E.ON has today (15 September) officially opened its largest UK offshore wind farm in Cumbria. Robin Rigg, the 180MW 60 turbine offshore wind farm located in the Solway Firth, began generating power earlier this year and is now celebrating the completion and full operation of the site. Rt Hon Chris H
Crude prices slipped in Asian trade today with a key pipeline supplying oil from Canada to the US expected to resume operations soon … (business) [mappress] Source: business, September 16, 2010
KAROON Gas plans to raise capital through an institutional share placement to help fund further exploration. (theaustralian) [mappress] Source: theaustralian, September 16, 2010;
Beach replenishment is back in Ocean City. Every four years, the resort partners with the state, Worcester County and the federal government… By Brian Shane (delmarvanow) [mappress] Source: delmarvanow, September 16, 2010;
Up to 40 fishing boats are set to leave the Scottish fleet. It follows the announcement by the Scottish government of a new management scheme, funded by £12m to secure the future of the industry.
The 222,222nd passenger was welcomed to the terminal in the HafenCity district by Gerd Drossel, managing director of Hamburg Cruise Center. Last September, the port greeted its 100,000thguest. Thomas Fries, described as 43 years young and from Bochum in western of Germany, was surprised by Larissa B
The Swedish warship HMS Carlskrona, which was the EU Operation Atalanta flagship until August 15, is back in duty in the piracy infested waters off Somalia. The warship has been off duty during three weeks due to maintenance. She be deployed in the EU fleet until November.
Ananda Shipyard & Slipways Ltd (ASSL), Bangaldesh’s leading shipbuilder, expects to sign a contract by the end of October for four 50m aluminium superyachts. The yachts have been designed in the Ukraine and are destined for one German owner.
Composite Mouldings (CML) based in Southampton, UK has announced its entry into the medium-sized sail boat market, with a 14 metre performance cruiser, design name B45. The company says it aims to have the prototype ready by the beginning of 2011. The prototype will be built from cedar strip plank c
Brazil’s Transpetro has selected a start-up yard to build 20 trains of tugboats and ethanol barges under the Promef waterway project. The 20 pusher-tugs and 80 ethanol barges will be built by Estaleiro RioTiete, a consortium formed by Rio Maguari SA / SS and Estre Petroleum Administration, that put
The Norwegian vessel KVANNØY is the world’s first fishing vessel to benefit from Humid Air Motor technology. Humid Air Motor is abbreviated to HAM. At last month’s commissioning test and technical seatrials, KVANNØY’s exhaust gas NOx emissions were reduced by 61.3%
A 34 million euro investment has been announced for the ports of Adra, Garrucha, Roquetas and Villaricos. Of the funding 28 million euro has been allocated to the northern port of Garrucha, with the aim of improving the accessibility and functionality of the commercial docks and the establishment of
Atwood Oceanics, a Houston-based offshore drilling contractor, has chosen Atwood Condor as the name for its newbuild ultra-deepwater dynamically positioned (“DP”) semisubmersible. The Atwood Condorremains on track for delivery from Jurong Shipyard in Singapore by the middle of 2012.
Port officials in India’s Jawaharlal Nehru port JNPT have reported another accident, which disrupted shipping. The 4,253 TEU capacity ’Lahore Express’ was being unloaded when its bunker tanks were damaged last week.
