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  • Heavy Equipment in Place for Bird Island Restoration Project

    22 January 2016
    Business & Finance

    With the heavy equipment in place, Cashman Dredging and Marine Contracting Co. is about to begin the Bird Island Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration project in Buzzards Bay, Marion, Mass. This restoration scheme will be completed under the terms of a $3.1 million contract, awarded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, on September 29, 2015. […]

  • Lawmakers Push for Staten Island Sea Wall Project

    2 June 2016
    Business & Finance

    U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer, Congressman Dan Donovan, Borough President Oddo, State Senator Savino, State Senator Lanza and Councilman Steven Matteo called on the Army Corps of Engineers yesterday to officially approve plans for the Staten Island Sea Wall Project. The Army Corps’ Staten Island Sea Wall project, that the Staten Island lawmakers have long […]

  • Central Marco Island Beach Renourishment About to Begin

    31 January 2019
    Business & Finance

    Collier County’s Central Marco Island beach re-grade project is set to begin in the first week of February, according to the City officials. The contractor for the project, Earth Tech Enterprises, Inc, will start the scheme in front of the South Seas West Condominium and move south to the Royal Seafarer Condominium. “Work will begin the first […]

  • Island Offshore Loses NOK 365 Mln in 2015

    2 March 2016
    Business & Finance

    Island Offshore, a subsidiary of Edison Chouest Offshore and Ulstein, reported revenue of NOK 508 mill in Q4 2015, down from NOK 711 million in Q3 2015, and also lower than the same quarter last year. Fleet utilization in Q4 was 68% including vessels in lay-up. Revenue from the PSV fleet increased in Q4 compared to previous quarters […]

  • PHOTO: Island Venture in Final Stage of Sea Trials

    12 November 2015

    Norwegian shipbuilder and designer, Ulstein, informed that the ‘Island Venture’ offshore construction vessel has entered the final stage of sea trials. The final works will be completed when the vessel returns to the yard by the end of the week. According to the company, Island Venture is the largest offshore vessel to be delivered from Ulstein […]

  • VARD to Build Offshore Support Vessel for Island Offshore

    23 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Vard Holdings Limited (“VARD”), one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, has secured a new contract with Island Offshore for the construction of one offshore support vessel of Rolls-Royce design. The value of the contract is in excess of NOK 1 billion. Delivery is scheduled from Vard Brevik in […]

  • Statoil Gets Consent to Use Island Frontier at Tune

    18 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    Statoil Petroleum AS (Statoil) has received consent to use the Island Frontier mobile drilling facility at Tune. In addition to the fields which were included in previous consents, a need has arisen for well intervention work at Tune. In response to an application by Statoil in February 2014, consent has been given to use Island […]

  • Okeanus eyes offshore wind with Rhode Island base

    22 February 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Equipment

    Okeanus has expanded its geographical footprint to include offices and equipment storage facilities in the state of Rhode Island, to support the offshore energy sector amid increasing offshore wind activity in the northeastern United States. The US-based oceanographic equipment provider now has a new waterfront facility, located at Prime Marina, in East Greenwich. The company […]

  • South Island Beach Fill Project About to Begin

    10 August 2017
    Business & Finance

    Town of Hilton Head Island has just announced that the contractor, Marinex Construction, is about to begin mobilization activities associated with South Island Emergency Beach Fill Project. According to the town, Marinex will begin mobilization activities on August 15, 2017. Marinex is planning for a water based mobilization with equipment and pipeline both being barged in. A […]

  • Israel Plans to Develop New Airport on Artificial Island

    29 May 2018
    Business & Finance

    Dredging Environmental & Marine Engineering NV (DEME) and Jan de Nul Group have dispatched representatives to Israel in recent weeks to discuss a project to develop an airport offshore in the Mediterranean, Bloomberg reports.  According to Avi Simhon, head of the National Economic Council in the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office, the dredging giants have sent […]

  • USACE Awards Hutchinson Island Beach Renourishment Contract

    29 September 2017
    Business & Finance

    Hutchinson Island residents and visitors will see work on local beaches this winter that will improve the barrier island’s resiliency to storm events and help reduce risks to infrastructure. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Jacksonville District awarded the Martin County Hurricane and Storm Damage Reduction contract September 26 to take sand from offshore and […]

  • Denmark proposes energy islands in Climate Action Plan

    20 May 2020
    Authorities & Government, Project & Tenders

    The Danish government is proposing to build two energy islands in the North and Baltic Seas by 2030 in its Climate Action Plan. The plan includes using the Bornholm island in the Baltic Sea as a 2 GW energy island, as well as establishing a 2 GW artificial energy island in the North Sea that […]

  • Orkney ranks third in EU Responsible Island Prize

    4 May 2020
    Environment, Infrastructure, Innovation, Research & Development, Transition

    The Orkney Islands have won €100,000 in the first ever EU RESPonsible Island Prize, funded by Horizon 2020. Orkney scored third behind the Danish islands of Bornholm and Samsø, respectively taking the first and second place accolades. The European Commission launched the Responsible Islands Prize in March 2019. The aim is to discover and reward […]

  • Fugro Delivers Cayman Islands Seabed Mapping Project

    23 March 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Fugro has recently completed the data acquisition phase of a hydrographic survey project that is designed to update significant portions of the nautical charts of Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac. The surveys were conducted on behalf of the United Kingdom and Cayman Islands governments after the project was awarded by the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office […]

  • UKHO Maps Seabed Around British Virgin Islands

    6 February 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has chartered two boats to survey the waters around the British Virgin Islands as part of the UK’s Overseas Territories Seabed Mapping Programme (OTSMP) commitments. Following the interruption of the original UKHO surveys by Hurricanes Irma and Maria in September 2017, the survey team is returning to complete the […]

  • India Plans Subsea Link with Andaman & Nicobar Islands

    21 September 2016
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    India’s Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval for provision of a direct communication link through a dedicated submarine fibre-optic cable between mainland (Chennai) and Port Blair & five other islands viz. Little Andaman, Car Nicobar, Havelock, Kamorta and Great Nicobar. The estimated cost of the project is Rs. 1102.38 […]

  • Ocean Infinity charters Island Offshore’s subsea vessel

    9 July 2018
    Business & Finance

    Ocean Infinity has agreed a seven-year contract with Island Offshore for the Island Pride vessel.

  • Exxon Mobil Buys Interest in Faroe Islands Licence

    4 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    P/F Atlantic Petroleum announces that Exxon Mobil Exploration and Production Faroe Islands Limited has acquired a 6% interest in Licence L016 from Atlantic Petroleum. The revised ownership interests in the Licence are Statoil Færøyene AS (the operator of the Licence) 40%, DONG Energy Føroyar P/F 30%, ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Faroe Islands Limited 26% and […]

  • Tampa Harbor Dredging Provides Island Haven for Birds

    2 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Every year, hundreds of birds flock to two manmade islands at the edge of Tampa Harbor’s federal navigation channel in Hillsborough Bay. The birds have found the islands, which are posted and protected from trespassers, to provide ideal conditions to safely court, nest, and raise their young. At the moment, though, more than just baby […]

  • SMS Scharnhorst Wreck Found Off Falkland Islands

    6 December 2019
    Operations & Maintenance

    The Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust has informed that the wreck of SMS Scharnhorst has been located off the Falkland Islands.  The Scharnhorst, an armoured battlecruiser and the flagship of Admiral Maximilian Graf von Spee’s East Asia Squadron, was sunk on December 08, 1914, during the Battle of the Falkland Islands, a crucial naval battle in […]

  • Hilton Head Island Beach Nourishment Project Advances

    11 November 2016
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Work to repair hurricane damage to the previously constructed beach along the south central oceanfront (North and South Forest Beach) is complete, reports the Town of Hilton Head Island. The Town’s contractor, Weeks Marine Inc., has rebuilt the beach to the point where they were prior to Hurricane Matthew near Shipyard/Palmetto Dunes. “As a result of […]

  • USA: Integris Wins Alexander Island DAMP Deal

    30 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District awarded a contract in the amount $1,369,515.74 to Integris Projects LLC (a Small Business Administration 8(a) contractor), for dewatering of the Alexander Island Placement Area relating to the Houston Ship Channel in Harris County, Texas. “Dewatering allows for the outflow of excess water and increases the placement […]

  • Island communities seek greater involvement in MRE schemes

    23 March 2016
    Environment, Research & Development, Technology

    Developers should pay more attention to the needs of island communities when consulting on harnessing their potential as sources of renewable energy, a study suggests.

  • Rolls-Royce to Design Island Offshore’s New OSV

    18 December 2013

    Rolls-Royce has a won a contract to design and equip a new offshore support vessel for Island Offshore, to be built by shipbuilding group Vard. The platform support vessel is a Rolls-Royce design of type UT 776 CD, the second of this type ordered by Island Offshore this year. The UT 776 CD is an […]

  • USA: Corps to Invite Bids for Wallops Island Restoration

    6 November 2013

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District, has presented a plan for the NASA Wallops Island post hurricane sand shoreline restoration project. During this restoration program 600,000 to 2,100,000 CY of dredged sand will be used to restore the damaged dunes and berms on the Wallops Island beaches. The appointed contractor will be expected […]