Following the successful launch of its first Renewable Energy Support Base (RESB) in Lyness, Orkney in 2010 to support leading wave and tidal developers, Fendercare Marine, a member of James Fisher & Sons plc, today announces its commitment to open a second offshore marine energy O&M facility in Great Yarmouth in early 2012.

The Georgia Ports Authority, Georgia Governor Nathan Deal and Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed hosted US Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood yesterday for a briefing on the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project and a tour of the Port of Savannah. LaHood, a strong advocate for ports around the country, spoke with state and local leaders about the Savannah project, and the Obama Administration's twin goals of improving transportation infrastructure and doubling US export growth by 2015.

An IMO-commissioned study into the impact of mandatory energy efficiency measures for international shipping shows that implementation of the measures will lead to significant reductions of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from ships, specifically reductions of carbon dioxide (CO2), resulting from enhanced fuel efficiency.

The Jupiter Inlet District in Florida, USA has announced a contract for the 2012 dredging of the Jupiter Inlet (Florida) sand trap with beach disposal of the dredged material immediately down drift of the inlet.

Nine out of 10 respondents to a questionnaire put to the public during the Mersey Ports Master Plan consultation have come out in broad support of the strategy.

The Board of trustees of India's Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust decided to award the contract for its fourth container terminal to the consortium of Singapore's PSA and the ABG group in India.

Belgium's Port of Antwerp, the second largest port in Europe, aims to pick a stake in Essar Group's Hazira Port in India's Gujarat State by the end of the year.

MOL's new generation of 'eco-friendly' efficient PCTCs are entering service; they feature MacGregor RoRo access outfits from Cargotec and are the world's first car carriers to have all of their RoRo equipment electrically-driven.