A specially-built subsea trenching vehicle featuring components from various European companies is to be deployed by a Danish firm to work on a UK offshore wind farm in the North Sea. Blistering with high technology the bespoke tracked trenching vehicle is to be launched from the dynamically positio
Scientific Certification Systems (SCS) announced the certification of four fisheries completed recently, and one in progress, in accordance with the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) international standards for responsible fishery management.
The Moonen 124 evolved several years ago out of a preliminary design for a Moonen 120. At the time, the Moonen 120 was to be the largest of a new Displacement Series being developed by Moonen and René van der Velden Yacht Design. When the hull was stretched to 124 feet, as the design evolved [&helli
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Sperry Marine business unit has been awarded contracts to upgrade the navigation systems on three U.S. Navy Cyclone-class patrol craft. The bridge upgrade program for the patrol craft is being performed under two cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts from the Naval Ship System
US-managed Victoria Cruises, which operates river cruises in China, has recently launched its largest and most technically advanced river cruise ship, the ‘Victoria Jenna’. The vessels sails a seven-night route from Chongqing to Yichang and back.
Richard Henry’s sojourns in West Asia had always been jinxed. He went to Abu Dhabi in 1980 to work as a deckhand on a dredger, but returned four years later when the Emirate did some belt-tightening to cope with falling oil revenues… Source: DNA, December 6, 2009;
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Judges Bay beach is set to win back its status as a popular family destination after Auckland City Council’s upgrade of the area next year… Source: Stuff; December 4, 2009
Bangladesh will seek Tk 70,000 crore from the international community at the Copenhagen conference to deal with the impacts of climate change, said the chief of a parliamentary committee yesterday… Source: The Daily Star; December 4, 2009;209
OC emergency dune repair planned in next 30-60 days OCEAN CITY — Resort officials say shoreline damage caused by the mid-November nor’easter will double the estimated cost of Ocean City’s 2010 beach replenishment effort from $10 million to about $20 million… Source: Delmarvanow, December 3, 2009;
Grassroots efforts to block a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal proposed for Mt. Hope Bay have redoubled in the wake of a federal appellate court decision slamming the door on the R.I. agency that reviews applications to dredge in the state’s coastal waters… Source: The Jamestown Press, December
THE Egyptian government is proposing a new entrance channel to the Suez Canal, in the hope of easing access to Port Said’s container terminal, according to sources in the country… Read More: Lloyd’s List
Oil exports to Asia drive expansion plans at B.C. ports in Vancouver and Kitimat VANCOUVER — In the past six months, the concept of Canada shipping crude oil to Asian markets has warmed considerably… Source:Vancouver Sun, December 1, 2009;
Marine scientists warned the World Trade Organisation on Tuesday that the world’s seas were in peril and called for a new WTO deal to discourage over-fishing. “The health of the world’s oceans is hanging in the balance,” they said in a letter to WTO chief Pascal Lamy, citing World Bank estimates tha
