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  • NOF Energy Helping Shetland Supply Chain Companies Diversify

    3 February 2016

    NOF Energy is supporting a cluster of Shetland-based energy sector supply chain businesses access new markets and sectors. The seven companies, which are the first from the Highlands and Islands region of Scotland to join NOF Energy, are all active in the North Sea oil & gas industry and are engaging with the organisation to […]

  • USA Just Got Its First Offshore Wind Farm

    18 August 2016

    “The Block Island Wind Farm is now fully constructed,” Jeff Grybowski, Deepwater Wind’s CEO, informed via social media this evening.  The installation of wind turbines at the first American offshore wind farm was completed today with the last blade attached to the fifth GE Renewable Energy Haliade 150-6MW turbine. Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s Brave Tern installed the first wind […]

  • Maersk Line Receives Two Global Freight Awards (UK)

    26 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    The Global Freight Awards took place in London on Wednesday 21 November. Attended by professionals from large multinational corporations and SMEs across the freight and logistics industry, the judges commented that this year there were an exceptional number of high quality entries. Maersk Line had been short listed in two categories: “Environment” for Route 2, […]

  • Spanish Point deal tied up

    12 August 2008

    A new partner has agreed to join the Irish licence covering the Spanish Point prospect in the Porcupine Basin off the west coast of Ireland which could see two new wells drilled in the future. Prospect partners Providence Resources and Sosina Exploration have agreed the deal with privately-owned Chrysaor Holdings Limited under which Chrysaor will […]

  • Wind and Rain Push SSE’s Results

    11 November 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Storage

    A windy and rainy summer in Scotland and Ireland helped the Perth-based energy company SSE plc improve its total operating profit and profit before tax for the six months to September 30 2015, with over one third of the company’s energy output coming from renewables. SSE reported GBP 701.9 million total operating profit and GBP 548.8m profit before tax for […]

  • OPERA consortium scoops Yoshio Masuda prize

    6 September 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    The EU-funded OPERA project has received the Yoshio Masuda prize for the contribution to EWTEC 2017 through reports about wave energy developments being progressed in Spain.

  • Italy’s €90 million undersea cable starts operating

    6 September 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    Italian transmission system operator (TSO) Terna has put into operation the €90 million undersea cable that connects the island of Elba with Italy’s mainland – a project said to be of fundamental importance for the country’s entire electricity system. The power line connects Portoferraio and Piombino, in the Livorno province, and boasts a total length of […]

  • Brownsville Dredging Operations Underway

    26 May 2016
    Business & Finance

    A reminder from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, came up yesterday that the Mississippi River’s Crater Island will be closed during the Memorial Day weekend due to ongoing dredging activities. The Corps is currently in the process of removing 150,000 cubic yards of dredged material at the temporary dredge placement site near Brownsville, […]

  • Boskalis Secures €80M Land Reclamation Contract in Indonesia

    24 March 2016
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has been awarded a contract by KSO Ciputra Yasmin to construct the land for the Centre Point of Indonesia Project located off the coast of Makassar. The contract value is approximately EUR 80 million. Work is scheduled to begin in the coming months and will last two years. Boskalis will deploy […]

  • URI Ocean Engineers Receive Federal Grant

    8 March 2016
    Business & Finance

    University of Rhode Island ocean engineers have been studying for decades how rising sea levels and destructive storms are threatening the state’s coastline, and now, thanks to a federal grant, they can continue to explore ways to protect shorelines. Rhode Island, through URI and the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council, is among five New […]

  • Two New Additions to JEM Marine Barge Fleet

    21 April 2020
    Business & Finance

    J.E. McAmis, a heavy-civil, marine and environmental contractor, has just released a couple of updates on two new additions to the JEM Marine barge fleet. The San Clemente Island (250′ x 72′ x 15′) just came off of Vigor’s drydock in Portland and is headed back to WCT in Astoria for final outfitting and the […]

  • Crete Interconnection Project Secures €178M EIB Loan

    10 May 2019
    Equipment, Project & Tenders

    The Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO or ADMIE) has signed a €178 million euro ($200 million) deal with European Investment Bank to partly fund the interconnection of the island of Crete with mainland Greece, in the region of Peloponnese. The project, initially estimated at €375 million, includes two AC 150 kV submarine cables, 150 kV […]

  • Galp supplies AIDAperla with LNG at port of Funchal

    22 December 2017
    Vessels

    Portugal’s only oil and natural gas operator Galp Energia carried out the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering of a vessel at a Portuguese port of Funchal on the island of Madeira. 

  • Gallery: Preview of BlueTec floating tidal platform

    20 March 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    BlueTec tidal floating platform was showcased at Niron Staal, the Netherlands, on March 13, 2015. The 200 kW platform is a scaled-down demonstration version of BlueTec, which is designed to be installed anywhere in the world and provide power in remote areas and small islands. Allard van Hoeken, Head of New Energy at Bluewater Energy […]

  • Transas to supply Taizhou Maritime Safety Administration (China)

    11 March 2007

    Transas has secured a contract with Taizhou Maritime Safety Administration (China) to supply the Navi-Trainer Professional (NTPRO) 4000 simulator. Transas specialists will customise the product to enable Taizhou MSA to focus on training, examination, and certification of ship crews in Chinese inland waters (such as the Yangtze River). For example, emphasis will be placed on […]

  • Chemical tanker hijacked near Seychelles

    17 November 2009

    Somali pirates have seized a chemical tanker near the Seychelles, the latest in a spate of attacks spanning an ever-widening area between Tanzania and the Maldives, maritime sources told AFP on Tuesday. The vessel was attacked on Monday northwest of Aldabra, an island which forms part of the Seychelles archipelago but lies some 700 miles […]

  • Bangladesh: Government Begins Capital Dredging Program

    27 September 2012

    The government has undertaken a capital dredging program to make 24 important river routes navigable. After the completion of this Tk 18.73 billion mega dredging scheme goods-laden vessels, including heavy cargo ships, will be able to move in all seasons on inland waterways, says Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA). “The heavy vessels cannot move […]

  • Rough Sea Conditions Delay North Myrtle Beach Project

    3 October 2017
    Business & Finance

    The City of North Myrtle Beach said in its latest release that rough sea conditions will delay the start of their emergency beach renourishment project. The dredgers Dodge Island and Padre Island are in stand-down due to current rough sea conditions, which means that the contractor, Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company, will complete work […]

  • SeaVsat opens new headoffice in Curacao

    11 March 2011

    SeaVsat, a leader in wireless communication via the Vsat satellite system, opens a new head-office on the carribean Island of Curacao. The new head-office at the Dutch overseas Island will be used to deliver service and support to the increasing number of offshore customers in the Carribean. SeaVsat is specialized in high-speed wireless broadband connections […]

  • PLOCAN bags €1.2 million in government funding

    11 December 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    The Canarian Agency for Research, Innovation and Information Society (ACIISI) has allocated €1.2 million in its 2016 budget to the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN). PLOCAN is a research facility co-funded by the Economy and Competitiveness Ministry of the Spanish government and the Canary Islands government. Its aim is to support the research […]

  • Bangladesh: Vosta Delivers Cutter Suction Dredgers to BIWTA

    27 January 2012

    Karnafuly joint venture consortium ltd. delivered three high quality Cutter Suction Dredgers 450 to Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA). On Wednesday the 18th of January the vessels were inaugurated by the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina. The vessels were built in close co-operation with the local Karnaphuli Shipyard. VOSTA LMG has a cooperation […]

  • Crab season renews feuds in Yellow Sea

    3 May 2005

    Lately, the fishermen living near this island complain that they have little to do but that complain. Fishermen near Yeongpyeongdo, South Korea’s northernmost island off the west coast, say their spring crab catch is being depleted by Chinese fishing boats operating near the Northern Limit Line, the maritime border with North Korea. On Sunday, some […]

  • Bimini Bay Resort + Casino Opens in Fishing Capital of the World: Caribbean Hideaway Reels in Discerning Travelers

    5 December 2006

    Bimini Bay Resort + Casino is a luxury upscale resort community becoming a legacy on the island of Bimini. So close in proximity to South Florida but yets so different from the U.S., Bimini Bay Resort + Casino provides a luxury experience for those needing to relax and enjoy a beautiful backdrop. Already heralded for […]

  • Canada: Quadra to Host Tidal Energy Debate

    14 November 2012

    SRM will hold a public consultation with Quadra residents regarding the tidal energy potential around their island, writes Campbell River Mirror. Namely, the company applied for licenses to determine the tidal potential in south Discovery Passage and Seymour Narrows, Strathcona Regional District (SRD). The consultation meeting will be held on Wednesday Nov. 21 at the […]

  • RESOURCECODE preps one year of hindcast data for marine toolbox

    24 November 2020
    Collaboration, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology

    The RESOURCECODE project has made a significant step forward with the first year of hindcast data being produced for the project’s marine data toolbox and the development of the new online platform.