The Belgian Embassy has confirmed that the P18.7 billion Laguna Lake Rehabilitation Project enjoys a guarantee from Brussels through its … (mb) [mappress] Source: mb, September 21, 2010;
The World Bank has agreed to lend $115.8m to the Karachi port improvement project in Pakistan. The money will fund works to deepen the channel and harbour at the port, reconstruct old and shallow berths, and construct cross-harbour bridges. The port, which handled 38.7 million tons of cargo in 2008-
Construction of two key liquefied natural gas projects, Brass and Train 7 projects, which are expected to increase Nigeria’s LNG exports to… (nigerianbestforum) [mappress] Source: nigerianbestforum, September 20, 2010;
Dominion announced that the ca. 1,000 km sq 3D seismic survey has commenced on Block 7, deep-water Tanzania. The survey has been specifically designed to support amplitude variations with offset (“AVO”) studies all the way down to the deepest objectives (Cretaceous/Jurassic Channel/Fan) and should t
Demand for natural gas is growing in all the major European, American and Asian consumer regions, and the market forward curves show rising prices in coming years. This was a key message at a press seminar in Oslo today, where Rune Bjørnson, executive vice president for Statoil’s Natural Gas busines
Demand for natural gas is growing in all the major European, American and Asian consumer regions, and the market forward curves show rising prices in coming years. This was a key message at a press seminar in Oslo today, where Rune Bjørnson (Photo), executive vice president for Statoil’s Natural Gas
The Australian Greens will call on the federal government to investigate alternative sites for a major liquefied natural gas (LNG) developme… (theage) [mappress] Source: theage, September 20, 2010;
The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) put into operation the renovated crane vessel Qurban Abbasov and the ship Caspian Power on … By E. Ismayilov(TREND) [mappress] Source: Trend.az,September 20, 2010,
In January-August 2010, 963,500 tons of cargo were handled at Latvia’s small ports, which is 19.8% more compared to the first eight months of last year, according to information from the Transport Ministry.
From January 1, 2011 the European Union (EU) will implement new port state control (PSC) rules. According to the European Commission, the EU countries have already harmonized port state control inspection standards. But from next January there will also be, for the first time, a full coordination of
Hamworthy has won a contract worth more than £20m with Chinese shipyard Nantong Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering. Hamworthy – a leader in the design and manufacture of innovative marine and oil and gas fluid handling systems – said the contract was for cargo handling systems on six 12,000cu m liqu
Cruiseport Boston is busier than ever! Today is the first of 12 days this season when three ships will stop at the Black Falcon Cruise Terminal on the same day. The 12 “triple plays” doubles last year’s six days. The Enchantment of the Seas, Carnival Glory, and Silver Whisper were the season’s first
Outgoing BP chief executive Tony Hayward has promised his company will be investing up to $19 in the North Sea in the next five years. Hayward was appearing before an Energy and Climate Change committee in the UK House of Commons as part of an investigation by Members of Parliament into the implicat
Vice-Speaker B.J. Cruz received assurances from the U.S. Environmental protection agency last Friday that the agency will require radiation testing of deep core samples taken from Apra Harbor before any dredging and ocean disposal of materials occurs.
