Gate terminal and its shareholders have decided to invest in an additional high-pressure compression facility to increase its flexibility services towards the customers by reducing the level of minimum send out of natural gas. Branko Pokorny, managing director of Gate terminal: “LNG flows are increa
Keppel takes another stride towards a zero-incident workplace with the opening of its new integrated safety training facility, the Keppel Safety Training Centre. Located at Keppel Shipyard in Tuas, the Centre offers a complete range of safety training and certification courses in both trade-specific
The R.I. House of Representatives approved a bill this week to require any company shipping liquefied natural gas through Rhode Island water… [mappress] Source: jamestownpress, June 10, 2010;
A TUG built at the Humber area’s last shipbuilding yard is about to be launched – its ultimate destination the oil-rich Caspian sea. [mappress] Source: yorkshirepost, June 10, 2010:
Eastern China’s Jiangsu Province this year will pump more than 20 billion yuan into a series of waterway dredging projects, a lake… [mappress] Source: xinhuanet, June 10, 2010;
Costamare Shipping supplements its safety, quality and environmental management system with the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC 2006). The requirements of the MLC 2006 have been successfully implemented onboard their MV COSCO NINGBO. The MLC 2006 has been introduced by the International Labour
Lebanese parliamentary speaker Nabih Berri on Wednesday urged his government to begin exploring offshore natural gas reserves, warning… [mappress] Source:France24, June 10, 2010:
The Department of the Interior issued a directive to oil and gas lessees and operators on the Outer Continental Shelf implementing stronger safety requirements that Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar recommended in his 30-day safety report to the President. The Notice to Lessees focusing on safet
ECT, EMO and the Port of Rotterdam Authority have made agreements for the further development of their commercial activities on the existing Maasvlakte. At the beginning of 2011, a start will be made on widening the Amazonehaven. At the same time, EMO will relocate some of its operations to the Hart
BP announced that it will donate the net revenue from oil recovered from the MC252 spill to create a new wildlife fund to create, restore, improve and protect wildlife habitat along the coastline of Louisiana, Mississippi, Ala., and Fla. The creation of this fund is over and above BP’s obligations u
With construction on hard-fought tunnels to the Port of Miami under way, local leaders have turned their attention to dredging, another… [mappress] Source: miamitodaynews, June 10, 2010;
Sand dredgers have resumed large-scale operations in Koh Kong province’s salt-water estuaries since June 2 after a drop-off in dredging activities as a result of a sand-export ban last year, local fishermen said Tuesday.
Knight & Carver YachtCenter in the US has acquired a 4,000-tonne dry dock for its refit and repair operations in San Diego, California. The company now claims to have the largest lifting capacity for superyachts and commercial vessels on the US west coast — and one of the largest in the country. Nam
Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. (NYSE:ANW) today announced that it has taken delivery of the Nisyros, a 6,270 dwt double-hull bunkering tanker newbuild from Qingdao Hyundai Shipyard in China. The vessel is expected to be deployed to the Company’s market in Greece.
