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  • Foyne Port Expansion Underway

    25 February 2015
    Business & Finance

    Ireland’s bulk port company Shannon Foynes Port Company (SFPC) has launched a EUR 50 million (USD 56.7m) capital investment programme at Foynes, the first major infrastructure project in any seaport in Ireland since the 1990’s.  As part of the port company’s Vision 2041  masterplan, SFPC will commence a seven year programme in quayside infrastructure development with a […]

  • Chrysaor Agrees $175 Million Funding

    5 July 2013

    Chrysaor Holdings Limited , an independent exploration and production company focused on developing and commercialising oil and gas discoveries in the UK North Sea and Ireland, has successfully agreed terms for a $175m equity investment. The successful fundraising is from a combination of new and existing shareholders together with a significant investment by senior management. The new funds […]

  • Australia: QCLNG Project Moves Forward (VIDEO)

    25 February 2013

    QGC, a BG unit and the operator of the QCLNG project in Australia, said in a statement that engineers have completed a world-class engineering achievement in simultaneously laying two, 1m-diameter gas pipelines across Gladstone Harbour. The safely completed 72-hour operation to winch the pipelines 2.3km from the mainland to Curtis Island represents Australia’s longest large-diameter […]

  • UK government sets up £11M fund to boost green innovation

    5 February 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology

    The UK government has launched a £11 million fund for energy entrepreneurs in an effort to drive forward the adoption of new clean technologies across all sectors of UK industry.

  • Boskalis Reports Lower Revenues, Increased Order Book

    10 May 2017
    Business & Finance

    Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has just released its latest trading update, saying that the market picture for the coming period would be characterized by continued lower volumes of work and pressure on both utilization levels and margins. Compared to the same period last year, revenue declined at virtually stable fleet utilization rates. Weak market conditions resulted […]

  • USA: Revitalization of State Park Boating Facilities Completed

    28 July 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (State Parks) announced the completion of three renovated boating facilities in the Thousand Islands and one in the Finger Lakes in time for the 2014 summer boating season. “The enduring traditions of boating and fishing in the Thousand Islands […]

  • Michigan Senators Highlight Coastal Erosion and Dredging Needs

    7 January 2020
    Business & Finance

    Michigan Senators Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters have urged the Department of the Army and the Office of Management and Budget to help Michigan communities effected by high water levels in the Great Lakes and inland waterways. According to the officials, extreme weather, flooding and erosion have led to damaged property, harbors, beaches, roads and […]

  • VIDEO: Cable laying at Galway Bay Ocean Energy test site

    18 May 2015
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    The 4 km subsea cable has been laid at Galway Bay, Ireland on April 10, 2015. The cable will supply power to the site and allow unlimited data transfer from the site for researchers testing innovative marine technology including renewable ocean energy devices. Research vessel Celtic Explorer was used to lay the cable, together with […]

  • Irish Renewables Cut CO2 Emissions by 23% in 2014

    13 November 2015

    The carbon content of electricity generation in Ireland fell to a record low last year, half the level it was in 1990, according to figures published by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). Renewable electricity helped Ireland avoid 2.6 million tonnes of CO2 emissions in 2014, and is now one of the single biggest […]

  • Appeals Court Reaches Decision on Lough Neagh Sand Dredging

    3 July 2017
    Business & Finance

    Friends of the Earth has welcomed last week’s Northern Ireland Court of Appeal decision that the government acted unlawfully by not stopping the dredging at Lough Neagh, one of Europe’s most important wetlands. The environmental campaign group brought the legal challenge over the Northern Ireland government’s failure to stop sand extraction from Lough Neagh, which […]

  • Stena Line Confirms Plans for Three Irish Sea Newbuilds

    12 June 2018

    Stena Line’s new RoPaxes will serve Holyhead – Dublin and Liverpool-Belfast routes.

  • UK: NIRIG Welcomes Crown Estate’s Announcement

    11 October 2012
    Authorities & Government

    The Northern Ireland Renewables Industry Group (NIRIG) has welcomed the announcement by the Crown Estate of the first round of leasing agreements for Northern Ireland, with the agreements going to First Flight Wind, Tidal Ventures and DP Marine Energy with partner DEME Blue Energy. This will open the way for Northern Ireland to benefit from […]

  • UK: NIRIG Welcomes Crown Estate’s Announcement

    11 October 2012
    Authorities & Government

    The Northern Ireland Renewables Industry Group (NIRIG) has welcomed the announcement by the Crown Estate of the first round of leasing agreements for Northern Ireland, with the agreements going to First Flight Wind, Tidal Ventures and DP Marine Energy with partner DEME Blue Energy. This will open the way for Northern Ireland to benefit from […]

  • USA: Verdant Power Installs 30 Turbines for Roosevelt Island Tidal Energy Project

    16 February 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    As part of the Roosevelt Island Tidal Energy project, 30 turbines are being installed along the strait that connects the Long Island Sound with the Atlantic Ocean in the New York Harbor. The project, led by Verdant Power, Inc., is the first ever commercially licensed tidal energy project in the United States. The turbines are […]

  • Statoil Receives Approval from PSA Norway to Use Island Wellserver Vessel on TOGI

    12 April 2011
    Business & Finance

    Statoil has received consent to use the Island Wellserver mobile facility for well intervention activities on Troll Oseberg Gass Injection (TOGI). In addition to the fields included in previous consents a need has arisen to carry out minor well intervention work on TOGI. The objective of the activity on TOGI is to permanently plugback all […]

  • Langlee Wave Power, Repnaval Shipyard to Develop Wave Power in Canary Islands, Spain

    24 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    Last week, during the EEA Grant Conference arranged by Innovation Norway and CDTI in Bergen, the Norwegian company Langlee Wave Power and Repnaval Shipyard (Zamakona Yards) signed an agreement for the development of wave power in the Canary islands. The two companies will file a common application to the EEA grants for development of renewable […]

  • Ship carrying more than 70 people sinks off Indonesia’s Sumatra Island

    21 June 2006

    JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) – A ship carrying more than 70 passengers and crew sunk off Indonesia’s Sumatra island on Thursday amid bad weather, a naval spokesman said. The accident occurred around 64 kilometres off the port of Sibolga on western Sumatra, Lt. Col.

  • Chinese to Invest EUR 140 Million in 300MW Puti Island Offshore Wind Farm

    28 March 2016
    Business & Finance

    Three Chinese companies have signed an agreement to invest in a 300MW wind farm off the coast of Chinese province Hebei.  China Suntien Green Energy Corporation Limited, HECIC and JEI will invest in Laoting Wind Energy, a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Suntien Green Energy which is developing the Puti Island Offshore Wind Power Farm project. The offshore wind farm […]

  • Tanker towed to safety after going adrift off eco-sensitive Nicobar Islands

    23 November 2020
    Environment, Regulation & Policy, Safety, Vessels

    A Panama-flagged tanker has been towed to safety after it went adrift off the ecologically sensitive Nicobar Islands, India, on 20 November.

  • USACE Releases Draft GRR/EIS for Fire Island Inlet to Montauk Point Scheme

    22 July 2016
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, has announced the availability of the Draft General Re-evaluation Report/Environmental Impact Statement (Draft GRR/EIS) for the proposed Fire Island Inlet to Montauk Point, New York (FIMP) Coastal Storm Risk Management Project. The release of the draft feasibility study opens a 60-day review period for the public to […]

  • Dutch inland shipping: Den Bosch Max Groen to sail fully electric in 2024

    27 November 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vessels, Vision

    Cargo ship Den Bosch Max Groen is expected to operate fully emission-free between Den Bosch, Maasvlakte, and Moerdijk in the Netherlands by April 2024, becoming the first ship to do so.

  • Natural Power Helps Shetland Islands Council Map their Marine Renewable Resources (UK)

    14 October 2011

      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 […]

  • Falkland Islands: FOGL to Announce Toroa F61/5-1 Well Results Soon

    5 July 2010
    Project & Tenders

    FOGL, the oil and gas exploration company focused on its extensive licence areas to the South and East of the Falkland Islands, announced on 1 June 2010 that the Toroa F61/5-1 exploration well had spudded on Monday 31 May. The well is being drilled to an estimated target depth of circa 2,700 metres. The Toroa […]

  • MAN Rollo, Bodewes Binnenvaart to Equip First Inland Tanker with LNG-Genset (The Netherlands)

    4 November 2011

    Never before has an inland tanker been built, powered by 100% LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) propulsion. Currently three different projects have been filed for approval by the European Commission. One of such projects is the result of a collaboration between Bodewes Binnenvaart B.V. (part of DAMEN Shipyards Group), Alewijnse and MAN Rollo B.V. LNG-gensets are […]

  • As Gulf Island and Hornbeck put lawsuit behind them, two vessels change hands

    6 October 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Vessels

    Gulf Island Fabrication has settled its lawsuit with Hornbeck Offshore regarding the construction of two multi-purpose supply vessels.