by admin | Apr 24, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Energy News
The European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) announced that the EN15940 standard for paraffinic diesel fuels, such as Shell Gas-To-Liquid (GTL) Fuel, was ratified on 15 April 2016. Shell was involved in the nine year consultation process having first proposed the...
by admin | Apr 23, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Energy News, Workforce News
America has entered the global gas market, as the first export of liquefied natural gas (LNG) left Cheniere’s Sabine Pass export terminal in Louisiana on Feb. 23, headed to Petroleo Brasileiro SA, Brazil’s state-owned energy company. “This is a...
by admin | Apr 21, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Crane & Lifting News, Energy News, Equipment Rental News
In 2010, Economics for Equity and Environment claimed, in their newly released study, that for every 10,000 hours of use, internal combustion engine forklifts emit 12,000 more pounds of carbon emissions than electric forklift options. As the cost of fossil fuels and...
by admin | Apr 19, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Energy News, Offshore News
Offshore engineering firm Sembmarine SLP has collaborated with heavy-lift specialist ALE to complete jack-up operations for a 954-tonne jacket as part of construction of Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm in the UK. Projects teams from both firms oversaw all lifting...
by admin | Apr 19, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Crane & Lifting News, Energy News
Offshore engineering and infrastructure firm Vallianz International has acquired a 75 percent stake in Holmen Heavylift Offshore for a reported US$6.4 million. The deal will see Singapore-based Holmen become a subsidiary of parent company Vallianz Holdings. Holmen...
by admin | Apr 18, 2016 | Energy News, Mining News
hey’d be easy to miss in the inventory list for the upcoming Ritchie Brothers’ equipment auction in Edmonton — which is heavy on heavy equipment (thousands of trucks, trailers, hydraulic excavators) — but the two items are definitely odd. Each consists of...
