A Finnish environmental agency has given Russia the go-ahead to build a major gas pipeline to Germany under the Baltic Sea. The decision was the last official hurdle for the 1,220km (756-mile) Nord Stream pipeline, which is expected to be completed in 2012. Russia’s gas giant Gazprom has the biggest
The first phase of refurbishment and expansion work on the port of Porto Novo is due to begin next May, the chief executive of national ports management company, Enapor, Jorge Pimenta Rodrigues said in Santo Antão. The project, estimated to cost 24 million euros (2.6 billion Cape Verdean escudos) in
CT Systems unveils the all new Viking Dredge software. Viking Dredge is specifically designed for use on a wide range of dredging vessels, ranging from a small cutter dredger to a large seagoing hopper dredger. Viking Dredge continues on the foundations and success of the existing Viking Navigation
Coda Octopus Group, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: CDOC), a world leader in underwater port security and marine survey technology, announced today that it received an order towards the end of FY 2009 from Van Oord Dredging and Marine Contractors for the supply of an Echoscope® 3D Real Time sonar system. The orde
From now on, Nautique Derya Marine is an officially appointed agent of Esthec®- composite decking, to operate in the Turkish market. Nautique Derya Marine is part of the Nautique Group and will keep one-size Esthec® sheets in store to process them into so-called ‘made to fit’ deck panels by using th
Construction in Mumbai has come to a near halt due to a serious shortage of sand, the most essential component. Ready-mix concrete production units in and around the city have also closed temporarily for want of sand. [mappress] Source:business-standard,February 12,2010;
THE State Opposition has announced a $21 million funding package to protect Launceston from future flood threats and clean up the ailing Tamar River. [mappress] Source:examiner,February 11,2010;
The insurance regulator of Shanghai will boost shipping insurance, pensions and health insurance to help the city become a leading global financial and shipping center by 2020, the Shanghai Daily reported. Shipping insurance will further support the development of the city’s maritime industry.
The European Parliament has backed proposals to ban the trade in bluefin tuna in a bid to prevent the stock from being fished to extinction. The vote in favour of a trade ban – passed by a show of hands on Wednesday (10 February) – comes as the European Union attempts to forge a common […]
Wärtsilä has extensive experience in providing long-term operational and management services, enabling performance optimisation for about 1000 similar engines installed in ships and land-based power plants all over the world. Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading ship power system integrator, has
Call it the battle of the titans. Royal Caribbean today announced it would move one of its largest, most amenity-filled cruise ships, the 154,407-ton Liberty of the Seas, to Barcelona in 2011, setting up a head-to-head confrontation with the equally giant flagship of rival Norwegian Cruise Line, the
Nick Clegg will pledge to turn disused shipyards into wind turbine production centres, should the Lib Dems win power. The party says 57,000 jobs could be created in cities hit by unemployment with renewable energy also boosted.
On 8 February, the first ocean-going vessel, the ‘Star Leikanger’ from Singapore, arrived at the new Broekman DistriPort quay. The Port of Rotterdam Authority has invested € 13 million in the new quay, to double the terminal’s capacity.
Jan de Nul’s new mining and fallpipe vessel Simon Stevin has departed for Australia for its first two rock dumping projects: a free span correction on the Pluto pipeline in 80m of water, and the construction of a pipeline crossing for the Reindeer pipeline over the Pluto pipeline.
