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  • Orkney’s marine renewables campus moves to HIE ownership

    2 April 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Vision

    Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has taken full ownership of the Orkney Research and Innovation Campus (ORIC) in Stromness, Scotland, following the transfer of Orkney Islands Council’s (OIC) share in the joint venture (JV). According to HIE, the move comes as ORIC prepares for a second phase of development, backed by a £2.8 million funding […]

  • DFDS to launch ferry lifeline service to Jersey by end-March

    6 January 2025
    Authorities & Government, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Danish ferry and logistics company DFDS has been selected to provide freight and passenger services to Jersey—the largest of the Channel Islands—with a fleet of vessels including high-speed ferries.

  • LS Cable & System Wins Submarine Cable Job Offshore Qatar

    19 November 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    LS Cable & System (Chairman & CEO Christopher Koo) announced that the Letter of Award (LOA) has been received for the contract of submarine power cable project worth over $440 million (about KRW50 million) ordered by Qatar Petroleum. This project is to install two 100km-long circuits i.e. 200km of 132kV cables for efficient electric power […]

  • Comment Period on Dredging of FNP Extended (USA)

    28 February 2014

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, is extending the comment period until March 28, 2014 on the proposed maintenance dredging of the Mystic River Federal Navigation Project (FNP) in Groton and Stonington, Conn. This will allow people more time to comment. The state of Connecticut is the local sponsor for this proposed […]

  • USA: DWEC Would Reach Maximum Output on Hottest Days of Summer in Northeast

    19 July 2012

    Hot temperatures are a boon for offshore wind energy. Deepwater Wind today released data showing that its planned Deepwater Wind Energy Center (DWEC), a 900 MW offshore wind farm planned 30 miles east of Montauk and 20 miles south of the Massachusetts and Rhode Island mainland, would reach maximum output on the hottest days of […]

  • Deepwater Wind to Protect Endangered Whales

    8 May 2014
    Environment

    A coalition of leading environmental and conservation organizations — Conservation Law Foundation (CLF), Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and National Wildlife Federation (NWF) — and Deepwater Wind announced an agreement to implement additional protections for endangered North Atlantic right whales during pre-construction activities for the Deepwater ONE offshore wind farm, which will be developed off […]

  • UK: New Project Pass ‘First Hurdle’ in Securing Government Infrastructure Guarantee

    22 October 2013
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    Energy, road and rail projects worth £33 billion have passed the first hurdle in getting a government infrastructure guarantee, Chief Secretary Danny Alexander has announced today. Forty projects are now at the stage known as pre-qualification, meaning they are eligible for the UK Guarantee scheme. Over half that have pre-qualified are energy projects, helping ensure […]

  • Pair survive two months at sea in small boat

    28 March 2006

    Two people have survived for nearly two months at sea in a small boat in the South Pacific. The pair went missing off the Solomons Islands and were picked up by a fishing vessel in Vanuatu waters, the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation reported on Tuesday.

  • President’s Fiscal 2017 Budget for USACE Announced

    10 February 2016
    Business & Finance

    The President’s Budget for fiscal year 2017 (FY 2017) includes $4.620 billion in gross discretionary funding for the Civil Works program of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. “The 2017 Civil Works budget for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reflects the Administration’s priorities to support and improve the Nation’s economy, protect the American people, […]

  • Clipper 05-06: Catch Up Time

    17 July 2006

    The fleet is starting to feel the effects of the high pressure ridge coming south west from Ireland, with quite patchy runs across the board. The weather chart (courtesy of the Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Centre) shows the ridge almost on top of the fleet position. Just to the south a weak low pressure […]

  • Terna to Complete 73.2 MW Wind Farm by End of 2015

    12 January 2015

    Terna Energy’s investment for the construction of a wind park with a capacity of 73.2 MW on St. George Island is entering its final stage with a goal to have it in operation by the end of 2015. The EUR 150 million wind farm will produce enough electricity to power over 40,000 households per annum. The […]

  • USA: SLNG Drops LNG Trucking Plans

    5 April 2012

    Southern LNG has withdrawn its application to FERC to reactivate the trucking facilities on Elba Island to transport LNG, according to a letter sent to FERC. On August 3, 2010, Southern LNG (SLNG) filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission requesting both approval to abandon its certificate authorization associated with certain facilities located […]

  • Breaking: First US Offshore Wind Turbine Stands Tall

    4 August 2016

    Deepwater Wind’s CEO Jeffrey Grybowski has shared images of the the jack-up installation vessel Brave Tern as it attaches the final blade and completes the installation of the first offshore wind turbine in US waters, and the first of five wind turbines to be installed on the 30MW Block Island wind farm.  Brave Tern, accompanied by lift boats L/B […]

  • Highlights of the Week

    2 January 2017
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (December 26-January 1, 2017).   Port of Baltimore VIDEO: Other Uses of Dredged Material The Port of Baltimore has just released this very interesting video named ‘Other Uses of Dredged Material’.   First Commercial Marine Biofuel Tested on CSD EDAX […]

  • Scapa Flow to host LNG STS transfer

    7 January 2016
    Vessels

    A ship-to-ship LNG transfer is scheduled for the weekend in Scapa Flow, located within the Orkney Islands, off the northeast coast of Scotland.

  • County will get say on marina

    8 October 2006

    Miami-Dade County commissioners are scheduled to vote Tuesday on a dredging permit to build a mega-yacht facility on Watson Island. Island Gardens is hailed as the missing jewel in a waterfront community, a new place to spoil the locals and, it’s hoped, wealthy visitors. When Miami commissioners let voters decide what to do with long-neglected […]

  • Shell-chartered LNG London ticks off bunkering milestone

    5 October 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Belgian inland transportation specialist, Victrol, said its LNG bunker vessel, LNG London completed its first bunkering operation in the port of Rotterdam.

  • Kinder Morgan says another Elba LNG train ready for service

    28 July 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    US energy company Kinder Morgan is seeking approval to launch another small-scale liquefaction unit at its nearly $2 billion Elba Island LNG plant in Georgia. The company has requested an authorization from US FERC to place into service the ninth Elba Island liquefaction unit on July 27. Earlier this month, Kinder Morgan sought and won […]

  • Transas TX-97 Non-Official Chart Collection Includes Ukrainian Chart Folios

    28 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    Transas TX-97 non-official chart collection now includes Ukrainian chart folios. The agreement was signed between Transas Marine Ltd and the State Hydrographic Service of Ukraine in May 2012 allowing Transas to use official ENC’s and Inland ENC’s to create TX-97 folios. New charts will be available for the users of Transas ECDIS and ECS. The […]

  • WWT tidal vessel starts operating off British Columbia

    14 October 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    A floating tidal energy plant built by Water Wall Turbine (WWT) has started harnessing the tides off British Columbia, Canada.

  • MCT to Share Its Plans for Brough Ness Tidal Project in Kirkwall, UK

    27 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    Siemens’ Marine Current Turbines will be at Kirkwall Town Hall on Thursday (29th November, 3.00pm to 8.00pm) to share its outline plans for its Brough Ness tidal project. MCT is one of a number of tidal and wave energy developers who will be exhibiting at the event. The event, an opportunity for Orcadians to be […]

  • Spotted: Ulstein Launches Its Largest Offshore Vessel Yet

    26 August 2015
    Business & Finance

      On Tuesday night, August 25th, yard number 302 Island Venture, an offshore construction vessel for Island Offshore/Edison Chouest Offshore, was launched from the dock hall at Norwegian shipbuilder Ulstein Verft. Currently, the heli deck is being mounted. Measuring close to 160 m in length, and with at beam of 30 m, she is the […]

  • Wind Met 8% of European 2014 Electricity Demand

    29 July 2015

    EU’s grid connected cumulative capacity in 2014 reached 129 GW, meeting 8% of European electricity demand, equivalent to the combined annual consumption of Belgium, the Netherlands, Greece and Ireland. According to a JRC report, the impressive growth of the industry will allow at least 12% electricity share by 2020, a significant contribution to the goal […]

  • Crown Estate to Consult with Industry on New Leasing Round

    19 June 2018
    Authorities & Government

    As the Crown Estate is setting the stage for new offshore wind leasing, the authority governing the UK seabed will host a session with potential leasing process participants on 25 July, aiming to gather initial feedback from the industry.

  • Banking processing to blame for Barryroe loan delays, Providence says

    22 July 2019

    After several delays, the Irish oil firm Providence Resources has still not received a $9 million loan from the Chinese firm APEC, its partner in the Barryroe project offshore Ireland.