Enel has deposited the project design for one of the first offshore wind farms in the Mediterranean Sea.
The request for an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) has been delivered by Enel to the Ministry of the Environment and the Region of Sicily.Italy's first offshore wind facility will foresee the installation of 115 large generators with a capacity of between three MW and five MW each in the waters of the Gulf of Gela. The location is at least three nautical miles (5.5 km) offshore, between the towns of Licata in the province of Agrigento and Butera and Gela, which are both in the province of Caltanissetta. The project, developed through a joint venture between Enel (57 percent) and Moncada Costruzioni (43 percent), will have a total installed capacity of between 345 MW and 575 MW. The maximum cost of the investment will be about US$786.8 million. Once fully operational, the plant will generate 1,150 million KWh of power, enough to meet the needs of 390,000 households. The towers, which will be equipped with rotors with a diameter of about 110 metres (360 ft), will be more than 100 metres (328 ft) tall and anchored to the sea bed in waters up to 30 metres (98 ft) deep. Studies are also being conducted to develop systems integrating the wind farm with the marine areas, where it will be built in order to ensure protection of local ecosystems.
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Sunday, July 13, 2008
Maersk Line orders 16 containerships from Daewoo
AP Moller-Maersk of Denmark has made a purchase agreement for sixteen 7,450TEU ships from Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in South Korea.
The ships are expected to be delivered between 2010 and 2012, and will be used by the group's liner shipping arm, Maersk Line. The ships will be deployed in the trades between the east coast of South America, Asia and Europe - markets where the carrier expects continued growth. The trade between the east coast of South America and Europe is primarily driven by the export of food products such as poultry, meat and fruit transported in refrigerated containers. Since 2002, the trade has grown by 15 per cent each year on average. This latest newbuilding order comes hot on the heels of Maersk's order last month for 18 new vessels from another South Korean shipbuilder, Hyundai Heavy Industries. The ships, valued at US$90 million each, are expected to be delivered in 2011 and 2012. The vessels are equipped with reefer plugs enabling them to each carry 1,700 refrigerated containers, the highest number ever carried on Maersk container ships. In addition, each vessel is equipped with a waste heat recovery system, which recycles excess heat from the exhaust to generate energy for propulsion of the vessel or on-board electricity consumption. The reduction in fuel consumption results in a corresponding reduction of emissions.
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The ships are expected to be delivered between 2010 and 2012, and will be used by the group's liner shipping arm, Maersk Line. The ships will be deployed in the trades between the east coast of South America, Asia and Europe - markets where the carrier expects continued growth. The trade between the east coast of South America and Europe is primarily driven by the export of food products such as poultry, meat and fruit transported in refrigerated containers. Since 2002, the trade has grown by 15 per cent each year on average. This latest newbuilding order comes hot on the heels of Maersk's order last month for 18 new vessels from another South Korean shipbuilder, Hyundai Heavy Industries. The ships, valued at US$90 million each, are expected to be delivered in 2011 and 2012. The vessels are equipped with reefer plugs enabling them to each carry 1,700 refrigerated containers, the highest number ever carried on Maersk container ships. In addition, each vessel is equipped with a waste heat recovery system, which recycles excess heat from the exhaust to generate energy for propulsion of the vessel or on-board electricity consumption. The reduction in fuel consumption results in a corresponding reduction of emissions.
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Progress report on 'Vox Dubai'
Sections of the ‘Vox Dubai’, the largest trailing suction hopper dredger to be built in the Netherlands, have been moved from a floating pontoon into the IHC Dredgers shipbuilding hall in Kinderdijk.
The 31,200 cubic metre dredger will measure 200 metres in length, with a beam of 31 metres and a moulded depth of 17.5 metres, putting it into the jumbo hopper dredger category, of which there are only twelve vessels worldwide. The ship has a dredging depth of 70 metres and it is being built for Van Oord. It will be launched in the spring of 2009. The keel was laid on in late May at the IHC Merwede yard in Kinderdijk, after preparations for the technical details of the project were worked out. The first sections were built at VSH in Heusden, which is a subsidiary of IHC Merwede. The ‘Vox Dubai’ consists of more than 200 sections. The three midship, which intermediate the deck sections together, are 100 metres long and 31 metres wide, with a depth of 9.6 metres. The main engines each measure 10 metres by 5 metres by 5 metres, and generate a combined power of about 28 megawatts.
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The 31,200 cubic metre dredger will measure 200 metres in length, with a beam of 31 metres and a moulded depth of 17.5 metres, putting it into the jumbo hopper dredger category, of which there are only twelve vessels worldwide. The ship has a dredging depth of 70 metres and it is being built for Van Oord. It will be launched in the spring of 2009. The keel was laid on in late May at the IHC Merwede yard in Kinderdijk, after preparations for the technical details of the project were worked out. The first sections were built at VSH in Heusden, which is a subsidiary of IHC Merwede. The ‘Vox Dubai’ consists of more than 200 sections. The three midship, which intermediate the deck sections together, are 100 metres long and 31 metres wide, with a depth of 9.6 metres. The main engines each measure 10 metres by 5 metres by 5 metres, and generate a combined power of about 28 megawatts.
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ICTSI takes control of South Cotabato port
Port operator International Container Terminal Services Inc. has acquired a controlling stake in South Cotabato Integrated Port Services Inc. at Manila.
In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, ICTSI said it bought the 71,845 shares owned by Cordillera Properties Holdings Inc. in SCIPSI for P250,000. Also part of the deal is ICTSI's assumption of Cordillera's obligations amounting to P18.03 million. With the purchase, ICTSI now owns 50.08 percent interest in SCIPSI. SCIPSI provides stevedoring and cargo handling services at the Makar Wharf in the Port of General Santos in General Santos City, South Cotabato in the far south of the Philippines. It is the integration of the seven former cargo-handling contractors at the Port of General Santos City namely Dadiangas Arrastre Services Inc., Delas Marias Brokerage Inc., General Santos Terminal Co., Matutum Arrastre and Stevedoring Corp., Matutum Terminal Brokerage Inc., Southern Mindanao Services Co. and Velayo Brokerage Inc.
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In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, ICTSI said it bought the 71,845 shares owned by Cordillera Properties Holdings Inc. in SCIPSI for P250,000. Also part of the deal is ICTSI's assumption of Cordillera's obligations amounting to P18.03 million. With the purchase, ICTSI now owns 50.08 percent interest in SCIPSI. SCIPSI provides stevedoring and cargo handling services at the Makar Wharf in the Port of General Santos in General Santos City, South Cotabato in the far south of the Philippines. It is the integration of the seven former cargo-handling contractors at the Port of General Santos City namely Dadiangas Arrastre Services Inc., Delas Marias Brokerage Inc., General Santos Terminal Co., Matutum Arrastre and Stevedoring Corp., Matutum Terminal Brokerage Inc., Southern Mindanao Services Co. and Velayo Brokerage Inc.
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