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Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has received positive results from the deployment of its PB150 device in trials conducted off the north-east coast of Scotland.

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency has begun a consultation about updating a European directive, Establishing a Community Vessel Traffic Monitoring and information System. The directive was implemented in 2004 and resulted in a reporting system for ships to help prevent accidents and pollution at sea.

Teekay Corp , a marine crude oil and petroleum product transporter, said it will provide a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit to BG Norge Ltd’s oil and gas field in the North Sea.

Following the completion of the restructuring activities of Cecon this winter, focus has been marketing the company’s services using modular spreads on third party vessels.

On June 15, a Vietnam International Container Terminals project, undertaken by CCCC Second Harbour Engineering Company Limited (SHEC), was launched.

As the needs of a vessel and its crew grow, NSSLGlobal is showing that it can provide communications solutions which not only offer the reliability and consistency to match customers’ commercial requirements, but that also cater for the personal use of the crew. The RSS Discovery has been fitted with NSSLGlobal’s Cruise-IP VSAT service and a FleetBroadband system; ensuring connectivity wherever the vessel travels.

Tanjung Offshore Bhd has won long-term charter contracts from Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd for the provision of three offshore support vessels.

Celebrity Cruises’ newest cruise ship, the 2,850-passenger, 122,000 gt Celebrity Silhouette today set sail—in reverse—from the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany, in preparation for official naming ceremonies in Hamburg and its inaugural cruise this summer in Europe.

Teekay Corporation enters into an agreement with BG Norge Limited (BG) to provide a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit for the Knarr oil and gas field located in the North Sea. The contract will be serviced by a newly-built FPSO unit to be constructed by Samsung Heavy Industries (Samsung) in South Korea, as previously announced by the Company, for a fully built-up project cost of approximately $1 billion.

The U.S. Navy has exercised contract options funding the construction of the sixth and seventh Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV), as part of a ten-vessel program potentially worth over US$1.6 billion. The construction contract for both vessels is valued at approximately US$313 million.

The €2.0 billion order for six U 214 submarine material packages placed with ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems by the Republic of Turkey has entered into force with receipt of the advance payment. As a longstanding partner and supplier to the Turkish Navy, ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems can now begin executing the order. The order will contribute to securing employment at HDW in Kiel, as well as at many subcontractors in Germany and Turkey, for the next ten years.

The €2.0 billion order for six U 214 submarine material packages placed with ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems by the Republic of Turkey has entered into force with receipt of the advance payment. As a longstanding partner and supplier to the Turkish Navy, ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems can now begin executing the order. The order will contribute to securing employment at HDW in Kiel, as well as at many subcontractors in Germany and Turkey, for the next ten years.

The tradition-rich manufacturer MWM from Mannheim, Germany, is considered one of the world's leading specialists in the production, sale, and servicing of gas gensets for decentralised energy supply. The MWM container line, which is deployed worldwide in the natural gas, biogas

Looking back on a long tradition, Mannheim-based MWM is one of the world's leading providers of decentralised energy generation plants. The various genset series are designed for operation with natural gas or special gas types like sewage gas, biogas, and landfill gas. The company considers the ongoing development and optimisation of the individual engine series as an important contribution to increased efficiency and conservation of resources.

Plant operator Magnox will shut down Reactor 2 at the Oldbury Power Station in South Gloucestershire, UK, as it has reached the end of its operational life.

The Department of Energy and Climate Change has granted £20m to fund the development of enhanced marine devices that are able to reduce carbon emissions.

China Sunergy will invest CNY1.8bn ($278m) in its 1GW solar cells expansion project in Yangzhou, China.

Siemens has secured a contract worth $800m from DONG Energy and Scottish Power Renewables to construct an offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea.

Participants at the recently concluded workshop on Shipping and Trade Facilitation held in Abuja have frowned at the exploitation of Nigerian shippers’ by foreign

The growing menace of hijacking and kidnapping by Somali pirates has governments around the world desperate for a solution, with British MPs again discussing the issue.