Protection of the sensitive Baltic Sea ecosystem will be expanded: Effective today, environmental organisations WWF, BUND (Friends of the Earth), and NABU (Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union) – together with Nord Stream AG and the federal state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania will begin clo
Sydney Ports Corporation said that total container volume through Port Botany in February 2011 was 151,100TEU, an increase of almost three percent compared with February 2010. For the financial year to date (July 1, 2010 to February 28, 2011), total container trade through Port Botany reached 1.375
Today the Netherlands Arbitration Institute has rejected claims worth 53 million euro’s against Rotterdam based marine contractor Fairmount Marine in a dispute with heavy transport company Fairstar regarding the conversion of two heavy transport vessels. Fairmount Marine has always denied any respon
Maryport fishermen are claiming a crucial victory in their battle to save traditional fishing grounds around the Solway Firth. (timesandstar) [mappress] Source: timesandstar, April 01, 2011
In what could turn out to be a test case of sorts, the dredging of the navigation channel at the entrance to a West Ocean City marina began… By Shawn J. Soper (mdcoastdispatch) [mappress] Source: mdcoastdispatch, April 1, 2011
Global coal bed methane (CBM) company Dart Energy Limited announced the first gas flows at the Sangatta West project in East Kalimantan, which is among the first in Indonesia from a dedicated coal bed methane pilot well. The SCBM#1 pilot well at the Sangatta West project began flowing gas in a contr
Busan Regional Construction Management Administration had completed to salvage the sunken dredger in the Nakdong on January… (4-rivers) [mappress] Source: 4-rivers, April 1, 2011
Centrica plc announced today that its North American subsidiary, Direct Energy, has acquired further natural gas assets located in the Wildcat Hills region of Alberta, from Shell Canada Energy for C$47m (£30m) in cash. The acquisition will give Direct Energy a 100% working interest in certain Wildca
The development of a watershed plan for the Monatiquot River will be discussed during a workshop at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the Braintree Town Hall auditorium. Graduate students from the landscape architecture and regional planning program at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst are doing a study
Mitsui & Co., Ltd. announced today that Mitsui established a 100% subsidiary, Mitsui & Co. LNG Investment Limited , with a capital of US$1,017million in the United Kingdom to manage its existing LNG investments. Mitsui transferred and integrated its investments in LNG projects located in the Middle
Avanti Wind Systems was of course among the exhibitors at Europe’s primary event for the wind industry, EWEA 2011 in Brussels, Belgium. (avanti-online) [mappress] Source: avanti-online, April 01, 2011
Despite admitting the long-awaited dredging of Manly Lagoon has run over time, over budget and fallen well short of its targets, Manly… (manly-daily) [mappress] Source: manly-daily, April 1, 2011
BP confirmed today that it has signed four new coalbed methane (CBM) production sharing contracts (PSCs) in the Barito basin of South Kalimantan, Indonesia. BP and co-owner Pertamina were jointly awarded the Tanjung IV CBM PSC through a direct award from the Government of Indonesia. BP will hold a 4
Today, Thursday March 31st 2011, Seaway Heavy Lifting took delivery of their new build DP3 crane vessel Oleg Strashnov. During the last two… (investorrelations) [mappress] Source: investorrelations, April 01, 2011
