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  • Maldives: President Inspects Island’s Harbour Construction Work

    14 June 2011

    President Mohamed Nasheed has visited Rasdhoo of North Ari Atoll. During the visit, the President reviewed the status of health and education infrastructure of the island visiting AA Atoll Hospital and AA Atoll Education Centre in Rasdhoo. In the hospital, the President discussed with the management and the members of the Island Council ways of […]

  • VIDEO: Senator Boyle Tours Superstorm Sandy Damage (USA)

    13 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    NY State Senator Phil Boyle toured Superstorm Sandy damaged areas in the 4th Senate District. He used this occasion to speak with those in charge of crews and contractors who are fiercely working to get the Long Island Beaches back in shape with dredging, sand remediation, debris removal and beach plantings in time for the […]

  • Infrastructural Investment Key for Interior African Cargo Transport

    15 December 2014

    There is an urgent need for significant infrastructure investment in both port and inland logistics capabilities in Africa in order to satisfy the projected demands of some of the world’s fastest-growing economies, APM Terminals’ Commercial Director for Inland Services West Africa, Moussa Diop said at the TOC West Africa Market Briefing conference.  Citing a recent […]

  • Dredging Proposed for the Point Judith Harbor

    20 September 2018
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, in partnership with the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council, is proposing improvement dredging to the Point Judith Harbor Federal Navigation Project (FNP) in Narragansett, Rhode Island. The proposed project includes the widening of the existing 15-foot deep Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW) West Bulkhead channel by […]

  • USACE to Release GRR on the Next Phase of FIMP

    30 June 2016
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Draft General Reevaluation Report (GRR) on the next phase of the Fire Island to Montauk Point (FIMP) Project will be released in mid-July. The announcement was made yesterday by Congressman Lee Zeldin, member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, who said that the Corps GRR, which determines what projects will […]

  • Manatee County Kicks Off 2015 Beach Renourishment Planning (USA)

    18 January 2012

    Flush with $550,000 from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Manatee County natural resources director Charlie Hunsicker …     By Rick Catlin (islander) [mappress] Source: islander, January 18, 2012;

  • Lower Myall River Dredging to Bring Benefits

    9 June 2015
    Business & Finance

    A major new project by Great Lakes Council is expected to significantly improve the ecology of the Lower Myall River. Having received $2.7 million in Australian government and State funding, Council is about to start work on a dredging and restoration project designed to achieve a ‘triple-whammy’ of environmental improvements. Council’s General Manager Glenn Handford […]

  • ‘We have steel in the water’

    8 April 2016

    In Baltimore last September 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 […]

  • MTCC’s K. Maafushi Dredging Project Moves Ahead

    11 February 2020

    Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) late last year won a contract by the Ministry of National Planning and Infrastructure, Republic of Maldives, in relation to the development of Maafushi, Island, South Male’ Atoll. The proposed project involves land reclamation in the shallow lagoon on the southern side of the island and shore protection works. […]

  • 3rd body found after NZ vessel sinking

    13 May 2006

    New Zealand Rescue Coordination Center said Sunday a third body was recovered in the morning, following the sinking of a fishing vessel off Stewart Island, near South Island of the country. The vessel, Kotuku, capsized and broke apart about Saturday afternoon, tipping nine people into the icy waters of Foveaux Strait. Three men were rescued […]

  • Husky Completes Work at Sheringham Shoal Offshore Windfarm

    7 May 2012

    Island Shipping’s twin screw Tug, Husky, has returned from Norfolk to her home port of Wicklow following over 300 days of successful charter on Sheringham Shoal Offshore Windfarm. Tug Husky provided logistical support by transporting fuel, water, wastewater, parts and consumables from the shore to and from the Turbines and Sub-Stations. She left two vessels, […]

  • Hilcorp’s Liberty project environmental impact statement made available

    24 August 2018

    The final environmental impact statement for Hilcorp’s Liberty project in the Beaufort Sea has been made available by BOEM.

  • US firm to deliver 391 MW floating solar for Texas project

    17 September 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Project & Tenders, Technology

    Houston-based clean energy company, Diligence Offshore Services, has entered into a partnership with U.S.-based floating solar manufacturer AccuSolar to develop the Pleasure Island Power Collective in Texas. The project, located across 2,275 acres on Pleasure Island and Sabine Lake near Port Arthur, combines renewable energy generation with a data center. According to AccuSolar, the project […]

  • Boskalis and Van Oord ready for Harwich dredging project

    27 September 2021
    Business Developments & Projects

    The dredging works are due to start on the Harwich Haven Channel Deepening Project. On or around September 30, the trailer suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Sospan Dau will start dredging the main channel, disposing material to the beneficial disposal schemes at Horsey Island and Mersea Harbour. The dredging contractor is the Boskalis Westminster/Van Oord Joint Venture, appointed by the Harwich Haven […]

  • Minesto brings Dragon 4 tidal kite back from North Atlantic operations

    12 September 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Technology

    Swedish tidal energy developer Minesto’s Dragon 4 tidal energy kite, named “Íðunn,” has been brought back from its production duty at the company’s North Atlantic demonstration site, where it has been generating electricity for the Faroe Islands grid. According to Minesto, the 100 kW Dragon 4 is part of the company’s portfolio of modular underwater […]

  • Busy January Ahead for GLDD

    31 December 2019
    Business & Finance

    Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) has just announced the receipt of several major dredging contracts totaling $83 million. The awarded work includes: Charlotte/Sarasota Regional Beach Project (Coastal Protection, Florida, $30.5 million); South Atlantic Region Harbor Dredging (Maintenance, Georgia and North Carolina, $13.9 million); Chester, Pennsylvania Modification Project (Capital, Pennsylvania, $13.7 million); Hunting Island […]

  • USA: Committee Endorses Detroit Harbor Dredging Project

    2 May 2013
    Business & Finance

    State Representative Garey Bies (R-Sister Bay) announced that the Joint Finance Committee approved a motion that includes $5.2 million for the dredging of the channel between Northport and Detroit Harbor. The committee began voting last week on appropriations in Governor Walker’s biennial budget and offering other amendments for consideration. The money for Washington Island was part of a larger […]

  • USA: Anna Maria Beach Gets New Sand

    19 April 2011

    The beach was as bright as a football field under Friday night lights as the bulldozers shoved, sculpted and shaped the sand in the… By Lisa Neff (islander) [mappress] Source: islander, April 19, 2011  

  • Shell-chartered LNG London completes milestone loading

    26 February 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Belgian inland transportation specialist, Victrol, said LNG London completed its 100th loading at the Gate LNG terminal in the Dutch port of Rotterdam.

  • PLN to Install Underwater Electricity Cables (Indonesia)

    4 July 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    PLN, the state-owned electricity company is planning to install underwater cables to distribute electricity from Bali to Nusa Lembongan Island, The Jakarta Post reports. The Lembongan underwater cable installation would provide an additional 20 megawatts (MW) of electricity to the island. The cables will be installed from Saba Beach in Gianyar to Lembongan Island and […]

  • Hawaii Superferry to resume service next month

    19 November 2007

    Hawaii Superferry announced Friday it will begin service between the islands of Oahu and Maui on Dec. 1. A state judge Wednesday cleared the way for Hawaii’s new inter-island ferry to operate before an environmental assessment is complete,

  • USA: Coquina Beach Renourishment Moves Forward

    12 April 2011

    Paul Hackney spread out his towel, pitched an umbrella and leaned back against the big renourishment pipe to bask in the April 6 sunshine   By Lisa Neff (islander) [mappress] Source: islander, April 12, 2011  

  • UK: Shetland Good to Go with Wave Energy

    6 November 2012

    The partners behind plans for Shetland’s first wave power scheme will tell island representatives this week that it is set to ramp up public consultation and environmental research off the south west mainland ahead of a planning application in 2015. The work planned for the Aegir scheme in 2013 will be outlined by European energy […]

  • UK: 76 HI-Energy Zone Companies to Showcase at All-Energy

    21 May 2012

    The Highlands and Islands of Scotland will once again have the largest regional presence at the All Energy exhibition and conference in Aberdeen this week (Wednesday 23rd and Thursday 24th May). Seventy six companies are to come together under the banner of HI-Energy to showcase the region’s world-leading renewable energy expertise and supply chain capabilities. […]

  • USA: Attorney Wins Award for Paper on Coastal Zone Management

    17 July 2012

    The Rhode Island Bar Association honored Rhode Island real estate and environmental lawyer John M. Boehnert with the Rhode Island Bar Journal Lauren E. Jones Writing Award for his article “Rhode Island’s Coastal Resources Management Program and the Coastal Zone Management Act’s Federal Consistency Program”. The federal consistency program gives States the ability to challenge, […]