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  • New Zealand: Sea Swells Prevent Rena Dive Operations

    7 February 2012

    Work continued over the weekend on removing debris and parts of containers from the front section of Rena. Sea swells have prevented dive operations over the past couple of days. It is hoped the sea state will allow dive inspections of the stern section of Rena to resume either this afternoon or, more likely, tomorrow. […]

  • 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 […]

  • France: EU to Improve Seine River Capacity

    3 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    With a grant of over €1.6 million from the TEN-T Program, the European Union will support a project to modernise the Seine River in France in order to improve the economic efficiency and competitiveness of inland navigation in the region. The project, selected for funding under the 2012 TEN-T Annual Program, consists of modernisation works […]

  • DRR Team Developing Draft Design in Guinea

    2 June 2017
    Business & Finance

    Last weekend a Dutch Risk Reduction (DRR) team traveled to West Africa on request of the government of Guinea. The island of Kaback in Guinea is severely affected by the floods caused by dike breakthroughs and land erosion. This resulted into loss of agricultural land, siltation, water, and food security problems. These problems are increased […]

  • Shelf Drilling bags three-year jack-up deal

    28 March 2019
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Offshore driller Shelf Drilling has secured a three-year contract for one of its jack-up drilling rigs. 

  • VIDEO: Bechtel Updates on GLNG Project Construction, Australia

    29 July 2013

    LNG engineer Bechtel posted two videos showing the progress on Australia’s GLNG project. The GLNG project is a two train LNG facility located on Curtis Island Australia. Senior Project Manager Andrey Polunin brings a world of experience to the project and in this video, provides an overview of the work being carried out over the […]

  • Rosneft: production starts on the Northern tip of Chayvo

    5 September 2014

    Rosneft said it started production on the Northern Tip of Chayvo field on the Sakhalin Island. President of Russian Federation Vladimir Putin led the ceremony in a video link from Gorno-Altaysk. Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak and head of Rosneft Igor Sechin were present on the Sakhalin Island. The Northern Tip of Chayvo field contains more […]

  • Chevron wins biosecurity award for Gorgon QMS

    5 March 2015

    Australia’s Federal Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce named Chevron as a winner in the Industry category of the 2015 Biosecurity Awards.

  • MCT to Take Part in Public Information Day in Kirkwall, UK

    27 November 2012

    Siemens’ Marine Current Turbines (MCT) 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 […]

  • USA: New York to Receive Bigger Ships In Near Future

    20 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    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 […]

  • EU backs Ocean Oasis with nearly €6M to advance wave energy-powered desalination tech 

    29 August 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Technology

    A consortium led by the Norwegian company Ocean Oasis has secured a grant of nearly €6 million from the European Union (EU) to enhance the supply of desalinated water from floating buoys in deep water off the coast of Gran Canaria, Spain. The European Executive Agency on Climate, Infrastructure, and Environment (CINEA) awarded the €5.9 […]

  • Congressman Announces Funding for Forge River Cleanup (USA)

    25 May 2011

    Congressman Tim Bishop announced he has secured federal funds through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) for a number of important Suffolk County projects, including $400,000 for the ongoing Forge River Watershed Study, $172,000 for the Lake Montauk Harbor Feasibility Study, and $1.1 million for the ongoing Fire Island to Montauk Point (FIMP) Reformulation […]

  • 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 […]

  • World’s first multi-megawatt wind and wave energy hybrid secures test site

    26 November 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Technology, Transition, Vision

    Danish company Floating Power Plant (FPP) has signed an agreement with the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) to test its 5MW hybrid floating wind and wave energy platform off the coast of Gran Canaria.

  • Cardin, Van Hollen: $23.6M for Baltimore Harbor and Channels Dredging

    27 June 2018
    Business & Finance

    U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen have praised Senate passage of the Fiscal Year 2019 Energy and Water, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill. As part of this legislation, the Senators worked to secure critical funding for several port maintenance projects in Maryland – including the Port of Baltimore, […]

  • Nags Head Beach Nourishment Continues

    12 June 2019
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Due to a leak in the submerged pipe through which sand is pumped from offshore onto the beach, nourishment operations south of Outer Banks Pier, near Mile Posts 18.5-19, have stopped, reports the Town of Nags Head, NC. As a result, the Dredge Ellis Island, which was working off that submerged line, is now operating […]

  • UWT to Get New Quay on Bunschotenweg (The Netherlands)

    26 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    United Waalhaven Terminals (UWT) and the Port of Rotterdam Authority have reached agreement on the construction of a new quay on Bunschotenweg. The quay will be dug on the Johan Friso Haven and will be able to accommodate short sea vessels as well as inland vessels with a draught of 7 metres and a length […]

  • SeaLink Adds 33 Vessels through Transit Systems Buy

    9 November 2015
    Business & Finance

    Australian transport and tourism company SeaLink Travel Group has completed the acquisition of Transit Systems Marine, the marine-transport division of Transit Systems, for AUD 125 million. Transit Systems Marine business includes passenger and vehicular ferry services in south-east Queensland and in Gladstone. The purchase price includes vessels, land, plant equipment, all contracts, licences, intellectual property and goodwill. […]

  • First Gas Reaches QCLNG Terminal

    16 December 2013

    BG Group announced it had successfully reached a key milestone in the development of the Queensland Curtis LNG project, with first gas transported from the Surat Basin coal seam gas fields onto Curtis Island where the liquefaction terminal is located. Delivery of first gas onto the island marks the successful completion of a two-year task […]

  • EPA Proposes New Dredged Material Disposal Site

    28 April 2016
    Business & Finance

    The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday issued a proposal to designate a dredged material disposal site to serve the eastern Long Island Sound region. The Eastern Long Island Sound Disposal Site (ELDS) would be located offshore from New London, Connecticut, and would be available for the disposal of dredged material from harbors and navigation channels […]

  • Montauk Yacht Club Is Sold for $34 Million

    14 April 2007

    The Montauk Yacht Club Resort and Marina on Star Island was sold for $34 million to Island Global Yachting, a Florida company that operates more than a dozen other marinas worldwide. “We are thrilled to bring the legendary Montauk Yacht Club into the I.G.Y. collection world-class marinas,” Andrew Farkas, the company’s chief executive officer, said […]

  • Turtle threatens $11b gas pipeline

    5 June 2006

    A rare turtle species could block the development of an $11 billion gas pipeline on Barrow Island, off the north-west coast of Western Australia. Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) chairman Wally Cox says the development of the Gorgon Liquefied natural gas project would unnecessarily damage Barrow Island’s flora and fauna, especially the habitat of the flatback […]

  • EU Backs Development of Northern Adriatic Ports

    27 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    The EU’s TEN-T Programme will back with almost €3 million studies on a better connection between the northern Adriatic ports and the main rail and inland waterways networks in the region. The studies will focus on improving the hinterland access of the sea ports of Trieste, Venice (Italy), Koper (Slovenia) and Rijeka (Croatia) and the […]

  • Tipner Lake Works to Resume Next Week

    29 March 2019
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Following the winter break, works on the North Portsea Island Coastal Flood Defense Scheme are due to start again next week, informs the Eastern Solent Coastal Partnership (ESCP). Work will be restarting on site for the North Portsea Island project at Tipner from April 1st, said ESCP in its latest update. During the winter period, the construction […]

  • Marine Procurement Orders MacGregor’s AHC Subsea Crane

    18 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    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. The crane was ordered by Marine Procurement Ltd, part of the US company Edison Chouest Offshore. An existing vessel operated by the US/Norwegian partnership between Edison Chouest Offshore and Island […]