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  • 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, […]

  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • BC Ferries searching shipyards for five newbuilds, including LNG-fueled ferry

    27 July 2018
    Vessels

    Canada’s British Columbia Ferry Services (BC Ferries)is looking for interested shipyards to build its five new vessels to replace its aging fleet assets. 

  • Fishing vessel grounds, crew rescued

    9 April 2006

    The Coast Guard rescued four men early this morning from a fishing boat grounded off Kodiak Island. An 83-foot shrimp boat, Laura, ran aground on Refuge Island, several miles east of the city of Kodiak.

  • Shell to commission two new subsea wells on Draugen

    29 April 2016

    Norwegian offshore safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has granted its approval to the oil giant Shell to use two subsea wells on the Draugen field, offshore Norway.  Shell is the operator of the Draugen oil field at Haltenbanken located in block 6407/12 in the Norwegian Sea, around 150 kilometres north of Kristiansund. Production from the […]

  • WWT floating tidal turbine to be tested off British Columbia

    9 May 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Water Wall Turbine (WWT) is progressing well with the construction of its floating tidal energy turbine planned to be deployed for testing off Dent Island this year.

  • NY Coast Guard Aiding Disabled Freighter

    28 May 2014

    The US Coast Guard is responding to a disabled freighter that lost steering earlier today while transiting the St. Lawrence Seaway in the vicinity of Wellesley Island, New York. The freighter is currently anchored upriver, about one-third of a mile from the Thousand Island Bridge. There are no reported injuries to the crew and no […]

  • RI Senator Kicks Off Energy Ocean International Event (USA)

    10 June 2013

    Energy Ocean International will be host to the United States Senator for Rhode Island, Sheldon Whitehouse, who will kick-off the 10th Annual Conference at 9:45 a.m. EST on Monday, June 10th. The Energy Ocean International Conference and Exhibition, which will be held June 10-12, 2013 at the Crowne Plaza in Warwick, Rhode Island, has been […]

  • Orkney builds up ‘green hydrogen’ delivery system

    3 May 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Storage, Technology

    Orkney Islands have further increased the transportation capabilities for locally produced ‘green hydrogen’ with the delivery of two hydrogen tube trailers from Calvera.

  • President’s Fiscal 2018 Budget for USACE Released

    26 May 2017
    Business & Finance

    The President’s Budget for fiscal year 2018 (FY 2018) includes $5.002 billion in gross discretionary funding for the Civil Works program of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. “The fiscal 2018 Civil Works budget for the Corps reflects the administration’s priorities to support and improve the nation’s economy and infrastructure,” said Mr. Doug Lamont, senior […]

  • Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Project Moves Forward

    13 December 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    After nearly four years of painstaking efforts, on November 28, the reclamation project of the artificial island of Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge for Zhuhai and Macao ports, undertaken by the consortium of CCCC First Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd. and CCCC Tianjin Dredging Co., Ltd. and the consortium of CCCC Fourth Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd. and CCCC […]

  • Grounding of Sabre Spirit Under Investigation

    13 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Coast Guard is investigating the grounding of the Sabre Spirit, a 190-foot Panamanian flag roll-on/roll-off cargo ship, after the vessel ran aground Friday morning off Current Cut, between the islands of Saint Thomas and Great Saint James, U.S. Virgin Islands, and was refloated afterwards with the rising tide.   There is no sign […]

  • Sir Richard Branson Calls for More Renewables

    23 May 2014

    Media and airline businessman Sir Richard Branson is calling on Scottish entrepreneurs to challenge what he describes as ‘the climate change sceptics’ with the facts about the changing environment. Sir Richard was speaking to delegates attending the 14th All Energy Conference and Exhibition in Aberdeen. Speaking live from his Caribbean island to Highlands and Islands […]

  • HGK Shipping’s future fuel-ready gas tanker gets Green Award certification

    27 June 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Certification & Classification, Green Marine, Infrastructure, Regulation & Policy, Vessels

    GAS 95, an environmentally-friendly diesel-electric gas tanker owned by HGK Shipping, has received the Green Award in Gold certification.

  • HIE to Showcase Its Renewable Expertise in Aberdeen Tomorrow

    20 May 2014

    Innovation, expertise and experience – all the characteristics commonplace amongst over 60 businesses from the Highlands and Islands set to converge on All Energy in Aberdeen tomorrow, the renewable sector’s key exhibition and conference in Scotland. In conjunction with Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), these businesses will exhibit over the two day event in the […]

  • Korea South-East Power Inks 600MW Offshore Wind Deal

    24 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    South Korean energy company Korea South-East Power (KOEN) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to build a 600MW offshore wind farm off the Wando Island as part of the Jeonnam Wando Island 5GW Wind Power Generation project.

  • Cochin Shipyard Starts Building A&N Passenger Ships

    15 May 2017
    Business & Finance

    India’s state-owned Cochin Shipyard Ltd has started constructing four passenger-cum-cargo vessels for Andaman & Nicobar Administration under the ‘Make in India’ initiative. As per orders placed by the A&N Administration, two of these vessels will have a capacity of 500 persons-cum-150 tonne cargo and the remaining two will have a capacity of 1200 persons-cum-1000 tonne cargo. […]

  • Queen Bess Restoration Work Progresses

    23 September 2019
    Business & Finance

    The Queen Bess Island restoration project in Barataria Bay, conducted by Pontchartrain Partners, is in full swing now, the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) said in its latest announcement.  The $9.8 million construction contract, awarded in July 2019, is being funded through the Deepwater Horizon oil spill Natural Resource Damages settlement administered by […]