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  • Newt Marine Wins Lansing Contract

    29 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, recently awarded a nearly $12 million contract to Newt Marine Services of Dubuque, Iowa, to restore habitat within the Mississippi River Pool 9. The Harpers Slough Islands habitat restoration project, located 8 miles south of Lansing, Iowa, is an effort to restore habitat by protecting eroded […]

  • Caillou Lake Headlands Restoration Project Nears End

    23 March 2018
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Another barrier island restoration project is nearing completion on Whiskey Island off the coast of Louisiana, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This time it is the Caillou Lake Headlands Restoration Project which uses sediment from the Ship Shoal, an offshore sand source that EPA proposed for use in a 2002. The Caillou Lake […]

  • Atlantic Pioneer Trialled in High Winds (Gallery)

    31 March 2016

    Atlantic Pioneer, the first US-built offshore wind service vessel, will be delivered next week, after recently undergoing sea trials in gale force winds, according to Rhode Island Fast Ferry. The 21-meter crew transfer vessel was built by the Rhode Island-based Blount Boats to service a 20-year crew transfer contract with Deepwater Wind for its 30MW Block Island offshore […]

  • Sabella D10 Feeding Power to French Grid

    11 November 2015
    Storage, Technology

    Sabella’s D10 tidal turbine, deployed in June 2015 in the Passage du Fromveur, has started delivering its first kilowatt hours following the connection to the electricity grid at Ouessant Island on 5 November. Since its connection to the island in late September, a 2km long submarine cable has been transmitting the electricity from the tidal turbine to the coast. The power was then […]

  • Norway: PSA Conducts Audit of Major Accident Risk in Connection with Light Well Intervention

    30 March 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    In December 2011 and January 2012, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) conducted an audit of Statoil Petroleum AS (Statoil) and Island Offshore Subsea AS (Island Offshore). The audit was aimed at management of major accident risk and the barrier management system in connection with light well intervention on Island Constructor. Each year, more than […]

  • Employment Rise of 10% in Irish International Shipping Service Sector

    6 May 2011

    There was a 10% growth in employment in the International Shipping Services sector in Ireland last year according to the Irish Maritime Development Office (IMDO). In a recent analysis of the sector the information is based from companies that have elected to join the dedicated Irish Tonnage Tax (ITT) scheme, a measure introduced in the […]

  • APM Terminals: Urgent Need for Ports Investment

    15 December 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Speaking at the TOC West Africa Market Briefing conference, APM Terminals’ Commercial Director for Inland Services West Africa, Moussa Diop, described the opportunities represented by a rapidly expanding and urbanizing sub-Saharan population, and the urgent need for significant infrastructure investment in both port and inland logistics capabilities in order to satisfy the projected demands of […]

  • BC Ferries Orders Four More Battery Electric-Hybrid Units from Damen

    7 November 2019
    Business & Finance

    Set for delivery in 2022, the ships are to be operated as all-electric ferries once charging technology matures.

  • World Review: Cypriots Should Feel Lucky About Aphrodite Gas Discovery

    13 March 2013

    In the following article, which Offshore Energy Today is sharing with permission from World Review, Dr. Carole Nakhle, an energy economist, based in London, UK, specialising in international petroleum fiscal regimes, world oil and gas market developments, provides her view on Cyprus’ Aphrodite gas discovery and its effect on the Mediterranean country’s economy.   Written by Dr. […]

  • Minister Visits SeaGen Tidal Energy Turbine (UK)

    23 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    Northern Ireland’s Environment Minister, Alex Attwood MLA, today visited, for the first time, the Siemens-owned SeaGen tidal energy turbine at Strangford Lough. Minister Attwood climbed aboard SeaGen and met members of the SeaGen project team, who explained how the technology operates and the work that has been carried out locally to develop this pioneering green […]

  • USACE: Preserving Habitat for Wildlife

    16 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District completed construction of a new 8-acre bird island in March, located at the Savannah Harbor Dredged Material Containment Area (DMCA) 12A. It’s one of seven areas that stores sediment dredged from the Savannah River federal shipping channel. The bird island was part of a $5.3 million dike […]

  • Iran: Bushehr Port Development Plan Moves Forward

    19 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    Director General of Bushehr Port said that there are a number of projects to be put into operation within next month in the port. Regarding the Negin Island, Bushehr Director General said that a contract is due to be concluded with the private sector shortly. The private sector is planning to make investment in this […]

  • Funding Announced for RI Sea Grant Program

    3 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline have announced over $1.6 million in federal funding from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for the Rhode Island Sea Grant Program.  The funds will support the development of the Shoreline Management Plan, which is addressing the difficult problems of shoreline […]

  • Spotted: Ulstein Delivers Its Largest Offshore Construction Vessel

    19 January 2017
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian shipbuilder and ship designer Ulstein delivered Island Venture, an offshore construction vessel (OCV), to Island Ventures 5 LLC, a joint venture between Edison Chouest Offshore from the USA and Island Offshore from Norway on January 17, 2017. The 14, 248 dwt Island Venture is said to be Ulstein’s largest OCV yet. The newbuilding, which can accommodate 239 […]

  • Akuo and Sabella Ink PHARES Pact

    23 May 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Storage, Technology

    French companies Akuo Energy and Sabella have signed a co-development agreement for the PHARES project aimed towards energy autonomy of the Ushant Island. PHARES (Progressive Hybrid Architecture for Renewable Energy Solutions in islands) project, led by Akuo will see the deployment of a pilot tidal farm as part of a multi-energy project for the benefit […]

  • USA: Irene Delta Beach Renourishment Set for February

    28 January 2013

    The Irene Delta Beach Renourishment Project will start soon in the Pine Knoll Shores and Emerald Isle, placing 913,165 cubic yards of sand along these beach strands by the end of March from an offshore location, reports carolinacoastonline.com. Great Lakes intends to utilize three dredges for the project, and they will all stay on-site working […]

  • New Zealand: ADB Opens Upgraded Avatiu Port

    16 April 2013

    The Asian Development Bank (ADB) joined the Government and people of the Cook Islands to officially open the upgraded Avatiu Port, which was substantially improved by the Avatiu Port Development Project. “The project has not only extended the life of Avatiu Port, but has already boosted the safety and efficiency of port operations in Cook […]

  • New record bid

    10 May 2005

    Fourteen months after breaking the non-stop singlehanded westabout round the world record, Jean-Luc van den Heede is to take on the non-stop solo round Britain and Ireland record. The former maths teacher and Vendee Globe skipper is planning to start his attempt in Adrien, his 86 ft sloop.

  • Top news, February 22 – 28, 2016

    28 February 2016

    Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from February 22 – 28, 2016. ORE Catapult, EMEC join forces for marine tech development ORE Catapult and EMEC have launched Technology Assessment Process (TAP) to de-risk marine energy technology development. TAP has been designed to support wave and tidal energy […]

  • P&O Ferries’ Zeebrugge-Tilbury Freight Volumes Never Higher

    7 July 2016
    Business & Finance

    Pan-European ferry operator P&O Ferries has seen its freight volumes on the Zeebrugge-Tilbury route increase by 15.5 percent in the second quarter of 2016 as continental exporters capitalized on the Thames port’s proximity to London. From April to June, P&O Ferries carried 58,195 freight units between Zeebrugge and Tilbury, up from 50,378 reported in the same quarter in 2015, […]

  • Beaufort Building officially opens on July 11

    9 July 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Beaufort Building which will house a number of marine energy researchers and offices will be opened on July 11, 2015. The construction of the Building was enabled by €15.2 million investment provided by the Irish government and private investors. The Building covers some 4700 m2 across five floors, and has provision for 135 researchers and […]

  • Atlantic Pioneer Gets First Assignments

    22 April 2016
    Operations & Maintenance

    The Atlantic Pioneer, the first US-flagged offshore wind farm crew transfer vessel (CTV), is getting ready to embark on the first phase of a 20-year charter to support the construction and operation of the 30 MW Block Island offshore wind farm, following an official christening ceremony at Quonset Point today. The Block Island site, currently under construction by developer […]

  • INEA: LNG-Powered Vessel Inaugurated

    19 June 2014
    Vessels

    The Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA) inaugurated the “Eiger-Nordwand”, the first inland waterway vessel to be retrofitted with pollution-reducing Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) engines. This pilot vessel represents one of the milestones of the EU-supported “LNG Masterplan Rhine-Main-Danube” project, which is a series of studies and trials to assess the use of Liquefied Natural […]

  • Offshore Wind Brings Atlas Professionals to Vlissingen

    6 February 2018
    Business & Finance, Human Capital

    International recruitment company, Atlas Professionals, has expanded its network by opening a recruitment hub in Vlissingen, the Netherlands.

  • UK: Expro Secures Five Year Multi-Discipline Contract with Shell

    30 January 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

      Leading international oilfield services company Expro has been awarded an ‘extremely important’ multi-million pound multi-discipline five year contract with Shell UIE. Expro has won the primary Slickline/Multiline contract across Shell UIE, which includes the UK, Ireland, Norway and the Netherlands. Additionally, Expro has been awarded a contract to provide well testing, drill stem testing […]