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  • Providence presses on with Druid well plans

    23 January 2017
    Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Irish oil and gas exploration company Providence Resources has been given consent to progress to the second phase of the Frontier Exploration Licence (FEL) 2/14 in the southern Porcupine Basin, offshore Ireland. The FEL 2/14 drilling project lies in 2,250-meter water depth in the southern Porcupine Basin and is located some 220 kilometers off the southwest coast of […]

  • Tri-Nation Accord Copes with Wave, Tidal Risks

    26 October 2015
    Research & Development

    A tri-nation accord between firms based in Ireland, France and the UK is to result in shared research technology designed to dramatically reduce risks faced by developers of renewable tidal and wave power schemes around north western European coast lines. Known as MOREDATAS (Methods to Obtain Refined Environmental DATA from the Seas) the project addresses […]

  • Metocean surveys starting at Irish large scale offshore wind farm site

    8 June 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Meteorological and oceanographic (metocean) surveys are set to start at a site off Ireland, where a large scale offshore wind farm is proposed to be built.

  • Favourable wind for new port plan

    26 February 2009

    A £70m plan for a new port linking Scotland to Northern Ireland has been recommended to receive council support. Stena Line wants to move its Irish Sea services out of Stranraer and along the coast to Old House Point.

  • USA: West Ocean City Dredging Plan Moves Ahead

    23 March 2012

    Preparation for the dredging of the navigation channel at the entrance to a West Ocean City marina has begun this week, reports The Dispatch. This project started last year and it was designed to restore and replenish the large island north of the Route 50 Bridge known as Skimmer Island or Bird Island. Concept of […]

  • UK: RYA Advises Clubs and Training Centres to Undertake Dredging Works Before April 2012

    4 November 2011

    The RYA is advising clubs and training centres to undertake any required maintenance/navigational dredging activity before 1 April 2012. This is because as of 1 April 2012 all maintenance and navigational dredging activity will require consent through a marine licence and may attract a fee that could be disproportionate to the level of activity being […]

  • 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. […]

  • Matson Signs Agreement to Acquire Assets of Reef Shipping in South Pacific

    27 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    Matson, Inc., a leading U.S. carrier in the Pacific, announced yesterday that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the primary assets formerly owned by Reef Shipping, a South Pacific shipping company based in Auckland, New Zealand that has been in business since 1968. The assets to be acquired include four vessels and approximately […]

  • Greece: Emergence of First Wave Power Station on the Mediterranean

    14 May 2013

    The governor of the Greek island of Crete Stavros Arnautakis met with representatives of the Russian company Ocean RusEnergy. The question of the possible construction of the first on the Mediterranean sea wave power. The island of Crete is interested in alternative sources of energy as tourism on the island is the main source of […]

  • EU eyes more offshore renewables, meshed grid infrastructure in Atlantic Ocean

    21 December 2020
    Authorities & Government, Research & Development

    The European Union is considering tapping into more of its offshore renewable energy sources farther out in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, where it plans to study not only the technical potential of offshore wind and wave and tidal energy generation, but also the potential for building a meshed offshore grid. A few days […]

  • 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.

  • Liebherr wins Slovenia order

    3 October 2008

    Ireland-based Liebherr Container Cranes has won an order to deliver two additional super post-panamax quayside gantry cranes to Slovenia. Terminal operator Luka Koper will put the new cranes into service alongside two similar Liebherr units at the port of Koper.

  • 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 […]

  • Greece: Emergence of First Wave Power Station on the Mediterranean

    14 May 2013

    The governor of the Greek island of Crete Stavros Arnautakis met with representatives of the Russian company Ocean RusEnergy. The question of the possible construction of the first on the Mediterranean sea wave power. The island of Crete is interested in alternative sources of energy as tourism on the island is the main source of […]

  • USA: Council of Narragansett Against Deepwater Wind’s Transmission Line

    12 March 2012
    Storage

    Last Monday, the Town Council of Narragansett voted against the Deepwater Wind’s transmission line across Block Island Sound. Council President Glenna Hagopian thinks they need more specification about this matter to make a decision. “I want to see what you are bringing to the table before we move forward,” Hagopian said to South County Independent. […]

  • Napoli salvage ends for now

    18 January 2008

    WORK has finished on the first phase of operations to remove the stern section of the stricken container ship Napoli. All the accommodation block has been cut away and the scrap has been removed for disposal. The bow section was towed to a yard in Northern Ireland last year.

  • USA: Deepwater Wind Submits Cable Plans to BOEM

    1 May 2012

    As stated by the project manager of the U.S. based Deepwater Wind company, Bryan Wilson, the company has submitted plans on a cable connecting Block Islandand the mainland to the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), the Block Island Times informed. The project, which could become the first offshore wind farm in the United […]

  • First Cruise Ships Dock at Abu Dhabi’s New Stopover

    24 November 2015
    Business & Finance

    The United Arab Emirate-based port operator Abu Dhabi Ports has started welcoming cruise liners at Sir Bani Yas Island, the Arabian Gulf’s first cruise beach stopover in Abu Dhabi. Two cruise vessels Island Sky, owned by London-based Noble Caledonia, and Seaborne Sojourn, Miami-based Carnival Corporation, made their maiden calls at the Island last week as part of […]

  • EMU Limited Bags Prestigious Seabed Survey Contract (UK)

    11 August 2011
    Research & Development

      The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has awarded marine survey specialists EMU Limited (EMU) a multi-million pound hydrographic contract as part of its programme to systematically survey the waters around the UK. Using the latest dual-head high-resolution multibeamechosounders to obtain seabed depth in unprecedented detail, EMU will cover the Shallow Water Lot of the […]

  • Coastal Restoration Agreement Inked

    11 June 2015
    Business & Finance

    The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is helping to restore one of Louisiana’s key barrier islands. An agreement signed between the state and BOEM will allow the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana to use Federal offshore sand to restore the beach, dunes and marsh habitats at Caillou Lake Headlands, also known as […]

  • Predator sets up Irish FSRU unit

    16 June 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Vessels

    London Stock Exchange-listed Predator Oil & Gas has established a new unit Predator LNG Ireland to advance an FSRU project in the country.

  • Top news, February 15 – 21, 2016

    21 February 2016

    Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from February 15 – 21, 2016. Scotrenewables anchors at EMEC Scotrenewables Tidal Power has deployed its modular anchoring system at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) ahead of the installation of its SR2000 2 MW floating tidal turbine. The anchor deployment […]

  • ARCH to Set Up Training Facility at Shannon Airport

    27 March 2014
    Human Capital

    ARCH, a specialist technical training provider focusing on the wind energy and other ‘work at height’ sectors, is establishing a new training facility at Shannon Airport to deliver safety training for technicians working on tall structures. The new training centre will see ARCH convert the former Boiler House building on the approach road to the […]

  • Woodside gets environmental nod for seismic surveys in Porcupine Basin

    25 May 2016
    Project & Tenders

    Australian energy company Woodside has received environmental approvals from the Department of Communications, Climate Change, & Natural Resources in Ireland for the 3D seismic surveys on its acreage in the Irish Atlantic.  Woodside is the operator of licences FEL 3/14 and FEL 4/14, in the Porcupine Basin of the Irish Atlantic Margin, with 85% interest, and Petrel Resources […]