up to 7,000 feet, has been awarded a two-year contract by a subsidiary of Eni. The contract is scheduled to commence
Subsea 7 (OSE Symbol: SUB), one of the world’s leading subsea engineering and construction companies, announced today that it has been awarded its largest contract to date in Africa. The contract is a framework agreement with call-off services in support of a major development programme in offshore
Plant provides reliable source of steam to refinery BP Alternative Energy today announced that it has acquired the Whiting Clean Energy facility, a 525 megawatt (MW) natural-gas fired combined-cycle cogeneration power plant located in Whiting, Indiana, USA. The plant was acquired for $210 million fr
