Up and down New Jersey’s coast, shore towns are racing to repair damage to their beaches from a series of winter storms before the tourists… [mappress] Source: usatoday, May 4, 2010;
LiveMint.com reports that the recently revived Dabhol power project has cancelled a dredging contract awarded to Gammon India Ltd (GIL)… [mappress] Source: livemint, May 4, 2010;
Tough new standards for disposal of dioxin-tainted sediments may make some environmental cleanup projects here and elsewhere a lot more… [mappress] Source: bellinghamherald, May 3, 2010;
A sense of doom settled over the American coastline from Louisiana to Florida today as a massive oil slick spewing from a ruptured well… [mappress] thedailytimes, May 3, 2010
Norwegian industrial group Scana Industrier ASA said that it, via its subsidiary Scana Volda AS, has won two orders worth some NOK30m within the marine segment. The first delivery, which will take place in 2010, consists of four reduction gears for two oil recovery vessels, to be built at Guangzhou
Yesterday was the first tour of the Georgia Port Authority to discuss and explain to those interested in the river deepening project and… [mappress] Source: examiner, May 3, 2010;
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has been awarded a LoI (Letter of Intent) to install rock on the 1,220-kilometer “Nord Stream” gas pipelines running through the Baltic Sea, connecting Russia to Northern Germany. The contract value will amount to approximately € 100 million, with the share of Boskali
Somali insurgents have taken control of one of the main pirate havens in the centre of the country. Residents said several hundred rebels of the group Hizbul Islam had taken over the coastal town of Haradhere and that the pirates had fled.
A senior UK oil industry executive has suggested that there are up to 40 platform jackets are out to bid in the North Sea. Alistair Birnie, chief executive of Subsea UK, made the comment after the close of a North Sea conference in London.
The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence, and Member of Parliament for Central Nova, on behalf of the Honourable Gail Shea,… [mappress] Source: benzinga, May 3, 2010;
The San Rafael Canal could be dredged this fall depending on the results of a preliminary study to see what lies within the silty waters. [mappress] Source: marinij, May 3, 2010;
Marinette Marine Corporation (MMC), Fincantieri’s US subsidiary, and Boeing have announced that Oceaneering International are to enter the team set up a year ago with a view to competing for the imminent tender for the “Ship-to-Shore Connector” (SSC) program which provides for the construction of 80
The past decade has seen an average 8.9 per cent annual growth in the cruise liner industry, a spokesperson for the Parliamentary Secretariat for Tourism said in comments to this newspaper. Cruise liner passengers increased from 187,838 in 1999 to 439,630 last year.
The Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO), the shipping guild representing owners, has called for greater, pro-active zeal in tackling piracy in the Gulf of Aden. BIMCO President Robert Lorenz-Meyer said that instead of just catching and releasing pirates, they should be prosecuted. To d
