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  • Ahtna Marine Acquires Cavache

    19 November 2019
    Business & Finance

    Ahtna Marine & Construction Company, LLC (AMCC), an Ahtna, Inc. company, has finalized acquisition of Cavache, Inc. a Florida-based dredging and civil construction firm. Cavache has been in operation for over 15 years and it’s 20 employees and vessel and marine equipment assets will be transitioned under AMCC. “Cavache has an excellent reputation with their […]

  • Top Stories of the Week (Mar 11 – Mar 16, 2013)

    24 March 2013

    Zhenjiang Shipyard Delivers the Largest ASD Tugs in Asia Two 8200hp ASD tugs named “Huan yu san hao” and “Huan yu liu hao” were successfully delivered by Jiangsu Zhenjiang Shipyard Group Co., Ltd. to Qingdaon port Co., Ltd. These two vessels are the largest ASD tugs in Asia… Croatia: Uljanik Pens Deal for Four Ferries […]

  • UK: Ferguson Shipbuilders, CMAL Ink Shipbuilding Contracts for Two Hybrid Ferries

    11 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    Following last week’s announcement that Ferguson Shipbuilders, Port Glasgow, Scotland had been named as the preferred bidder for the contract to build the world’s first two sea going Roll On Roll Off vehicle and passenger diesel electric hybrid ferries, Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL) and the shipyard have signed the shipbuilding contracts. Ferguson will be […]

  • UK: Ferguson Shipbuilders, CMAL Sign Shipbuilding Contracts for Two Hybrid Ferries

    11 November 2011

    Following last week’s announcement that Ferguson Shipbuilders, Port Glasgow, Scotland had been named as the preferred bidder for the contract to build the world’s first two sea going Roll On Roll Off vehicle and passenger diesel electric hybrid ferries, Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL) and the shipyard have signed the shipbuilding contracts. Ferguson will be […]

  • Canada: Comments Invited on Beaver Lake Dredging

    19 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    Beaver Lake, one of the last remaining wetlands in the City of Vancouver, is rapidly declining and could disappear as soon as 2020 if no measures are taken. The Vancouver Park Board and Stanley Park Ecology Society (SPES) have been working in partnership, under guidance from the Stanley Park Ecological Action Plan (2011), to come […]

  • USA: Corps to Host Discussion on North and Sturgeon Lakes Improvement

    21 February 2014

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is hosting an open house in Red Wing, Minn., March 6, to discuss ways of improving habitat in and around North and Sturgeon lakes. The open house will be held from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., at the Red Wing Public Library Community Room., located at […]

  • ProtoAtlantic Selects 10 Developers for Tech Testing

    27 May 2019
    Research & Development

    The ProtoAtlantic project has selected 10 international start-ups to test their maritime technologies at a number of test facilities as part of the Fast Tracked Product Development phase of the project, which is being led by the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), in Orkney. The successful projects have been selected due to the standard of […]

  • Port of Seattle Restores Habitat

    11 February 2018
    Business & Finance

    The Port of Seattle is restoring 4.5 acres of habitat along the shoreline of Terminal 5, while getting closer to its goal of removing 90 percent of creosote pilings from its properties. The 2,300 creosote pilings removed leave the port with around 8,000 remaining out of a total of 18,000 estimated in 2000. “Restoring shoreline […]

  • Statoil’s UK business gets new MD

    14 September 2016
    Business & Finance

    Norway’s oil major Statoil has appointed Hedda Felin as the new managing director of Statoil Production UK. Statoil said that she succeeds Tove Stuhr Sjøblom who left the company. As the new head of the company’s Aberdeen office, Felin will be responsible for Statoil’s upstream development and production activities in the UK and Ireland. Hedda Felin […]

  • Tri-Nation Accord Copes with Wave, Tidal Risks

    26 October 2015
    Research & Development

    A tri-nation accord between firms based in Ireland, France and the UK is to result in shared research technology designed to dramatically reduce risks faced by developers of renewable tidal and wave power schemes around north western European coast lines. Known as MOREDATAS (Methods to Obtain Refined Environmental DATA from the Seas) the project addresses […]

  • RenewableUK Hails MeyGen Project Funding Announcement

    22 August 2014
    Business & Finance

    RenewableUK is hailing the announcement that funding has been secured to build the first phase of the world’s largest tidal energy array in the Pentland Firth region in North Scotland. The MeyGen project has a capacity of up to 398MW and will provide clean electricity for 175,000 homes and 100 jobs in the area upon […]

  • RenewableUK Welcomes MeyGen Funding

    22 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    RenewableUK is today hailing the announcement that funding has been secured to build the first phase of the world’s largest tidal energy array in the Pentland Firth region in North Scotland. The MeyGen project has a capacity of up to 398MW and will provide clean electricity for 175,000 homes and 100 jobs in the area […]

  • USACE: FY15 Budget Reflects Administration’s Priorities

    5 March 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The U.S. President Obama’s Budget for fiscal year 2015 (FY15) included $4.561 billion in gross discretionary funding for the Civil Works program of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), which is offset in part by a proposal to cancel $28 million in unobligated carryover of funds previously appropriated. “The fiscal 2015 Civil Works budget […]

  • Anacortes Major Cleanup Program Starts Soon (USA)

    3 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    Contaminated sediments and old, toxics-leaching pilings will be pulled from Fidalgo Bay starting in mid-July. Crews are preparing for dredging and other work at the former Custom Plywood mill site in Anacortes. The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) is overseeing the project, which is the latest part of a major cleanup and restoration of Fidalgo […]

  • Offshore worker dies on Shell’s FPSO in North Sea

    6 August 2015

    An offshore worker has died on the Shell-operated floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel Anasuria in the North Sea. According to Herald Scotland, William Nichol, 61, fell ill Tuesday while working on the FPSO. Nichol was employed by IKM Testing UK Limited. Despite the best efforts of the medical crew, the worker passed away on board the […]

  • XOCEAN USV to survey 588 MW UK offshore wind farm

    7 April 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Ireland’s XOCEAN is set to soon commence non-intrusive unmanned subsea surveys of the inter-array cables and turbine locations at the operational Beatrice offshore wind farm in the UK. XOCEAN’s uncrewed surface vessel (USV) X14 will begin the operations on 20 April for a duration of about 7 days on a 24-hour basis, weather-dependant. A support […]

  • Irish tidal and wave industry tackle funding

    12 February 2016
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    Marine Renewables Industry Association (MRIA), which represents Ireland’s tidal and wave energy sectors, has published a set of recommendations to address funding obstacles encountered by Irish pre-commercial wave and tidal developers.

  • UK: Six Units for Renewable Energy Completed

    21 March 2012
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    Work on six new industrial units for the renewable energy sector in Orkney has been completed. Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) invested £2.95m, including £1.18m from the European Regional Development Fund, to create the units on vacant industrial site next to Hatston Pier, Kirkwall. Each unit provides workshop, storage and office accommodation to meet the […]

  • Scots start search for MeyGen tidal energy project investment advisor

    9 September 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy

    Scottish government’s public bodies – Crown Estate Scotland and Scottish Enterprise – are looking to appoint consultants who would provide technical advice services for investments in the MeyGen tidal energy project.

  • Kishorn Port Launches 2nd Phase of Offshore Renewables Masterplan (UK)

    20 February 2013

    One of Scotland’s leading sites looking to service the offshore renewables market is launching the second phase of its masterplanning process with a public consultation event. Kishorn Port Ltd (KPL), a joint venture between Leiths (Scotland) Ltd and Ferguson Transport (Spean Bridge) Ltd, is holding a public open day on Wednesday 20 February at Lochcarron […]

  • In focus: The X factor of Power-to-X

    26 August 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Collaboration, Green Marine, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Transition, Vessels

    While the world is working toward having as much renewable energy as possible, green fuels and energy storage could be what saves the day, at least for energy-intensive industries. News on hydrogen and ammonia projects, and renewable energy developments with Power-to-X components this week certainly reinforce their significance in the grand scheme of energy things.

  • Ayer Developer Protects Wetlands to Settle Clean Water Violations (USA)

    17 February 2011

      The owner and general contractor of a residential development in Ayer, Mass., have agreed to pay a penalty of $27,500 and to donate a 7.6-acre parcel to the town to settle EPA claims that they discharged pollutants into nearby waters without the required stormwater permit and failed to apply for this permit. According to […]

  • New Orkney Pier Host to Many Tidal Energy Technologies (UK)

    2 August 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    A newly extended pier in Orkney is currently host to more tidal energy technologies than at any other single site in the world. Five tidal energy developers – OpenHydro, Alstom Hydro, Scotrenewables Tidal Power, ANDRITZ Hydro Hammerfest and Voith Hydro – have all used the new facilities in recent weeks, with four devices currently on […]

  • UK: Activity Surge at New Pier in Orkney

    2 August 2013

    A newly extended pier in Orkney is currently host to more tidal energy technologies than at any other single site in the world. Five tidal energy developers – OpenHydro, Alstom Hydro, Scotrenewables Tidal Power, ANDRITZ Hydro Hammerfest and Voith Hydro – have all used the new facilities in recent weeks, with four devices currently on […]

  • Port of Baltimore to Receive $105M in Federal Funding

    19 April 2016
    Business & Finance

    U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski, Vice Chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, has just announced that the fiscal year (FY) 2017 Energy and Water Development funding bill includes $105 million to invest in the Port of Baltimore. In the next step of the appropriations process, the bill will move to the Senate floor this week. “From […]