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  • MRIA Discusses Maritime Infrastructure to Support Ocean Energy

    8 January 2015
    Authorities & Government

    Marine Renewables Industry Association (MRIA), an organization supporting the development of Irish marine renewables, has issued a discussion paper on maritime infrastructure development priorities to support Ireland’s future ocean energy industry.  Ireland’s wave energy resource is off the west coast. It should be possible to support the development of the resource, at least at the southern […]

  • Irish Continental Group Agrees New Financing Deals

    1 December 2017
    Business & Finance

    Ireland’s maritime transportation group Irish Continental Group (ICG) revealed it has concluded a new suite of financing agreements. As explained, the deals have been inked after the group’s existing debt facilities matured. These include a five-year multicurrency revolving credit facility provided by Allied Irish Banks and Bank of Ireland, extendable by up to 2 years, […]

  • Damen splashes BC Ferries’ new fully electric-ready ferry

    1 September 2025
    Infrastructure, Vessels

    Dutch shipbuilder Damen Shipyards Group has launched the latest Island class fully electric-ready ferry for Canada’s ferry operator BC Ferries.

  • BC Ferries Christens New Hybrid-Electric Ship Duo

    20 February 2020
    Business & Finance

    Island Discovery and Island Aurora will enter service in mid-2020.

  • DesignPro advances SEENEOH trials through BlueGift support

    26 March 2020
    Research & Development

    Irish company DesignPro Renewables said it has achieved new performance milestones with its hydrokinetic turbine as part of ongoing testing at the SEENEOH test site in Bordeaux, France. The turbine generates energy from flowing water and has been deployed at a dedicated test site on the River Garonne since September 2018. The design, build and […]

  • Top news, August 21 – 27, 2017

    27 August 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from August 21 – 27, 2017.

  • Irish urged to put their money where their potentials are

    15 October 2010
    Business & Finance

    Ireland must take advantage of the UK’s plans to develop invest up to €60bn on offshore wind projects in the Irish and Celtic Seas,… By Rachel Neliigan (insideireland) [mappress] Source: insideireland, October 15, 2010;

  • UK: Crown Estate Leases Three Sites for Wave and Tidal Energy Projects

    30 April 2012

    The Crown Estate has announced three further agreements for lease for wave and tidal energy projects. The sites result from the third application window in the leasing process for projects in connection with the Scottish Government’s Saltire Prize (in Scottish waters) and demonstration projects (all around the UK), which opened in October 2011. Voith Hydro […]

  • DesignPro Advances SEENEOH Trials Through BlueGift Support

    26 March 2020
    Research & Development

    Irish company DesignPro Renewables said it has achieved new performance milestones with its hydrokinetic turbine as part of ongoing testing at the SEENEOH test site in Bordeaux, France. The turbine generates energy from flowing water and has been deployed at a dedicated test site on the River Garonne since September 2018. The design, build and […]

  • Bergen Group CEO and CFO accept permanent roles

    8 March 2017
    Business & Finance

    Hans Petter Eikeland and Nils Hoff have both agreed to take permanent positions as the Bergen Group CEO and CFO, respectively. Eikeland took the CEO role at the Norwegian services provider for offshore and maritime industry in August 2015, a position previously held by Asle Solheim, to establish a foundation for profitable growth in the Group’s […]

  • Wintershall welcomes new executive board member

    25 November 2015
    Business & Finance

    Thilo Wieland, currently General Manager of Wintershall Libya, will join the Board of Executive Directors of Wintershall as of December 1, 2015. Wieland will be responsible for Exploration & Production in Russia, North Africa and South America. He thus takes over the Ressort that was previously the responsibility of Mario Mehren, who has been the […]

  • Offshore Energy can Supply Ten Times More Energy Than Needed (UK)

    7 November 2010

    Ireland has potential to produce 10 times our existing electricity demand from offshore renewable sources according to a new report.Energy… By Gareth McKeown (insideireland) [mappress] Source: insideireland, November 08, 2010;

  • First Flight Wind Project Canceled

    2 December 2014
    Business & Finance

    The developers of the First Flight Wind offshore project, Dong Energy, RES and B9, have given up on the project that could have comprised 100 wind turbines off the coast of Northern Ireland.  The companies behind the project cited new regulatory requirements as the reason the project became nonviable. “The company has made significant progress in […]

  • ESB Seeks Offshore Wind Environmental Impact Assessment Services

    16 September 2019
    Project & Tenders

    Electricity Supply Board (ESB), Ireland’s state-owned electricity company, has opened a tender for environmental impact assessment (EIA) services for offshore wind projects in Ireland and the UK. ESB plans to procure works, supplies and services through a framework agreement related to environmental assessment and consenting services for the offshore and onshore elements of offshore wind farms. […]

  • Equinor gets consent for use of well intervention vessel

    4 January 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Safety, Vessels

    Equinor has received consent from the country’s offshore safety agency for the use of the Island Wellserver vessel for well intervention.

  • All Set for Moyle Interconnector Repair

    5 May 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    The vessel Elektron is being mobilised to carry out emergency repair work on the southern Moyle Interconnector power cable in the North Channel between Northern Ireland and Scotland. This work is scheduled to begin on the May 6, 2017, with cable repair work carried out in two campaigns. The first campaign will involve precise location of […]

  • CMRC and HMRC form Beaufort Research

    29 December 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The Coastal and Marine Research Centre (CMRC) and the Hydraulics and Maritime Research Centre (HMRC) have joined forces and formed Beaufort Research, a new research centre, it is stated in Beaufort’s press release. Beaufort Research is dedicated to inter-disciplinary research and knowledge transfer supporting development and innovation in the maritime and energy fields. Its maritime […]

  • GDG Wraps Up Sediment Dynamics Study in Irish Sea

    24 August 2018
    Research & Development

    Gavin & Doherty Geosolutions (GDG) has completed a sediment dynamics study in the Irish Sea, which included a two-year investigation of the geomorphology off the East coast of Ireland in order to quantify the impacts of sediment dynamics on upcoming offshore wind farm developments.

  • The Netherlands: BOW Terminal new deepsea terminal in Vlissingen for the construction of new offshore wind farms, general cargo & heavy project cargo

    13 September 2010
    Operations & Maintenance

    Under the name BOW Terminal (Breakbulk and Offshore Wind Terminal), a new terminal has been developed in the seaport of Vlissingen, part of Zeeland Seaports, to support the construction of wind farms at sea. The terminal in Westhofhaven has an ideal location to serve as operating base for the preparatory work needed for the construction […]

  • Madifushi Land Reclamation and Shore Protection Project Complete

    15 August 2018
    Business & Finance

    The President of the Maldives, Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom, has participated in the ceremony to mark the completion of three projects in Madifushi Island of Kolhumadulu Atoll. The ceremony held yesterday marked the completion of the Madifushi Land Reclamation and Shore Protection Project. Under the project 28 hectares of new land was reclaimed and 2070 meters […]

  • Chemical ship ablaze off Kerry coast

    10 April 2007

    A fire has broken out in the engine room of a chemical transport ship off the southwest coast of Ireland. The fire started at around 2:20am on the Maltese registered ship seven and a half miles north of Brandon Head.

  • Jellyfish attack destroys salmon

    20 November 2007

    A jellyfish invasion has wiped out Northern Ireland’s only salmon farm, killing more than 100,000 fish. A Northern Salmon spokesman said last week’s attack could cost more than £1m.

  • Lifeboats aid drifting cargo ship

    12 March 2006

    A Russian cargo ship is at the centre of a rescue operation off the coast of Northern Ireland. The 1,500-tonne vessel with six crewmen on board developed engine trouble on Saturday and is currently drifting nine miles off Millisle, County Down.

  • Companies exploring in the Celtic Sea off southern Ireland have agreed further licensing and drilling deals to try and tap more potential gas despite around the Old Head of Kinsale discovery.

    4 June 2008

    Island Oil and Gas said it has agreed with another Irish licence holder, Lansdowne Celtic Sea, on an option to farm into a licence 4/07 which brings an obligation to acquire seismic survey data and drill a farm-in well by July 2010 at the latest. If the option were exercised, Island would acquire 58.34% equity […]

  • ExxonMobil gains nod for well intervention at Sigyn field

    11 August 2016

    Norwegian offshore safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has given consent to ExxonMobil to use the Island Frontier and Island Wellserver vessels for light well intervention at Sigyn field, offshore Norway. The Sigyn field is in production license 072 in the North Sea where ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Norway is the operator. The field […]