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  • Canaries migrant surge tops 1,300

    4 September 2006

    More than 1,300 illegal immigrants from Africa have landed in Spain’s Canary islands this weekend. Spanish police said 674 migrants arrived in makeshift boats on Saturday, and 664 more were reported to have landed on Sunday. Spain has been struggling to cope with the recent influx and is trying to organise an EU response to […]

  • Harriet JV Strikes Oil with Remus-1 Well

    14 April 2005

    Tap Oil reports that the Remus-1 well located in the Harriet Joint Venture Permit, TL/6, has reached the planned total depth of 2,823 meters. A thin sand reservoir containing oil was encountered at the top of the Double Island sandstone interval. No oil water contact was intersected with oil lying directly on a base seal.

  • Lake Ontario and Henderson Harbor Dredging will start this week (USA)

    26 April 2010

    HENDERSON — Dredging to improve navigation through the small channel connecting Lake Ontario to Henderson Harbor will begin Wednesday. The town of Henderson has received permission needed from Dr. Nak K. Shim, owner of Association Island, to access his property before fish spawning was in full swing… [mappress] Source:watertowndailytimes,April 26,2010;

  • VIDEO: Captiva Beach Renourishment Time Lapse (USA)

    16 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    The crews are making progress adding sand to Captiva Island’s beaches. Workers are pumping sand in from offshore to areas of the beach dramatically thinned by waves and tropical storms. The $20 million project, which is expected to be complete by the end of the year, will make the beach twice as wide as it […]

  • 28 missing after Chinese ship sinks off Philippines

    18 February 2008

    Twenty-eight Chinese sailors are missing after their ship sank off the northern Philippines, the coastguard here said on Monday. The China-flagged Jinshan went down about 68 nautical miles northwest of Cape Bojeador on the northern tip of the main Philippine island of Luzon, coastguard spokesman Lieutenant Commander Armando Balilo said.

  • The energy of the future

    28 July 2014

    Heavy fuel oil and diesels like EN950 have always, until now, been the fuel of the inland and sea shipping industry. However, times are changing and so is the vision on fossil fuel. Laws and regulations, the public opinion and environmental changes have ensured that the shipping industry is reconsidering the fuels they are using […]

  • Danser Containerline sees future growth in Europe and other continents

    15 July 2013

    ”The process of containerisation is still continuing”, managing director Ben Maelissa of Danser Group notes. ”All kinds of cargo of which shipping in containers would have been unthinkable a decade ago, nowadays gets transported this way, even cargo types that are typical bulk or general cargo.” ”The advantage of container transport is of course the […]

  • Another cruise ship to move in

    4 February 2008

    A 550-passenger cruise ship will be based for a season at Adelaide’s Outer Harbour for the first time early next year, in what the South Australian government says is a coup for the state. The MV Funchal, owned by Classic International Cruises, will arrive in late January 2009, visiting local attractions like Kangaroo Island and […]

  • New Oil Discovery in UK Continental Shelf

    31 January 2008

    BP and its partner, Marathon Petroleum West of Shetlands Ltd, today announced a new oil discovery in Block 204/23, following drilling on the South-West Foinaven prospect, some 190 kilometres west of the Shetland Islands. The exploration well 204/23-2 was drilled using the Paul B Loyd Junior semi-submersible drilling rig.

  • Yachtsman airlifted to hospital

    23 July 2007

    A yachtsman from Norway has been taken by helicopter to hospital in Cornwall after his boat sank off the Scillies. Falmouth Coastguard received the sailor’s emergency beacon alert 48 miles north west of the islands on Saturday morning. The man said the vessel was holed and took on water he was forced to evacuate to […]

  • Govt gives green signal to cruise shipping on two sectors

    5 August 2005

    In a major boost to cruise shipping in the country, the Union Government allowed operation of cruise services by a Malaysian cruise liner on two sectors – Mumbai to Lakshadweep (Kadmat island) and Mumbai to Goa –which are expected to start operations by October this year. The Shipping, Road Transport and Highways Ministry conveyed its […]

  • Brazil: CONAMA Adopts Resolution 454/2012

    18 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    The National Environment Council of Brazil (CONAMA) adopted the Resolution 454/2012. This Resolution replaces the Resolution 344/2004 and establishes general guidelines and procedures for managing dredged material. The new rule mainly covers dredging activities in port areas and inland waterways, and has to be followed during the environmental licensing of these projects. [mappress] Press Release, […]

  • New Sea Lion well spuds

    14 January 2011

    Rockhopper Exploration has spudded a new South Atlantic exploration well off the Falkland Islands targeting an extension of the Sea Lion oil discovery. Drilling on the 14/10-3 commenced at 17.00 hours on 13 January, Rockhopper said, and is located 8 kilometres (5 miles) northwest of the 14/10-2 Sea Lion discovery in licence PL032.

  • Sri Lanka in bid to lure cruise ship calls

    26 March 2010

    Once a lucrative foreign exchange provider to Sri Lanka, cruise tourism is seen as bringing back more well-heeled tourists to the island, just as it did before the ethnic war. Sri Lanka is expecting an estimated 21,000 cruise passengers this year with 30 liners having confirm calls, travel trade officials said.

  • Promontory fill to extend runways

    27 July 2009

    The airport on the Isle of Man is reclaiming land back from the sea as it prepares to make its runways longer. Ronaldsway Airport is shipping sand from the bottom of the Irish Sea to the island in order to fill in a promontory which overlooks the bay. The runways are to be extended so […]

  • Boost for Niger River

    9 November 2009

    After decades of delay and wrangling by resisting riverine communities, Nigeria has launched a multi-million-dollar dredging exercise to boost navigation and commerce on the Niger River. Plans are to deepen the river channel and stabilise its banks along a stretch of 572 kilometres as to allow passage of large vessels and open up inland ports.

  • Lawsuit Challenges Massive U.S. Funded Project in Australia’s GBR

    8 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    Conservation groups amended an existing lawsuit yesterday to challenge U.S. funding for a second fossil fuel production and transport facility located inside Australia’s Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. The U.S. Export-Import Bank has now committed nearly $5 billion in loans to support construction and operation of the two massive liquefied natural gas facilities. Located […]

  • €2.45 million wave energy project targets Atlantic coastal deployment

    11 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Technology

    Wave energy developer Eco Wave Power has joined a newly approved €2.45 million project under the Interreg Atlantic Area Program, focused on advancing scalable wave energy deployment across Europe’s Atlantic coastline.  According to Eco Wave Power, the project, named Atlantic Wave Energy Sustainable Deployment Initiative (AWESDI), is part of the program’s third call for proposals […]

  • Energization of Europe’s first and world’s second multi-terminal HVDC subsea link goes full steam ahead

    29 August 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Regulation & Policy, Transition

    NKT has wrapped its assignment on a 260-kilometer high-voltage direct current (HVDC) subsea link, which is envisioned to lend a helping hand in ensuring Shetland’s supply of clean, low-carbon power, enabling 600 MW of renewable generation as remote North Sea islands connect to Britain’s main grid in support of Scottish and UK net zero and energy security targets.

  • Peters Opal facing countdown

    20 August 2007

    KPMG has set a deadline of Friday to find a buyer for Peters Opal, one of Europe’s largest yacht brokers, after it was placed in administration last week. The company, based in Chichester and operating from six marinas in the UK and four in Spain, holds licences to distribute Azimut, Bavaria, Legend, Rodman and Island […]

  • Anglesey Councillor Disappointed About Axed Wind Farm

    31 July 2014
    Authorities & Government

    Councillor Ieuan Williams has expressed disappointment that plans to develop a large scale wind farm – off the Anglesey coast – will no longer go ahead. The proposed 2.2GW Rhiannon Wind Farm, developed by Celtic Array Ltd. (a joint venture ownership of DONG Energy and Centrica), would have been located some 12 miles off the […]

  • Barbados Port Rewarding More Efficient Vessels

    1 December 2014
    Business & Finance

     Barbados Port Inc. has teamed up with RightShip to develop an incentive program encouraging more efficient vessels to the port. During the 1st Hemispheric Seminar on Port Legislation held in Montevideo on the 24-25 November David Jean Marie, CEO of Barbados Port and Anuj Chopra, RightShip’s Vice-President – Americas, signed a letter of intent to […]

  • AMSA: Master Convicted after Failing to Report without Delay Engine Failure

    20 January 2020

    The master of a tanker has been convicted after failing to report without delay a main engine failure.

  • Port of Cromarty Firth Gets Financial Injection

    8 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Energy Minister Fergus Ewing has announced a £4 million grant from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) for the development of a new deepwater quayside at the Port of Cromarty Firth – bringing the total redevelopment project to £25 million. The 35 acre Invergordon Service Base, operated by the Port of Cromarty Firth, has been close […]

  • Australia: Mordialloc Dredging Starts in April

    6 March 2012

    The City of Kingston has awarded $7.1 million in tenders for Mordialloc-based projects, including Stage 2 of dredging at Mordialloc Creek, sheet pile installations at Lambert Island and Mordialloc Shopping Centre streetscape works. The $5.56 million tender for Stage 2 of the Mordialloc Creek dredging project was awarded to Thiess Services. The project will involve […]