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  • 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 […]

  • Australia: Abbot Point and Curtis Island Projects Approved

    10 December 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Australia’s Federal Minister for the Environment, Greg Hunt, has announced that he has completed the approvals process for four Queensland projects. He said that “after rigorous assessment, I have completed the approvals process for four Queensland projects under National Environmental Law. I have approved: • The capital dredging program for the proposed Terminals 0, 2 […]

  • USA: DEP Approves Okaloosa Island Beach Project

    2 January 2012

    Florida Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Herschel T. Vinyard issued a final order Thursday approving the permit to restore the beach on Okaloosa Island. Vinyard’s decision gives Okaloosa County permission to complete the $12 million restoration of 2.9 miles of public beach. The controversial project would add about 913,000 cubic yards of sand dredged from […]

  • Newt Marine Kicks Off Island Restoration Project

    7 April 2016
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is asking all Mississippi River boating and fishing enthusiasts to exercise caution in and around Mississippi River Pool 9 this summer. The Corps’ contractor, Newt Marine Service, from Dubuque, Iowa, began the second year of a three year island restoration project by Harpers Slough, near Lynxville, […]

  • TransCo signs deal to build Catanduanes island interconnector

    3 May 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy

    Philippine state-led National Transmission Corporation (TransCo) and the First Catanduanes Electric Cooperatives (FICELCO) have signed an agreement to build a subsea interconnector linking Camarines Sur to Catanduanes island in the Philippines.

  • USA: Long Island to Receive Money for Levees Repair

    10 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten E. Gillibrand announced that, after their push, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has determined that five Long Island farms are eligible for funding to repair 4.5 miles of levees that were damaged by Superstorm Sandy. The levees protect over 700 acres of farmland and Suffolk County […]

  • USA: Officials Unveil Debidue Island Renourishment Plan

    19 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    The bid package has been issued yesterday for the proposed beach renourishment project for the DeBordieu Colony Community Association (DCCA) on Debidue Island, SC. This project is planned for the winter of 2013/2014. The proposed project involves the placement of ~650,000 cubic yards of beach quality sediment along ~8,000 feet of the Debidue Island shoreline. […]

  • USA: Palm Beach Island to Be Beach Renourishment Model

    20 June 2012

    South Florida beach renourishment program will get a new plan to avoid frequent sand storms in these areas, according to SunSentinel. Florida Department of Environmental Protection presented a plan to make Palm Beach Island a model of cooperative beach projection. Danielle Fondren, chief of the environmental agency’s Bureau of Beaches and Coastal Systems stated: “We […]

  • Okaloosa County Abolishes Island Beach Renourishment (USA)

    18 January 2012

    Okaloosa County commissioners abolished the beach renourishment project, but they will maintain the county’s five year dredging permit. The County commissioners held a public meeting Tuesday night to consider abolishing property assessed annual fees, or MSBU funding, to pay for the project. A lot of residents showed up at the Emerald Coast Convention Center to […]

  • USA: Renourishment Project on Treasure Island Under Way

    25 August 2010

    River dredging project financed by the World Bank seems to get serious attention from a number of developed countries. Contractors from at… By Sheila Mullane Estrada (tampabay) [mappress] Source: tampabay, August 25, 2010;

  • USA: Beach Renourishment at Treasure Island Kicks Off

    6 August 2010

    A multi-million-dollar beach renourishment project is now underway in Pinellas County. Crews started dredging sand from John’s Pass and … (myfoxtampabay) [mappress] Source: myfoxtampabay, August 6, 2010;

  • Boxship dodges pirate attack south of Bonny Island

    30 March 2020
    Vessels

    Liberia-flagged containership MV Lana escaped pirate hands on Friday, March 27, while sailing south of Bonny Island, Nigeria. A skiff with six people on board attacked the ship and fired shots at the vessel, Dryad Global informed. The attack took place 99 nautical miles south off Bonny Island, and 30 nautical miles south-east from the […]

  • Plan for Long Island Sound Groin Reconstruction on Display

    27 June 2018
    Business & Finance

    Permit applicant Mark Lender is seeking a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, to conduct work in waters of the U.S. in conjunction with placing stones to reconstruct a groin in Long Island Sound, Clinton, Conn. The proposed work involves the placement of 80 cubic yards of stone into a 360-square-foot […]

  • Canary Islands Aim for 300MW of Offshore Wind by 2025

    9 July 2018
    Business & Finance

    Canary Islands, Spain, are targeting 300MW of installed offshore wind capacity by 2025 as part of an objective to have 45% of renewable energy in their energy mix by that time. 

  • Seabased grabs Canary Islands wave power chance

    2 May 2018
    Business & Finance, Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Seabased, a Swedish wave energy company, has teamed up with Infocom Connect to provide wave power for commercial projects in the Canary Islands.