Comfort at Sea, the joint venture between Blue Water Shipping, Denmark and ISP, Miami, has arranged a charter of the M/V SEA SPIRIT to Siemens PLC, as an offshore accommodation vessel for wind turbine installations in the Irish Sea. The vessel has been delivered Barrow-in-Furness, UK, and will be on
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) today announced a major realignment of its natural gas operations under a single senior executive and appointed an experienced turnaround specialist to lead across-the-board performance improvements within the organization. Nick Stavropoulos, a veteran natural
Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd. (N-KOM) has completed the special survey works on the liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier, Simaisma, safely and on-time. This is the first LNG carrier to be drydocked in Qatar, and the first vessel to be drydocked at the newly launched Erhama Bin Jaber Al Jalahm
Engineers at the Maritime Research Institute in the Netherlands (MARIN) are in the closing stages of testing three different floating wind turbine concepts — a spar, a tension-leg platform and a semi-submersible — for the DeepCwind Consortium, led by the University of Maine. Researchers there claim
A memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed at 27 April 2011, which outlines the main principles of how Norwegian Ulstein Group and Netherlands based IDEA Heavy Equipment are joining forces. The companies have entered into an MOU which will lead to an operational business in the Netherlands by th
As the nation lauds the daring raid by East Coast Navy SEALs that killed Osama bin Laden, a Pearl Harbor SEAL’s bravery in Afghanistan — resulting in his death in 2005 and a Medal of Honor — will be recognized Saturday with the christening of a Navy ship in his name. The Navy will christen […
The introduction of the WhisperPower Genverter range, based on a variable rpm diesel generator, has been a great success. The Genverter system offers the ideal power supply solution for yachts and small professional vessels, and is quieter, more efficient and cleaner than conventional generators. Ge
Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard today, May 5th, handed over to VF Tanker (part of UCL) a new oil tanker of project 19614, the UCL press office … (PortNews) [mappress] Source: PortNews, May 5, 2011.
AROUND 2,000 workers would be involved in £450m plans to quadruple the size of the Liverpool Bay wind farm. By David Bartlett (liverpoolecho) [mappress] Source: liverpoolecho, May 05, 2011;
AROUND 2,000 workers would be involved in £450m plans to quadruple the size of the Liverpool Bay wind farm. By David Bartlett (liverpoolecho) [mappress] Source: liverpoolecho, May 05, 2011;
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is in the process of doing levee construction and some dredging to the Sebewaing River in the heart of the village. As part of the phase one project, about 1,100 feet along the north side of the levee is having trees and vegetation taken down for construction of a [&
Authorities are rushing to unsnag snarled shipping traffic and prevent accidents along the drought-stricken Yangtze River, a key route to fast growing markets in inland China. The government said Thursday that a prolonged dry spell has left water flows dangerously low along the Yangtze.
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions provider, has been contracted by Kleven Maritime of Norway to design a new LNG powered Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) of the Norwegian operator Rem Offshore. The scope of the order also includes the propulsion machinery, automation and other equipment
India’s Great Eastern Shipping took delivery of its latest vessel, the Kamsarmax dry bulk carrier ‘Jag Aditi’, at the end of April. The 80,700DWT vessel was built at STX Offshore and Shipbuilding in South Korea. With the induction of ‘Jag Aditi’, the company’s fleet stands at 35 vessels, comprising
