Congressman Tim Bishop visited the site of the Shinnecock Inlet dredge last week; he was joined by New York State Assemblyman Fred Thiele, Suffolk County Legislator Jay Schneiderman, and officials from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and other local officials. The dredge, part of an Army Corps proj
World-leading renewables operator, Iberdrola, has once again selected AREVA’s offshore wind technology for the Wikinger project, to be developed 35 kilometers off the German Baltic Sea coast. Under the terms of the agreement, AREVA will supply its M5000 5 MW turbine for the Wikinger wind farm that w
Jan De Nul Group awarded a contract to supply a 5,400 tonnes capacity cable turntable to offshore handling systems specialist Caley Ocean Systems. The turntable, including a 5 tonnes and 10 tonnes deck tensioner, is destined for the vessel Willem de Vlamingh. In addition to this turntable, Caley is
Jan De Nul Group awarded a contract to supply a 5,400 tonnes capacity cable turntable to offshore handling systems specialist Caley Ocean Systems. The turntable, including a 5 tonnes and 10 tonnes deck tensioner, is destined for the vessel Willem de Vlamingh. In addition to this turntable, Caley is
Center for Sustainable Economy has filed a lawsuit to halt the Obama Administration’s latest 5-year program to open new areas offshore to oil and gas leasing. “A lawsuit filed today could set far-reaching precedents that do away with inefficient offshore oil and gas drilling that creates more costs
Dr Andrew Tyler FREng CBE has resigned as Chief Executive Officer of Siemens’ Marine Current Turbines (MCT) and will be leaving the company at the end of the year. Andrew was appointed as MCT’s CEO in June 2011 after five years as Chief Operating Officer for the UK Ministry of Defence. Andrew was re
Star Bulk Carriers Corp. yesterday announced that Star Bulk was invited to share its views and experience with regard to monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) system at a stakeholder meeting organized by the European Commission in Brussels on the 5th of December. More specifically, following
TAP plans to start offshore surveys in the Adriatic Sea this winter. The goal is to collect additional data and samples to identify optimal offshore routing. TAP plans offshore surveys that will consist of various investigations along the proposed offshore pipeline route in the Adriatic Sea in inter
BP today announced that it has agreed the sale of its 34.3 per cent interest in the Yacheng gas field in the South China Sea to Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (KUFPEC) for $308 million cash. Subject to regulatory, CNOOC and third party approvals, BP expects the deal to close in the sec
Graham Hacon, managing director of 3sun Group, has been named as the Business Person of the Year at the 2012 Lowestoft and Waveney Chamber of Commerce Awards. The winner was announced at a prestigious ceremony on Thursday 6th of December at Potters Leisure Resort in Hopton, Lowestoft. Entrants of th
On 7th December the China Navigation Company Pte Ltd (“CNCo”) confirmed an order for four more 39,500 dwt Deltamarin designed B.Delta37 handysize bulkcarriers to be built at Chengxi Shipyard in China. Following an initial order placed in March this year, CNCo has now contracted a total of 8 B.Delta3
Earlier this month, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District along with its cost sharing partner, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), and the local communities of the Borough of Cape May Point and the City of Cape May, began work on an $8 million beach renou
Fred. Olsen Renewables Ltd. has confirmed that it has signed a grid connection offer of 1GW for Codling Wind Park, with co-owners Hazel Shore Ltd satisfying the typical power requirements of more than 160,000 homes. The Irish Waters project, which is situated in shallow waters, currently consented f
Nexus Energy Limited (Nexus) advises it has provided to Shell Development (Australia) Pty Ltd (Shell) an Option Notice that will result in the disposal of 2% of Nexus’ 17% participating interest in the Crux AC/L9 development project in the East Browse Basin, off the coast of North West Australia for
