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  • HHI Releases Update on South Island Emergency Beach Fill

    4 September 2017
    Business & Finance

    The Town of Hilton Head Island has just released the latest update on their beach renourishment project, saying that approximately 100,000 cubic yards of sand have been placed along 4,000 feet of shoreline so far. Sand placement activities between Green Winged Teal Road and Brown Pelican Road, conducted by the contractor Marinex Construction, were completed a […]

  • Governor Cuomo Announces $151M for Staten Island Coastal Resiliency

    31 May 2017
    Business & Finance

    Governor Andrew M. Cuomo yesterday announced a $151 million state investment to build a multi-use elevated promenade to improve the resilience of Staten Island’s east shore and enhance waterfront access for surrounding communities. The coastal resiliency project, a seven-mile long seawall stretching from Fort Wadsworth to Oakwood Beach, will protect communities from severe coastal flooding, […]

  • Poland to Team up with Dutch Partners on Inland Navigation Projects

    16 October 2018
    Business & Finance

    By 2030 all main Polish rivers will be used for inland navigation, announced the Deputy Minister Anna Moskwa of Maritime Economy and Inland Waterways during recent ‘Transport Connects, Water Unites’ seminar in Warsaw. The seminar was organised on October 11th on the occasion of a Dutch water and maritime trade mission to Poland. According to […]

  • Marshall Islands Registry Tops 125 Million Ton Mark

    6 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Registry has exceeded the 125 million gross ton mark, a 25% increase in tonnage since the Registry reached 100 million gross tons in January of 2014. As of September 30, the Registry stood at 125.5 million gross tons and over 3,640 vessels. International Registries, Inc. and its affiliates (IRI), […]

  • USACE Organizes Open House on Beaver Island Project (USA)

    20 March 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The Rock Island District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) intends to partner with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (IA DNR) on a feasibility study identifying and investigating ecosystem restoration opportuinities within Pool 14. The proposed study is located between river mile 513.0-515.5 in […]

  • Minister Welcomes Victoria’s Commitment to Lindsay Island Project (Australia)

    14 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    Lindsay Island in the Murray Sunset National Park will be Victoria’s first project to recover water for the environment using the Murray Darling-Basin Plan adjustment mechanism. Under the Basin Plan, states can put forward projects to recover water for the environment through environmental works and measures using funds that had been allocated for buyback. Federal […]

  • Officials Urge Corps to Expedite Fire Island Project (USA)

    23 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer, Kirsten Gillibrand and Congressman Tim Bishop urged the Army Corps of Engineers to immediately approve and begin work on emergency stabilization projects at Fire Island dunes and downtown Montauk for hurricane protection, flood control and beach nourishment. The stabilization projects, which are part of the larger New York Fire Island […]

  • USA: Court Denies Permit for Private Marina on Wilmington Island

    26 February 2014

    A state court upheld Georgia’s Coastal Marshlands Protection Committee’s denial of a permit for a private marina proposed to be built in state marshlands on Wilmington Island, east of Savannah, Georgia. The court ruled that the permit applicant, Bull River Bluff Properties, LLC, had not demonstrated that its asserted need for a marina could not […]

  • Burlington Island Dredge Spoils Protest Scheduled for Saturday (USA)

    15 June 2011

    The custodians of Burlington Island have teamed with a potential developer to stage a formal protest Saturday of the property’s… By Jeannie O’Sullivan (phillyburbs) [mappress] Source: phillyburbs, June 15, 2011

  • Greens: Abrolhos Islands Threatened by New Exploration Licences (Australia)

    27 May 2013

    The Australian Greens say the Federal Government is threatening WA’s iconic Abrolhos Islands by releasing acreage for oil and gas exploration that encroaches on the area. “The Abrolhos Islands are iconic in WA, they are a unique marine environment with many threatened species and are important to WA fishing industries. These low-lying islands would be […]

  • Corps Awards Contract for Coney Island Beach Restoration (USA)

    22 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District has awarded a $7.3 million contract to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company of Oak Brook, Ill., to place approximately 600,000 cubic yards of sand along the beach at Coney Island in the area of the previously constructed coastal storm risk reduction project there. The work […]

  • USA: Inland Waterways Conference to Take Place in New Orleans

    23 January 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The 2014 Inland Waterways Conference (March 5 – 7, 2014, 601 Loyola Avenue, New Orleans) is the only maritime industry event aimed squarely at the Inland Rivers of the United States and involves all segments of the maritime community in important deliberations and sessions. The 2014 Inland Waterways Conference will engage leaders from the United […]

  • EPA Selects Cleanup Plan for Tittabawassee River Island (USA)

    27 July 2011

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Dow Chemical have signed an agreement on a cleanup plan for a small island in the Tittabawassee River. The clean up work, which will prevent contaminated sediment from eroding and moving downstream, will occur this fall. The island is located near the intersection of M-47 and Weiss St., about […]

  • USA: Ecology Seeks Comment on Island County’s Shoreline Program

    24 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) seeks public comment on Island County’s recently updated shoreline master program. The proposed updated shoreline program will guide construction and development on the county’s 210 miles of marine and freshwater lake shorelines. The county’s proposed Shoreline Master Program consists of unique shoreline environment designations, buffers and setbacks. It combines […]

  • Rough Seas Delay Block Island Subsea Cable Installation

    7 June 2016
    Storage

    Adverse sea conditions have pushed back the installation of the 20-mile National Grid submarine cable from Narragansett, Rhode Island, to Block Island by one week. The cable laying barge Big Max was initially scheduled to install the cable last week, however, rough sea conditions postponed the works and the vessel is expected to start working off […]

  • Army Corps Resumes Cockreham Island Levee Repairs (USA)

    20 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    Work on the Cockreham Island Levee is set to resume today, when U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ officials return to complete repairs on a damaged levee segment located on the Skagit River’s right bank about one mile west of Hamilton, Wash. The $163,000 project will wrap-up repairs to the levee damaged in a November 2006 […]

  • Bulk Carrier Refloated after Grounding near Crims Island

    18 December 2017
    Business & Finance

    Ultramax bulk carrier KM London refloated in the Columbia River after running aground near Crims Island.

  • Rhode Island: CRMC Ceeks Pre-Proposals for Restoration Projects

    11 October 2018
    Business & Finance

    The Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) is currently seeking pre-proposals for habitat restoration project funding through its R.I. Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration Program and Trust Fund. The Rhode Island General Assembly established the Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration Program to facilitate design, planning, construction, and monitoring of coastal and estuarine restoration projects […]

  • Residents Don’t Want Burlington Island to Be a Dumping Site (USA)

    27 August 2010

    We, the Board of Island Managers in Burlington City, understand the Department of Environmental Protection’s task of providing dredge spoil… By Murray Sonstein (phillyburbs) [mappress] Source: phillyburbs, August 28, 2010;

  • First Dutch zero-emission inland vessel starts op

    7 September 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Environment, Infrastructure, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Transition, Vessels, Vision

    Sustainable inland shipping company Zero Emission Services (ZES) BV has started operations with the Alphenaar, the first Dutch inland vessel to use interchangeable energy containers for propulsion.

  • BC Ferries’ LNG-fueled ferry leaves Canary Islands

    2 December 2016
    Vessels

    BC Ferries said that its first LNG-fueled ferry, Salish Orca stopped in Santa Cruz, Canary Islands on Wednesday, November 30 for refuelling and provisioning.

  • FOGL Spuds Scotia Exploration Well Off Falkland Islands

    25 September 2012
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    FOGL, the oil and gas exploration company focused on its extensive licence areas to the South and East of the Falkland Islands, announces that the Scotia exploration well FI 31/12-01 was spudded on 25 September 2012. The well is located 315 km east – northeast of Stanley, Falkland Islands and 114 km from the Loligo […]

  • FOGL: 3D Seismic Shoot Starts Offshore Falkland Islands

    12 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    FOGL, the oil and gas exploration company focused on its extensive licence areas to the South and East of the Falkland Islands, today announced that the PGS M/V Ramform Sterling has commenced a 3D seismic survey over the mid Cretaceous Diomedia fan complex within the southern area licences. The survey will cover a minimum area […]

  • Cairn taps Island Drilling rig for North Sea well

    14 August 2019
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Island Drilling Company has received a letter of intent from Capricorn Norge for operations in the North Sea offshore Norway.

  • Australia: Department of Defence Plans to Begin Dredging at Garden Island

    28 April 2010

    The Department of Defence and the Royal Australian Navy plan to start dredging sediment at Garden Island by the end of this month. The site was last dredged in 1999. The sediment has been classed as “solid waste” according to the Defence Department but may also be contaminated with… [mappress] Source:sydney-central,April 28,2010;