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  • Beatrice OWF to Generate Long Term Employment in Moray Firth Area

    21 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd (BOWL) has welcomed the decision by Marine Scotland to grant consent to the £3bn Beatrice offshore wind farm project, situated in the Outer Moray Firth. The project consent marks a positive step forward for BOWL, and it will now assess how to progress Beatrice over the coming months, taking account of […]

  • $245M for Master Plan Projects in Louisiana

    16 November 2016
    Business & Finance

    The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) has approved five projects totaling more than $245 million for funding from its Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund (GEBF) to the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) of Louisiana. The projects, developed in consultation with CPRA and federal resource agencies, are designed to advance critical river diversion projects within […]

  • Port of Seattle Continues with Habitat Restoration

    1 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. Creosote-treated pilings […]

  • NC State Officials Tour Currituck Sound Projects

    25 June 2019
    Business & Finance

    The North Carolina state officials, lawmakers and community partners took an up-close look at how rising sea levels and more severe storms are impacting Currituck Sound during the last week’s tour of the Donal C. O’Brien, Jr. Sanctuary at Pine Island. North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Secretary Michael S. Regan, Senator Bob Steinburg, Representative […]

  • New Tidal Pools in UAE Support Marine Ecosystems

    7 May 2019
    Research & Development

    The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE) is breaking ground on a project to build tidal pools that mimic natural ones along the UAE coastline. The initiative aims to support marine ecosystems through establishing habitat areas for key species. His Excellency Dr Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of Climate Change and Environment, made […]

  • UK: Gills Harbour Ltd Reveals Future Port Plans

    22 June 2012

    One of the UK’s newest and most versatile ‘marine renewables support vessels’ showed off some of her capabilities at Gills Harbour on the Pentland Firth this week. The one-year-old ‘multi-cat’ vessel Orcadia, which was reported to have cost £3.5 million when she was delivered last year from Damen Shipyards in the Netherlands, was making her […]

  • SOGL Unveils $12M in Grants for Great Lakes

    10 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    The Sustain Our Great Lakes (SOGL) partners yesterday announced 31 projects selected by the program to receive nearly $12 million in grant funding for ecological restoration in the Great Lakes basin. With a focus on improving the quality and connectivity of stream, wetland and coastal habitats, this investment will help protect, restore and enhance the […]

  • Gallery: UK port ends 2022 on a high note with some of the world’s largest rigs among current projects

    3 January 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Ports & Logistics, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Due to several ongoing projects, the UK’s Kishorn port (KPL) is currently playing host to giant semi-submersible and jack-up drilling rigs.

  • PHOTO: Ailsa FSO hook-up at Culzean field complete

    19 September 2018
    Infrastructure, Project & Tenders

    Maersk Supply Services has completed its work under the Ailsa FSO transportation and installation after wrapping up the hook-up of the floating, storage, and offloading unit at the Total-operated North Sea field.

  • Port of Oostende Holds ‘Blue Energy’ Conference

    21 April 2015
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    The Port of Oostende organised the BEPPo (Blue Energy Production in Ports) closing conference “Ports as hubs for marine renewable energy projects” at the Greenbridge Incubator centre. BEPPo is a transnational collaborative project between public and private organisations from Belgium, Denmark, Scotland and Norway, 50% co-funded by European Regional Development Funds (ERDF) within the Interreg […]

  • NQBP Introduces Abbot Point Dredging Details (Australia)

    4 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation (NQBP) has a long and respected history of successfully delivering dredging projects at its various ports. For over three decades NQBP has been undertaking dredging programs to ensure the safe navigation of ships and port efficiency. This highly regulated process has been undertaken without significant impacts with the material dredged […]

  • Memorial University Launches Marine Spatial Planning Program

    17 February 2016
    Business & Finance

    The Memorial University Fisheries and Marine Institute will inaugurate the new Master of Marine Studies in Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) and Management, the first graduate program of its kind in Canada, in September 2016. “Marine spatial planning is an emerging and important field that is gaining prominence as global demands on our coastal spaces and […]

  • EMEC to Assist in Development of Marine Energy Test Centre in Taiwan

    5 December 2012
    Research & Development

    The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) Ltd, based in Orkney, Scotland, has announced another major international collaboration agreement, in which the world-leading test facility will assist in the development of a marine energy test centre in Taiwan. Speaking at the inaugural Asian Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (AWTEC-2012) on Jeju Island, Korea, EMEC’s commercial director […]

  • USA: Dredging Contractors of America Sends Letter to Congress

    30 March 2012

    Last week, the Dredging Contractors of America (DCA), the national nonprofit trade association for the dredging industry, sent a letter to House leadership in support of the RESTORE Act – legislation that would ensure that oil spill fines are used for gulf restoration. “The RESTORE Act appropriately allocates 80 percent of the Clean Water Act […]

  • Orbital Marine invites geotechnical survey bids for tidal power projects

    25 October 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Technology

    Scottish marine energy company Orbital Marine Power has launched a tender for the geophysical survey services at the site located offshore Orkney Islands.

  • Russia: Gazprom Awards FMC Technologies $190 Million Subsea Equipment Contract

    8 July 2010
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    FMC Technologies, Inc.  announced today that it has signed an agreement with Gazprom Dobycha Shelf LLC for the manufacture and supply of subsea production equipment to support the Kirinskoye field. The award has a value of approximately $190 million in revenue to FMC Technologies. Kirinskoye is a subsea-to-beach gas and condensate field off Russia’s Pacific […]

  • Aquamarine Power goes into administration

    28 October 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    The Edinburgh-based wave energy developer has called in the administrators to manage the business and seek a sale or investment via the administration process. Accountancy and business advisory firm BDO LLP has appointed business restructuring partners James Stephen and Graham Newton as joint administrators that will take over the running of Aquamarine Power. The joint […]

  • Atlantis Man Scoops Analyst Award at YPGEA 2019

    3 June 2019
    Research & Development, Technology

    Nine up-and-coming green energy stars have been honoured at the 2019 Young Professionals Green Energy Awards. One of the recognitions went to Daniel Coles from Simec Atlantis Energy, who won the Analyst Award for his work in optimising MeyGen: the largest tidal power station in the world. Its turbines now produce 20% more energy thanks […]

  • CPRA Highlights $1.2 Billion in Coastal Projects

    19 October 2017
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    The Board of the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) held its monthly meeting in Belle Chasse in Plaquemines Parish and used the opportunity to spotlight billions of dollars in projects in the Southeast Louisiana region, and to report on innovative funding ideas being pursued to enable more Coastal Master Plan projects to get […]

  • Leask Marine drills deeper into offshore renewables market

    7 December 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Orkney marine specialist Leask Marine, backed with the grant from Scottish Enterprise, has started developing submersible drilling rig suitable for highly turbulent marine conditions as it aims to grow its commercial opportunities in the offshore renewable energy market.

  • New Identity for N-Sea – BODAC UXO Joint Venture

    3 February 2020
    Business & Finance

    N-Sea and BODAC have announced the new identity of their existing joint venture (JV). Following a multi-million euro investment in the specialist UXO provision, the JV will now trade as UXOcontrol. UXOcontrol will continue to offer the global energy sector UXO risk solutions supported by expertise, assets and specialists from both N-Sea and BODAC. BODAC […]

  • Fiscal 2013 Budget for USACE’s Civil Works Presented (USA)

    14 February 2012

      The President’s Budget for fiscal year 2013 (FY13) includes $4.731 billion in discretionary funding for the Civil Works program of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). The Honorable Jo-Ellen Darcy, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, said, “The fiscal 2013 Civil Works budget for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reflects […]

  • Cruise Ship Breaks Away from Moorings amid Massive Storm in Scotland

    20 September 2018

    Nautica cruise ship breaks away from its moorings in Greenock, Scotland, amid strong storm.

  • Coastal Communities Fund opens Welsh round five

    12 February 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    The Coastal Communities Fund (CCF) has opened the fifth round of funding for projects that will support the economic development of coastal communities in Wales.

  • Wheelhouse puts stress on UK post-CfD2 asking fairer system

    18 September 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Environment, Research & Development, Technology

    In the aftermath of the CfD2 allocation round, Scotland’s Minister for Business, Innovation and Energy Paul Wheelhouse said the pressure on the UK government to commit to a fairer system for emerging technologies will be continued.