News – August 18, 2008 Van Oord and Royal Boskalis Westminster have been awarded a contract by the Directorate General for Public Works and Water Management in The Netherlands to reinforce a weak link in the Delflandse coast. The contract is worth 120 million of which Van Oord and Boskalis have an e
News – August 18, 2008 Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation in the US has reported financial results for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2008. Douglas B Mackie, President and Chief Executive Officer, said: “During the second quarter we virtually completed the redeployment plan whic
Halliburton, MI Swaco and Schlumberger have seen their deals extended by StatoilHydro for the provision of cementing and fluid services offshore Norway. The extensions are collectively worth NOK 2.5 billion. The two-year contract extension with Halliburton covers fluid and cementing services on seve
Kosatka is making great progress on its quest to unofficially beat the Round Britain and Ireland record for a monohull during its Volvo Race Qualifier. At 0910 BST yesterday the boat was making their way steadily north east, making the most of the wind. Skipper Andreas Hanakamp sent an update from t
At two minutes to go, up went the distinctive stars and stripes code zero aboard the American Tornado. As the starting gun fired the Ogletree/Lovell partnership were pin end perfect to start on a line that looked like it was only just long enough to accommodate the 15 strong fleet. Winning the pin e
Irish explorer Providence Resources and partner Star Energy – now part of Malaysia’s Petronas – have been offered a three-year licensing option offshore Dublin. Together the two companies have been offered options on eight blocks in the Kish Bank basin area by Ireland’s Department of Energy, Communi
Norway’s Petroleum Directorate has given a green light to another StatoilHydro exploration well in PL 035 which is to be drilled 10 km (6.25 miles) northwest of the Frigg field area. Approval for the 30/11-7 exploration well comes after StatoilHydro was granted Permission yesterday for the 34/7-33 w
North Sea field developer Antrim Energy finished the first half of the year with a Cdn. $4.37 m net loss, and $3.56 m of net losses for the second quarter. But its expenditure in the first half was Cdn. $52.25 m and $35.50 m in the second quarter, reflecting the spending on its current UK […]
After completing the latest appraisal well on the UK Fyne field Antrim Energy has confirmed it is looking to exploit the field with a floating production storage and offloading vessel. Antrim, which is already working on development of the UK Northern North Sea Causeway field, confirmed in its secon
News – August 15, 2008 The Lake Carriers’ Association says the US-Flag Great Lakes fleet moved 11.4 million net tons of cargo on the Great Lakes in June, an increase of about 80,000 tons compared to a year ago. The June float was, however, 220,000 tons below the month’s five-year average. “Higher wa
Survey & GPS – August 15, 2008 First purchased in 1990, RESON’s SeaBat 8101 has now seen more than 15 years continuous service with EMC Inc, one the US’s leading marine survey companies. Mark Mattox President of EMC said: “We are using the SeaBat primarily on US Army Corps of Engineers and Na-tional
Jamaica continues to make good progress in the RORC Cowes to Madeira Race which set off from the Solent on Monday morning. They are in the leading pack of four yachts which are rounding Cape Finistere at the northwest tip of Spain. Puma Logic, the last of the five yachts in the race is still [&helli
Second Quarter Sales Volumes Increase 55% PIRAEUS, Greece, Aug. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. (NYSE: ANW – News), an international marine fuel logistics company that markets and physically supplies refined marine fuel and lubricants to ships in port and at sea, tod
WEATHER Once again poor visibility is a feature of this morning, the misty conditions shrouding the several hundred local fishing boats that are engaged in their daily sweep. Talk of the morning is of the light and variable conditions and whether this will affect racing. Early indications suggest it
