In July, Georgia will start works on construction of a new Black Sea port in Supsa, director of the Black Sea Product Ltd (BSP), owner of the port, Shalva Tsakadze said in Baku. “All the preliminary works have been completed, and in particular, repurchase of land and design works, and next month we
State-of-the-art saturation diving system delivered on schedule and has proven exceptional Noordhoek Offshore is delighted to announce the newly delivered DPII DSV NOORDHOEK CONSTRUCTOR has successfully completed its offshore verification trials and is heading for its first assignment at the end of
Furious fishermen warned regional fishery managers Tuesday night about the economic fallout of extending a fishing ban on red snapper beyond this year. “I guess I’m going to have to start looking for another line of work,” said Capt. Brock Anderson, who runs the Bottom Dollar charter fishing boat ou
STX Europe has been awarded a contract with Solstad Rederi AS to build an innovative LNG-powered Platform Supply Vessel (PSV). The vessel is of STX Europe PSV 12 LNG design. The vessel is scheduled for delivery in Q4 2011. The value of the contract is approximately $67.5m.
Ukraine will build its own liquefied natural gas terminal on its territory, says Energy Minister Yuriy Boiko… [mappress] Source: kyivpost, June 9, 2010;
The Belgian dredging companies DEME and Jan De Nul are struggling to understand why BP and the US authorities have not called on them in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. They already made propositions to BP and the US Army Corps of Engineers last month to help [&hel
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has supplied the integrated bridge systems for two new high-speed passenger ferries for the Norwegian ferry operator Fjord1 Fylkesbaatane. Each of the vessels has been fitted with a complete suite of Northrop Grumman’s Sperry Marine VisionMaster FT™ navigation
Ballast Nedam Offshore has signed a contract with Walney (UK) Offshore Windfarms Ltd (a joint venture between DONG Energy of Denmark and Scottish and Southern Energy in the UK) to install 51 foundations for offshore wind turbines as part of the Walney II project. A Letter of Intent to this effect wa
Since 2000, the overall U.S. Gulf of Mexico jackup rig count has trended downward. Some improvement in pricing and demand has been seen recently in this market, but overall demand and utilization remains down considerably from a decade ago.
The province will provide up to $15.2 million for the proposed dredging of Sydney Harbour once Ottawa agrees to fund the rest, deputy premier Frank Corbett says. Corbett will lead a delegation to the capital in the coming days to try to secure the remaining $20 million needed for the project to go a
The Spirit of Britain, the first of two car and passenger ferries for P&O Ferries, was launched at STX Europe’s Rauma shipyard on June 8, 2010. When the ferry has been floated out, the first section of the second vessel Spirit of France will be placed in the dock. The Spirit of Britain’s sea trials
DEMAND for liquefied natural gas (LNG) is expected to surge this year on the back of recovering industrial demand, industry leaders said yes… [mappress] Source: Business Times, June 9, 2010
The Management Board of Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA („PGNiG”) reports it was notified that on Licence PL212, near the Skarv gas and oil field, PGNiG Norway AS (a wholly-owned subsidiary of PGNiG) and its license partners discovered gas deposits in the Snadd North prospect. The recover
In July, Georgia will start works on construction of a new Black Sea port in Supsa, director of the Black Sea Product Ltd (BSP), owner of… [mappress] Source: trend, June 9, 2010;
