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  • 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 […]

  • 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;

  • 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, […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • 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. […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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  

  • Canada to Build RoPax Ferry Pair at Davie Shipyard

    20 June 2019
    Business & Finance

    The Canadian government is entering into contract negotiations with Davie for the construction of two ferries.

  • Iberdrola to install its first ever floating solar power plant in Brazil

    5 January 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Outlook & Strategy, Technology, Transition, Vision

    Spanish renewable energy group Iberdrola has unveiled plans to install its first ever floating solar power plant on the island of Fernando de Noronha, off the northeast coast of Brazil.

  • 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, […]

  • Providence Resources boss quits

    6 December 2019
    Business & Finance

    Providence Resources CEO Tony O’Reilly has stepped down from the position and has resigned from the board and all subsidiaries with immediate effect.

  • Where no cruise ship has docked before

    10 October 2006

    GRAND TURK, The Turks and Caicos Islands — Adrift out here on the fringes of the Caribbean, The Turks and Caicos Islands sit at the bottom of the Bahamas chain, nature’s afterthought 575 miles southeast of Miami. Oh, they’ve had their share of pirates and slaves, shipwrecks and plantations; but scarcely anyone except scuba divers […]

  • USACE Celebrates Completion of Capoli Slough Scheme

    16 May 2016
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service celebrated last week the completion of the Capoli Slough Islands Habitat Rehabilitation and Enhancement Project during a public ceremony at public boat launch in Ferryville, Wisconsin. The ceremony included remarks from representatives of the USACE, U.S. Fish and Wildlife […]

  • IEA-OES highlights tidal energy development in latest brochure

    23 May 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Ocean Energy Systems (OES), a technology collaboration program within the International Energy Agency (IEA), has published a brochure highlighting progress made across its member countries in the tidal current energy sector. The global tidal and wave energy market was valued at $477.81 million in 2022 and is projected to generate a revenue of around $10 […]

  • Geophysical survey to begin at Irish offshore wind project

    25 August 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    An offshore geophysical survey campaign will soon start at the Arklow Bank Wind Park Phase 2 located off the Wicklow coast in the Irish Sea. The goal of the survey is to provide site investigation information to facilitate the development of the Arklow Bank Wind Park. Work is anticipated to start at the end of August and […]

  • Mauritius microgrid project gets design funding

    10 December 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    The Australian wave energy developer, Carnegie Wave Energy, has secured Au$800,000 ($583,500) for a Mauritian wave and microgrid design project. The funding, controlled by the Mauritian Ministry of Finance and Economic Development has been awarded for the study and design of projects focused on high penetration renewable energy microgrids incorporating wave energy on Mauritius and […]