April 2010 saw the dispatch of 17 anti-glare roller screens to Fincantieri’s Anacona shipyard in Italy, for installation at the wheelhouse windows of ‘Le Boreal’, the first of two super luxury cruise ships ordered from Fincantieri by the French owner Compagnie du Ponant. Due to take up service in sp
BP PLC (BP) said Sunday it was able to reroute some oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico through a siphon system, a rare success in the company’s ongoing struggle to control the spill. A tube was inserted into a leaking riser that had connected Transocean Ltd.’s (RIG) Deepwater Horizon drilling rig w
In recognition of its measurable efforts to reduce its environmental footprint both at sea and in port, Holland America Line has been selected as the 2010 Marine Environmental Business of the Year by the Port of Seattle and the Seattle Propeller Club. “We applaud and congratulate Holland America Lin
The Finnish shipping company PowerLine, which is a part of the Lillbacka group, starts a weekly roro-service between Helsinki and Travemünde on May 18, 2010 with the roro-vessel Global Freighter. With the exception of a few voyages the vessel has been laid up in the port of Turku since the beginning
Guam – Vice Speaker BJ Cruz Sunday submitted his third and final response in opposition to the proposed dregging of material from Apra… [mappress] Source: pacificnewscenter, May 17, 2010;
Development will soon feature major residential and commercial infrastructure projects.The Palm Jumeirah is the first in the Palm trilogy… [mappress] Source: gulfnews,May 17, 2010;
The Angola LNG liquefied gas exploration project in Soyo District, in the northern Zaire Province, will bring various benefits to the countr… [mappress] Source: Agencia AngolaPress, May 17 , 2010;
The federal government has again restated its backing to the management of the Brass LNG Limited in taking Final Investment Decision (FID)… [mappress] Source: thisdayonline, May 17 , 2010;
Statoil has struck gas in an exploration well north of the Mikkel field in the Norwegian Sea. The discovery is being considered for development as a satellite to the Åsgard field. ”This again shows how prospective this area is,” says Geir Richardsen, head of Statoil’s exploration of infrastructure-l
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has received orders worth approximately £15 million to supply propulsion and control systems for seven offshore vessels being built in Brazil. The orders mark the continuing strength of the offshore segment in Rolls-Royce and reflect the company’s stron
BP says it expects to be using a mile-long tube to siphon crude from a gushing well beneath the Gulf of Mexico by Saturday night… [mappress] Source: wlox, May 16, 2010;
Paul Ferber was scuba diving in Cambodia’s Sre Ambil River shortly after ships had finished dredging the area. As director of Marine… [mappress] Source: time,May 17, 2010;
SYDNEY — Two more weeks. That’s the negotiated extension the Sydney Marine Group was able to come away with after speaking with the… [mappress] Source: capebretonpost,May 17, 2010;
SOCAR’s dredging ship company will begin to work on clearing the channel, located in the delta of the Kura River in Neftchala region May 16,… [mappress] Source: trend,May 17, 2010;
