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  • Small Island States Still Cut Off from Major Trade Routes

    21 November 2014

    Small island developing states (SIDS) face severe and complex transport challenges, UNCTAD’s Review of Maritime Transport 2014 reports. For UNCTAD, the way forward requires a portfolio of measures spanning a range of areas, including trade logistics, climate change and resilience-building, energy, and the financing of sustainable and resilient transport systems. In this International Year of […]

  • Abu Dhabi Executive Committee Approves Funds for New Port on Delma Island

    27 February 2013
    Business & Finance

      The Executive Committee of Abu Dhabi Executive Council today approved funds for a designing and constructing a new port on Delma Island. The approval was given at a meeting chaired by Sheikh Sultan Bin Tahnoun Al Nahyan, Chairman of Abu Dhabi Tourism and Cultural Authority (TCA) and member of the Executive Council. The project […]

  • Chinese cargo ship with nickel ore sinks off Japan Southern Islands

    16 November 2010

    AHN reported that Taiwanese maritime authorities have as saying that a Chinese cargo ship sank off Japan’s southern islands, killing 2 out of 25 crewmen on board. 3 others were reportedly injured but a joint Taiwan and Japan rescue mission saved the sailors. Coastguard officials said that the rescue mission came to action after Taiwan […]

  • Local Diver Discovers Pirate Ship Wreck Off Foa Island, Tonga

    9 August 2012

    Based on the latest developments, the sea depths have decided to unveil one of its well-guarded secrets, namely the whereabouts of the wreck of the Port-au-Prince, a privateer ship of war filled with raided treasures. The ship has been rediscovered this month off the coast of Foa Island, located within the Ha’apai Group in the […]

  • FMC Technologies Wins LWI Services Contract Extension from Island Offshore

    2 May 2013
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    FMC Technologies, Inc. announced that it has been awarded a two year extension to an existing contract by Island Offshore Management AS (Island Offshore) to provide Light Well Intervention (LWI) services. The LWI services will be performed from Island Offshore’s Island Constructor vessel on wells operated by BP Exploration Operating Company Ltd (BP). LWI services […]

  • Island Offshore Bags LWI Contract from Premier Oil Off UK

    29 August 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Island Offshore, a leading global Light Well Intervention (LWI) specialist, has been selected by Premier Oil UK Limited to undertake a new LWI service contract on the UK Continental Shelf. The win strengthens Island Offshore’s established position in the dynamic and competitive North Sea marketplace. Premier, a growing oil and gas exploration and production company, […]

  • British Antarctic Survey Discovers Underwater Volcanoes Around South Sandwich Islands

    11 July 2011
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

      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 […]

  • Despite lay-ups, PSV market still oversupplied, Island Offshore says

    31 May 2016

    Island Offshore, a provider of offshore vessels for the oil and gas industry, has said that despite vessel lay-ups the platform supply vessel market is still oversupplied.  The company has 29 vessels in operation within the vessel segments PSV, AHTS, Well Stimulation (WS), Subsea Construction (SCV) and Light Well Intervention (LWI), with 4 PSV vessels currently […]

  • Norway: Island Offshore Orders Two PSVs from STX OSV Brevik

    17 September 2012
    Business & Finance

    Island Offshore has declared an option with STX OSV Brevik to build 2 medium size PSV`s type UT 717 CD. These vessels will become number 3 & 4 in the series and they will be delivered in November 2013 and February 2014. The hulls will be delivered from STX OSV Braila in Romania and completed […]

  • K Line’s PSV Supports Statoil’s Drilling Ops Offshore Faroe Islands

    4 July 2012

    K Line Offshore has announced that the large PSV KL Brofjord, built in 2011, commenced on a contract for Statoil on 14th June. The contract period is for approximately 130 days. The vessel will serve the COSL Pioneer, semi submersible rig which is presently drilling  at Brugdan II prospect offshore Faroe Islands. “This contract with […]

  • Falkland Islands: Preliminary Results Show that Rachel North Well is an Oil Discovery

    2 December 2010
    Business & Finance

    Desire Petroleum plc  the oil and gas company wholly focussed on the North Falkland Basin, wishes to advise that the 14/15-2 Rachel North well has reached a total depth of 3052 metres. Preliminary data collected indicate that this well is an oil discovery. The company has run an initial suite of wireline logs and this […]

  • USA: Rooster Petroleum Strikes Oil at Eugene Island 28 Well in the GoM

    11 October 2010

    The Rooster EI 28 Well #6 encountered 60’ of high quality pay in two zones of stacked Cib Carst reservoir sands. Pressure data indicates that these zones are part of the same accumulations. The Well #6 was drilled to a total depth of 10,950’ in 15 feet of water. Initial production from the lower Cib […]

  • Shelf Drilling hires Drydocks to repair ‘High Island IV’ jack-up

    27 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Exploration & Production

    Drydocks World has been chosen to carry out the drydocking and repairs of the jack-up “High Island IV” for Shelf Drilling, one of the major players in the shallow water drilling market, and owners of 40 rigs worldwide.  Drydocks World-Dubai has a successful past with Shelf Drilling, previously completing a variety of work on six […]

  • UK: Aft Island of First Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carrier Departed

    13 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    The BAE Systems built Aft Island of the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carrier was yesterday loaded onto a sea-going barge ahead of its journey from the company’s Scotstoun site to Rosyth. The Aft Island, also known as Upper Block 14, is the final section of the first of class HMS Queen Elizabeth to be delivered […]

  • Further focus on core activities: SMIT sells inland river operation Gabon

    16 May 2007

    In line with SMIT’s strive to focus on its core activities SMIT announces that it has sold its inland river operation in Gabon to Ortec Marine. The sale involves 7 tugs and 7 barges.

  • VIDEO: Work on Curtis Island LNG Projects Leads to Extinction of Sea Turtles

    29 August 2013

     Turtle Island Restoration Network (TIRN) and The Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) said that the Australia Pacific and Queensland LNG projects are destroying sea turtle and dugong habitat along Curtis Island in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and polluting the Gladstone harbor with toxic dredge sediments. These environmental societies are warning that the massive fracking […]

  • Norway: STX OSV Secures Contract for Construction of Two PSV for Island Offshore

    9 June 2011

    STX OSV Holdings Limited, one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, is pleased to announce that it has secured new contracts for the construction of two Platform Supply Vessels (PSV) for Island Offshore. The total value of the contracts amounts to approximately NOK 750 million(139.1 million USD). The vessels […]

  • Krill Harvesting Vessel Saga Sea Sails to Falkland Islands for Repair Work

    16 March 2012
    Business & Finance

    Aker BioMarine’s krill harvesting vessel Saga Sea has sailed to the Falkland Islands after incurring an injury on its propulsion system. The injury occurred in connection with at-sea transshipment. The repair work is ongoing and the company expects that the work will be completed within a few days so that Saga Sea will return to […]

  • Monkey Island LNG hires Aecom to lead FERC pre-filing process

    25 July 2017

    Monkey Island LNG, formerly known as SCT&E LNG, has selected Aecom to coordinate the environmental analysis and engineering services for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission pre-filing review process and application. 

  • U.S. National Grid to Build Block Island OWF Subsea Transmission Link

    21 March 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Storage

    U.S. National Grid has submitted a proposal to the Rhode Island Division of Public Utilities and Carriers (DPUC) for construction of a transmission system to connect Deepwater Wind’s Block Island Offshore Wind Farm to the mainland via a subsea cable. In 2012, National Grid and Deepwater Wind were negotiating an option for Deepwater to build […]

  • Master Point Rope Access Solutions Bags Block Island OWF Contract

    26 May 2017

    Master Point Rope Access Solutions will be the first rope access service provider for Block Island Wind Farm, the first offshore wind farm in the United States, according to the company’s social media pages.

  • Carnegie Activates CETO Unit off Garden Island Ahead of Schedule (Australia)

    20 April 2011

    Carnegie Wave Energy has notched up a major win in the race to commercialise new renewable energy technologies, after becoming the first…   By Rachel Donkin (thewest) [mappress] Source: thewest, April 20, 2011;

  • Rhode Island To Provide Economic Benefits From Offshore Wind Project (USA)

    30 July 2010
    Business & Finance

    Deepwater Wind’s proposed offshore wind projects could provide significant economic benefits to Rhode Island, according to analysis…   by Angela Beniwal (nawindpower) [mappress] Source: nawindpower, July 30, 2010;

  • Australia: Curtis Island LNG projects urged to help domestic gas market

    14 March 2017

    Australia is in urgent need of new and diverse sources of gas supply into the domestic market, the country’s Competition & Consumer Commission chairman Rod Sims, said urging the LNG producers to support the domestic market.

  • USA: Public Comment Period for Block Island Offshore Wind Farm Extended

    24 December 2012

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District has extended the public comment period until Feb. 10, 2013 for those who want to submit comments on the Deepwater Wind proposal to construct five wind turbine generators and do other work off the southeast coast of Block Island, Rhode Island. In response to additional requests […]