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  • UK: SSE’s Commissioned Offshore Wind Farm Capacity Increases to 256MW

    27 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    SSE is hosting an event for analysts and investors today (Wednesday 27 June) and tomorrow in Glasgow and at Clyde wind farm to present its approach to managing its large capital projects.  SSE will set out the way it works to ensure that such projects are governed, developed, approved and executed in an effective manner.  SSE […]

  • EPA Green Lights Bluebelt Expansion (USA)

    31 January 2014
    Business & Finance

    U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer yesterday announced that, after his push, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has dropped their objection to the Staten Island Bluebelt expansion project to get underway. The Bluebelt expansion project recently received $7.5 million in federal funds from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) after another push by Senator Schumer. […]

  • Enagás unit receives funding to boost LNG and BioLNG supply in Canary Islands

    11 November 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    Scale Gas, a subsidiary of Spanish energy company Enagás, has received funding from the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda to boost the construction of a bunkering vessel for the supply of LNG and BioLNG in the Canary Islands. Scale Gas will receive a total of €15 million and plans to start construction of […]

  • Ingine inks deal for onshore wave power plant on Canada’s Vancouver Island

    4 August 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology, Transition

    South Korean wave energy developer Ingine has signed an agreement with Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation tribe for the installation of an onshore wave energy system in a remote part of Canada’s Vancouver Island.

  • UK: Shetland Islands Council Invites Tenders for Underwater Cable Laying Works

    13 January 2012
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Shetland Islands Council has announced a tender procedure for underwater cable laying works. The Council intends to place an underwater fiber optic telecommunications cable in Clift Sound from the Trondra Bridge to Maywick. The works consist of laying a cable from an existing manhole adjacent to the Trondra Bridge to Faroese Telecom’s building at Maywick. […]

  • USA: New York Starts Seafloor Mapping Project of Long Island Sound

    13 August 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Public officials, scientists and the public will have the opportunity to tour a research vessel that will map the bottom of Long Island Sound, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today announced. The vessel will be used as part of an effort to gather information and data on the seafloor to help guide […]

  • Australia: Scientists Discover Two Sunken Islands, Part of Former Supercontinent Gondwana

    6 December 2011
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    As a developer of systems that allow us to look into the hidden secrets of the oceans, Kongsberg Maritime has played its part in many amazing discoveries over the years. Scientists all over the world use our hydroacoustic technology to get a clear view on what is happening below the waves. Some projects support industry […]

  • Norway: ConocoPhillips Receives Consent to Use Island Constructor for Well Intervention on Ekofisk

    30 June 2011
    Operations & Maintenance

      ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS has received consent to use the Island Constructor mobile facility for well intervention on Ekofisk 2/4 VA. The consent relates to well intervention on the eight 2/4 Victor Alpha injection wells. The activity has a planned duration of 30 days. Island Constructor  is a well intervention facility operated by Island Offshore […]

  • Pacific Islands May Become Refuge for Corals in Warming Climate, Study Shows

    1 May 2012
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Scientists have predicted that ocean temperatures will rise in the equatorial Pacific by the end of the century, wreaking havoc on coral reef ecosystems. But a new study shows that climate change could cause ocean currents to operate in a surprising way and mitigate the warming near a handful of islands right on the equator. […]

  • New Zealand: Belgium Ambassador Supports Deep Sea Mining in Cook Islands

    24 October 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

      Belgium’s ambassador to the Cook Islands has concluded a ten-day visit offering support in the islands’ possible quest to explore deep…   (rnzi) [mappress] Source: rnzi, October 24 , 2011

  • First Two Portside Sponsons Installed on Costa Concordia Offshore Giglio Island

    19 April 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    On April 17th, the positioning of the first portside sponson (p10) has been succesfully completed at the site of Costa Concordia wreck. Operations have continued yesterday with installation of the second sponson (p11) offshore Giglio Island. Eventually, the sponsons will be welded on the hull of the wreck . At the same time, drillings for […]

  • Island Offshore vessel duo cleared to work on two North Sea fields

    30 January 2018

    Statoil has received consent from the PSA to use two Island Offshore-owned vessels for well intervention at two North Sea fields.

  • USA: Budget Proposal Includes $27 Million for Craney Island Terminal Expansion

    15 February 2011

    The Craney Island port expansion project would gain more than $27 million in federal funding under President Barack Obama’s 2012 budget … (wdbj7) [mappress] Source: wdbj7, February 15, 2011;

  • Australia: Dredging on Main Channel Between Jacobs Well and Tulleen Island Begins

    6 April 2011

    The trail suction hopper dredger “Faucon” will be undertaking dredge works at slow speeds in the main channel between Jacobs Well and…   By Lee Shipley (bayjournal) [mappress] Source: bayjournal, April 6, 2011    

  • HHLA, Port of Braunschweig partner up on eco-friendly inland waterway shipping

    23 July 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics

    Last week, HHLA and Hafenbetriebsgesellschaft Braunschweig mbH signed a strategic partnership agreement to promote environmentally friendly transport between Hamburg and the inland port in Lower Saxony.

  • New Law to Ban Oil & Gas Activity at Sable Island Area (Canada)

    25 April 2013

      Nova Scotia yesterday introduced legislation which will limit oil and gas activities at Sable Island and help it become a national park. Sable Island is a small island situated 300 kilometres southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and about 175 kilometres southeast of the closest point of mainland Nova Scotia in the Atlantic Ocean. The […]

  • Falkland Islands: Rockhopper Exploration Spuds 14/10-6 Appraisal Well

    18 July 2011
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Rockhopper Exploration plc, the North Falkland Basin oil and gas exploration company, announces that the 14/10-6 appraisal well (“the Well”) was spudded at 21:25 hrs BST on 15 July 2011. The Well is situated on Licence PL032, which is 100% owned and operated by Rockhopper, and is the third appraisal well to be drilled on […]

  • Cruise Ship Denied Entry to Jamaica, Cayman Islands amid Coronavirus Fears

    26 February 2020

    A cruise ship denied port access to Jamaica and Cayman Islands amid coronavirus precaution measures.

  • Carnival to Operate Santa Cruz de Tenerife Cruise Terminal in Canary Islands

    4 December 2018
    Business & Finance

    Carnival Corporation to operate the Canary Islands’ and Mid Atlantic’s newest cruise terminal.

  • UK: Inland Waterways Association Issues Call to Arms Over Waterway Funding

    4 November 2011

    IWA is asking all waterway supporters to act now to secure the future of the Canal and River Trust. Things are at a critical juncture for the transfer of British Waterways​’ managed canals and rivers into the Canal and River Trust. The money is everything. A good deal from Defra will deliver a significant Big […]

  • Marshall Islands First Country to Adopt Maritime Amendment Act (No. 1), 2013

    8 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    On March 6, 2013, The Republic of the Marshall Islands’ Nitijela passed the Maritime Amendment Act (No. 1), 2013 – a legislative initiative of key significance to the international marine finance community. The first-of-its-kind legislation permits a “financing charter” to be treated as a preferred mortgage in favor of the registered owner of a Marshall […]

  • Germany: SCHOTTEL Rim Thruster (SRT) for OSVs, Superyachts and Inland Water Vessels

    6 June 2012

    Reduced noise and vibration, high efficiency, savings in space and weight as well as eco-friendliness – these are important requirements to be met by thrusters for vessels frequently operating in DP mode, or whenever comfort is of utmost importance. With the SCHOTTEL Rim Thruster (SRT) the German propulsion experts have extended their product spectrum, adding […]

  • Russia: RS Gets Recognision as Classification Society for Marine and Inland Waterway Vessels

    22 February 2012

    Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) is now officially recognised by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union as a classification society fully meeting the criteria for the relevant work under Directive 2006/87/EC. The Directive establishes the technical requirements to inland waterway vessels for operation on all European inland waterways, including the […]

  • British Antarctic Survey Discovers Underwater Volcanoes Around South Sandwich Islands

    12 July 2011
    Business & Finance

      Scientists from British Antarctic Survey have discovered previously unknown volcanoes in the ocean waters around the remote South Sandwich Islands. Using ship-borne sea-floor mapping technology during research cruises onboard the RRS James Clark Ross, the scientists found 12 volcanoes beneath the sea surface — some up to 3km high. They found 5km diameter craters […]

  • COSCO Shipyard Delivers Semi-Sub Drilling Platform ISLAND INNOVATOR (China)

    27 September 2012
    Business & Finance

    On September 26, 2012, the sixth-generation semi-submersible drilling platform ISLAND INNOVATOR was successfully delivered by COSCO Shipyard Group. Built for Norwegian shipowners, the multifunctional platform, detailed design, production design, procurement of equipment, system installation and commissioning of which are completed by COSCO Shipyard, represents the highest level of technology among products of the same type […]