Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:IRDM) today announced that Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB), Dulles, Va., has signed an agreement with Iridium that reserves hosted payload capacity on Iridium’s next-generation satellite constellation, Iridium NEXT. Under the terms of the agreement, Orbit
The container logistics specialist Contargo, which sends more than 60 % of its transports via inland waterway, is very strongly affected by the closure of the Rhine due to the accident of the “Waldhof”, the tank vessel which capsized with a cargo of acid. The logistics enterprise operates scheduled
At the European Coatings Show 2011 Dutch test equipment manufacturer TQC is out to surprise the coating industry with the introduction of 5 new products. These new designs all bear the innovative mark TQC presented 2 years ago with the Pendulum Hardness Tester. At the ECS 2009 TQC introduced a new b
OAO NOVATEK announced the closing of its debut Eurobond issue in an aggregate amount of US$ 1.25 billion. The Eurobond was approximately eight times oversubscribed and issued at par in two tranches, a five-year US$ 600 million bond with a coupon rate of 5.326% and a ten-year US$ 650 million bond wit
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has signed a £20 million contract to supply engines and propulsion equipment for four gas-fuelled ferries to be built for the Norwegian operator Torghatten Nord AS. The vessels will be the first in the world to feature the Rolls-Royce Hybrid Shaft Gener
Gazprom resolved to appoint Valery Gulev as Director General of Gazprom EP International B.V. Valery Gulev was born on February 7, 1964 in Belgorod. In 1986 he graduated from Simferopol Higher Military and Political School of the Civil Engineer Corps as a morale officer, and in 2009 – from Gubkin Ru
The Marina Management Group (MMG) presented its annual report to members of the Menominee Harbor and Industrial Commission Thursday. The MMG… (ehextra) [mappress] Source: ehextra, February 4, 2011;
Mr Reuben Jefferson Ocansey, Assemblyman-elect for Homowo Electoral Area in Tema New Town, has listed a number of priority development needs… (businessghana) [mappress] Source: businessghana, February 4, 2011;
Transeuro Energy Corp. issues a weekly update on its Ukraine operations. Drilling has reached a depth of 3,332 metres in the C13 reservoir when the first of the anticipated pressure step increase was encountered and the well began to flow. The well has been temporarily shut in to increase the mud we
Costa Rican Security Minister José Maria Tijerino announced Monday that Nicaraguan troops are no longer present on the Isla Calero, the … By Adam Williams (ticotimes) [mappress] Source: ticotimes, February 4, 2011;
In compliance with the annual dredging of the Sumas River, a tributary of the Fraser River in the Canadian province of British Columbia and… (seedol) [mappress] Source: seedol, February 4, 2011
The city of San Diego has agreed to settle a lawsuit over emergency dredging work in the Tijuana River Valley, an area prone to heavy … BY WENDY FRY (signonsandiego) [mappress] Source: signonsandiego, February 4, 2011;
The Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor has opened one of the government’s first investment projects for this quarter, the start of … (croatiantimes) [mappress] Source: croatiantimes, February 4, 2011;
More than 350 people who live in flood-prone areas north of Winnipeg are asking governments at all levels not to forget them during the … (winnipegfreepress) [mappress] Source: winnipegfreepress, February 4, 2011;
