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(26/11/2015) - In Depth: Offshore Wind Farms in the Netherlands
Last June, the Dutch government was obliged by court to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gasses with 25 per cent by 2020 compared to 1990. Climate organisation Urgenda has instituted legal proceedings against the Dutch government. This is a unique case, as nowhere else in the world has a government been told by court to do more to prevent ...
(26/11/2015) - In Depth: Hidden Treasures in the Deep Sea
70 percent of the earth’s surface is covered by water, and still little is known about the treasures hidden in the deep sea. One of the first known deep sea minerals, polymetallic nodules, were first discovered in 1868 in the arctic ocean off Siberia. During the scientific expedition of the H.M.S. Challenger (1872 – 1876), they were ...
(06/11/2015) - America Challenges Beijing’s Ambitions in the South China Sea
America has long considered freedom of navigation a vital national interest. Since 1982, that right has been recognized under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which guarantees countries unimpeded passage on the high seas for trade, fishing, oil exploration and other purposes and sets rules for how they should operate.
(24/10/2015) - U.S. Graft Inquiries Turn to Venezuelan Oil Industry
WASHINGTON — A top finance manager for Venezuela’s government-run oil company is suspected of taking millions of dollars in bribes to invest company pension money in an American hedge fund, according to court papers in one case.
(21/10/2015) - APM Terminals Izmir Gears Up for Early 2016 Opening
With the delivery of five Rubber-Tire Gantry Cranes (RTGs) and two Ship-to-Shore (STS) gantry cranes, the new 1.3 million TEU deep-water APM Terminals Izmir facility is nearing completion in anticipation of beginning commercial operations in early 2016, the Dutch terminal operator APM Terminals said.
(21/10/2015) - India Approves Maritime Transport Agreement with Egypt
India’s Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for signing of an agreement between India and Egypt on maritime transport.
