A tragedy has been avoided in the English Channel, thanks to the actions of a Royal Navy warship and her crew. The Offshore Patrol Vessel HMS Mersey was on a routine fishery patrol in the English Channel, approximately 40 miles south west of Dover in the middle of the Traffic Separation Zone (the sh
Sanco Shipping AS has signed a contract with Kleven Maritime for one seismic ship with an option for additionally one. With this contract, the order reserve stands at 11 ships with a combined value of about 4.2 billion NOK. Kleven Maritime, Norway’s biggest Norwegian-owned shipbuilding group, has si
A dispute over public parking space requirements could leave the southern end of the city without beach nourishment later this year. More info: tbnweekly By WAYNE AYERS [mappress] Source: tbnweekly, June 9, 2011
An estimated 10 per cent of the dune structure on Jimmys Beach was lost last week after storms and heavy swells. (myallcoastnota) [mappress] Source: myallcoastnota, June 9, 2011
Incat Crowther licensee Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, has announced the availability of a new work boat for developers and service providers of offshore wind farms in the United States. Incat Crowther’s first Catamaran Wind Farm Service Vessel, built by Lyme Boats in Exeter, Engla
FLEX LNG announced that Ms. Kathleen Eisbrenner has decided to resign from the position as Director of FLEX LNG Ltd with immediate effect. The resignation is due to personal reasons. About FLEX LNG Ltd. FLEX LNG was incorporated in 2006 and is listed in Norway under the ticker code FLNG. The Company
Last week M/V New Champion entered the CIC Boluomiao Shipyard for her repairing, which is one of the biggest repairing projects undertaken by SP Guangzhou Office (SP GZ for short) this year. There are over 500tons steel plate renewal, most of which are inner bottom plates. The shipyard has paid much
Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) Yury Dolgoruky built by Sevmash shipyard in Severodvinsk sailed off for sea trials. This is the first sea cruise of the sub in this year, reported ITAR-TASS on June 7 referring to the shipyard’s press service. The submarine has been staying in the c
With five successful offshore wind projects under its belt, Vattenfall UK turned to Danish offshore wind installation business A2SEA to install the world’s largest offshore turbines, R5, at Ormonde, 10km off the UK coast at Barrow-in-Furness. “We didn’t want to take any chances at Ormonde, so we wen
The Manchar Lake is being destroyed by dumping waste water into it. BY Z.H. EFFENDI (dawn) [mappress] Source: dawn, June 9, 2011
Work on the $1 billion tunnel connecting Dodge Island to regional highways is underway. This summer, work is to begin on a rail line… (miamitodaynews) [mappress] Source: miamitodaynews, June 9, 2011;
The double hit of high fuel prices and high unemployment should be addressed through expanded offshore oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico… Source: Walton Sun [mappress] Source:Walton Sun , June 9, 2011;
Petrovietnam Marine Shipyard Joint Stock Company (PV Shipyard) has standardized on Intergraph®SmartMarine® 3D as its preferred 3D offshore engineering and design solution. PV Shipyard has also expanded its portfolio of Intergraph solutions and has selected other SmartMarine Enterprise solutions to s
Eddie O’Connor, one of Ireland’s most successful entrepreneurs, has been awarded with an Honorary Doctorate of Engineering, from NUI … By Patricia Austin (insideireland) [mappress] Source: insideireland, June 08, 2011;
