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  • Digital Scotland Project Gets First Beneficiaries

    18 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Homes and businesses in Lerwick on Shetland are set to be Scotland’s first island community to get fibre broadband as part of the $688 million Digital Scotland partnership. Lerwick joins Keith in Moray as the latest areas to be announced as part of the Digital Highlands and Islands project which will deliver fibre broadband to […]

  • County, Cooperative await dredging permits

    17 May 2005

    A dredging operation could free up access to a marina in St. James City, making it easier for barges bringing waste from the barrier islands. The Fishermen’s Cooperative and Lee County are working together to make the waterway deeper at the county’s solid waste transfer site in an aquatic preserve on Pine Island.

  • TMYRC 2007: Transatlantic Maxi Race Starts from Tenerife

    26 November 2007

    Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands. 26th November 2007. The seven maxi yachts taking part in the first edition of the Transatlantic Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup set off at 13.05 UTC today, bound for the Caribbean island of St Maarten, just over 3,000 miles (2,600 nautical miles) away across the Atlantic Ocean.

  • Lundin gets nod for exploration well in Barents Sea

    11 May 2015
    Exploration & Production

    Lundin Norway AS (Lundin) has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to drill an exploration well 7220/11-3 located in the Barents Sea with the Island Innovator rig.  Lundin is the operator for production licence 609 in block 7220/11 in the Barents Sea. According to the PSA, drilling is scheduled to begin in […]

  • Crew Swims Ashore after Bulker Sinks off Yemen

    12 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    All 24 Russian, Ukrainian and Filipino crew members of the Panama-flagged bulk carrier Focomar which sank off Yemen on August 7 are alive and in no need of medical assistance, according to Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Focomar sank near Socotra Island, Gulf of Aden, and updated reports show that all of the crewmen survived and managed to […]

  • Crew Swims Ashore after Bulker Sinks off Yemen

    12 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    All 24 Russian, Ukrainian and Filipino crew members of the Panama-flagged bulk carrier Focomar which sank off Yemen on August 7 are alive and in no need of medical assistance, according to Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Focomar sank near Socotra Island, Gulf of Aden, and updated reports show that all of the crewmen survived and managed to […]

  • 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 […]

  • China: CCCC Guangzhou Bags Hainan Land Reclamation Deal

    18 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    CCCC Guangzhou Dredging Co., Ltd. has recently won the bid for Lot II of the Sea Flower Island reclamation project in Hainan Province, with a contract value of 270 million yuan and a construction period of one year. The project is located in Danzhou, Hainan Province, with reclamation works as the initial works. Consisting of […]

  • Photo of the Day: Atlantic Pioneer Connects to 1st BIWF Foundation

    24 May 2016

    The Atlantic Pioneer vessel has connected to ‪Block Island Wind Farm’s‬ foundation no. 1 to deliver workers preparing to pull in the submarine export cable that will ultimately send the power generated from all five turbines to a substation on Block Island. Atlantic Pioneer is the first offshore wind support vessel built in the United […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • USA: Hawaii Undersea Cable to Aid State’s Objectives

    28 June 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    A plan to build a 100-mile undersea cable connecting energy grids on Hawaii’s islands would aid in meeting the state’s ambitious renewable-energy objectives, writes AOL Energy. If it proves that the grids can take more energy from renewable sources than the highest levels currently assumed by the industry that would be a big boost to […]

  • Busy Year for Coastal Restoration in Louisiana

    21 December 2017
    Business & Finance

    The Restore the Mississippi River Delta organization said in their latest announcement that 2017 has been a busy year for coastal restoration in Louisiana. Louisiana’s 2017 Coastal Master Plan passed unanimously and progress was made on several large-scale restoration projects. In their latest post, The Restore the Mississippi River Delta presented a few of the […]

  • Cavache to Dredge Intracoastal Waterway

    9 October 2015
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Cavache Inc. is about to begin dredge operations in portions of the Intracoastal Waterway near the Port of Palm Beach, Florida. The channel west side of Peanut Island will be dredged. Dredging operations will start on or about October 12th 2015, with the completion set for March 10, 2016. Dredge MAYA CAELYN will be disposing of the material via […]

  • CCCC Dredging Wins Davao Land Reclamation Contract

    27 October 2016
    Business & Finance

    CCCC Dredging, one of the world’s largest players in the dredging industry, has won a contract to build four artificial islands totaling 208 hectares of reclaimed land in the Davao area, the Philippines. The agreement was signed during the Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte’s visit to China last week, according to the Beijing Youth Daily. These artificial islands will spread along […]

  • Rotterdam Port Congestion Easing Up

    1 September 2014
    Business & Finance

    The congestion which troubled the Rotterdam container sector during the past few months seems to be decreasing, the Port Rotterdam Authority reports. Inland shipping operators report that increasingly more ships are being handled on schedule. According to ECT, the situation is now under control. Sector organisation CBRB with which most barge operators are affiliated, remains […]

  • 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, […]

  • Netherlands looking at offshore hubs and interconnectors, where does hydrogen stand?

    17 January 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Environment, Infrastructure, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Safety, Technology, Transition, Vision

    Energy islands are no longer being considered in the Netherlands. Instead, the focus has been shifted to offshore energy hubs and interconnectors. With rising (cyber)security concerns as a result of a number of recent incidents in European waters, as well as the Russia-Ukraine war, diversification of the energy system is high on the agenda. Offshore […]

  • Tocardo and DELTA make tidal energy deal

    5 March 2018
    Business & Finance, Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Dutch tidal energy developer Tocardo has signed an agreement with DELTA power utility company for the purchase of clean electricity generated by its tidal energy array on the Eastern Scheldt storm surge barrier.