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  • 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: 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  

  • 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,

  • 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 […]

  • CorPower Ocean and NTNU join forces on AI-controlled wave energy tech

    19 March 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology

    Swedish wave energy developer CorPower Ocean has secured funding from Sweden’s national innovation agency, Vinnova, to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into its wave energy technology in collaboration with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).  According to CorPower Ocean, the WACE (Wave energy AI-based Control Enhancement) project, running until November 2025, aims to optimize […]

  • U.S. gov’t awards $241M in grants for ports

    24 December 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics, Regulation & Policy

    The U.S. government has awarded more than $241 million in discretionary grant funding for 25 projects to improve port facilities in 19 states and one territory through the Maritime Administration’s (MARAD) Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP). 

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • 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. 

  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • Vietnamese sailors rescued from stranded Indian ship

    24 July 2006

    The Vietnamese embassy is working closely with Indian authorities to assist three Vietnamese sailors rescued from a Taiwanese trawler that wrecked near a western Indian island. The crew of 33 jumped into the turbulence sea after their fishing vessel Isabella III ran aground on a reef off the western coast of the uninhabited Suhaili island […]

  • Mariners Harbor Plans Terminal Expansion (USA)

    5 April 2010

    STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A public scoping meeting on the expansion of the New York Container Terminal (NYCT) will be held tomorrow night, focusing on an issue that has been a point of contention on Staten Island… [mappress] Source:silive,April 5,2010;

  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Fishing leader disputes rats risk

    6 February 2008

    A trawler which ran aground on a remote island is unlikely to have carried rats, according to a fishing leader. The National Trust for Scotland (NTS) is assessing whether rodents escaped the Spinningdale on to Hirta, the main island of St Kilda.