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  • AAPA Wants Dredging Funding Commitments Met

    23 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    With more than 400 ports, corporations, associations and individuals as signatories, the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) finalized and sent a letter to leaders of the U.S. House and Senate appropriations committees, urging them to meet the dredging funding commitments made in the 2014 Water Resources Reform & Development Act (WRRDA), passed in May. […]

  • BMT Nigel Gee to Cooperate with CISR

    12 November 2012

    BMT Nigel Gee, a subsidiary of BMT Group, is set to launch its latest technical paper in collaboration with the Cayman Island Shipping Registry (CISR). Developed to provide insight for a wide range of industry stakeholders, the paper examines aspects of the 2010 Passenger Yacht Code (PYC) which aims to provide a Safety of Life […]

  • KKR, Borealis Maritime Take Over HSAM Fleet

    23 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    Investment firm KKR and London maritime shipping company Borealis Maritime have entered into the $254.5 million acquisition of Hanseatic Ship Asset Management GmbH, a 100 percent owned subsidiary of Commerzbank AG controlling a fleet of 18 container and dry cargo vessels. The acquisition was carried out through a joint venture vehicle established by the two firms. […]

  • Japanese Yards Clinch 98 Orders in June

    21 July 2015

    June 2015 has been a very fruitful month for Japanese shipyards that received 98 export orders totaling in 4,671,040 G/T, against 91 export orders totaling 3,392,460 G/T in the same period in 2014, data from Japan Ship Exporters’ Association (JSEA) shows. June figures provided considerable boost as numbers in April and May 2015 did not look so favorable with only 39 orders received in […]

  • Star Bulk On Track with Fleet Expansion Plans

    3 December 2014
    Business & Finance

    Greece-based bulk carrier Star Bulk has taken delivery of 20 vessels out of the 34 vessels the company agreed to acquire from Excel Maritime. According to Star Bulk’s Chief Executive Officer, Petros Pappas, the remaining 14 vessels are expected to be delivered by the end of the year. Star Bulk reported USD 0.2 million net income for […]

  • Svitzer Pulls Asbestos-Contaminated Tug

    27 February 2015
    Business & Finance

    Tug company Svitzer has removed two of its nine Newcastle tugs from service after one of the Chinese-built vessels was found to contain asbestos, the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) reports. The MUA said both vessels were certified as being clear of asbestos before they sailed to Australia. The union’s assistant national secretary, Ian Bray, said the asbestos […]

  • Top news, January 2 – 8, 2017

    8 January 2017
    Business & Finance

    Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from January 2 – 8, 2017.

  • Cornwall launches marine renewables roadmap

    22 May 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Cornwall has launched Marine Renewable Energy Roadmap outlining the necessary steps to be taken for the commercialization of marine energy over the next 10 years. The roadmap sets out how the public and private sector can work together to advance offshore and marine energy sector. According to the roadmap, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly […]

  • UK: Islands push for tidal, wave strike price confirmation

    6 July 2016
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    High-level talks have been held with the UK government aimed at ensuring long term benefits for Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles from renewable energy.

  • Germany: TÜV NORD to Certify Sinovel’s Offshore Wind Turbine

    11 July 2012

    TÜV NORD has won the contract to perform type certification of an offshore wind turbine from Chinese manufacturer Sinovel. The six-megawatt turbine will be one of the first Chinese-designed offshore wind power systems with internationally recognised type certification.  “With the support of our colleagues at TÜV NORD China, we have identified considerable demand for internationally-recognised […]

  • ABB: German OW Delays Amount to $260 Million

    23 January 2014
    Storage

    ABB said its fourth-quarter 2013 results were adversely impacted mainly by charges for storm-related project delays and some operational issues in the Power Systems (PS) division. Additional restructuring-related charges were taken in response to the division’s soft order intake in 2013. The company also booked non-operational charges related to certain Group legacy issues. “While the […]

  • UK: RWE Reduces Triton Knoll Capacity

    6 January 2014

    RWE Innogy has revised plans for the proposed Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm project, which is being developed off the Lincolnshire Coast in the North Sea. Work on the site design has resulted in RWE Innogy deciding to progress the development with a reduced capacity which ranges between 600 and 900 megawatts, rather than the […]

  • RenewableUK: Wave & tidal need route to market

    16 January 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    RenewableUK has given evidence to the BEIS Committee on the cost-effectiveness of wind, wave and tidal energy, as part of the inquiry into the energy cost review conducted by Dieter Helm.

  • HRH The Duke of Kent Officially Opens MTL Group Manufacturing Facility in Rotherham (UK)

    8 July 2011
    Authorities & Government, Operations & Maintenance

      Project manufacturing specialist MTL Group was delighted to welcome HRH The Duke of Kent to its new 300,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility in Rotherham. Escorted by the Lord-Lieutenant for South Yorkshire, HRH The Duke of Kent was greeted by MTL Group Managing Director Dr. Henry Shirman and the High Sheriff of South Yorkshire. The […]

  • London Array Sponsors Kent’s Coastal Week This Year (UK)

    13 October 2011
    Business & Finance

      London Array is sponsoring Kent’s Coastal Week this year, which runs from 22 to 30 October. Kent’s Coastal Week is a celebration of all that the Kent coast has to offer, with free or subsidised events – ranging from creative workshops, beach art and boat trips to shingle sculptures and storytelling – taking place […]

  • UK: TLSB Launches 3D Virtual Reality Programme of Tidal Lagoon Project

    4 July 2013

    Tidal Lagoon (Swansea Bay) plc (TLSB) has launched a new, 3D virtual reality programme showing the proposed tidal energy lagoon in the context of Swansea Bay. Developed by Swansea-based iCreate in collaboration with design engineers Atkins and master-planners LDA Design, the interactive fly-through takes viewers on a journey of discovery, bringing the proposed lagoon to […]

  • Thorco Projects and MC-Schiffahrt Form Multi-Purpose Pool

    17 January 2017
    Business & Finance

    Denmark’s Thorco Projects and Germany’s MC-Schiffahrt have teamed up to create a new pool collaboration under the name MCT pool. The new MCT pool consists of six 10,500-ton multi purpose vessels from MC-Schiffahrt and eight comparable vessels from Thorco Projects. “We are very pleased that MC-Schiffahrt has shown us this confidence, which needs to be highlighted in […]

  • SMM 2012 – RWO Obtains BWT Certificate from GL (Germany)

    5 September 2012
    Business & Finance

    RWO is the first German manufacturer to obtain a GL certificate for its ballast water treatment unit CleanBallast. The document was handed over today at the SMM. The GL Approval Certificate confirms that the CleanBallast System, with a capacity of 150-3.750 m³/h, complies with the GL regulations. Moreover, the electrical and electronic components fulfil the […]

  • USA: Extensive Upgrades of the Kulluk and Noble Discoverer Completed at Vigor Marine

    28 June 2012

    The Kulluk and Noble Discoverer set sail for the Arctic yesterday from Vigor Industrial’s Seattle shipyard, following completion of extensive environmental and safety upgrades by its commercial ship repair subsidiary, Vigor Marine. “It is impossible to overstate the pride Vigor Marine teams have felt working on these critical rigs,” said Liz Ugorcak, Senior Director of […]

  • UK public remains highly supportive of tidal & wave

    3 November 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    The new government statistics on energy and climate change has shown that 79% of UK public supports the use of tidal and wave energy technologies.

  • RenewableUK Welcomes New Funding for Renewables

    2 October 2014
    Authorities & Government

    RenewableUK says today’s news of additional funding for renewable energy projects will provide a welcome stimulus to wind, wave and tidal projects in the UK. The announcement by the Department of Energy and Climate Change provides an extra £300m for all low-carbon technologies to be supported under the Contracts for Difference (CfD) mechanism. This is […]

  • Australia: Origin Energy Q1 Production Up 6 Percent

    30 April 2012

      Origin Energy today released the Quarterly Production Report for its Exploration and Production business for the quarter to 31 March 2012, reporting production of 31 petajoules equivalent (PJe) and sales of $203 million. During the quarter Australia Pacific LNG, Origin’s joint venture with ConocoPhillips and Sinopec, signed binding agreements with Sinopec for the supply […]

  • China: Construction Starts on Liulin Gas Gathering System

    5 September 2012

    The Board of Fortune Liulin Gas (FLG) and Liulin PSC Joint Management Committee (comprising FLG and CUCBM, FLG’s state-owned partner in the project) have approved the construction of the field gas gathering system and nodal station at the Liulin CBM gas project in Shanxi Province, China, and a contract has been entered into for the […]

  • Qatargas Takes Part in LNG Symposium

    4 December 2012

    Qatargas has delivered a paper titled ‘Natural Gas for a Global Sustainable Energy Future’ at an LNG symposium conducted by the International Gas Union (IGU) on the sidelines of the COP 18 conference being held in Doha. The paper showcased Qatargas’ role in providing a sustainable energy mix to over 20 countries around the world […]

  • Gitga’at First Nation: No Clear Consensus on LNG among BC First Nations, Canada

    4 March 2013

    The Gitga’at First Nation says a recent conference on LNG, sponsored by the BC provincial government, has raised more questions than it has answered, and government officials, including Premier Clark, and proponents are getting ahead of themselves if they think there is a clear consensus on LNG among BC First Nations. “There is a gold […]