CG Holdings Belgium N.V. (a subsidiary of CG and part of the Gautam Thapar-led US$ 4 billion Avantha Group) today announced the successful installation of the company’s first offshore wind generation project – Belwind. The windfarm is located in the North Sea, about 50 km from the Belgian shoreline.
Aware of the alarming incidence of dengue cases in the country, the city government of Navotas started Friday a massive clean-up drive aimed… By Willie L. Catapat (mb) [mappress] Source: mb, September 17, 2010;
Social Development Minister Alex Attwood said it was necessary to carry out the work to ensure the river did not become “smelly”. Local firm… (bbc) [mappress] Source: bbc, September 17, 2010;
Arabian Agricultural Services Company (Arasco) and the National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (NSCSA), sealed an agreement to establish a new shipping company as a joint venture, 60 percent of which is owned by NSCSA and the rest by Arasco. The agreement was signed by the CEO of NSCSA, Humoud Al-
Marine DNA has launched the Tetra Boats range of inflatable tenders at Southampton International Boat Show, which the company is manufacturing in a ISO9000 facility in China. Marine DNA said it opened the Shanghai facility in 2010 so that its British-designed boats could be produced in a controlled,
MAN Diesel & Turbo has announced plans to carry out full-scale ME-GI testing at the company’s Copenhagen test centre. MAN Diesel & Turbo has decided to make a full-scale demonstration and performance verification test of the GI principle for all kinds of marine applications on its 4T50ME-X R&D resea
ECDIS Ltd have delivered an ECDIS Quality Control course to the Singapore Navy in what is hoped to be the start of further cooperation between the two organizations. The ECDIS Ltd Quality Control course is designed for advanced and experienced users of ECDIS who are now in a position of quality cont
Over five weeks after two ships collided off the Mumbai coast, Deepak Tewari, Chief Executive Officer of Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC claimed that clean up operations have been completed through specialised tug boats. Two Panamanian ships, the MSC Chitra and the MV Khalija-III collided five n
The provincial government of Pampanga, as well as the private sector and local residents here, are urging the Department of Public Works and… (balita) [mappress] Source: balita, September 17, 2010;
Frontline which has placed its large VLCC newbuilding program at the Chinese shipyard Zhoushan Jinhaiwan has renegotiated the size of the series. At first Frontline ordered six VLCC newbuildings at Jinhaiwan but is now committed to take delivery of of five 320,000 DWT VLCC newbuildings, with a total
New forecasts for the development of energy across Europe suggest wind will be the biggest growth sector. According to a new EU energy scenario developed by the European Commission, wind energy will account for a 41% growth from 2011 to 2020 – by far the largest growth beating any other energy secto
Shipping companies led by Norway- born billionaire John Fredriksen renegotiated the terms of orders for oil tankers and coal and iron ore carriers due to be built by a Chinese shipyard. Frontline Ltd., the world’s largest supertanker operator, and Golden Ocean Group Ltd. increased the number of vess
This is according to the World Economic Forum in ”The Global Competitiveness Report 2010-2011”. Hong Kong’s wet infrastructure was deemed to be the best in the world, followed by Singapore. The Netherlands came third, before Belgium and Germany. The level of the current infrastructure is largely the
Mexico’s state-run oil company Pemex said on Thursday it had evacuated all workers from its Gulf drilling rigs and suspended production … [mappress] Source: Sydney Morning Herald,September 17, 2010,
