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  • Worley to Design Revolution Wind Substations

    30 April 2019
    Project & Tenders, Storage

    Ørsted has awarded Worley with a contract to engineer and design two offshore wind topside substations for the 700MW Revolution Wind project off the Rhode Island coast, US. The project started in March 2019, with the installation expected in 2022, Worley said. “This project is directly aligned to our strategic priority of supporting our customers through […]

  • GE Preparing BIWF Nacelles for Shipping

    11 July 2016

    GE reported today that the manufacturing of the first commercial series of Haliade™ nacelles is soon to be completed at its offshore wind turbine plant in Saint-Nazaire, France, with the nacelles scheduled to begin their voyage to the U.S. in mid-July. The five 370-tonne nacelles will equip the Block Island offshore wind farm, the first of its kind in […]

  • Hydro Group nets contract for Korea’s wind-wave energy hybrid

    5 June 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Aberdeen-based subsea cable and connector specialist Hydro Group has been awarded a £750,000 contract with Korea Research of Ships & Ocean Engineering (KRISO) for wind and wave energy platform works.

  • Army Corps Returns to Full Operations (USA)

    18 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, has returned to full operations following the passing of the continuing resolution by Congress. Effective today, Rock Island District-operated campgrounds, day-use parks, visitor centers and boat ramps are reopening to the public. All other District services reduced or curtailed during the federal government shutdown, including individual […]

  • Valco Orders Jackets and Topsides for Gabon Project

    26 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc., announced today that, through its subsidiary Gulf Island, L.L.C., it has signed a contract for the fabrication of (2) 4-pile jackets and associated topsides with Vaalco Energy, Inc. The platforms will be destined for Gabon, West Africa. Terms of the contract remain undisclosed. The company said that revenue and man-hour backlog […]

  • Pelamis’ remaining staff lose their job

    22 December 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    Highlands and Islands Enterprise has been selected as the preferred bidder for the assets of Scottish wave energy company Pelamis, but the company’s remaining staff will be let go, British media report. After the wave energy company Pelamis went into administration last month, Highlands and Islands Enterprise has been selected as the preferred bidder to take […]

  • CPRA Presents Louisiana Coastal Basins Report

    1 June 2018
    Business & Finance

    Louisiana’s coastal basins need help, the state Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) reported at the biennial State of the Coast Conference at the New Orleans Morial Convention Center yesterday. During a panel discussion led by CPRA Operations Chief Ignacio Harrouch, officials also said that much has been done in each of the basins, and […]

  • Minesto’s Dragon 12 hits 25% performance boost after tether upgrade

    12 June 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders, Technology

    Swedish tidal energy developer Minesto’s upgraded Dragon 12 tidal energy device, deployed in Vestmannasund, Faroe Islands, has reached a performance milestone, delivering a 25% increase in power output following the installation of a longer tether. According to Minesto, the ten-meter extension to the tether, completed in mid-May, aligns with simulation forecasts and confirms performance improvements […]

  • The Netherlands: Peters Shipyards Develops First Gasoil Free LNG Greenstream Tanker

    10 February 2012

    On Tuesday, February 7th in close cooperation with Interstream Barging the LNG Greenstream Tanker was introduced to the trade press. Towards the end of 2012, Interstream Barging puts the first gasoil free LNG Greenstream Tanker into use. This innovation for inland navigation has been developed by Peters Shipyards and will be built entirely in the […]

  • Need for Year-Round Danube Navigability

    5 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    The European Federation of Inland Ports (EFIP), Inland Navigation Europe (INE), the European Barge Union (EBU), the European Skippers’ Organisation (ESO), Pro Danube International (PDI) and the Maritime Port of Constanţa urge riparian states to implement better fairway maintenance and ensure navigation reliability on the Danube. At a meeting of the EU Strategy for the […]

  • 496MW French Offshore Wind Farm Gets New Layout

    29 July 2016
    Authorities & Government, Environment, Research & Development

    A 496MW wind farm project proposed to be built off the French Vendée islands of Yeu and Noirmoutier has exited the risk addressing and consultation phase which resulted in a new layout plan for the wind farm.  Following a series of consultations and public debates, it was decided to extend the space between the wind turbines to 1,600 […]

  • Report Links Ocean Plastic Waste to Chinese Merchant Ships

    21 October 2019
    Rules & Regulation

    Bottles stranded on a remote South Atlantic Ocean island mostly originate from Asia.

  • US blacklists four ship owners, tankers over Venezuela ties

    3 June 2020
    Authorities & Government, Vessels

    The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has designated four companies for operating in the oil sector of the Venezuelan economy and identified four vessels as blocked property. The U.S. is sanctioning companies involved in the exploitation of Venezuela’s oil assets to exert pressure on the government of Venezuelan president […]

  • First Ocean Plastic Garbage Collector to Be Deployed in 2016

    8 June 2015
    Business & Finance

    The world’s first system to passively clean up plastic pollution from the world’s oceans is to be deployed in 2016, Boyan Slat, 20-year old founder and CEO of The Ocean Cleanup announced at Asia’s largest technology conference – Seoul Digital Forum, South-Korea. The array is projected to be deployed in Q2 2016. The feasibility of deployment, […]

  • The Gigayacht

    21 March 2008

    Monaco-based designer Wally Yachts reconceives the yacht as a 325-ft. floating personal island Little more than a decade after beginning in business, Monaco-based Wally Yachts continues to develop innovative concepts and minimalist luxury at a rate exceeding any other marine design house on the planet. The company’s latest is the WallyIsland—a 99 meter (325 feet) […]

  • Ocean Isle Beach pumps sand to ease erosion

    30 May 2006

    Ocean Isle Beach | After years of disappearing sand and even some disappearing oceanfront homes, the seriously eroded east end of this Brunswick County resort town is finally getting some relief. New sand is being pumped from the nearby Shallotte Inlet crossing of the Intracoastal Waterway, but there’s no guarantee as to how long it […]

  • Scientists Fear for Nesting Turtles

    5 May 2006

    SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas

  • ADNOC LNG awards Phase 2 deal for its IGD-E project

    26 September 2018
    Project & Tenders

    ADNOC LNG, a unit of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, signed the engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning deal with a consortium for the second phase of its IGD-E project. 

  • Dutch trio to perform shore power feasibility study

    13 July 2018

    Heerema Marine Contractors, Eneco, and the Port of Rotterdam Authority have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly perform a feasibility study on the creation of shore power infrastructure in the Calandkanaal.

  • Innovate UK backs wave powered micro-grid project for Thailand

    30 June 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology

    Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency, has provided £297,000 in grant funding for Eco Wave Power Gibraltar-led project to develop a wave powered micro-grid system that will eventually be tested on the islands of Thailand.

  • Gallery: Oil Spill Hits Thai Tourism. Greenpeace Calls for Drilling Ban

    31 July 2013

    The oil spill, which occurred in the Gulf of Thailand on Saturday, could have a huge impact on the country tourism, Reuters has reported, citing Tourism Minister Somsak Phurisisak. The oil was spilled on Saturday, July 27, in the Gulf of Thailand, and it took it only one day to reach a Thai tourist resort on the Koh Samet […]

  • Army Corps Charleston: Dredging on Fire (USA)

    10 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District, is conducting a controlled burn on Morris Island to clear vegetation in order to repair the perimeter dikes of the disposal area and prepare the site to receive dredged material from the Charleston Harbor federally-maintained anchorage basin. The 165 acre Morris Island placement site hasn’t been needed […]

  • Installation of final inter-array cables about to start at Îles d’Yeu and Noirmoutier project site

    3 March 2025
    Infrastructure, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Louis Dreyfus TravOcean and Prysmian will soon resume the inter-array cable installation at the Îles d’Yeu and Noirmoutier offshore wind farm site in France. According to a recent social media post from Louis Dreyfus TravOcean, 5 strings and 37 cables are left to be installed and connected at the site of the 61-turbine offshore wind […]

  • Investments in Ontario Harbors

    23 May 2019
    Business & Finance

    The communities of Bayfield, Lion’s Head, Port Elgin, Dyer’s Bay, Howdenvale, Meaford, Big Bay (North Keppel), White Cloud Island, Pembroke, and Silver Water in Ontario are welcoming important federal investments that will benefit their local harbor infrastructure. Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, Sean Casey, has announced that […]

  • Waves4Power eyes wave energy park off Isles of Scilly

    7 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Swedish wave energy developer Waves4Power is looking to create a wave energy park off the Isles of Scilly, UK media reports.