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  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • 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, […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • MSC Rachele Runs Aground

    12 December 2014
    Business & Finance

    MSC’s containership Rachele has run aground on a sandbank in Western Scheldt (Westerschelde) estuary off Terneuzen, a city in the southwestern Netherlands, the Zeeland Veilig website reported. The Panamanian-flagged vessel was en route toward Antwerp when it got stranded, according to Marine Traffic data. The ship’s last visited port was Valencia, the data shows. Shipping to large vessels […]

  • Nine believed dead in Indonesian ferry sinking

    26 June 2006

    Nine people are believed to have died when a ferry sank off Indonesia’s Sumatra island last week, and around 30 people remain missing, officials have said. An Indonesian navy boat was trying to retrieve eight bodies of people thought to have been on board the ferry, which was carrying at least 133 people when it […]

  • Van Oord completes The World

    3 February 2008

    Dredging and marine contractor Van Oord has completed the prestigious land reclamation project The World in the emirate of Dubai. The World is a group of 300 artificial islands four km off the coast of Dubai that have been shaped in the form of the continents. The project covers a surface area of 9 x […]

  • Estonia on Its Way to Get First Offshore Wind Farm

    29 May 2014
    Authorities & Government

    A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed yesterday between the Parish Government of Hiiumaa Island and Nelja Energia AS, with an aim to develop Estonian first offshore wind farm. The parish governor Georg Linkov signed the agreement with Martin Kruus, CEO of Nelja Energia’s and a board member of Hiiumaa Offshore Windfarm Ltd. In line […]

  • Scana’s Propulsion Systems for New Offshore Vessels

    10 July 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Scana Propulsion, a subsidiary of Scana Industrier ASA, has signed two contracts for delivery of propulsion equipment to sophisticated offshore vessels. The total value of the contracts are about 38 million NOK. The contract with Flensburger Schiffbau GmbH in Germany is for delivery of propulsion systems for two Well Intervention vessels for Siem Offshore, Norway. […]

  • Australia: Conservationist Dr Harry Buttler Lauded

    11 June 2012

    Chevron Australia today congratulated eminent conservationist Dr Harry Butler who has been appointed an officer in the General Division of the Order of Australia. A renowned naturalist, author and conservation consultant, Dr Butler was chosen for distinguished service to the community through the promotion of public understanding of natural history and wildlife conservation, to the […]

  • Spain: Langlee Wave Power, Repnaval Shipyard Pen Deal on Wave Power Development

    24 October 2012

    Last week, during the EEA grant conference arranged by Innovation Norway and CDTI in Bergen, the Norwegian company Langlee Wave Power and Repnaval Shipyard (Zamakona Yards) signed an agreement for the development of wave power in the Canary islands. The two companies will file a common application to the EEA grants for development of renewable […]

  • Bechtel Wins Best RFID Implementation Award

    23 April 2014

    RFID Journal has recognized Bechtel with its Best RFID Implementation Award for the company’s groundbreaking use of the tagging technology. Bechtel is using thousands of active radio frequency identification tags to manage construction materials for the three liquefied natural gas projects the company is building on Curtis Island in Queensland, Australia. The RFID Journal Awards […]

  • OMM Secures EPIC Submarine Cable Project with Grupo Saesa in Chile

    29 November 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Offshore Marine Management (OMM) has been awarded a multi-million dollar EPIC (Engineering Procure Install and Commission) project by Chilean electrical company Grupo Saesa, to install a submarine cable which will join the island of Huar, in the Los Lagos region of Chile, to the Central Interconnected System (SIC). OMM was successful in following a highly […]

  • DONG Energy Gets Six New Oil and Gas Blocks in Faroe-Shetland Basin

    26 June 2013
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    On 25 June the Faroese Trade and Industry Minister awarded six blocks to DONG Energy in the Open Door Licence Round. The awarded blocks are located in the Faroe-Shetland Basin, west of the producing British fields Foinaven and Schiehallion, and DONG Energy has been awarded operatorship and a 100% interest. Together with the recent licence […]

  • Hellenic Cables firms contract for Greek interconnectors

    7 March 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    Greek cable manufacturer Hellenic Cables has signed a contract with the Greek electricity grid operator Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO) for the fourth phase of the Cyclades interconnection project. The project includes the Lavrio-Serifos and Serifos-Milos interconnections with a total length of 170 kilometers. Hellenic Cables will design, manufacture, and supply 150 kV high-voltage onshore […]

  • Minister Calls for Belle Greve Bay Land Reclamation, Guernsey

    8 October 2012

    Kevin Stewart, the Commerce and Employment minister, recently suggested that the States should re-explore potential Belle Greve Bay land reclamation scheme to solve a series of major headaches for the island. He stated that a large amount of the island is reclaimed land. “This is what Guernsey has done in the past,” Stewart added. According […]

  • Restoration Project in Jamaica Bay Moves Ahead (USA)

    5 March 2012

      The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District is leading an ambitious effort to restore the Yellow Bar Hassock Marsh Islands, in Jamaica Bay, N.Y. The project addresses the vanishing marsh islands by beneficially using clean sand from the New York-New Jersey Harbor deepening project to restore marsh habitat in the Bay. Approximately […]

  • Dutch Ingenuity Impresses Brazilian Maritime Leaders

    2 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    The awareness amongst Brazilian captains of the maritime industry of how Dutch innovations can contribute to their business success has significantly increased over the last two months. This consciousness will only further increase at the 9th edition of the Navalshore in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. During this exhibition held from August 1-3, the leading Dutch […]

  • AMP: Puerto Rico Should Not Be Exempted from Jones Act

    8 June 2016

    The American Maritime Partnership (AMP) is opposing Rep. Gary Palmer’s (R-AL) proposed measure to exempt Puerto Rico from the Jones Act. The Palmer amendment to H.R. 5278, the Puerto Rico Oversight Management, and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA), if adopted, would allow foreign vessels to replace American ships and crews in the operation between the island […]

  • USA: LS Cable & System Wins Contract for Submarine Cable Project

    29 June 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

      LS Cable & System  won a turn-key contract for a submarine cable project in the U.S. as the first in the cable industry of Korea. LS Cable & System announced on the 28th that the company had won a contract for a 35kV level submarine cable project from National Grid (a power grid operator […]

  • Rotterdam Still Battling Congestion Issues

    18 August 2014
    Business & Finance

    Shippers are still facing delays amid ongoing congestion issues at the Port of Rotterdam, which have lead to bigger bills and delayed cargo. Instead of a slow summer, an unexpected surge in Europe-Asia volumes have caught the port terminals off-guard to handle the excess workload. Even though the Port of Rotterdam announced measures to eliminate […]

  • Damen: Steel cut for BC Ferries’ third fully electric vessel

    17 January 2025
    Infrastructure, Vessels

    Romania-based Damen Shipyards Galati, a subsidiary of Dutch shipbuilder Damen Shipyards Group, has cut the first steel on the third all-electric Island-class vessel ordered by Canadian ferry operator BC Ferries.