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  • 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 […]

  • Energinet and Elia launch tender for new North Sea interconnector

    27 December 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    Danish and Belgian transmission system operators (TSOs) Energinet and Elia have issued a contract notice seeking environmental engineering consultancy services for the development of the subsea cable route for a new interconnector project in the North Sea. Elia and Energinet are developing the Triton Link interconnector project which will connect the high-voltage grids of Belgium […]

  • Hearings on Dredged Material Management Plan

    28 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    The USACE is preparing a Draft Dredged Material Management Plan (DMMP) and Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for Long Island Sound and will hold public hearings August 24 – 27 in Connecticut and New York to provide an overview of the reports and receive public comments. The DMMP was requested by the Governors of […]

  • AWI, SMART Organise Atlantic Summer School

    15 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Since last Friday fourteen international students from seven countries are on board the RV Celtic Explorer for this year’s Atlantic Summer School. From 12th to 16th September 2014 the students will study cold water coral systems in their living environment in Irish waters. The Atlantic Summer School is a collaboration between the Strategic Marine Alliance […]

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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. […]

  • Minesto’s megawatt-scale tidal kite returns to action after upgrade

    20 May 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders, Technology

    Swedish tidal energy developer Minesto has resumed electricity production from its 1.2 MW Dragon 12 tidal kite Luna in Vestmannasund, Faroe Islands, following an upgrade period, most prominently including a longer tether. According to Minesto, the Dragon 12 is now back in operation and supplying power to the grid. The system features an extended tether […]

  • Hann-Ocean senses China’s waves

    12 November 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Hann-Ocean Energy has conducted a survey of wave energy conditions around two islands in South China Sea that could potentially be powered by the company’s wave energy device.

  • 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 […]

  • North Park Lake Improvement Project Nears Completion (USA)

    6 June 2011

    Allegheny County and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are wrapping up a two-year project to make the lake suitable for fishing… By Deborah Weisberg (pine-richland) [mappress] Source: pine-richland, June 6, 2011

  • Port move to prompt development at Tivoli

    28 May 2007

    NEW uses for a 35-acre site in Tivoli will be considered by the Port of Cork once it finalises arrangements for a new €165 million container terminal in Ringaskiddy. A planning application for the new container terminal in Ringaskiddy, which will be among the largest in Ireland, are being finalised by the port and will […]

  • USACE Continues Mississippi River Habitat Project

    22 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, continues working on Mississippi River habitat construction near the Harpers Slough backwater area in Allamakee County, Iowa, and Lynxville, Wisconsin. The nearly $12 million Harper’s Slough restoration project will protect eroded islands and construct new islands where they were once located. The project is scheduled to […]

  • Solomon Trader Grounding Turns into Environmental Disaster

    26 February 2019
    Business & Finance

    Estimates: Some 60 tonnes of oil spilled from the grounded bulker Solomon Trader off Solomon Islands.

  • UK: Final Section of Giant Aircraft Carrier Sets Sail

    17 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    The final section of HMS Queen Elizabeth, the first of two new aircraft carriers being built for the UK Royal Navy, has left BAE Systems’ shipyard at Scotstoun today to embark on a 600 mile journey to Rosyth. The Aft Island, also known as Upper Block 14, is the air traffic control tower of 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 […]

  • Carnegie: Design of Next Generation CETO 6 Unit Underway

    28 January 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Carnegie Wave Energy Limited provides an update on its CETO 6 project that will follow the Perth Wave Energy Project which is currently under construction at Garden Island, Western Australia. As mentioned in Carnegie’s most recent quarterly activities report, the design of the next generation CETO 6 unit is underway. The CETO 6 unit will […]

  • Video: Tony Lewis explains GRS’ wave and wind hybrid

    16 February 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Centre for Marine and Renewable Energy (MaREI) has released a video featuring footage of the Global Renewable Solutions’ (GRS) hybrid platform designed to harness the energy from both winds and waves.

  • 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 […]

  • Denmark and Germany sign Bornholm Energy Island agreement, first legally binding cooperation on joint offshore renewable energy project in EU

    2 June 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, Robert Habeck, and Danish Minister for Climate, Energy and Utilities, Lars Aagaard, have signed an agreement for the Bornholm Energy Island in the Baltic Sea. This is the first legally binding cooperation agreement in Europe on a joint offshore energy project under the EU Renewable Energy Directive. The new […]

  • 300 jobs to be created as Irish company opens new USV facility

    25 July 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Vessels, Vision

    Ireland-based XOCEAN has opened a new technical center that will serve as a hub for the company’s fleet of uncrewed surface vessels (USVs). XOCEAN announced on 20 July the opening of the new facility near Carlingford, Co. Louth, as well as the creation of 300 new jobs as part of its strategic growth plan. The […]

  • EU Backs Celtic Interconnector and Harmony Link

    4 December 2019
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Two Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) grants were signed to support the construction of the Celtic Interconnector between Ireland and France, and studies for the development of the Harmony Link Interconnector between Lithuania and Poland. For the Celtic Interconnection, €530 million were awarded, to develop this new electrical link between France and Ireland by 2026, with […]

  • Fishermen opposing cod ban advice

    19 October 2006

    Northern Ireland fishermen are challenging the severity of restrictions on Irish Sea catches. The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea has called for a complete ban on fishing for cod. However, Dick James of the Fish Producer’s Organisation claimed the real problem lies with climate change rather than overfishing.

  • Fisherman drowned after sea fall

    4 May 2007

    A man drowned after he fell from a fishing boat into the sea off Ireland, an inquest on Anglesey has heard. The crew mates of Patrick McCabe, 61, from Dundalk, County Louth, told how they desperately tried to save him on 1 November last year.

  • Medical emergency on board ship

    18 August 2006

    The HSS fast-ferry sailing between Northern Ireland and Scotland has had to return to Belfast because of a medical emergency. A passenger took ill on the 1220 BST sailing on Friday. A doctor on board the ship advised the captain that the patient needed to get off the vessel as quickly as possible.