Environment News – Page 123
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NewsDutch Cable Lay Project Awarded to Van Oord
Dutch dredging and marine contractor Van Oord has been awarded a contract to lay a 150kV cable between Ellewoutsdijk and Terneuzen in its home country.
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NewsEMSA Oil Recovery Vessel Contracts Finalised
The European Marine Safety Agency (EMSA) has recently awarded contracts worth € 18.4m over three years that will see seven oil product tankers, three from the UK, two Spanish, one Maltese and one Greek, joining their fleet of oil recovery vessels to be made available at short notice in specific ...
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NewsHungry SludgeHammer Eats Marine Waste
The Liverpool based Bibby Line, which owns and operates ships, offshore units and floating accommodation barges, recently deployed a vessel of the latter type, ' Bibby Progress' , to Nigeria, where it was to house some 700 workers for a number of months.
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NewsSteady Progress on Thames Estuary Wind Farms
With no fewer than six offshore windfarm projects underway, the Thames Estuary is seeing a steady increase in activity as progress towards the construction phases gathers pace.
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NewsUK Consent for Walney Wind Farm
The UK Government’ s Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks has given consent for a major 450MW offshore wind farm project in the Irish Sea 14km from Walney Island, off the coast of Cumbria.
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NewsInvestment Boost for Wave Energy
Scottish wave energy company, AWS Ocean Energy, has secured new investments from Shell Technology Ventures Fund 1 B.V. (STV Fund), an affiliate of Royal Dutch Shell plc, and the investment fund The Tudor BVI Global Portfolio L.P. (Tudor).
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The growth of marine renewable energy in all its forms means more work for ports, marine contractors and workboat operators.
The United Kingdom is a country worried by wild waves and troubled by truculent tides. The energy in our seas has always been vital to society, as a basis for the marine food chain, and an enabler of maritime trade and defence. However, only in recent years has there been ...
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NewsModular Oil Spill Recovery System
oil spill recovery technology, the Lamor Corporation AB, has built some 600 advancing recovery systems for vessels. The systems have been tailor made to fit each vessel and comprise several different components.
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News'Clean Up the World Weekend'
When 35 million volunteers around the planet will take part in the annual United Nations backed ''Clean Up the World Weekend'' this weekend, their activities will also break into cyberspace for the first time, with photos and videos posted onto Google Map under a new agreement which gives a global ...
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NewsSurface Coating Protects Wave Power System
The Armourcote division of Surface Technology plc and specialist hydraulics components manufacturer Sun Hydraulics both based in Coventry UK, have worked closely together on the development of a new multi-layer anti-corrosion and anti-wear surface coating, ''TriCem 3800'', specifically to protect vital hydraulic components used in the innovative ''Pelamis'' wave power ...
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NewsArchimedes Installation at EMEC Next Year
Scotland''s AWS Ocean Energy is to receive further support from the Carbon Trust in the development of its Archimedes Wave Swing, the world''s first submerged wave energy system. The support is part of the Marine Energy Accelerator Programme, the Carbon Trust initiative to accelerate the commercialisation of the marine energy ...
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NewsForward Planning for Wind Farm Installation
Thanet Offshore Wind Limited (TOW) has signed a reservation agreement with Denmark headquartered A2SEA A/S for the long term use of the vessel the ''Sea Jack'' for the main construction periods for the Thanet project. Starting in the autumn of next year Sea Jack will be used to install the ...
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NewsVikoma Lowers the Boom on 'Napoli'
To further facilitate salvage operations, the stricken container ship ‘ MSC Napoli’ was broken in two using a series of explosions last month.
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NewsNew Oil Spill Combat Cat for Rotterdam
The Port of Rotterdam Authority (PRA) has taken into service what it describes as a revolutionary oil spill response catamaran, the first of its kind for such work.
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NewsEMSA Exercises Oil Spill Muscle
The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) recently sent a clear signal to polluters that thanks to modern technology and the commitment of EU Member States to tackle head on any threat to the environment, ships that think they can get away with illegal discharges while no one is looking could ...
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Ohmsett Hosts Oil Spill Training
Ohmsett, The National Oil Spill Response Test Facility in the USA, will host a one week Oil Spill Training Course from 17 to 21 September 2007.
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COWS Comes Home First in Dubai
Sea Protect Solutions, a system for processing bilgewater and sludge at sea, has won the Seatrade Dubai International Maritime Award for its contribution towards keeping the seas pollution free.
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Emergency HNS Services for UK Ports
Following their merger last year, Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL) and East Asia Response Private Limited (EARL), now OSRL/EARL, will now provide HNS response services for members at UK ports and harbours.
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NewsConnecting Offshore Wind to the National Grid
The development of the UK''s pioneering offshore wind energy sector continues apace as details were announced last month of the licensing regime for would be electricity transmission owners.
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NewsScotland SEAs Marine Renewables Future
One of the UK''s biggest studies into the environmental effects of marine renewable energy has been completed.
