Maritime heritage archaeologists working with NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries have found the nationally-significant wreckage of a famous 1800’s Nantucket whale ship, Two Brothers, on a reef off French Frigate Shoals, nearly six hundred miles northwest of Honolulu, in the remote Papahāna
VSTEP announces an official distribution and training partnership with Centro de Investigación y Entrenamiento Marítimo y Fluvial (CIEMF) a training business unit of Servicio Integral de Prácticos S.A. (SIPSA) in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Last year, CIEMF was the first customer in Latin America to im
The naming and launch ceremony for the 24,650kW self-propelled cutter suction dredger, ATHENA, took place on 12 February 2011 at the IHC Merwede Shipyard in Kinderdijk, The Netherlands. This was a unique event because the ATHENA is the largest cutter suction dredger to be built in The Netherlands fo
The Vizhinjam International Seaport Limited (VISL) inked three separate agreements on Monday with the State Bank of Travancore, Rail Vikas… (expressbuzz) [mappress] Source: expressbuzz, February 15, 2011;
President Obama’s proposed budget would allocate $3 million for beach replenishment efforts in Port Monmouth in Monmouth County, Rep. Frank… (newjerseynewsroom) [mappress] Source: newjerseynewsroom, February 15, 2011;
Flinders Ports believes it can profitably develop Port Bonython as a bulk commodities port. And it has told the State Government as much… By Cameron England (adelaidenow) [mappress] Source: adelaidenow, February 15, 2011;
Tordis and Vigdis, subsea fields in the North Sea, recently achieved production of a hundred million cubic metres oil. And there’s still a lot more to come. They’ve worked hard and steadily on the seabed for years; Tordis since 1994, Vigdis since 1997. They recently notched up an overall production
Friends of the super gride Europe has long been a purveyor of renewable energy, but surprisingly it’s been at a stalwart in its initiatives… By Meaghan Clark (energydigital) [mappress] Source:energydigital , February 15, 2011
DNREC says it won’t appeal District Court Judge Sue Robinson’s decision to allow the Army Corps of Engineers to continue dredging the … By Frank Gerace (wdel) [mappress] Source: wdel, February 15, 2011;
The Craney Island port expansion project would gain more than $27 million in federal funding under President Barack Obama’s 2012 budget … (wdbj7) [mappress] Source: wdbj7, February 15, 2011;
The Ontario Energy Association (OEA) is disappointed by the Ontario government’s decision not to proceed with offshore wind projects across the province. The government announced the decision on Friday, February 11, 2011. “We are concerned that this postponement and other recent decisions are sendin
President Barack Obama’s budget plan Monday was a mix of good and bad news for South Florida. The bad news: an aggressive effort to secure… By Lesley Clark (tampabay) [mappress] Source: tampabay, February 15, 2011;
The Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters (O.F.A.H.) is pleased that the Government of Ontario has announced it will not proceed with… (ofah) [mappress] Source: ofah, February 15, 2011
A coalition of Maryland environmental groups are backing Gov. Martin O’Malley’s plan to encourage the development of wind power off the… By Ann Marimow (washingtonpost) [mappress] Source: washingtonpost, February 15, 2011
