With the coming rainy season, the Cebu City government has allocated P9 million to dredge Cebu’s largest river, the Guadalupe River. [mappress] Source: globalnation, May 23, 2010;
The state began a dredging project Friday to keep oil from a massive Gulf of Mexico leak out of the state’s wetlands — even though the… [mappress] Source: 2theadvocate,May 22, 2010;
Valiant Petroleum plc announced that the John Shaw semi-submersible rig has now arrived on location and has begun drilling operations on the Don Southwest (Valiant, 40.0%) as part of the second phase of field development. The second phase of development on Don Southwest is focused on targeting reser
A group of suspected Somali pirates should be prosecuted in the Netherlands and not be extradited to Germany, their defense lawyer said Friday, highlighting the complex legal challenge of trying Somali pirates.Dutch marines boarded a hijacked German commercial ship 500 nautical miles off the Somali
A new offshore generating system is starting a test programme at the European Marine Energy Centre in the Orkney Islands after being launched by E.On UK. Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond launched the device, named Vagr Atferd P2 – Norse for wave power – at the Port of Leith in Edinburgh.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is planning to build a wind farm on a pier in New Jersey, according to a request for information from the Authority. The request calls for five, 300 foot tall wind turbines in Bayonne and Jersey City on the Port Jersey peninsula to produce 7.5 megawatts
Global measures to regulate the fishing industry lack the capability to tackle illegal catches, warn researchers. Writing in the journal Science, they say that up to 26m tonnes of fish, worth an estimated $23bn (£16bn), are landed illegally each year.
From Twiggy to Reba, the cruise lines are busy lining up the stars for the launching ceremonies of their newest ships scheduled to be unveiled in the second half of this year. The first in line is the latest from the luxury brand Seabourn. Its ship is the Sojourn and will be launched in June [&helli
Turbine Transfers Ltd will increase its fleet to 20 vessels by the end of 2011. With the fast growing development of major offshore wind farms in Britain, Belgium, Holland, Germany and Denmark, Captain Mark Meade of Anglesey UK-based Holyhead Towing, has seen the potential for larger fleets of crew
“We are optimistic about the future as we see growth on most markets at the moment” says Lars Vang Christensen, Herning Shipping, and chairman of the Danish Shipowners’ Association. “If we would grade our optimism we would say the 2009 was brutal and we expect 2010 to be only hard”, says Lars Vang C
South Korean Military bulldozers started dredging of the Nakdong River for the Four Major Rivers Restoration Project at Mooukyeong City, North Gyeongsang Province. The Lee Myung-bak administration announced plans to deploy members of the military to assist with the construction for the Four Major Ri
British gas prices remained firm on Friday after a sharp drop in supply from Norway overnight, although liquefied natural gas terminal flows… [mappress] Source: London South East, May 21, 2010;
Ther Hague, 21 May 2010 — the Governor of the Iraqi province of Basra, Dr. Shiltagh, with a group of Iraqi authorities and businessmen from his province, welcomed a group of Dutch companies and entrepreneurs at the Iraqi Embassy in The Hague. Governor Shiltagh is a great advocate of Dutch expertise,
Atlantic Petroleum today announced its results for the first three months 2010. This company announcement should be read in conjunction with Atlantic Petroleum’s Interim Consolidated Financial Statement attached to this announcement. Sigurð í Jákupsstovu, Atlantic Petroleum’s CEO, stated: “We are pl
