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  • Offshore wind in Greece: The energy hub of Southeast Europe

    12 October 2012

    Mediterranean countries have set targets for offshore wind development in the Mediterranean Sea by 2020. Greece has a relatively very low target of 200MW installed offshore wind capacity. This offshore development mainly concerns conventional offshore wind farm project designs. But Greece’s energy market is at the forefront of transformative changes that are attracting investors from […]

  • Sulphur Directive Halves SO2 Emissions Over Denmark

    12 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    The amount of sulphur dioxide (SO2) in the air over Denmark has more than halved since the new Sulphur Directive for ships transiting the North Sea and the Baltic Sea was introduced on January 1, 2015, according to Danish Environmental Protection Agency. The air measurements carried out by Aarhus University and Danish Centre for Environment […]

  • Sailing Olympics – Preview Day 12

    20 August 2008

    For those who arrived halfway through the event, talk of the morning has been the surprise at seeing islands offshore and mountains inland. The heavy humid conditions that have shrouded the city and the horizon for the last few days were proceeded by monsoon rains so fierce you might as well have been trying to […]

  • Russians ‘detain Japanese boat’

    21 January 2007

    Russian border police have seized a Japanese fishing boat in waters near a chain of disputed islands, officials in Tokyo have said. A spokeswoman for the Japanese Coast Guard said she did not know what had happened to the six people on board.

  • Dredging at Broward County Scheduled for 2011 (USA)

    22 September 2010

    For several years, the Florida Inland Navigation District has been working to obtain permits for three dredging projects along the waterways of Broward County, Florida. The opened waterways will allow for passage of larger yachts, giving South Florida’s marine industry a boost.

  • Nigerian government tells contractor to ‘pull finger’ with port construction and dredging works

    15 March 2010
    Project & Tenders

    Nigeria’s Minister of Transport Ibrahim Bio has served notice on the contractor involved with rehabilitating the inland river port of Onitsha to ensure that it is completed within the stipulated time and in good order… [mappress] Source: Ports & Ships Maritime News, March 16, 2010

  • Polar Marquis to Shoot Newgrange 3D Seismic

    11 March 2016
    Operations & Maintenance

    Providence Resources has received a confirmation from Searcher Seismic that ‘Polar Marquis’ seismic vessel will carry out 3D survey over its Newgrange Prospect. The 3D seismic programme is scheduled to begin in summer 2016, subject to necessary regulatory approvals. The Newgrange Prospect is located in Frontier Exploration Licence (FEL) 6/14 around 260 km off the south-west coast […]

  • Aqaba LNG: Successful Start of Marine Construction Works

    13 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    BAM has successfully driven the first pile at the LNG jetty in Aqaba, Jordan. Together with its sister company BAM Contractors from Ireland and its Jordanian joint-venture partner MAG Engineering & Contracting Co. BAM International was awarded the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) of the LNG jetty in November 2013. BAM Infraconsult is involved in […]

  • HAVFRUE Subsea Cable Set to Land at NJFX Campus

    19 September 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    A consortium comprising Aqua Comms, Bulk Infrastructure, Google and Facebook has selected to land the HAVFRUE system in New Jersey at the NJFX (New Jersey Fiber Exchange) Tier 3 by the Subsea Colocation campus. The HAVFRUE subsea cable will be constructed between New Jersey and Denmark, with branch connection to Ireland and Norway. “NJFX welcomes […]

  • News | Puma on the move

    22 April 2008

    The PUMA entry has taken to the road on the latest stage of its preparations for the 2008-09 race. The new generation Volvo Open 70 made the 20-mile journey from Goetz Custom Boats in Bristol, Rhode Island to the Newport shipyard in Newport, prior to going in the water.

  • Long day at Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup

    5 September 2007

    The 65 nautical mile Coastal Race took all four divisions all the way up the outside of the Maddalena Islands to Lavezzi and the southern tip of Corsica, returning back down the channel and beyond to the islet of Mortoriotto before a final return leg to the finish off Porto Cervo.

  • Shipping giant to sail away City nixes Red Hook deal

    12 April 2005

    In what could be the death knell for Brooklyn’s industrial waterfront, the city shunned a deal that could have brought millions of dollars in trade and hundreds of jobs to Red Hook. A German shipping company that wanted to come to Brooklyn is instead heading elsewhere – first to Jersey City and then Staten Island.

  • Drought in China snags Yangtze river shipping

    5 May 2011

    Authorities are rushing to unsnag snarled shipping traffic and prevent accidents along the drought-stricken Yangtze River, a key route to fast growing markets in inland China. The government said Thursday that a prolonged dry spell has left water flows dangerously low along the Yangtze.

  • Dozens feared drowned off Senegal

    18 December 2006

    Rescuers fear at least 100 suspected African migrants have drowned after their boat capsized off Senegal. The boat set out in early December with as many as 124 people on board, thought to be headed for the Canary Island, but it ran aground in bad weather.

  • Ferry sinks in Eastern Indonesia

    18 April 2006

    A wooden boat carrying 60 passengers and crew sank in bad weather in eastern Indonesia, and all but one of those on board survived the accident. The Bervista went down late yesterday close to Rote island, said Piter Fina, an official from the region

  • Five Feared Dead, As Merchant Ship Rams Into Boat

    13 September 2007

    FIVE persons are feared dead following a mishap at the Tin-Can Island Port area when a merchant ship rammed into a small boat crushing it into bits. The vessel is owned by an indigenous shipping company while the owners of the boat and the identity of the victims are yet to be ascertained.

  • Cairn Discovers Gas Field Offshore Sri Lanka

    2 October 2011
    Business & Finance

    Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Sunday said natural gas has been found off the Indian Ocean island nation in the Mannar Basin, in… By Ranga Sirilal and C. Bryson Hull (Reuters) [mappress] Source: Reuters,  October 2, 2011;

  • XOCEAN USV to survey 588 MW UK offshore wind farm

    7 April 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Ireland’s XOCEAN is set to soon commence non-intrusive unmanned subsea surveys of the inter-array cables and turbine locations at the operational Beatrice offshore wind farm in the UK. XOCEAN’s uncrewed surface vessel (USV) X14 will begin the operations on 20 April for a duration of about 7 days on a 24-hour basis, weather-dependant. A support […]

  • Greencoat to Acquire North Hoyle Offshore Wind Farm

    14 August 2017
    Business & Finance

    Greencoat UK Wind (UKW) has entered into an agreement to acquire the North Hoyle offshore wind farm. The acquisition process is expected to be completed this month. 

  • SSE probing the market for Arklow Bank 2 construction work

    30 October 2020
    Project & Tenders

    SSE Renewables has issued two periodic indicative notices to carry out market sounding for the construction of the Arklow Bank Phase 2 offshore wind project in Ireland. The first notice seeks market sounding for the wind turbine installation vessels, including associated services. Parties can apply until 10 November, with the planned date of publication of the […]

  • Terra et Aqua: No EIA, No Permits, No Dredging

    13 March 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Close attention to the environmental impacts of dredging by stakeholders is completely understandable. And yet. The time, money and energy invested in research and monitoring by the dredging industry is more often than not underestimated. All three articles in the newest issue of Terra et Aqua demonstrate the thorough attention to environmental concerns that occupy […]

  • Marine Institute Consulting Public on New Galway Bay Lease

    13 July 2016

    The Marine Institute will host a third public information meeting on the Galway Bay Marine and Renewable Energy Test Site on 21 July. The meeting is part of the public consultation to ensure full information is provided on the Marine Institute’s foreshore lease application to upgrade test and demonstration facilities at the Galway Bay Marine and […]

  • Video: Inauguration of DesignPro’s 25kW device at SEENEOH

    28 November 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Irish start-up DesignPro Renewables has released a video of an official inauguration event which marked the successful deployment of its first 25kW device at the SEENEOH test site in Bordeaux, France.

  • EU grants over €2M for Irish hydrokinetic project

    14 March 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    Irish companies GKinetic Energy and DesignPro have secured €2.5 million EU grant to commercialize new range of run-of-river hydrokinetic turbines.

  • Mermaid Subsea wraps up another North Sea well intervention

    16 June 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Exploration & Production, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Technology, Vessels

    Aberdeen-headquartered Mermaid Subsea Services (UK) has completed a well intervention on the Teal P2 well in the UK Central North Sea on behalf of Anasuria Operating Company (AOC). According to Mermaid Subsea Services, the operation, carried out from the Island Valiant vessel, focused on delivering a scale inhibitor treatment on Teal P2, located about 4 […]