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  • Pacific and Caribbean Island States Urge Action Against Rising Seas

    2 October 2015

    Islands States from the Pacific and Caribbean took to the podium of the United Nations General Assembly on October 1 to call for urgent action on climate change, with President Peter Christian of Micronesia warning that their people and culture face “potential genocide” from rising seas. President Christian voiced hope that the international climate change conference in […]

  • NNS to Place Island on Aircraft Carrier Gerald R. Ford, USA

    20 January 2013

    Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) will on Saturday, Jan. 26th, lift and place the 555-metric ton island onto the flight deck of Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), the first of the next-generation class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. The ship’s sponsor and President and Mrs. Gerald R. Ford’s daughter, Susan Ford Bales, will participate in the event. The Gerald […]

  • Australia: Two Incat Catamarans for Curtis Island QCLNG Project Delivered

    21 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    Riverside Marine and Incat Crowther announced, Dec. 21 st, deployment of two new 32m catamarans Riverside Catalina and Riverside Mandalay, supporting the construction and operation of the Curtis Island QCLNG plant in Gladstone, Queensland, Australia. These vessels offer reduced fuel burn, and lower cost of operation when compared with vessels of similar type.  Leveraging from […]

  • US Elba Island LNG export project pushed back again

    18 October 2018
    Ports & Logistics

    US energy company Kinder Morgan said on Wednesday that the start-up of its Elba Island liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project near Savannah, Georgia had been pushed back, again. “Our Elba liquefaction project, we now anticipate that it will be in service in the first quarter of 2019,” Kim Dang, President of Kinder Morgan said during […]

  • Bechtel to complete three more Curtis Island LNG trains in 2015

    9 June 2015

    Bechtel informed it is on track to complete the construction of an additional three liquefied natural gas production trains on Curtis Island by the end of 2015, quadrupling Queensland’s LNG production.

  • Australia: Curtis Island LNG exports reach 1.64 mt in November

    29 December 2016

    LNG exports from the three liquefaction plants located on Curtis Island off Gladstone reached 1.64 million tons during the month of November.

  • First Nations calling for Petronas to withdrav from Leelu Island site

    6 November 2014

    First Nations have voiced their opposition against the proposed Petronas LNG project on Leelu Island calling for the company to withdraw from the site immediately.

  • EU seeks delivery body to bring clean energy projects to islands

    15 January 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    The European Commission has launched a tender to set up and operate the secretariat that will provide advisory and administrative support to islands in pursuit of clean energy transition.

  • German wave power start-up eyes Dutch ABC islands

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

    SINN Power has presented the potential of its wave energy technology for providing clean and renewable power to three Dutch islands in the Caribbean Sea as part of government-backed energy export initiative.

  • Australia: Curtis Island LNG projects ship 24 cargoes in March

    12 April 2017

    The three liquefaction plants located on Curtis Island off Gladstone shipped a total of 24 cargoes during March 2017.

  • India to set up storage facilities to support inland LNG shipping

    13 September 2016

    Haldia Dock Complex under India’s Kolkata Port Trust has recently earmarked about 10 acres of land for a period of 30 years for setting up of LNG storage facilities set to support the use of LNG as fuel for barges.

  • FERC issues favorable EA for Elba Island LNG export project

    8 February 2016

    The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has on Friday released a favorable environmental assessment for Kinder Morgan’s $2.1 billion Elba liquefaction and export project. Kinder Morgan units Elba Liquefaction Company (ELC), Southern LNG Company (SLNG), and Elba Express Company (EEC) are planning to add natural gas liquefaction and exporting capabilities to SLNG’s existing Elba Island LNG terminal and abandon […]

  • Plans for Wind Farm off Block Island Move Forward (USA)

    12 September 2011

    WRNI News Director Catherine Welch and a rotating panel of speakers breezed through just about everything most folks would ever want to know… By Elise Burroughs (northkingstown) [mappress] Source: northkingstown, September 12, 2011

  • Plans for Wind Farm off Block Island Move Forward (USA)

    12 September 2011

    WRNI News Director Catherine Welch and a rotating panel of speakers breezed through just about everything most folks would ever want to know… By Elise Burroughs (northkingstown) [mappress] Source: northkingstown, September 12, 2011

  • Natural Power to Map Shetland Islands Marine Renewable Resources (UK)

    21 February 2011
    Research & Development

    Natural Power’s marine renewables team have been working with Shetland Islands Council over the past 12 months to map their marine renewable resources as a follow on to the Council’s successful Marine Spatial Planning exercise and are looking forward to publishing the results in the spring of 2011. Building on their successful resource modelling work […]

  • Germanischer Lloyd and Bureau Veritas Develop New Rules for Inland Vessels

    22 August 2006

    New rules for inland vessels have been developed jointly by Germanischer Lloyd and Bureau Veritas. They have entered into force with effect from August 1, 2006, for all inland vessels with the French and German classification societies and contracted for construction on or after that date. In addition, the rules will apply to existing vessels […]

  • LNG Industry to Contribute AUD 34.5 Million for Curtis Island Conservation

    2 September 2013

    Queensland’s natural gas industry welcomed the State Government’s announcement that an extra 2,900 hectares of land on Curtis Island had been dedicated as a protected area. The move has been supported by funding from the natural gas companies QGC, Santos GLNG, Australia Pacific LNG and Arrow Energy. The industry will contribute A$34.5 million for the […]

  • Island Global Yachting Acquires the Marina at Rodney Bay, St. Lucia

    9 January 2007

    The facilities and services of the Rodney Bay Marina will be upgraded to meet the standards of IGY’s growing portfolio of mega-yacht and luxury marinas worldwide. IGY currently operates luxury and mega-yacht marinas in St. Maarten, St. Thomas, Mexico and the Middle East. IGY also is currently developing additional facilities in The Bahamas, St. Maarten, […]

  • EFIP Welcomes LNG as Alternative Fuel Policy for Inland Ports in EU

    15 February 2013

    On 24 January the European Commission published its Clean Fuel Strategy. The aim of this strategy is to address the remaining barriers preventing the real breakthrough of alternative fuels. As part of this strategy, the Commission obliges all TEN-T core inland ports to have a publicly accessible LNG refuelling point for inland waterway transport  by […]

  • Staten Island Ferry Converts Austen Class Ferries to LNG (USA)

    24 December 2012
    Vessels

    The Staten Island Ferry said it has selected the Passenger Vessel Association’s (PVA) Green WATERS Program as its environmental stewardship program.   The program is designed specifically for passenger vessel operators to promote and enhance environmentally responsible practices, Staten Island Ferry said in a statement. “The Staten Island Ferry is the nation’s largest passenger-only ferry system today […]

  • BMT Nigel Gee Initiates Cooperation with Cayman Island Shipping Registry

    12 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    BMT Nigel Gee, a subsidiary of BMT Group, is set to launch its latest technical paper in collaboration with the Cayman Island Shipping Registry (CISR). Developed to provide insight for a wide range of industry stakeholders, the paper examines aspects of the 2010 Passenger Yacht Code (PYC) which aims to provide a Safety of Life […]

  • USA: New Passenger Ferry to Replace M/V Island Romance

    3 August 2012

    U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee, recently announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) will award $2.4 million in federal funding to the Maine Department of Transportation for ferry service improvements in Maine. The funding, which is being distributed through the DOT’s Ferry Boat Discretionary Program, will be […]

  • Basse-Normandie and Channel Islands Sign Marine Renewables Cooperation Agreement

    14 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    On the occasion of Thetis MRE, international convention of Marine Renewable Energy (MRE), held in Cherbourg – France, the representatives of West Normandy Marine Energy (WNME) and the Channel Islands Marine Renewable Energy Group (CIMREG) have signed a Framework of Cooperation on MRE. Basse-Normandie Region and the Manche Department have developed a strong relationship with […]

  • UK, Scotland Energy Authorities Work on Connecting Scottish Islands to Mainland

    27 June 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Storage

    Scottish Energy Minister Fergus Ewing and UK Energy Secretary Ed Davey have jointly chaired a meeting of the Scottish Island Renewables Delivery Forum. Key decision makers met yesterday to agree a timetable for practical action to connect Scotland’s islands to the mainland transmission grid and unlock their huge potential to generate clean energy.   Mr Ewing […]

  • Block Island Project Secures Financing, Steel in Water Planned for Summer

    3 March 2015
    Business & Finance

    Deepwater Wind, the US wind energy developer, has fully financed its Block Island project, reaching financial close on more than $290 million in project financing. Mandated Lead Arrangers Societe Generale and KeyBank National Association provided the funding for the wind farm. With these major agreements, Deepwater Wind has now secured all debt and equity funding needed […]