Blasting will take place at a busy north-east harbour next week as work on a multimillion-pound port expansion enters its final phase. The massive Smith Embankment project at Peterhead is just weeks away from completion. Work to build a 650ft quay and 330ft breakwater at the busy Buchan port began i
The Port of Longview is looking to deepen the Columbia River three feet at eight of its berths so ships can unload more cargo, port … By Erik Olson [mappress] Source: tdn, July 15, 2010;
You can just glimpse a view of one of Thorold’s biggest toxic cleanups from the bike path along the Welland Canal. An excavator was busy … [mappress] Source: The Tribune , July 15, 2010;
Production had been shut down on Gullfaks C since a well incident occurred on 19 May. Activities on board have been concentrated on plugging the C-06 well systematically from the bottom and up. The incident entailed change in pressure and loss of drill fluid, which resulted in the loss of one barrie
The China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) is eyeing Argentina and other Latin American countries for oil and gas development. CNOOC will facilitate this through a joint venture set up in March this year with Bridas Energy Holdings (BEH) of Argentina, said Fu Chengyu, president of CNOOC dur
DONG Energy has agreed a development plan for the Norwegian gas field Marulk, in which DONG Energy has a 30% stake. The costs of developing the Marulk field are expected to total approximately DKK 3.8 billion, of which DONG Energy’s share will amount to approximately DKK 1.1 billion. “The developmen
Dana Petroleum announces the successful appraisal of the Blackbird oil field in the UK Central North Sea. The 20/2a-9 well, operated by Nexen, was drilled in a water depth of approximately 367 feet to a total measured depth of 12,000 feet, targeting a high quality Upper Jurassic oil discovery. The w
Terminal Catalunya (Tercat), a member of the Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) Group, is to take over the site of the Muelle Prat container … [mappress] Source: worldnews, July 14, 2010;
A plunge in an index long seen as a barometer of trade trends is further evidence of waning raw-materials demand from China, but analysts aren’t relying on the Baltic Dry Index for clear signals on the strength of the global economy. The index, known as the BDI, has lost more than half its value sin
PLYMOUTH needs to make better use of its waterfront, including laying on facilities for cruise liners, say maritime experts. Nearly one worker in five in the city is directly or indirectly employed in the marine sector, according to the first ‘holistic’ study of the four ports that make up Plymouth
Following a fourth place on line finish on the penultimate Leg 13 of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, Spirit of Australia has scored the one point needed to hand her crew the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race overall win. Simply finishing the leg gave the Aussies the point they needed to sec
CMA CGM Group announced the christening of its flagship, the 13,800-TEU CMA CGM Christophe Colomb, at Terminal de France, Port 2000, in Le Havre by its godmother, Christine Lagarde, France’s Minister of Economic Affairs, Industry and Employment.
China’s Cosco Shipyard is to build a new offshore installation vessel under a US $139 million contract for Denmark’s A2SEA. Owned by by Dong Energy and now Siemens, too, A2SEA has signed a deal with the Chinese shipyard for construction of the Sea Installer, a jackup vessel which will be built for n
Imtech (technical services provider in Europe and on the global maritime market) is observing a recovery of the technological maritime market in the Far East and Singapore. Imtech draws this conclusion based on of the growing intake of orders in this region over the past few months. In this period,
