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  • Mount Gibson to set up logistical services base for offshore oil and gas

    12 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    Mount Gibson Iron Limited has entered into an agreement with specialist logistics provider Qube Holdings Limited (Qube) for establishing logistical services base for the offshore oil and gas industry at Koolan Islands, Western Australia. Mount Gibson and Qube will provide a framework to progress the potential establishment of the base for the industry at the […]

  • MacGregor Bags Subsea Crane Order

    18 November 2013

    MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has won a contract to deliver a 250-tonne SWL active heave-compensated (AHC) subsea crane for the 120m construction vessel, Island Intervention. An existing vessel operated by the US/Norwegian partnership between Edison Chouest Offshore and Island Offshore requires greater lifting capability; a MacGregor 250-tonne SWL AHC subsea crane fulfils the upgrade requirements. […]

  • Germany: Maersk Line Goes Under Spotlight at Intermodal Europe

    9 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    It has been a year of change for Maersk Line and at Intermodal Europe, on 29 November 2011, the carrier’s new business strategy will be placed under the spotlight during a special one-on-one interview with Søren Toft, Vice President of Operations at Maersk Line. The carrier’s Manifesto for Change, announced in June, was positioned as […]

  • Naval Energies and SIDS DOCK Sign Floating Wind MoU

    18 October 2019
    Authorities & Government

    Naval Energies and SIDS DOCK have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to support the development of offshore floating wind projects in the Small Island Developing States (SIDS). The French offshore renewable energy technology developer Naval Energies and SIDS DOCK, the United Nations (UN)-recognized SIDS Sustainable Energy and Climate Resilience Organization will also support the development of […]

  • Norwegian pulls ship from Hawaii

    18 February 2008

    If you’re hoping to sail around the Hawaiian islands this summer on Norwegian Cruise Lines, be prepared for fewer ships and fewer bargains. The Miami-based line is dropping another ship from its Hawaii fleet, leaving only the 2,138-passenger Pride of America to ply the island waters starting in May. As recently as last month, it […]

  • Bulker breaks in halves in South Atlantic

    21 March 2011

    The dry bulk carrier MS Olivia has broken in two halves after having hit the Nightingale Island, part of Tristan da Cunha (GB), on Wednesday last week. The Greek-controlled and Malta-flagged vessel was on a voyage from Santos in Brazil to Singapore with a cargo of soya beans when it hit the remote island in […]

  • Minesto kite to hit water in mid-October

    3 September 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Equipment

    Minesto plans to continue commissioning activities in its tidal energy project in Vestmannasund, Faroe Islands in mid-October. The company has also verified the area for the first proposed array installation of its tidal kite technology in the Faroe Islands. Dr Martin Edlund, CEO of Minesto said that there has been important progress and results from […]

  • Whitehouse Highlights $30M in New Funding for Coastal Improvements

    3 April 2018
    Business & Finance

    Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse yesterday joined with area small business owners and local officials in the flood-prone Island Park neighborhood of Portsmouth to highlight the newly funded National Oceans and Coastal Security Fund, which can help coastal businesses weather rising seas and worsening storms.  Congress approved $30 million in funding for the National Oceans […]

  • U.S. LNG exports flat on week

    11 October 2019
    Ports & Logistics

    Liquefied natural gas exports from the U.S. remained flat over the last week, according to data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA).

  • HIE Applauds UK’s Move on Renewable Energy

    28 June 2013
    Authorities & Government

    The UK Government announced its intention to consult in the summer on additional support for renewables projects located on islands (where these have clearly distinct characteristics to typical mainland projects). This is on a timetable to allow a differential strike price to be set for these projects in the final Delivery Plan in December. The […]

  • USA: RI to Take Critical Step Toward Offshore Wind Power

    24 February 2012
    Authorities & Government

    After securing an important go-ahead from federal officials, Rhode Island is set to take a critical step toward developing commercial offshore wind programs through the U.S. Department of the Interior’s “Smart from the Start” offshore wind energy initiative. Today, Friday, February 24th at 2:30 p.m. , Governor Lincoln Chafee, U.S. Senator Jack Reed, the Chairman […]

  • House Bill Pushes for 5-Year Jones Act Halt in Puerto Rico

    11 October 2017

    US Congressman Gary Palmer and Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez have introduced a legislation which would provide a 5-year moratorium of the Jones Act in Puerto Rico as the island recovers from a series of devastating hurricanes. They said that the Puerto Rico Humanitarian Relief Act would “provide relief from this burdensome regulation and allow Puerto Rico the opportunity […]

  • Dolphin Drilling Receives LOI for ‘Blackford Dolphin’ Rig

    12 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    Dolphin Drilling Ltd, a subsidiary of Fred. Olsen Energy ASA, has entered into a letter of intent for the award of a nine month contract in the UK sector with the semi-submersible Blackford Dolphin. The letter of intent remains subject to finalization of a mutually acceptable contract agreement. The contract will follow in direct continuation from the previously announced contracts […]

  • India: IWAI Keeps Brahmaputra Waterways Open

    28 August 2012

    The Union Minister of Shipping, Shri G.K. Vasan informed the Rajya Sabha today in a written reply to a question that the Dhubri to Sadiya stretch of River Brahmaputra in Assam of about 891 kms has been declared as National Waterway in the year 1988. The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) is developing and […]

  • USA: Corps to Announce Tender for Narragansett Bay Dredging

    19 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, plans to issue a Sources Sought Announcement for a maintenance dredging project located in Little Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island and Connecticut. The main goal of this project is to make the Congressionally-authorized Federal Navigation Project (FNP) in Narragansett Bay 10 feet deep below mean lower low […]

  • MTCC Wraps Up Komandoo Land Reclamation Works

    17 April 2018
    Business & Finance

    Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) completed land reclamation works in Shaviyani Atoll Komandoo earlier this week, local media reports.  Following the project completion, the island of Komandoo – which had previously been seven hectares in size – has now been expanded to approximately seventeen hectares. The land reclamation program started on April 5th, with the use of […]

  • Haliade Components Arriving to Port of Providence (Gallery)

    29 June 2016
    Ports & Logistics

    Rotor blades for the ‪Haliade 150-6MW offshore wind turbines that will make up the Block Island Wind Farm‬ arrived to the Port of Providence yesterday, Deepwater Wind reported via social media.  Furthermore, the developer of the first offshore wind farm in the United States has informed that GE readied the second nacelle for shipment to the […]

  • USACE Ready for Emergency Dredging of the Ocean City Inlet

    1 March 2016
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, has coordinated for emergency dredging of the Ocean City Inlet and Harbor Federal Navigation Channel to begin Friday. The dredging is in response to reports by mariners of shoaling in the inlet caused by the winter storm that struck Ocean City in late January. This emergency dredging […]

  • Croatian FSRU’s regas overhaul completed at Turkish shipyard

    15 October 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance

    The floating storage regasification unit (FSRU) serving Croatia’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at the island of Krk has been upgraded in Türkiye.

  • Rescuing sinking container cargo ship

    6 August 2006

    Rescue workers conduct rescue operation in the sinking container cargo ship “Hanlun” near Dachandao Island in Shenzhen of south China’s Guangdong Province on Aug. 5, 2006. The ship, which set off from Guangzhou, capital of Guandong Province, sank in the sea near Dachandao Island, with 8 crew rescued and 43 containers blocking the main channel […]

  • Top News of the Week May 25-31, 2015

    31 May 2015

    Queen’s Speech Confirms Conservatives’ Energy Plans Her Majesty The Queen today delivered the speech to the UK Parliament as part of the State Opening of Parliament 2015. The speech sets out the government’s policies and proposed legislative programme for the new parliamentary session. Kentish Flats Extension Foundations Done The last foundation at Kentish Flats Extension […]

  • Comissiong: High-speed ferry service vital

    20 September 2006

    A high-speed ferry service running along the chain of islands is just what Caribbean integration should be about. The ferries will be capable of moving large numbers of Caribbean people and products at reasonable rates up and down the chain of islands. At a press conference yesterday, Peoples Empowerment Party’s (PEP) Interim Chairperson, David Comissiong, […]

  • VARD to Build Advanced OSV of Rolls-Royce Design

    3 May 2013

    Vard Holdings Limited (VARD), one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, has entered into a new contract with Island Offshore for the construction of one advanced offshore support vessel of Rolls-Royce design. The value of the contract amounts to approximately NOK 400 million(approx $68.3 Mln). Delivery is scheduled from […]

  • Some Work to Continue at Ocean City

    9 June 2015
    Business & Finance

    Ocean City Mayor Jay Gillian said in his weekly address that the construction of dune crossovers and dune fence installation as part of the southend beach replenishment project will continue while the Liberty Island hopper dredger undergoes repair work. “The construction area will be tightened up and cleared of as much equipment as possible,” Gillian […]

  • USA: Deepwater Signs Lease for Wind Energy Area

    20 September 2013

    To commemorate the country’s first-ever competitive lease sale for renewable energy in federal waters, U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell held a lease signing ceremony for the Wind Energy Area. Last month Deepwater Wind New England won an auction for two areas offshore Rhode Island and Massachusetts, totaling to 164,750 acres for offshore wind development. The […]