Feadship Royal Van Lent has launched Sirius, the fourth yacht in its F45 Vantage customseries. The exclusive F45 concept brings together all of Feadship’s expertise in design, construction, engineering, systems and materials to great effect. And Sirius offers all the benefits of the experience built
Statoil’s innovative new offshore floating Hywind wind turbine, now successfully moored in the North Sea off the Norwegian coast, is demonstrating how Trelleborg Offshore’s syntactic foam buoyancy technology is contributing to the future of offshore power generation. “It is subsea technology that ha
Marlink, provider of maritime satellite communications, has recently secured a new three-year contract with Irish Ferry Operator, Fastnet Line. As part of the new agreement, Marlink will deliver, install and operate its innovative Sealink VSAT solution onboard Fastnet Line’s flagship vessel Julia, p
The pilot project for the long term removal of sediment from the Crocodile River inlet into the Hartbeespoort Dam, as part of the Harties Metsi a Me Programme, started on Monday and is due to be completed tomorrow. This is the next step in implementing an operational project which seeks to assess wa
Euronav NV (NYSE EURONEXT BRUSSELS: EURN) announced today that TI Africa Ltd., the owner of FSO Africa, has signed a new contract with Maersk Oil Qatar AS (MOQ) for the provision of FSO services on the Al Shaheen field offshore Qatar. Within the limits of its confidentiality obligations, the Company
Under the guidance and approval of the Unified Area Command, BP has been authorized to begin flushing drilling mud and hydrocarbons from the MC252 well sealing cap and the original Deepwater Horizon Lower Marine Riser Package (LMRP) and Blow Out Preventer (BOP). The flushing is in advance of a press
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. realized a net profit of € 123.9 million in the first half of 2010, up from € 102.7 million in the first half of 2009. The profit contribution from Smit Internationale N.V. (“SMIT”), excluding interest expenses on the acquisition finance but including all other effect
ABS has revised its comprehensive Guide for vessels operating in the Arctic and comparable harsh environments incorporating nearly four years of operational experience since the Guide was first issued in September 2006. Drawing upon feedback from the industry, the ABS Guide for Vessels Operating in
An ambitious project to dredge the 13 rivers crisscrossing the capital has been delayed to early 2011 from a previous deadline of late this year, pending the release of funds from a foreign loan, Governor Fauzi Bowo said on Thursday. The Jakarta Urgent Flood Mitigation Project is being funded by a $
The federal government is determined to fast-track the completion of the dredging of the lower Niger River, the resuscitation of the Ajaokuta Steel Company, as well as the resuscitation of the National Iron Ore Mining Company, in Itakpe, Goodluck Jonathan said yesterday. Speaking while delivering an
The Labour Party says safety and environmental issues must be considered when oil exploration permits are granted and the Greens want … (odt) [mappress] Source: odt, August 20, 2010;
The cost of dredging the Rewa River, which is frequently prone to flooding, is $8.9million… (fijitimes) [mappress] Source: fijitimes, August 20, 2010;
Petronet LNG is in talks to buy more liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar and Australia, the company’s chief executive AK Balyan told repo… (business standard) [mappress] Source: business standard, August 20, 2010;
The port of Maputo, in Mozambique, would see an estimated investment of around $800-million over the next five years, said Grindrod Freight… By Irma Venter (engineeringnews) [mappress] Source: engineeringnews, August 20, 2010;
