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  • Muckish move signalled by Serica

    23 July 2009

    Drilling of a new deepwater exploration prospect off the west coast of Ireland has been suggested by Serica Energy following the award of a new Frontier Exploration Licence in the region. Serica signalled its intention to target the Muckish prospect which is initially estimated to contain 675 Bcf of gas although it could also contain […]

  • SSE Backs Northern Irish Students

    12 December 2014
    Business & Finance, Human Capital

    SSE Airtricity, Northern Ireland’s second largest energy provider, has handed a welcome financial boost to 22 students from Ulster University and South West Regional College, through a £100,000 Scholarship Fund. Launched by Employment and Learning Minister Dr Stephen Farry MLA in August, the Scholarship Fund, which is one of the most significant educational bursary schemes […]

  • New Zealand: Divers Continue Assessment of Rena Wreck

    16 January 2012

    Divers today continued a full assessment of the state of the wreck of the Rena – its stability on the reef and general condition – as the first stage of working out what to do next. “It’s extremely challenging and dangerous work,” National On Scene Commander Rob Service said, “because of the surges of water […]

  • Tender opens for Greece’s second HVDC cable system

    19 November 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Transition, Vision

    Greece’s transmission system operator (TSO) Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO or ADMIE) has launched the tender for the country’s second high-voltage direct current (HVDC) cable system, a project that will integrate the Dodecanese Islands into the mainland high-voltage grid. The tender for the Corinth-Kos electrical interconnection covers the design, supply and installation of HVDC cable […]

  • Bangladesh: BIWTA Invites Tender for Supply of Dredging Equipment

    11 November 2011

    Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority, Tender Dredging Department, has invited tender for construction and supply of 1 x 18” cutter suction dredger, with spare parts; 1 x crane boat; 1 x crew house boat; 150 floating pipes; 100 shore pipes; 100 pairs FS wire ropes; 8 Coils; Spare parts for Dredger (9) and spare parts […]

  • Norway: Aker Solutions to Provide Well Services for Statoil in North Sea

    8 June 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Aker Solutions has been awarded two contracts from Island Offshore to provide well intervention services for Statoil in the North Sea. Scope of work is to deliver downhole well intervention services from Island Offshore’s two riserless well intervention vessels Island Frontier and Island Wellserver. These operations include running of mechanical wireline, electrical wireline and wireline […]

  • Damen launches 3rd hybrid-electric ship for BC Ferries

    4 November 2020
    Infrastructure, Vessels

    Damen Shipyards Galati has launched the third Island-class hybrid-electric vessel for Canadian ferry operator BC Ferries.

  • EPA Hosts Meeting on Dredged Material Supplemental EIS (USA)

    10 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    EPA has released a Notice of Intent to prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement to evaluate the potential designation of one or more dredged material disposal sites in Eastern Long Island Sound, and hosted a public meeting in Riverhead, N.Y. on Wednesday, Jan. 9. The Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) is being developed with the input […]

  • ADB: Five More Wharf Upgrades Finished

    15 January 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Upgrades to Ringgi Wharf on Kolombangara Island, Keru Wharf on Keru Island, Ngasini Wharf on Vangunu Island and Susabona and Tatamba Wharves in Santa Isabel have been successfully completed ahead of schedule and under budget in the second phase of the Domestic Maritime Support Project. The Asian Development Bank (ADB), along with the Governments of […]

  • Picture of the Day: First Load of Sand Arrives

    6 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, dredged and pumped the first load of sand onto Ship Bottom, New Jersey, yesterday, as part of their Storm Damage Reduction Project on Long Beach Island. Its one of the largest beachfill contracts ever undertaken by USACE. This program is a joint effort between the Army Corps and […]

  • Providence Completes Drilling Activities on 44/23-1 Dunquin North Exploration Well

    22 July 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Providence Resources P.l.c., (‘Providence’) the Irish oil and gas exploration and appraisal company, whose shares are listed in London (AIM) and Dublin (ESM), confirm that drilling activities have now been completed on the 44/23-1 Dunquin North exploration well in Frontier Exploration Licence (FEL) 3/04. The well is located in c. 1,700 m water depth and […]

  • North America: Steel in the water

    11 July 2016

    Last September in Baltimore at the AWEA Offshore WINDPOWER conference the buzz words heard over and over again were “we have steel in the water.” This is, of course, a reference to the jacket foundations for the five French built GE Haliade 6MW wind turbines which will be installed on the first North American Offshore Wind Farm site almost 5km […]

  • Maersk eyes paying the penalty if it fails to deliver

    10 December 2010

    Maersk Line is mulling accepting financial penalties in its Asia-Europe contracts if it is unable to deliver the service it has promised. Annemette Jepsen, Senior Director and Cluster Manager UK and Ireland, told IFW the Danish carrier was hoping to avoid a repeat of the situation the industry faced at the start of this year, […]

  • Terra at Aqua: Dredging and Disposal at Lough Foyle

    6 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Port of Londonderry is located at the point of discharge of the River Foyle into Lough Foyle, the lake on the western boundary of Northern Ireland, and is an important strategic business in the North of Ireland, which serves the entire region and promotes economic growth and stability. Historically the Port disposed of the […]

  • University of Limerick Launches Etain ROV

    24 April 2018
    Equipment

    University of Limerick (UL) has unveiled EUR 2 million underwater robot at the docks in Limerick city. The remotely operated vehicle (ROV) was launched by Pat Breen, Minister of State for Trade, Employment, Business, EU Digital Single Market and Data Protection. The Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) funded ROV Étaín can operate in wind, wave, and […]

  • Eni extends Irish offshore license until 2025

    22 May 2017
    Project & Tenders

    Italian oil major Eni and its joint venture partners have received an extension for Frontier Exploration Licence (FEL) 3/04 until 2025. The license lies in 1,500 m water depth in the southern Porcupine Basin and is 170 kilometers off the southwest coast of Ireland. It contains the 2013-drilled Dunquin North carbonate build-up, together with the undrilled […]

  • GKinetic seeks test site partners for tidal demo

    16 December 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    GKinetic Energy is looking for potential tidal test sites and collaborative partners for its tidal energy demonstration projects starting in 2017.

  • International collaboration to cut ocean energy costs

    16 September 2016
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    A major international Oceanera-Net collaborative project, involving seven partners from across Europe and worth €1.8 million, is driving forward the development of cost effective components, specifically designed for the reliable and sustainable delivery of ocean energy.

  • Van Oord Bags Important Deal in Indonesia

    2 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    Van Oord has been awarded the sand supply contract for the reclamation of a polder island for the Kapuk Nagah Indah Project. The project enables housing development directly north off the coast of Jakarta, Indonesia. The client is private developer PT Kapuk Naga Indah. Contract value amounts to some EUR 100 million. The project is […]

  • NMDC, Stevin Rock Sign $113 Million Rock Supply Deal

    28 March 2019
    Business & Finance

    The Abu Dhabi based National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC) has awarded a $113 million contract to Stevin Rock for the supply of rock to ADNOC’s Ghasha artificial island construction project. Last month, ADNOC awarded a $1.4 billion deal to NMDC for the construction of artificial islands to develop, drill, and produce gas from the Ghasha offshore […]

  • Germany: Heligoland Shifts from Tourism to Offshore Wind

    11 October 2013

    German island in the North Sea, Heligoland, is changing its focus from tourism to offshore wind, writes E Turbo News portal. Namely, Heligoland’s main economic pillar used to be tourism, but due to the offshore wind development in the North Sea the local hotel rooms are being rented to technicians. The offshore wind farms NordseeOst […]

  • EIA: Conventional Hydrocarbons Mostly Reside in Undisputed Parts of South China Sea

    26 December 2013

    Several countries have overlapping territorial claims to portions of the South China Sea, which stretches from Singapore in the southwest to Taiwan in the northeast.   The Spratly Islands and Paracel Islands are two of the most contested areas (see dark blue islands on map above). However, unlike other parts of the South China Sea, these […]

  • Irish Ports: Shipping Volume Down in Q2

    22 August 2012

    The volume of port and shipping traffic through the Republic of Ireland declined in the second quarter of 2012 according to the latest figures released today (22nd August 2012) by the Irish Maritime Development Office (IMDO). The latest analysis of the traffic data indicates that only one of the five principal freight segments had any […]

  • CPRA Implementation Update – April 2019

    18 April 2019
    Business & Finance

    Seven major coastal restoration projects in Louisiana totaling more than half a billion dollars have been completed and paid for with settlement money resulting from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Projects working their way toward construction this year or in years to come will use another $4.4 billion in settlement dollars. Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority […]

  • Man dies as bug hits cruise ship

    7 July 2009

    man has died and more than 150 people have taken ill on board a cruise liner berthed in Invergordon, Easter Ross. The vomiting bug, norovirus, is thought to have taken hold on the Marco Polo, which is touring the UK and Ireland with 769 passengers and 340 crew. On Monday, a 74-year-old man, thought to […]