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  • Incat Tasmania Signs Ferry Construction Contract with Sado Kisen

    2 December 2013
    Business & Finance

    Incat Tasmania Pty Ltd has signed a contract with Japanese ferry operator Sado Kisen for the construction of an 85 metre Wave Piercing Catamaran for operation on the 39 nautical mile route from Naoetsu Port in the Niigata prefecture to Ogi, the southernmost port of Sado Island. The 85 metre wave piercing catamaran will comfortably […]

  • Incat Lands Japanese Ferry Deal

    2 December 2013

    Incat Tasmania Pty Ltd has signed a contract with Japanese ferry operator Sado Kisen for the construction of an 85 metre Wave Piercing Catamaran for operation on the 39 nautical mile route from Naoetsu Port in the Niigata prefecture to Ogi, the southernmost port of Sado Island. The 85 metre wave piercing catamaran will comfortably […]

  • Migrants drown on Canaries trip

    6 October 2006

    Twenty migrants have drowned while trying to reach the Canary Islands, survivors of a boat sinking have told Spanish police. The survivors – seven adults and four children – said they were picked up by a merchant ship after their boat broke up on the high seas before dawn. They said they were then brought […]

  • Two Important New Offshore Windfarm Contracts Signed by Nordsee – GeoSea (both DEME Group) in German Waters

    1 September 2010

    The Joint Venture Nordsee Nassbagger- und Tiefbau Gmbh – GeoSea NV, both of them members of the Belgian dredging, marine engineering and environmental Group DEME, has been awarded two different contracts for prepiling and installation works to construct both the EnBW Baltic 2 wind farm, 32 km north of the island of Rügen, and the […]

  • Orkney’s innovation center for marine renewables secures over €3M for expansion

    26 September 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology

    Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and Orkney Islands Council (OIC) have approved a funding package totaling £2.8 million (€3.1 million) towards the second phase of development at Orkney Research and Innovation Campus (ORIC).

  • Deepwater Wind moves headquarters to Providence (USA)

    15 September 2010
    Business & Finance

    Deepwater Wind, the developer planning two offshore wind farms in Rhode Island, has moved its corporate headquarters here from New Jersey. The company announced Monday that it is now based out of what was a satellite office at 56 Exchange Terrace in Providence. The office, which opened in April 2009 with only one employee based […]

  • SIDS DOCK and Naval Energies Partner on OTEC

    12 November 2019
    Authorities & Government, Environment, Research & Development, Technology

    UN-recognized initiative Small Island Developing States (SIDS DOCK) and Naval Energies recently signed a memorandum of understanding to support the development of marine renewable energy. The agreement will see SIDS DOCK and Naval Energies collaborate to foster the development of OTEC deep-sea conversion and floating wind projects in small islands countries, recognizing that the ocean […]

  • EMEC named blue economy enterprise of the year

    19 November 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy

    The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has been named Blue Economy Enterprise of the Year having won the Rural Blue Award at The SHIREs (Scottish Highlands and Islands Rural Economy) Awards.

  • The Netherlands: VEKA Group Gets Ready for the Future

    20 March 2013

    After having designed an LNG inland shipping tanker with a capacity of 2,250 cubic meters VEKA Group is ready for the future. gets ready for the future “The GATE-terminal on the Rotterdam Maasvlakte is the first and up to now the only LNG import terminal in the Netherlands”, project manager Wout van Wijnen says. “We […]

  • Container Efficiency through Cooperation

    6 May 2018

    Ships calling on multiple terminals will be combining cargo destined for a single container terminal in Rotterdam.

  • UK: River Trent Dredging Underway (VIDEO)

    9 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    On behalf of the Canal & River Trust, the Land & Water crews are dredging the River Trent between Marton Mill and Cromwell Lock. The scope of the dredging will also include Torksey Cut. Craft operators should be aware of the likelihood of passing the dredger and follow any instructions from the crews where appropriate, […]

  • Greyabbey Coastal Defense Scheme Kicks Off

    6 June 2017
    Business & Finance

    A £50,000 coastal defense repair scheme at Portaferry Road in Greyabbey is officially underway, the Northern Ireland’s Department for Infrastructure said in its latest release. The scheme will greatly improve the structural stability of the existing seawall and thereby lessen the risk of undermining the carriageway of this important A Class Road on the Ards Peninsula […]

  • Statoil to Use Borgland Dolphin for Drilling in PL 090C, Norway

    18 March 2013
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Statoil Petroleum AS has received consent to use the Borgland Dolphin rig to drill well 35/11-R-14 BH which is part of production licence 090C in the Norwegian North Sea. Water depth at the site is 368 metres. The planned start-up is 23 April 2013, with an estimated duration of 124 days. Borgland Dolphin is a […]

  • Statoil Gets Approval to Use Borgland Dolphin (Norway)

    3 October 2012

    Statoil has received consent to use the mobile Borgland Dolphin facility on Oseberg Sør. The consent relates to drilling and completion of a production well in production licence 104. Water depth at the site is 102 metres.  The planned drilling start-up date is 27 October 2012 and the duration will be approx. 125 days. Borgland […]

  • USA: Steel Institute Applauds House Passage of Water Resources Bill

    22 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) applauded the U.S. House of Representatives’ passage of a bill, known as the Water Resources Reform and Development ACT (WRRDA), to fund port dredging and improvements and repair and replace aging inland waterways locks and dams. “The steel industry relies heavily on seaports and inland waterways to move […]

  • Everett Dredging Program Nears End

    3 January 2018
    Business & Finance

    Maintenance dredging of the upper and lower channel of the Everett Harbor and Snohomish River’s upper and lower channel is expected to be completed by the end of this month. The $1.5 million project, which began November 18, is being done by Portable Hydraulic Dredging, LLC. of Anchorage, Alaska. The work involves removal of around 100,000 […]

  • Dredged Material Unloading Nears End

    16 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, will complete its dredged material unloading project at the Grand Encampment island placement site, in Buffalo County, Wisconsin, next week. The Corps’ contractor, Black River Constructors Joint Venture, a joint venture including JF Brennan Marine from La Crosse, Wisconsin, and Hoffman Construction from Black River Falls, […]

  • SCT&E LNG pushes forward with its liquefaction project

    11 March 2015

    SCT&E LNG attended and participated in a meeting and presentation with the Cameron Parish Police Jury, landowners, businessmen, West Cameron Port Authority, local stakeholders, and State representatives to review the first phase of the Monkey Island Access Stage 0 Study Feasibility Report. The presentation was held in the offices of the Police Jury in Cameron, […]

  • Keystone Recognised for Its Offshore Wind Efforts

    5 November 2015

    Louisiana-based Keystone Engineering Inc. has been named the winner of this year’s Be Inspired Award for offshore innovation for its role in the Block Island Wind Farm. The award honors the work of organizations advancing infrastructure design, construction, and operations throughout the world. This year there were more than 360 nominations for Be Inspired Awards from […]

  • U.S. LNG exports slip on week

    18 October 2019
    Ports & Logistics

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

  • Indian Register of Shipping unveils rules for LNG-fueled vessels

    6 July 2017
    Vessels

    Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass), has released Rules for LNG-fueled coastal and inland vessels in addition to its already established rules for ocean-going ships.

  • America’s First Offshore Wind Farm Goes Live

    12 December 2016

    America’s first offshore wind farm entered commercial operation today. “The Block Island Wind Farm is now operational, the first offshore wind farm to deliver energy to the American power grid,” Deepwater Wind stated via social media this evening (12 December). According to recent media reports, the wind farm should have entered full commercial operation with four […]

  • Scripps Researchers Explore Coral Reef Threats from Changing Ocean Chemistry

    7 December 2012
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    A sparsely populated chain of islands in the central Pacific Ocean is providing new clues about the changing acidity of ocean water and its potential impact on the health of coral reefs, a rising threat to already-fragile coral ecosystems. Nichole Price, a post-doctoral researcher at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, will present […]

  • Second shipbuilding deal for hybrid ocean energy construction vessel expands VARD’s orderbook

    28 August 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Island Offshore has taken steps to enlarge its fleet by placing a new order with VARD, covering the design and construction of another hybrid power ocean energy construction vessel (OECV) three months after ordering the first one.

  • WBE showcases the Electric Eel design concept

    22 August 2022
    Innovation, Vessels

    Lithuanian ship designer Western Baltic Engineering (WBE) has unveiled designs for an electric pusher vessel intended for use on Europe’s inland waterways. Dubbed the Electric Eel, the electric pusher is due to be built next year for the Lithuanian Inland Waterways Authority, a public body operating under the Lithuanian Ministry of Transport and Communications. WBE’s […]