The dredging to bring the Columbia River shipping channel from 40 to 43 feet hasn’t quite finished up, but hopes are high that it could help… [mappress] Source: spotlightnews, May 20, 2010;
The Ministry of Transport and Communications has unveiled plans for the development of a major General Cargo Terminal at the Port of Salalah… [mappress] Source: steelguru, May 19, 2010;
Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) announces that the Nzizi-3 well in Uganda Block 2 has successfully appraised the Nzizi gas field and that the Noix de Coco-1 well in Gabon has encountered wet gas but in poor quality reservoir sandstones. Nzizi-3 appraisal well results The Nzizi-3 appraisal well was drilled 1
Technip announced that it has successfully completed the construction of its new vessel, the Apache II, at its construction yard in Pori, Finland. The work involved transferring the Apache’s high-performance pipelay equipment on to a new-built hull acquired in 2009, as a result of which the Pori yar
Brazil’s federal oil company Petrobras is continuing to monitor the BP oil spill in the US Gulf of Mexico, a company official said… [mappress] bnamericas, May 19, 2010;
The dredging of Sydney Harbour has become a major political issue in Cape Breton, where local politicians are falling over themselves to… [mappress] Source: thechronicleherald, May 19, 2010;
Long Beach-based Gambol Industries will make yet another pitch on Tuesday in its ongoing attempt to operate a shipbuilding business from a… [mappress] Source: contracostatimes, May 19, 2010;
The 500-megawatt Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm, around 25 kilometres from Sizewell, is expected to be complete in two years’ time. [mappress] Source: eadt, May 19, 2010;
The Ministry Of Agriculture yesterday signed an agreement with Hall Dredging Company Limited for the third phase of the Nadi River Dredging. [mappress] Source: radiofiji, May 19, 2010;
At Heerema Hartlepool, one of the three large production locations of Heerema Fabrication Group , the 6,500 tonne Buzzard Production Sweetening (PS) deck and bridge structures of Nexen Petroleum U.K. Limited, left Hartlepool for its final offshore destination, the Nexen Buzzard oilfield, and has now
Toledo, OH – Minnesota Senators Amy Klobuchar (D) and Al Franken (D) have cosponsored legislation that will end the dredging crisis on the… [mappress] Source: wdio, May 19, 2010;
The government has taken up a number of projects to upgrade the infrastructure and other relevant facilities of Chittagong and Mongla seaports at a cost of about $700 million to cope with the future increase in their workloads.
President Goodluck Jonathan has directed the Ministries of Transport, Commerce, and Petroleum Resources and their parastatals to ensure that all goods imported into the country are discharged at designated terminals of the Nigeria Ports Authority. While on inspection of Oil and Gas Free Zone, Onne a
The Gulf of Mexico oil disaster has prompted calls for the US to re-impose a moratorium on offshore oil drilling, which lapsed in 2008 after nearly 30 years. No other country in the world has taken such a tough line on exploitation of offshore oil, so why is the US different?
