Thousands of young salmon are to be released into the River Taff in an attempt to reinstate the fish back into the south Wales valleys. Salmon were almost wiped out in the area because of industrial pollution.
A pecking order is beginning to be established after seven flights of racing at the Louis Vuitton Cup, with the best teams establishing themselves at the top of the leaderboard.
Pirates attacked 41 vessels in the first three months of 2007, down sharply from the same period a year earlier, a global watchdog has said. The International Maritime Bureau said the number of attacks between January and March was the lowest since 1998.
The Disney Cruise Line signed a contract Monday with a German shipyard to build two new ships during ceremonies at its Celebration headquarters. Plans to build the ships were announced in February. The two unnamed 124,000-ton ships are scheduled to launch in 2011 and 2012.
For the Gunfleet Sands project, the Siemens Power Generation Group (PG) will build a wind farm off the east coast of England, supplying 30 wind power systems with a combined capacity of 108 megawatts (MW).
The marine and offshore industry is expected to keep growing at a strong pace this year after scoring a record output last year, according to the latest review by the Economic Development Board (EDB). It expects to see growth of some 30 percent in 2007.
A Wednesday morning fire damaged a first-in-its-class Navy warship under construction at Marinette Marine Corp. Marinette Fire Lt. Bill Becker said the fire started about 5:30 a.m. in a berthing area where workers were using welding and grinding equipment. It took about an hour to extinguish.
Desafío Español won both its races on Thursday to climb higher up the leaderboard, while BMW ORACLE Racing remains undefeated at the Louis Vuitton Cup. Near the top of the table, Italy’s Luna Rossa Challenge beat Emirates Team New Zealand to remain in the top three on the points table.
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., the world’s largest shipbuilder, said Wednesday that its new combined orders fell 14.19 percent on-year in March.
Singapore shipbuilder ASL Marine said on Tuesday that its new yard in China is fully operational next year and will double its capacity to build offshore vessels used to support oil exploration.
The first accounts of what may have caused the Bourbon Dolphin to capsize off Shetland are due to be heard at an inquiry in Alesund, Norway. Eight people died when the oil rig support vessel overturned on 12 April, but only three bodies were found.
Technip has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services contract by BP-YPC Acetyls Co. (Nanjing) Ltd. (BYACO), the 50/50 joint venture between BP and Sinopec/YPC, for an acetic acid* plant located in Nanjing, Jiangsu province (China).
Praj Industries Ltd. and Aker Kvaerner, today announced a significant step in the expansion of their association, confirming that they are to create a joint venture (JV), for the European market. Aker Kvaerner has approved the implementation of the JV, and this consent joins the Praj Industries’ Boa
Salmon farmers want to make greater use of a stronger pest control because they fear sea lice will become increasingly resistant to permitted treatments. The Scottish Salmon Producers’ Organisation (SSPO) has made it a key call in a four-year plan presented to council and parliamentary candidates.
