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Jacobs wins contract for new natural gas-fired cogeneration plant

Jacobs wins contract for new natural gas-fired cogeneration plant

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC) has been awarded a contract to provide design services for the decommissioning, historic preservation and construction of the Old Main Utility Building (OMUB) Power Plant

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Repsol makes a new offshore oil discovery in Sierra Leone

Repsol makes a new offshore oil discovery in Sierra Leone

Repsol and its partners, Anadarko Petroleum and Tullow Oil, have made a new hydrocarbons discovery offshore Sierra Leone. The Jupiter-1 well

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CAMAC Energy working toward three exploration blocks in Kenya

CAMAC Energy working toward three exploration blocks in Kenya

CAMAC Energy Inc. (NYSE Amex: CAK), a U.S.-based energy company engaged in the exploration, development and production of oil and gas

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Japan: ClassNK Releases New Guidelines for Gas Fuelled Ships

Japan: ClassNK Releases New Guidelines for Gas Fuelled Ships

As regulations curbing atmospheric pollution and greenhouse gas emissions grow stricter amid stronger calls for a greener shipping industry,

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The Netherlands: Maasvlakte Gets First Waiting Berth for Small Container Ships

The Netherlands: Maasvlakte Gets First Waiting Berth for Small Container Ships

Last Friday, the first waiting berth for short sea and feeder vessels went into use on the Maasvlakte. It involves the former Tor Line berth

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UK: IMO – Polar Code Guidelines and Standards Under Construction

UK: IMO – Polar Code Guidelines and Standards Under Construction

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is developing a mandatory Polar Code in order to set standards for ship construction and operation in polar waters,

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Monaco: Scorpio Tankers Announces Newbuilding, Sales and Charter Agreements

Monaco: Scorpio Tankers Announces Newbuilding, Sales and Charter Agreements

Scorpio Tankers Inc. announced today that it has signed a contract with Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co., Ltd. of South Korea to construct a 52,000 DWT MR product tanker

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Inchcape Shipping Services Launches Operations in Saudi Arabia

Inchcape Shipping Services Launches Operations in Saudi Arabia

Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS), the world’s leading maritime services provider, today announced the launch of new operations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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Swire Pacific Acquires Norwagian Seabed AS

Swire Pacific Acquires Norwagian Seabed AS

Swire Pacific Offshore Operations (Pte) Limited (SPO) announced the acquisition of Seabed AS, based in Bergen, Norway.

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Russia: RS Gets Recognision as Classification Society for Marine and Inland Waterway Vessels

Russia: RS Gets Recognision as Classification Society for Marine and Inland Waterway Vessels

Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) is now officially recognised by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union

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Construction under way at BWL's new 100 MW gas-fired power plant

Construction under way at BWL's new 100 MW gas-fired power plant

The Lansing Board of Water & Light (BWL) has begun the first of several huge “pours” of concrete at its gas-fired power plant project site in REO Town. The structure will also house the BWL’s company headquarters.

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Pennsylvania county approves waste coal power plant

Pennsylvania county approves waste coal power plant

Officials in Washington County, Pennsylvania, have approved plans for a coal-fired power plant that would burn some of the region's massive "gob piles

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Coal plant retirement analyzed in new research paper

Coal plant retirement analyzed in new research paper

There has been some debate in energy circles about the factors that have prompted the retirement of a growing number of coal-fired plants in the United States

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UAE: Grandweld Shipyards Delivers DMSV Aradah to ADNOC

UAE: Grandweld Shipyards Delivers DMSV Aradah to ADNOC

Grandweld Shipyards has completed delivery of ‘ARADAH’, a 55m dive and maintenance support vessel (DMSV)

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UK: Seacat Services Orders Two South Catamarans

UK: Seacat Services Orders Two South Catamarans

South Boats Special Projects Ltd. and Seacat Services Ltd., both Isle of Wight, UK based companies announce the signing of a contract for the construction of two further vessels.

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UK: Global Marine Systems Signs Leasing Deal for Subsea Cable Installation Barge

UK: Global Marine Systems Signs Leasing Deal for Subsea Cable Installation Barge

Bank of London and The Middle East plc (BLME), the largest Islamic bank in Europe, has announced that it signed a £14 million

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India: Hazira Port Receives First MiniCape Vessel

India: Hazira Port Receives First MiniCape Vessel

Gujarat saw berthing of the first MiniCape vessel in India “MV Kamlesh” by Essar Shipping (ESL). On its maiden voyage to Hazira, the vessel is carrying 100000 tonnes of coal from Australia for Essar Steel.

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Ireland: Arklow Shipping Expands Its Fleet

Ireland: Arklow Shipping Expands Its Fleet

With the addition of two new vessels ARKLOW MOOR and ARKLOW FOREST, the Arklow Shipping fleet rises to 44 vessels.

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China: Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Secures Order for Seven Vessels

China: Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Secures Order for Seven Vessels

Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (Holdings) Ltd has secured shipbuilding contracts for seven vessels with an aggregate contract value of USD 206.2 million since the beginning of the year 2012.

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USA: Army Corps Keeps Commerce Moving Along Texas Coast

USA: Army Corps Keeps Commerce Moving Along Texas Coast

On any given day, ships carrying cargo from Mexico to China pull into one of the 28 ports along the Texas coast to deliver

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