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  • Swire Shipping Teams Up with Matson on South Pacific Service

    18 December 2019
    Business & Finance

    Swire Shipping has unveiled plans to enter a new vessel sharing partnership with Matson.

  • Jumbo Delivers Gorgon Shipment (Australia)

    21 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    Jumbo’s engineers and the crew of HLV Jumbo Jubilee have successfully transported and discharged fourteen of the twenty-five MOF caissons for the Chevron-operated Gorgon Project on Barrow Island, Australia. So far the operation was performed as planned with respect to every detail: safety, environmental conservation, transportation, mooring and tidal discharging. The contract for the transport […]

  • DNO ready to deploy well intervention vessel at North Sea field

    7 April 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Vessels

    DNO has received consent from Norway’s regulator to use one of Island Offshore’s mobile offshore units (MOU) for work on a field.

  • Rijkswaterstaat Chooses Kongsberg for Major Project

    25 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Netherlands Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, Rijkswaterstaat (RWS), has chosen Kongsberg Norcontrol IT to deliver a state-of-the-art RADAR surveillance system for the Volkeraksluizen, Europe’s largest and busiest inland lock complex. Volkeraksluizen serves as an essential junction in the waterway connection between the ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp. It is not only Europe’s largest […]

  • HMS Queen Elizabeth’s Second Giant Piece Rolled Out

    13 May 2013
    Business & Finance

    Another giant piece of the jigsaw that is the Navy’s future carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, is finished with her aft island rolled out of the construction shed. The second of two islands on the 65,000-tonne leviathan, the aft one will control flight deck operations by her F35 jets, Merlin helicopters and other aircraft. From this […]

  • SPC to evaluate LPG and LNG as alternative energy sources for the Pacific

    12 September 2014

    There is a growing global trend towards using cleaner and cheaper fuel. The Pacific region has always faced difficulties with this type of change, due to its huge dependence on imported expensive fossil fuels for transportation, power generation, shipping and cooking. In many countries, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and liquefied natural gas (LNG) are being […]

  • Irish Marine Minister urges vessel owners to avail of scheme

    3 August 2006

    IRISH Marine Minister John Browne T.D., speaking yesterday at Greencastle Harbour in Donegal, called on vessels owners to consider availing of the second round of the Decommissioning Scheme for whitefish vessels. This scheme aims to bring about a viable future for the seafood industry by reducing the size of Ireland’s sea fishing fleet to bring […]

  • Western Baltic Engineering, AYK Energy seal electric vessel partnership

    11 October 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    Western Baltic Engineering has signed a new electric pusher vessel partnership with Andorra-based battery maker AYK Energy.

  • USA: Biloxi Harbor Dredging Stopped

    17 April 2012

    As wlox.com reports, work on the Biloxi Commercial Harbor has come to a halt. The work is at a standstill as the contractor awaits the results of dredge spoils testing by the Mississippi DEQ. Port Manager Frankie Duggan said they’re also awaiting the arrival of a “test pile” that’s part of the reconstruction project. “They’re […]

  • UK: Financial Boost for Isles of Scilly Sea Links

    13 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has today announced a £10 million package to improve sea links between Scilly and Cornwall and upgrade roads on St Mary’s. The Minister is visiting the islands today. This new funding involves £7.3 million towards the £12.8 million scheme to improve harbor infrastructure at both St Mary’s and Penzance and £1.8 million […]

  • Readers’ Choice: Top Stories in December

    2 January 2017
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    With the New Year finally here, DredgingToday will take you back to some of the most read stories of December 2016.   Boskalis Wins EUR 120 Million Dredging Contract in Brazil Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has been awarded a contract by Açu Petróleo S.A. (joint venture company of Prumo Logística S.A. and Oiltanking Gmbh) for the […]

  • Section of Second West-East Gas Pipeline Starts Operation (China)

    20 December 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    On December 19, the Qiuyuling-Dachan Island Section of Guangdong-Shenzhen Branch and Hong Kong Branch of the Second West-East Gas Pipeline were successfully put into operation on the same day, ready to deliver natural gas to Hong Kong. Running from Qiuyuling Distribution Pigging Station to Dachan Island Transmission Station in Shenzhen, the Qiuyuling-Dachan Island Section has […]

  • 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 […]

  • Australia: Gladstone LNG exports flat in September

    9 October 2018

    LNG exports from the three liquefaction plants located on Curtis Island offshore Gladstone totaled 1.76 million tons in September, remaining nearly flat month-on-month. 

  • Townsville Beach Renourishment Works About to Begin

    2 June 2016
    Business & Finance

    Townsville City Council will conduct top-up sand renourishment works on Horseshoe Bay and Nelly Bay beaches this month as part of an ongoing program to combat erosion on the island. The Nelly Bay works will happen from June 6-10 and the Horseshoe Bay works will happen from June 13-17, reported the City Council. At Horseshoe Bay […]

  • 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. […]

  • 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 […]

  • Fishing industry still awaiting oil spill compo

    11 March 2010

    Commercial fishermen affected by one of Australia’s worst oil spills say they are still waiting for compensation a year after the disaster. A 75 kilometre stretch of coastline from Moreton Island to the Sunshine Coast was coated with oil after the cargo ship Pacific Adventurer spilt about 270 tonnes of heavy fuel oil off Moreton […]

  • Fuel spills from ship in Antarctic

    1 February 2007

    FUEL from a Norwegian cruise ship that ran aground at an Antarctic island has spilled onto the coastline, a scientist from Spain’s base in the area said today. Fuel washed into a bay off Antarctica’s Deception Island when the MS Nordkapp, with 370 people aboard, damaged its hull on rocks on Tuesday, the scientist said.

  • DNR launches new Sapelo ferry

    30 October 2006

    A new passenger ferry beginning service this week between Meridian and Sapelo Island is sure to make special deliveries. The catamaran-style boat, the Katie Underwood, is named in honor of Sapelo’s last midwife. Underwood, whose parents were born into slavery on Georgia’s fourth largest barrier island, delivered babies there from the 1920s through 1968.

  • BOEM to Provide Sand Resources for Florida Beaches Replenishment (USA)

    27 April 2012

    The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced a Record of Decision outlining a negotiated agreement for the future use of Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) sand resources to replenish Hutchinson Island, Florida, following storm-induced wave impacts and coastal erosion. The bureau issued the Notice of Availability for the Record of Decision, which outlines the parameters of […]

  • USA: Officials Launch USD 250 Million New York Harbor Project

    20 April 2012

    Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Port Authority Executive Director Pat Foye launched a $250 million construction project to boost economic development in New York Harbor. The project involves digging a new water transmission main – called a siphon – between Staten Island and Brooklyn that will allow for the removal of two existing tunnels that […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]