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  • USA: GPA Considers Brunswick and Savannah Projects

    19 March 2012

    The Georgia Ports Authority board today considered two projects that will greatly increase capacity, efficiency and environmental savings. In Brunswick, the Board approved renovations to the Colonel’s Island terminal that will accommodate growth in the heavy construction equipment and machinery trade. “This project will provide greater flexibility in moving oversized roll-on/roll-off cargo at Colonel’s Island,” […]

  • Guernsey Looking Into Developing 30MW Offshore Wind Project

    18 May 2017
    Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    A preliminary feasibility study, carried out by Xodus Group and funded jointly by the States of Guernsey and Guernsey Electricity, has found that offshore wind technology could be viable in several locations off Guernsey and that there are a range of technically feasible options to develop a 30MW offshore wind project.

  • Texan-Norwegian partnership has floating wind plans for Gulf of Mexico’s oil & gas assets

    30 January 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Oceaneering, a Norwegian subsidiary of Texas-headquartered Oceaneering International, and Havfram-owned company Kontiki Winds are teaming up on microgrid electrification projects using floating wind turbines to power offshore oil and gas assets and remote island states. Under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in Norway, the partners will jointly pursue the application of floating offshore wind […]

  • USA: Senator Calls for North Hempstead Recovery Projects

    17 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer yesterday launched his effort to ensure that the federal government does not leave out North Shore Long Island communities, like North Hempstead, in funding Sandy rebuilding and resiliency efforts. The Town of North Hempstead has a number of critical recovery projects in the works, including rebuilding the town dock in […]

  • BPA Worried Over Growing Uncertainty as Draft Brexit Deal Gets Hammered Out

    15 November 2018
    Rules & Regulation

    BPA: It could be some time before it is clear what the final arrangements will mean for ports.

  • Marine Energy Wales sets up ‘Road to COP26’ initiative

    3 September 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    The representative body for Welsh marine energy industry Marine Energy Wales has launched the ‘Road to COP26’ initiative to showcase the emerging offshore renewable energy industry in Wales and highlight the contribution the sector can make to net-zero.

  • UK needs 27 GW of wave energy to reach cost-effective net-zero energy system, report says

    5 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Transition, Vision

    To deliver a cost-effective net-zero energy system and with electricity consumption potentially trebling by 2050, the UK should seek to harness 27 GW of wave energy, according to research by Finland’s LUT University. LUT University investigated a series of potential scenarios for the UK and Ireland to successfully transition towards a 100% renewable energy system […]

  • Ninigret Pond Dredge VIDEO

    14 February 2017
    Business & Finance

    Ocean House Marina has just released a behind the scenes look at the Charlestown Breachway Ninigret Pond salt marsh restoration project. In 2012, Hurricane Sandy damaged the marsh areas of the Ninigret Wildlife Refuge and the adjacent barrier island that protected it from the Atlantic Ocean. Responding to this, the R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) […]

  • Coffs Harbor Breakwall Scheme Starts Next Week

    3 June 2016
    Business & Finance

    Works on the $6.73 million upgrade of Coffs Harbor’s northern breakwall are set to begin during the next week, according to The Coffs Coast Advocate. The project, being undertaken by Haslin Constructions Pty Ltd, involves widening the breakwater near the entry to the harbor and constructing a rock berm, or shelf, overlain by 12 tonne concrete […]

  • Russia: Gazprom to Boost Gas Consumption in Eastern Russia

    21 November 2011

    The Gazprom Management Committee has approved the work done by Gazprom to implement the Eastern Gas Program. Special attention was paid to timely delivery of natural gas to Vladivostok and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk in 2011. The following facilities have been put onstream: the first startup complex of the Sakhalin – Khabarovsk – Vladivostok gas transmission system (GTS), gas laterals and gas distribution pipelines in the south of the Sakhalin Island, […]

  • Update: Philippine Coast Guard Finds Hijacked Tanker

    24 February 2015
    Business & Finance

    The Philippine Coast Guard today found the hijacked tanker MT Rehobot abandoned and  grounded in Davao Oriental province. At about 11 p.m. local time yesterday the PCG received information about an unidentified ship that ran aground in Barangay Cabuaya. The Coast Guard Station Mati, Field Station South Eastern Mindanao and Naval Intelligence Security Group (NISG) proceeded to […]

  • BC Ferries Sends Ro/Pax to Mid-Life Upgrade

    21 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    Canadian ferry operator BC Ferries is sending one of its Ro-Ro/Passenger vessels to a mid-life upgrade expected to prepare it for another 20 years of service. The 1992-built Queen of Cumberland will undergo an CAD 18 million (USD 13.9m) upgrade from November 21, 2015 to April 17, 2016. The refit work will be carried out at Esquimalt Drydocking Company. […]

  • U.S. LNG exports rise on week

    14 June 2019
    Ports & Logistics

    Liquefied natural gas exports from the United States increased week on week, Energy Information Administration said in its report.

  • Sabella’s D10 tidal turbine produces first power

    24 September 2015
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Sabella has connected its D10 tidal turbine with the Ushant island, France. The cable connection operation was successfully completed on September 21, following several delays during previous months. Bourbon’s Argonaut tugboat, provided by the French Navy, was used to connect the cable jumper with the export cable. The Argonaut vessel was already used by Sabella […]

  • Nigerian LNG heading for UK, first in 18 months

    3 March 2016
    Vessels

    Nigerian LNG facility on Bonny Island has shipped its first cargo to the UK’s South Hook terminal in 18 months.

  • New Ferry Blue Star Patmos Undergoes First Trials in Sea of Japan

    13 February 2012

      Blue Star Patmos, owned by Blue Star Ferries, is currently undergoing first sea trials in the Sea of Japan. Her delivery is scheduled to take place during the first three months of 2012. Her sister vessel Blue Star Delos was successfully completed and has been operating in the Cyclades, Piraeus-Paros-Naxos-Ios-Santorini, since November 2011. Both […]

  • Estonian Divers Find Wrecks of Soviet Submarine

    8 August 2011

    Estonian divers found wrecks of Soviet submarine in the Gulf of Riga next to Ruhnu Island, reports Interfax referring to local press. Fishermen whose tackles had always hooked something in that area helped to find a place. Divers used sonars and their suppositions were confirmed – there is a submarine lying on the seabed at […]

  • Indian Navy eyes OTEC

    22 December 2015
    Authorities & Government, Research & Development, Technology

    Indian Navy is exploring the possibility of setting up an ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) plant that would provide power for its Andaman and Nicobar Islands base. According to The Economic Times, the 20 MW OTEC project could involve the engagement of Indian companies Godrej and Kirloskar as suppliers. The Navy has reportedly conducted preliminary […]

  • Sri Lanka to Develop Large Scale Offshore Wind Project

    10 December 2012

    TAGU Energy Lanka, a Sri Lankan company, is promoting offshore wind projects in the country, along with the UK’s Zero Carbon Marine Ltd (ZCM). They are seeking to build a large scale wind farm off the coast between Hambantota and Puttalam. A team that will conduct a prefeasibility study is already engaged and they will […]

  • Tuvalu Coastal Scheme Officially Launched

    31 August 2017
    Business & Finance

    The Prime Minister of Tuvalu, Enele Sosene Sopoaga, along with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) yesterday officially launched the Tuvalu Coastal Adaptation Project (TCAP) marking the start of an ambitious, large-scale push to protect the Pacific island nation from climate change.  The Tuvalu Coastal Adaptation Project, set to run for seven years, is financed […]

  • Fugro Wins Dutch Geotechnical Survey Contract

    16 January 2020
    Project & Tenders

    Fugro has won a contract for geotechnical site investigations at the Ten Noorden van de Waddeneilanden (TNW) offshore wind farm zone in the Netherlands. The fieldwork will take place from February to May at the 700MW wind farm zone also known as the North of the Wadden Sea Islands. According to Fugro, the project will comprise […]

  • EnBW issues He Dreiht inter-array cable contract call

    26 November 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    German energy company EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG has issued a call for the turnkey supply of inter-array cables at the 900 MW He Dreiht offshore wind farm. The scope of the contract includes the engineering, procurement, installation, and commissioning (EPCI) of the inter-array cables. The assumed scope will comprise between 90 and 120 kilometres of […]

  • Fort Pulaski Scheme Wrapped Up

    4 November 2015
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, has announced the completion of the Fort Pulaski Shoreline Stabilization Project. The monthlong shore stabilization project used dredged material from the Savannah Harbor Navigation Project to restore a 1.5-mile section of beach along Cockspur Island’s north shore. Erosion over the past decade was threatening the park’s historic […]

  • ERRV VOS Faithful on its way to North Sea

    27 January 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Vroon has informed that the vessel VOS Faithful left Jiangsu Islands Shipbuilding Industry Co., Ltd. in Nanjing, China, earlier today, January 27, 2015.  VOS Faithful is a 50m ERRV (emergency response and rescue vessel) and the fourth in a ten-vessel newbuilding programme, with six 50m ERRVs being built at Jiangsu Island Shipbuilding in Nanjing and four […]

  • Grant Approved for Little Bay Project

    19 December 2017
    Business & Finance

    Marine access to the island of Montserrat is set to improve, as the Board of Directors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has approved a grant of £14.4 million to develop the port at Little Bay. The funds are being provided through the United Kingdom Caribbean Infrastructure Partnership Fund (UKCIF), and will assist in financing […]