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  • Major Restoration Project Complete in Louisiana

    4 February 2020
    Business & Finance

    The $18.7 million Queen Bess Island restoration project is now officially complete – making the Brown Pelican habitat ready for the 2020 nesting season. Standing on the shore of a remote island in Louisiana’s Barataria Basin, Gov. John Bel Edwards yesterday declared the newly-restored island officially reopened for nesting. “Before we started this restoration last […]

  • Columbia River Final EA Released

    3 December 2015
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has just released the final environmental assessment (EA) for continued maintenance of the Columbia River federal navigation channel. The maintenance includes placement of dredged material on the eastern shoreline of Rice Island and re-handling material at an in-water site near Howard Island. USACE will place material on the eastern end […]

  • Durrat, $150m dredging contract

    6 July 2005

    Durrat Al Bahrain has signed a $150m agreement with Durrat Al Bahrain and Great Lakes-Nass for reclamation, dredging and shore protection for the second and final phase of the project, reported Gulf Daily News. The work is expected to be finished within two years. Durrat Al Bahrain is co-owned by Kuwait Finance House and the […]

  • New CEO takes over Bergen Group

    28 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    Bergen Group ASA has appointed Hans Petter Eikeland as new CEO for the Group for a period until July 1, 2016. Eikeland succeeds Asle Solheim as from Friday, August 28, 2015. Chairman Tor Lars Onarheim, said: “The Board is very pleased with Hans Petter Eikeland taking over as CEO as from today. “Eikeland has an industrial understanding and […]

  • Gas discovery at Irish prospect could bring down emissions stemming from energy imports, report finds

    23 April 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Transition

    Europa Oil & Gas has published a report suggesting that its prospect offshore Ireland could help curb the firm’s carbon footprint.

  • RV Celtic Explorer in First Trans-Atlantic Mapping Survey

    17 April 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    The first trans-Atlantic mapping survey has been announced and it’s to take place under the Atlantic Ocean Research Alliance. The announcement was made by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney T.D., Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, and Karmenu Vella, Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries in […]

  • WATCH: Diamond Offshore’s giant semi-sub rig getting ready for its North Sea job

    24 February 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Diamond Offshore’s Ocean GreatWhite rig is in the process of wrapping up its preparations for its upcoming assignment in the North Sea.

  • New ferry port plan gains support

    5 March 2009

    A £70m plan for a new port on the route linking Scotland to Northern Ireland has been backed by councillors. Stena Line wants to move its Irish Sea services out of Stranraer and along the coast to Old House Point in order to cut journey times and fuel costs.

  • Providence Resources could spud Newgrange prospect in 2019 or 2020

    15 October 2018
    Project & Tenders

    Providence Resources has completed a site survey on the FEL 6/14 license off Ireland, which contains the Newgrange prospect.

  • Shell makes further cuts in UK

    25 May 2016

    Oil major Royal Dutch Shell has increased its target for layoffs in 2016 by 2,200 jobs due to prolonged weak oil price environment. As a result, 475 jobs will be cut in Shell’s UK Upstream and Ireland business. According to Shell’s statement on Wednesday, the company’s staff have been informed about the progress being made […]

  • A2SEA Story: Coastal Challenges Borkum Riffgrund 1

    22 September 2014
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    For CT Offshore, planning Borkum Riffgrund 1 from a cabling installation point of view has required more than a little creativity. For A2SEA, getting to and from DONG Energy’s Borkum Riffgrund 1 wind farm development, located 45 km off the German coast, is pretty much a straight-lined round trip from the port of Esbjerg in Denmark, […]

  • P&O Ferries Adds Tonnage to Zeebrugge-Teesport Route

    4 June 2018
    Business & Finance

    P&O Ferries is to raise its capacity on Zeebrugge-Teesport this week by deploying Estraden on the route.

  • P&O Ferries to Upgrade Two Ships on Hull-Zeebrugge Route

    28 November 2016
    Business & Finance

    Pan-European ferry operator P&O Ferries said that it plans to spend GBP 8.5 million (USD 10.6 million) on upgrading its two ships on the North Sea’s Hull-Zeebrugge route. Two 32,000 ton sister vessels the Pride of York and the Pride of Bruges, which can carry up to 880 passengers on their overnight sailings to and from […]

  • MARIBE to present project results

    5 August 2016
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    MARIBE has organized a closing event to disseminate project findings which will be held in Cork, Ireland, end of August.

  • State Officials Welcome Deepwater Milestone

    28 July 2015

    U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Abigail Ross Hopper joined Rhode Island Governor Gina M. Raimondo, the state’s congressional delegation and representatives of Deepwater Wind – the project developers – in celebrating an historic “steel in the water” milestone for America’s first commercial scale offshore wind […]

  • SELKIE tool debuts at Wales’ national marine energy test site

    23 June 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology

    The team behind Wales’ national marine energy test facility, META, has welcomed the first deployment of a new open-source tool to measure high quality turbulence data in its pre-consented test site in Milford Haven.

  • Renewables training in focus as Indonesia partners with Aquatera

    9 June 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Certification & Classification, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development

    The Indonesian Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, through its Human Resource Development Centre for Electricity, New, Renewable Energy, and Energy Conservation (PPSDM KEBTKE), has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Aquatera, a UK-based renewable energy firm. The partnership aims to build technical and institutional capacity to support Indonesia’s transition to cleaner energy sources, […]

  • DMEC & IRO Push for Marine Energy Coop with Offshore Sector

    25 June 2019
    Business & Finance, Technology

    DMEC (Dutch Marine Energy Centre) organizes together with IRO (Association of Dutch Suppliers in the Upstream Oil and Gas Industry and Offshore Renewable Industry) a workshop to identify collaboration opportunities between the offshore supply chain and ocean energy technology companies. The workshop is carried out as an initiative of the OPIN (Ocean Power Innovation Network) […]

  • Denmark: As two OWFs from 2018 Energy Agreement move forward, third is now part of much bigger plans

    2 October 2020
    Authorities & Government, Outlook & Strategy

    Of the three offshore wind farms that Denmark decided to tender as of this year in its Energy Agreement from 2018, the last one planned to be offered for development has recently been added to the 5 GW offshore energy islands plan in a new Energy Agreement in 2020. The two energy islands are expected […]

  • Deepwater Wind Names LOC as Marine Surveyor

    28 July 2015

    LOC Houston has been named marine surveyor for America’s first 30 MW offshore wind farm offshore Block Island. This project will connect Block Island to the mainland grid for the first time, reducing island electric rates and diversifying Rhode Island’s power supply, while creating 300 local construction jobs. Andrew Hughes, LOC’s Vice President of Energy said: “This represents […]

  • Prysmian Wins Canada Subsea Cable Deal

    11 February 2019
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Prysmian has been awarded a new contract worth €17 million by New Brunswick Power Corporation (NB Power), Canada. The Fundy Isles Project involves the development of a new submarine cable link which will allow the upgrade of the capacity of the existing submarine transmission system in the Passamaquoddy Region of the Bay of Fundy. The […]

  • UAE: Van Oord Bags New Project in Dubai

    15 February 2013
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Meraas Development LLC has again contracted Van Oord to build an island in the emirate of Dubai. Jumana Island will lie 500 metres off the coast and will be used for urban development. A bridge will connect the island to the coast. The contract is worth approximately EUR 100 million. Work on the project has […]

  • Van Oord Wins New Dredging Contract in Dubai (UAE)

    15 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    Meraas Development LLC has again contracted Van Oord to build an island in the emirate of Dubai. Jumana Island will lie 500 metres off the coast and will be used for urban development. A bridge will connect the island to the coast. The contract is worth approximately EUR 100 million. Work on the project has […]

  • BC Ferries to host meeting on proposed cable ferry alternative

    10 August 2009

    BC Ferries, Canada, is hosting an open house and public meeting on Thursday, August 20, on Denman Island to announce the review of the feasibility of operating a cable ferry between Buckley Bay on Vancouver Island and Denman Island.

  • GKinetic eyes bigger tidal device

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

    GKinetic Energy is looking for partners to discuss collaborative opportunities to build and demonstrate a 250kW tidal energy device.