Offshore Energy 2010 Exhibition & Conference which will be held for the third time on Thursday 7 October 2010 at the Old Navy Yard Willemsoord in Den Helder, the Netherlands, is larger than ever. The exhibition, which focuses on the international offshore energy industry, is the only event in the Ne
Six people who were taken hostage off the coast of Cameroon on September 12 have been freed after a military raid, Cameroon’s communications minister says. The hostages — four Ukrainians, one Croatian and one Filipino — were undergoing medical treatment and will be handed over to representatives fro
Intercruises Shoreside & Port Services, a leading ground handling and port agent providing services to ocean and river cruise lines, has announced the opening of new offices in Australia after the official rebranding of Select Tours Australia to Intercruises Shoreside & Port Services which takes eff
The Department of the Interior announced two new rules that will help improve drilling safety by strengthening requirements for safety equipment, well control systems, and blowout prevention practices on offshore oil and gas operations, and improve workplace safety by reducing the risk of human erro
BP announced today that it has pledged certain Gulf of Mexico assets as collateral for the $20 billion Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Trust which was set up to pay legitimate claims arising from the April 20 incident.
The 31-metre solar-powered, carbon fibre wavepiercer catamaran ‘Turanor Planet Solar’, designed by New Zealand’s LOMOcean Design, departed Monaco on September 27 on the first leg of a world tour intended to highlight sustainable energy.
United States: MetalCraft Marine have delivered their second fire and rescue vessel, ‘Jake Godbold’, which will be stationed near the main port in Jacksonville, Florida. The new vessel can hit speeds of 41 knots with its fourCAT C-18’s at 756kW engine and Hamilton 403 water jets.
Muraspec Marine is one of the world’s leading suppliers of fabric-backed International Maritime Organization (IMO) vinyl wall coverings and Strataflex self-adhesive film for door and other vertical or horizontal finishes to the marine interiors market. Muraspec Marine offers a comprehensive collecti
Oak Bluffs and the Edgartown dredge committee have agreed in principle on a price for the use of Edgartown’s town-owned dredge. The Oak Bluffs project to dredge Sengekontacket Pond will cost $1.2 million, more than twice the amount voters authorized for the job.
DP WORLD’s Chennai Container Terminal Ltd (CCTL) has been opened as India’s first “e-terminal” by the Shipping Minister GK Vasan.Online services offered by CCTL include Electronic form 13, Electronic SSR, web access, web-based customer relationship management, e-invoice, e-statements and web/SMS bas
Piriou has announced the delivery to shipowner CETRA of an 85-metre hopper dredger that will operate on the French western maritime coast… (bairdmaritime) [mappress] Source: bairdmaritime , October 1, 2010;
The Navy awarded Skanska USA Civil Southeast Inc. a $164.3 million contract to replace Pier 5 at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. Skanska USA … (hamptonroads) [mappress] Source: hamptonroads, October 1, 2010;
The subject of harbour dredging was once again brought up during question period in the House of Commons… The Cape Breton Post [mappress] Source: The Cape Breton Post, October 1, 2010;
A second LNG cargo has been scheduled for re-export from Belgium this month… (argusmedia) [mappress] Source: argusmedia, October 1, 2010;
