The two Telefonica entries in the 2008-09 race have arrived back in their home port of Alicante after a celebratory tour of the Spanish coast. The journey from the finish port of St Petersburg took in Santander, Vigo and Sanxenxo, the site of the 2006-06 race start. From there it was on to Cadiz and
Clipper Windpower has confirmed its wind turbines will be part of large-scale wind projects in the US following the announcement of new debt financing. The developer and operator of the farms, First Wind, received $191m (£116m) of financing for the construction of three wind farms totalling 202MW. C
Vopak Botlek has commissioned eight new tanks with a total capacity of 149,000 m3. The first shipment consisted of ethanol for use in fuels. In addition, the handling apparatus for ethanol trains is to be modified. It was already possible to load unit trains for methanol and unload trains for ethano
Shell will build a new hydrodesulphurization plant at its Pernis Refinery in the port of Rotterdam, Europe’s largest refinery. The plant, expected to come on stream in the second half of 2011, will increase cleaner-burning, low-sulphur fuels production at the 400 thousand barrels per day refinery.
VOSTA LMG has announced that Rikke van Berk has assumed a new position as Director Technology at VOSTA LMG. Before joining VOSTA LMG, Mr van Berk gained a lot of knowledge and work experience by working for several major players in the dredging industry over the the last 25 years. Said the company:
Huisman, the Dutch-based worldwide specialist in lifting, drilling and subsea solutions, has currently expanded its heavy lifting product range with a customised range of Wind Turbine Installation Cranes. Building on the successful operation of the existing Huisman heavy lifting equipment for the in
Thomas Thune Andersen will leave his position as CEO of Maersk Oil and partner in Firmaet A.P. Møller as of the end of August. New CEO of Maersk Oil will be Jakob Thomasen who recently has been head of exploration and business development in Maersk Oil. Furthermore, he will become a member of the Ex
The current status of new class rules and complementary solutions for safer operation of offshore service vessels (OSVs) were presented by Germanischer Lloyd’s Helge Rathje at the 3rd International Conference on Technology & Operation of Offshore Support Vessels in Singapore. “Our aim is to formulat
Sevan Marine revealed it has been awarded a design study contract for the significant Rosebank discovery in the UK West of Shetlands region. Work will be carried out in the second half this year focusing on how one of the Sevan Marine round-hulled floating production platforms could be used to tap t
Finnish police say a ransom demand has been made for a missing Russian-manned cargo vessel, the Arctic Sea. The demand – which has not been confirmed as genuine – was put to the ship’s Finnish owners, Finland’s National Bureau of Investigation said. A Finnish radio station said it had been told the
Port authorities hit out at Dutch government Two nature organisations have succeeded in halting works designed to allow the port of Antwerp to receive mega-container ships… More: Flanders Today
An artificial surf reef off Boscombe beach (Bournemouth, UK) will increase the size of the waves for surfers, but how do you actually build an artificial surf reef? Here are some facts and figures about the project – and have your say… More: BBC News
The Federal Government has at last awarded a three-year contract for the dredging of the lower River Niger project at a cost of N33 billion… More: The Sun News
The investment in the port could transform the city – and Italy. At the end of this year, despite the global economic crisis, Taranto will be in a position to handle 800,000 containers a year, which could grow to 6-7 million or more if… More: Asia Times
