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  • Perpetuus Centre Step Closer to Reality

    10 June 2015

    The Local Planning Authority has today given the green light for outline planning for the onshore elements of the Perpetuus Tidal Energy Centre (PTEC). A planning application was submitted to the Isle of Wight Council in November last year for a substation and associated infrastructure in Ventnor. The planning committee has today, 9th June 2015, […]

  • T&T Salvage Hired to Refloat Siteam Anja off Uruguay

    23 May 2016
    Business & Finance

    The grounded 1997-built tanker Siteam Anja, which ran into trouble on May 17 off Lobos Island, Uruguay, is set to be refloated by the US-based salvage company T&T Salvage, according to the Uruguay Navy. Since the grounding, the navy personnel sealed the engine room, and continued working on extracting water that entered the breached tanks and sealing the damaged compartments. As World […]

  • John H. Chafee Restoration Scheme Underway, Dredging Included

    10 December 2018
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and The Nature Conservancy are working with partners to restore and strengthen salt-marsh habitat at the John H. Chafee National Wildlife Refuge. The project will enhance wildlife habitat and enable the marsh to withstand the impacts of sea-level rise and coastal storm surge. In addition, it will improve habitat […]

  • Siteam Anja’s Lightering Operation Starts

    25 May 2016

    After two attempts to reach the stricken oil tanker Siteam Anja failed due to inclement weather, a smaller tanker has managed to reach the vessel and launch the lightering operation. Namely, the Sea Lion tanker reached the grounded vessel on Tuesday morning availing of the improved weather conditions and started to unload the vessel, the Uruguay navy […]

  • Iran: 12 Wells Currently Being Drilled in Kish Gas Field, Says Official

    6 February 2013

    Head of operational district of Kish gas field says drilling of 12 wells were under way in the field. Speaking on the sidelines of the 9th International Energy Exhibition in Kish Island, Alireza Qanei, said that Iran’s Offshore Oil Company (IOOC) plans to start early production from the giant gas field. He estimated in situ […]

  • Sixteen cargoes shipped from QCLNG since Dec

    15 May 2015

    Premier of Queensland, Annastacia Palaszczuk, and Federal Industry and Science Minister, Ian Macfarlane, today toured BG’s QCLNG plant on Curtis Island, near Gladstone to mark the start of commercial operations from its first production train. The event follows the commencement of production in December 2014 when QCLNG became the world’s first LNG facility to be […]

  • OEE2019 to Host IRENA Event on Ocean Energy Potential

    14 August 2019
    Technology

    IRENA’s event “Unlocking the potential of ocean energy around the globe”, organised in partnership with the Ocean Energy Europe, will complement and continue the OEE2019 programme. The event features sessions with national and regional representatives from all corners of the globe and key experts in ocean energy to discuss the latest progress in this field. […]

  • UK: Cardiff County Council Invites Bids for Dredging Project

    10 February 2012

      Cardiff County Council has invited tenders for the maintenance dredging of the Outer Harbour and Approach Channel 2012-17. The Outer Harbour and the Approach Channel of the Cardiff Bay Barrage provides a safe haven for boats entering the Inland Bay and it was designed to allow access and egress for boats at all states […]

  • Dong Energy Preferred Bidder for 700MW Wind Project Off Isle of Man

    12 November 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    DONG Energy has been selected as the preferred partner of the Isle of Man government to develop a new offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea. The proposed site of the wind farm is off the east coast of the Isle of Man within the 12-mile limit of the island’s territorial sea. The agreement for […]

  • USA: Narragansett Town Council Suspends Talks with Deepwater Wind until June

    8 May 2013
    Authorities & Government, Storage

    On Monday, May 6, the Narragansett Town Council voted 5-0 to suspend negotiations with Deepwater Wind, which is developing the Block Island offshore wind farm, in order to gather more information on the project’s local impact. The motion to bring all talks and negotiations with the developer to a standstill and address taxpayer concerns was […]

  • UK: Wind Farm Vessel Safely Returns to Shore After Incident

    25 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    Five personnel were safely brought back to Wells on the personnel transfer vessel Island Panther on Wednesday night after the vessel was involved in a collision in the field with a transition piece. Immediately after the incident the Coastguard was alerted and lifeboats from Wells and Cromer were directed to meet the vessel. The vessel […]

  • Sabella to retrieve D10 tidal turbine this summer

    25 April 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Sabella, a French-based tidal energy developer, plans to retrieve its D10 tidal turbine, deployed in Fromveur Passage, off Ushant island, this summer.

  • Environmental Situation of Giglio Sea Waters Remains Good (Italy)

    24 June 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    The people of Giglio received positive news from the Observatory on the recovery of the Costa Concordia during the last, periodic information meeting on the progress of operations for the removal of the wreck. The Observatory stated that water condition in the island of Giglio is good. Such findings are the result of research studies conducted […]

  • Denmark: Piles of Rock Prevent Scour Formation Around Anholt Wind Farm Foundations

    7 February 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Based on the extensive seabed surveys carried out in 2010 at Anholt Offshore Wind Farm, 42 turbine positions have been identified as being at risk of extreme scour formation around the turbine foundation and it has therefore been decided to place a pile of rocks at the positions before the monopole is driven into the […]

  • Mak Industrial Water to Manufacture and Construct Carnegie’s Wave Powered Desalination Plant

    5 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    Carnegie Wave Energy Limited (CWE) today announced the award of the manufacturing and construction contract for its wave powered Desalination Pilot Plant to Perth-based MAK Industrial Water Solutions. MAK Industrial Water Solutions is an experienced provider of reverse osmosis desalination solutions throughout Western Australia and nationally. It has a particular focus on containerised sea water […]

  • Mukran Port Receives Arkona Subsea Cable

    4 October 2017

    Approximately 76 kilometres of subsea cable for the 385MW Arkona offshore wind farm has arrived to the basis station of Mukran Port on Rugen island.

  • Tidal and wave standards set in China

    22 April 2016
    Research & Development, Technology

    China hosted this year’s annual International Electrotechnical Commission’s (IEC) TC-114 plenary, providing a forum for international experts who work to produce IEC standards for tidal and wave energy converter

  • BG Freight Line to Connect Cork and Liverpool

    22 March 2017
    Business & Finance

    Rotterdam-based short sea shipping firm BG Freight Line, a part of Peel Ports Group, will launch a new weekly container service to directly connect Cork and Liverpool staring from March 27. The weekly schedule of the new service will be Liverpool (Saturday), Cork (Monday), Liverpool (Wednesday). At the end of the each week, the vessel will continue […]

  • Scoping report issued for Irish offshore wind farm

    8 January 2021
    Project & Tenders

    Codling Wind Park Ltd has issued the scoping report for the offshore elements of the Codling offshore wind project in Ireland. The report, sent to 78 consultees, sets out the approach that will be taken to the development of the Offshore Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR).  The purpose of the scoping report is to engage […]

  • Memorial University Launches Marine Spatial Planning Program

    17 February 2016
    Business & Finance

    The Memorial University Fisheries and Marine Institute will inaugurate the new Master of Marine Studies in Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) and Management, the first graduate program of its kind in Canada, in September 2016. “Marine spatial planning is an emerging and important field that is gaining prominence as global demands on our coastal spaces and […]

  • DMEC launches innovation challenge for offshore test support

    22 May 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology

    Dutch Marine Energy Centre (DMEC) has opened an innovation challenge for technology developers seeking support for their offshore test campaigns.

  • Senator Applauds Investments in Dunmore East

    4 June 2015
    Business & Finance

    The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD, recently announced details of a €6 million dredging project, which his Department has awarded for works at Dunmore East Fishery Harbor Center. Commenting this, Waterford Sinn Fein Senator David Cullinane, said: “This announcement by Minister Coveney is good news for fishermen, the local community, and […]

  • ‘Borgland Dolphin’ renewal contract for Bergen

    2 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Bergen Group Hanøytangen AS has been awarded a rig upgrade contract from Dolphin Drilling AS. The contract is for upgrades and 5-year Class Renewal Survey (CRS) on the semi-submersible production and exploration rig Borgland Dolphin and it is based on the Letter of Intent announced on September 15, 2014. The project has an estimated revenue value […]

  • EU places ocean energy at heart of clean power push

    11 July 2025
    Authorities & Government, Collaboration, Environment, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Vision

    The European Commission has included ocean energy among the technologies eligible under the 5% innovation target set by the EU Renewable Energy Directive. According to Ocean Energy Europe (OEE), a network of ocean energy professionals,  the guidance issued on July 2, 2025, calls on member states to ensure that 5% of newly installed renewable energy […]

  • Wind turbine tower lost overboard

    24 October 2006

    Parts of a steel tower for a wind farm in the Western Isles have been lost overboard from a ship in the North Sea. They were being transported from Denmark on the German-registered Lass Moon to Lewis. The towers should have been built on the island but the contract was taken away after the yard […]