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  • USA: Construction of Island in Illinois River Makes Progress

    3 October 2011

    Construction of an island in the middle of the Illinois River and Lake Peoria has started as part of a project the U.S. Army Corps of … (chron) [mappress] Source: chron, October 3, 2011;

  • DMR: More Restoration Work for Deer Island (USA)

    13 June 2012

    Dredge material from the State Port at Gulfport will be used to help restore Deer Island, according to wlox.com. Plans are underway to create another 50 acres of marshland near the eastern tip of the island. The main goal of the ongoing restoration work is to return the island to its 1850s footprint. “Currently putting […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Sand Pumping Work Progresses at Hilton Head Island

    4 August 2016
    Business & Finance

    In its latest update on their 2016 Beach Nourishment Project, the Town of Hilton Head Island announces the pending completion of sand placement activities at South Beach adjacent to the Sea Pines Resort. “Once finished here, 4 of 6 project segments will have been completed with approximately 1/2 of the project’s total sand volume in […]

  • 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 […]

  • New Study Focuses on Inland Shipping Project in Indonesia

    5 April 2016
    Business & Finance

    A consortium consisting of PT BITA Enarcon Engineering, Maritime & Transport Business Solutions (MTBS) and lead contractor Witteveen+Bos Indonesia was commissioned recently to study the feasibility of an inland shipping route between the industrial area in the Cikarang/Bekasi region and the Port of Tanjung Priok. The contract was awarded by PT Pengembang Pelabuhan Indonesia. The […]

  • 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 […]

  • GLDD Completes Long Beach Island Replenishment Scheme

    1 December 2016
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ contractor Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company (GLDD) completed the Holgate beachfill operations on November 23, 2016, marking the conclusion of initial construction of Long Beach Island’s dune and berm system. Dune grass planting is also in progress, with completion anticipated by mid-February. As the USACE said on its […]

  • Marker Wadden Archipelago to Get Four New Islands

    12 March 2017
    Business & Finance

    The construction of four new islands of the Marker Wadden archipelago was officially inaugurated last week by Dutch Transport Minister, Melanie Schultz van Haegen. The islands are being constructed by Boskalis on behalf of nature conservation organization Natuurmonumenten and national department of public works Rijkswaterstaat, and are expected to be ready by 2018, the Dutch […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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, […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • UAE: Nakheel denies reports that The World Islands are sinking

    3 February 2010

    Nakheel has issued a statement denying reports that The World Islands are sinking. [mappress] Source: Construction Week Online, February 3, 2010;

  • 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 […]

  • 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.