The cruise ship ‘Carnival Splendor’, which lost power after experiencing an engine room fire, is currently being towed via tugs to San Diego. The ship is expected to arrive today, said the company in a statement. As the ship gets closer to coastal areas, guests are now beginning to receive intermitt
Dutch submersible specialist to develop and build integrated rock-dump ROV for Boskalis Recently Seatools of Numansdorp landed the largest order since its establishment in August 1999: Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. – the international provider of dredging services, maritime infrastructure and mari
Maersk Oil has selected Petrofac to provided extended operations and maintenance support for its floating production assets in the UK sector of the North Sea. Under a new £40 million three-year deal – which includes options for another three years – Petrofac is to provide conceptual, FEED and detail
London-listed Northern Petroleum has signalled that it is due to spud soon on its Markwells Wood UK onshore oil prospect. Markwells Wood has been independently assessed as having up to 35 million barrels of oil in place with a 10% chance of 64.1 m bbls of upside.
Makkum, November 2010 – Interested in a custom aluminium yacht? Looking for a stable shipyard, where things get done? If so, you would do well to keep a close eye on developments at K&M Yachtbuilders. There are currently 12 yachts under construction in Makkum: an Icon 48, a Frers 88, six Bestevaers
Ocean City hopes to complete its beach replenishment project by the end of December, according to City Engineer Terry McGean… By Steve Dorsey (wboc) [mappress] Source: wboc, November 12, 2010;
Plans to construct a massive wind farm off the coast of Ocean City got a significant boost this week when the federal government issued both… By Shawn J. Soper (mdcoastdispatch) [mappress] Source: mdcoastdispatch, November 12, 2010;
Petrofac, the international oil & gas facilities service provider, has been awarded a contract worth £40 million (Approximately USD $ 64 million)over three years for the provision of engineering services to the UK Continental Shelf assets of Maersk Oil North Sea UK Ltd (Maersk Oil). Work will begin
A tender process to find a supplier of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to ships in the Swedish port of Gothenburg has been cancelled… (portworld) [mappress] Source: portworld, November 12, 2010;
The London Gateway Project is one of the capitals largest construction sites on the former Shell Haven refinery near Stanford Le Hope. With… (geotechnics) [mappress] Source: geotechnics, November 12, 2010
Woodward Governor Company (NASDAQ: WGOV) today announced that it signed a multi-year agreement with REpower Systems AG, Germany that will substantially increase deliveries of Woodward wind power converters to REpower. As a result of this agreement, Woodward will extend its key supplier relationship
In a campaign to assess oceanfront property owners to help pay for beach nourishment, Nags Head now has hit the number of signatures it … By Rob Morris (outerbanksvoice) [mappress] Source: outerbanksvoice, November 12, 2010;
Bow Energy Ltd is pleased to announce that it has successfully completed a placement of 42.1 million ordinary shares to Institutional and Sophisticated Investors at $1.15 per share to raise $48.4 million. The equity raising was oversubscribed with strong demand from new and existing Australian and i
Nicaragua’s National Assembly categorically backs the government’s strategy on its border dispute with Costa Rica, which has lasted three… (escambray) [mappress] Source: escambray, November 12, 2010;
