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  • Port of Long Beach to Get USD 555 Million for Upgrades

    3 June 2015
    Business & Finance

    The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners has approved an USD 829 million budget for the Harbor Department’s next fiscal year, including more than a half a billion dollars for capital improvements at the Port of Long Beach, one of the busiest ports on the US Pacific coast. The budget, which will be presented to the […]

  • Mainstream Raises EUR 60 Mln in New Corporate Debt Facility

    22 December 2014
    Business & Finance

    Mainstream Renewable Power has successfully closed a new €60 million corporate debt facility. The four year facility was arranged through BlueBay Ireland Corporate Credit, a vehicle established by one of Europe’s leading asset managers BlueBay Asset Management, with substantial investment from the National Pensions Reserve Fund of Ireland, and through Cantor Fitzgerald Ireland from Irish […]

  • Nexans’ subsea cable plant expansion spurs headcount and capacity boost amid rising demand in energy transition arena

    7 June 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Infrastructure, Transition

    Nexans has opened the doors of a newly expanded section of its high voltage subsea cable plant in Norway for business to address the growing demand in the offshore wind and electrification segments of the global energy transition tale.

  • SSE Renewables looking for offshore survey squad

    22 June 2020
    Project & Tenders

    SSE Renewables has issued a contract notice seeking providers of geotechnical and geophysical services offshore the UK and Ireland. The offshore wind developer intends to sign a number of framework agreements that cover a range of geotechnical and geophysical services. The overall value of the framework agreements is €78 million. The framework agreements will cover […]

  • Dutch Safety Board warns liners of container loss risk above Wadden Islands in MSC Zoe report

    26 June 2020
    Authorities & Government, Safety, Vessels

    An investigation of the Dutch Safety Board into the container loss incident involving MSC Zoe has found that the shipping routes above the Wadden Islands during northwestern storms pose a risk for a container loss for large, wide container ships.  Above the Wadden Islands there are two internationally designated shipping routes, a northern and a southern […]

  • USA: Oak Park High School Students Deploy Global Ocean Drifter Off Santa Cruz Island

    3 May 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Two students from Oak Park High School in Oak Park, Calif. deployed a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration… [mappress] Source: NOAA, May 03, 2012;  Image: NOAA

  • Falkland Islands: BHP BILLITON Starts Drilling Possibly its Most Controversial Ever Oil Exploration Well

    3 June 2010

    Controversial not because of the heightened environmental concerns about offshore oil drilling in the wake of the BP disaster in the… [mappress] Source: TheSydneyMorningHerald, June 3, 2010;

  • USA: Atlanta-based company to construct equipment to measure wind speeds and directions off Jekyll Island coast

    7 May 2010
    Environment, Research & Development

    Southern Co. has asked the U.S. Department of the Interior for ocean leases off the coasts of Jekyll Island and Savannah to erect research…   [mappress] Source: washingtonexaminer, May 07, 2010;

  • IMO fails to adopt more ambitious 2050 target

    16 December 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Green Marine, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    The IMO failed to adopt a concrete shipping decarbonisation target for shipping this week following the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 79) meeting that ended earlier today. The support from the member countries for eliminating the industry’s emissions by 2050 and for setting interim targets to achieve this goal is increasing with 10 members still […]

  • Top news, September 4 – 10, 2017

    10 September 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from September 4 – 10, 2017.

  • Experts Discuss Disposal and Beneficial Reuse Options for Dredged Material

    15 July 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Stephanie Wilson, Senior Project Scientist with ESS Group, Inc., chaired the EBC 8th Annual Ocean Resource Management Conference: Update on Dredging In New England – Disposal and Beneficial Reuse held on Thursday, June 26, 2014 in Boston, MA. Under Wilson’s leadership, this program brought together speakers from state and federal government and private industry to […]

  • Ngati Whatua to Fight Environment Court Decision Regarding Tidal Power Plant on Kaipara Harbour (New Zeland)

    10 March 2011

    A Ngati Whatua leader says the iwi will fight an Environment Court decision giving the go-ahead for a tidal power plant on the Kaipara…   (radionz) [mappress] Source: radionz, March 10, 2011;

  • USA: Atlanta-based company to construct equipment to measure wind speeds and directions off Jekyll Island coast

    7 May 2010
    Environment, Research & Development

    Southern Co. has asked the U.S. Department of the Interior for ocean leases off the coasts of Jekyll Island and Savannah to erect research…   [mappress] Source: washingtonexaminer, May 07, 2010;

  • Port Hueneme Proceeds with Emergency Shoreline Protection (USA)

    1 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    Shoreline erosion has now reached Surfside Drive, the first road paralleling the ocean at Hueneme Beach. To help protect the street and inland property from flooding, officials at the City of Port Hueneme are proceeding with emergency shoreline protection by placing rock below the eroded scarp face of Surfside Drive. It is hoped that the […]

  • Providence Completes Sale of Interest in Aje Field Offshore Nigeria

    30 December 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Providence Resources P.l.c. confirms that it has closed its transaction to divest its Nigerian subsidiary, which holds its interest in OML 113 offshore Nigeria to Jacka Resources Limited. Under the terms of the transaction, the total consideration payable by Jacka is $16 million, $10 million of which was paid at Closing, with the balance of […]

  • ISLES: New proposals for cross-border energy co-operation

    21 September 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    A suite of detailed reports concerning the coordinated development of offshore electricity grid and marine renewable energy projects between the jurisdictions of Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland has been published. The Irish-Scottish Links on Energy Study (ISLES) is a joint initiative between the three partner governments of Scotland, Ireland and Northern Ireland, and publication marks […]

  • Providence Resources Reports Results for First Quarter 2013

    8 May 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Providence Resources P.l.c., the Irish oil and gas exploration and appraisal company, whose shares are quoted in London (AIM) and Dublin (ESM), announces its preliminary results for the year ended 31st December 2012. DRILLING PROGRAMME The year 2012 was a landmark year for Providence as operations on the first well in the Company’s multi-well, multi-year […]

  • Smartbay Subsea Observatory off Galway comes online

    1 July 2016
    Business & Finance, Environment, Research & Development, Technology

    The SmartBay Subsea Observatory will begin feeding data today from the seabed for researchers, businesses, scientists and policy makers in the marine sector.

  • New Submarine Cable Between Borkum and Mainland Ready

    1 May 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    The submarine power cable for the new link between the North Sea island of Borkum and the mainland grid is ready for use: Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH handed it over to EWE NETZ GmbH in Nordenham yesterday. The 25-km-long medium-voltage submarine power cable is currently being loaded onto the work pontoon of the construction company Bohlen […]

  • Jan De Nul to install Greenlink Interconnector

    19 April 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Jan De Nul has won a contract with Sumitomo Electric Industries for the installation of two subsea HVDC cables and one fiber optic cable for the Greenlink Interconnector between Ireland and the UK. The subsea cable route for the 500 MW Greenlink Interconnector is about 160 kilometers long between County Wexford in Ireland and Pembrokeshire […]

  • In focus: Emerging renewable energy projects to cushion effects of global energy crisis

    2 September 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Infrastructure, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Technology, Transition

    With the global energy crisis unfolding and energy prices soaring, governments and companies are ramping up investments in renewables, energy efficiency and clean technologies.

  • Norway: Atlantic Offshore Sells Its Oldest PSV

    8 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    Atlantic Offshore’s oldest PSV is now sold and delivered to new owners. The vessel will leave the offshore supply market and enter the windmill support market. It was sold slightly above book value.  Atlantic Offshore, previously known as Sartor Offshore AS was established in 2008. The company  acquired Sartor Shippings operation in Norway and Ocean Mainports operation in Aberdeen and Ireland. […]

  • Celtic Interconnector tenders up for grabs

    9 October 2020
    Infrastructure, Project & Tenders, Transition

    French TSO Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE) and its Irish equivalent EirGrid have launched engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) tenders for the Celtic Interconnector project. The Celtic Interconnector is a planned 700MW HVDC subsea link to allow the exchange of electricity between Ireland and France. This one-circuit HVDC link comprises two power cables and two […]

  • VARD starts building first Island Offshore hybrid ocean energy construction vessel, second to follow in July

    7 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Green Marine, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition, Vessels, Vision

    Norwegian shipbuilder VARD has cut the first steel for the first hybrid power ocean energy construction vessel (OECV) it is building for compatriot shipping group Island Offshore. The steel cutting that marks the official start of construction for the first newbuild OECV, named Island Evolution, took place on March 4 at Vard Shipyards Romania – Braila. […]

  • Caminada Headland Coastal Restoration Project Pays Off

    13 March 2017
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    One of the largest ecosystem restoration projects ever undertaken by the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) has restored the Caminada Headland, a 13-mile stretch of beach and dune running from the Belle Pass outlet of Bayou Lafourche eastward to Caminada Pass at the end of Elmer’s Island. The new beach covers an area […]