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  • Catalina Express commissions Incat Crowther for new low-emission ferry design

    11 June 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Green Marine, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    Australia-based shipbuilder Incat Crowther has been commissioned by Los Angeles operator Catalina Express to design a new low-emission, renewable diesel-powered passenger ferry.

  • Statoil: Sustainability at Svalbard

    11 April 2007

    Nina Udnes Tronstad, Statoil’s executive vice president for health, safety and the environment (HSE), presented Statoil’s sustainability report at Norway’s far-northern Spitsbergen islands (Svalbard), yesterday. “Statoil has chosen an aggressive approach to the carbon challenge and contributes to work in finding a solution for reducing greenhouse gas emissions,” says Ms Tronstad. “Our goal is zero […]

  • MV Raipura abandoned with 150 still missing: Hostile weather, absence of modern rescue vessel blamed

    23 May 2005

    The work to salvage the sunken launch that capsized on Tuesday afternoon in the river Jamuna near Aricha , was declared abandoned yesterday with 150 people still missing. Joint Director (Marine ) Emdadul Hoque of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) formally declared the salvage operation by rescue vessel MV Rustam abandoned at about 6-30 […]

  • Canada to close ports due to over fishing

    15 February 2010

    The overfishing of shrimp has pushed the Canadian government to decide it will close its ports to ships from Greenland and the Faroe Islands, authorities say. The North Atlantic Fisheries Organization sets catch limits for each member, and Greenland and the Faroes allegedly refuse to abide by the quotas, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. said Sunday. […]

  • Van Oord takes on EUR 130 million worth of work in the Middle East

    1 October 2009

    (Van Oord) In the United Arab Emirates Van Oord is executing dredging work in Ras al Khaimah as part of preparations for the 33rd America’s Cup. This prestigious sailing competition will take place in Ras al Khaimah in 2010. The client is the government of Ras al Khaimah. Client Meraas has contracted Van Oord to […]

  • Clipper 05-06: Jamaican media gets taste of Clipper Race

    20 June 2006

    The Jamaican media got a taste of life onboard a Clipper 68 racing yacht on Tuesday when they went for a sail on Durban Clipper out of the newly named Errol Flynn Marina. Twelve journalists from the Caribbean island were showed the ropes by Cardiff Skipper Conor Fogerty and crew members from Durban and Cardiff […]

  • Noble Energy farms into North Falkland basin licence

    13 April 2015
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Argos Resources’ subsidiary, Argos Exploration Limited (AEL), has entered into a farm-out agreement with Noble Energy Falklands Limited and Edison International related to the company’s 100 percent interest in production licence PL001, off the Falkland Islands. The licence covers an area of approximately 1,126 square kilometres and it is located in the North Falkland Basin. It is adjacent and to […]

  • Govt. of Commonwealth of Dominica Announces Tender for Subsea Cable Consultancy Services

    11 November 2011
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

      The Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica, through the Ministry of Public Works Energy and Ports – Geothermal Project Management Unit, intends to procure the services of a firm to conduct a feasibility study regarding the submarine interconnection of Dominica with Martinique and Guadeloupe, and the associated improvements and/or reinforcements to Dominica’s national grid […]

  • UAE: Petrofac, DSME Win $3.7 Bln Upper Zakum Contract

    12 April 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Petrofac announces that Petrofac Emirates, its Joint Venture with Mubadala Petroleum, has been awarded a contract by Zakum Development Company (ZADCO) for the Upper Zakum, UZ750 field development in Abu Dhabi. The contract is worth approximately US$3.7 billion and has been secured by Petrofac Emirates in consortium with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co Ltd […]

  • IOOC to Develop Balal Field Gas Layers (Iran)

    22 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    According to the public relations of an Iranian Offshore Engineering and Construction Company, a senior oil official said that the Iranian Offshore Oil Company (IOOC) plans to develop gas layers of Balal offshore oil field in southern Iran. Alireza Ghazi-Zahedi, deputy director of the company’s Lavan Operational Zone, said the development of Balal field oil […]

  • EMS Maritime to Offer Services for Shipping Companies at Borkum, Germany

    12 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    From the 1st of October 2013 the EMS Maritime Offshore GmbH is able to offer different services for shipping companies, offshore wind farm operators and / or wind turbine manufactures on the north sea island Borkum. In the sheltered warehouse of the OSS the EMS Maritime Offshore GmbH offers palletized shelfs, small parts stores, offices […]

  • Top Stories of the Week (Dec 23 – Dec 28, 2013)

    29 December 2013

    Nordic Yards Starts Construction of LK-25 Icebreaker Nordic Yards has begun the construction of a steel deckhouse for Russian icebreaker LK-25, the future “Viktor Tschernomyrdin”. Cosco Guangdong Splashes Vroon’s 4th Livestock Carrier Cosco Guangdong Shipyard in China held, on Dec 22nd, a launching ceremony for Vroon’s next livestock carrier, the Girolando Express. Damen Wins Second […]

  • Carnegie Prepares Desal Plant to Run on Wave Energy

    27 February 2015
    Technology

    A desalination plant on Garden Island in Western Austratia has been successfully commissioned off electricity and is now supplying freshwater to the Department of Defence, Carnegie Wave Energy Limited (CWE) informed today. The Desalination Pilot Plant has been commissioned off electricity in advance of its connection to the CETO system, where it will be powered […]

  • Petronet LNG-chartered Prachi loading Gorgon cargo

    17 January 2017

    The brand new LNG carrier Prachi, chartered by India’s Petronet LNG, docked on Tuesday at the Chevron-operated Gorgon LNG plant on Barrow Island in Western Australia. The 173,000-cbm LNG carrier was delivered less than two months ago to India LNG Transport, a consortium comprising of Japan’s NYK, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, and “K” Line, and the […]

  • Indonesia Calls Off Search and Rescue Efforts for Missing Bulker

    11 September 2019
    Business & Finance

    The ops were stopped on September 9, eighteen days after the vessel sent a distress signal.

  • Hawaiian Utilities Aim For 800MW Offshore Wind Capacity by 2045

    6 April 2016
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development, Storage

    Hawaii could have up to 800MW of installed offshore wind capacity by 2045, helping this US island state source all of its energy from renewable resources in the next thirty tears, the Hawaiian Electric Companies said in their updated energy plan. The utilities also said that off-island resources, such as offshore wind and the use of […]

  • Anglesey Enterprise Zone Shifts Boundaries

    23 July 2015

    The boundaries of Anglesey Enterprise Zone are to be extended to maximise economic benefits for the region and will include a new marine renewable energy zone and the Menai Science Park site. The new sites include the West Anglesey Demonstration Zone, a 37 square kilometre of seabed off the west coast of Anglesey, and Cefn […]

  • New York College to Offer Offshore Wind Training Programs

    14 September 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Human Capital

    The State University of New York (SUNY) Maritime College has received USD 230,000 from the New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s office to promote offshore energy workforce development and training programs in New York.

  • Top News of the Week, 16 – 23 July 2017

    23 July 2017

    Offshore WIND’s most read news from 16 to 23 July 2017.

  • Officials Discuss Management of Brahmaputra River (India)

    8 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    Arunachal Pradesh and Bangladesh have discussed several measures for better management of the Brahmaputra river for mutual benefit, official sources announced. Arunachal Pradesh Water Resources Development Minister Newlai Tingkhatra during a meeting with the visiting Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Tariq A Khan discussed ways to tackle the problem of siltation through river dredging and […]

  • Mississippi River Habitat Construction Project Kicks Off

    27 March 2020
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, has started the first phase of the McGregor Lake Habitat Rehabilitation and Enhancement Project to restore habitat within Pool 10 of the Upper Mississippi River. The McGregor Lake project, located near Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, will restore and protect island habitat, protect shoreline from erosion and […]

  • Spotlight on Marker Wadden Project

    14 April 2016
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Dredging sludge has negative connotations but the Marker Wadden shows that the natural and economic value of dredged material is underestimated. Sludge, silt and mud are useful raw materials and building materials. They can be used for upgrading soils, raising dikes, nature development or land reclamation. So the spotlights at the Innovation Expo in Amsterdam […]

  • USPA to Discuss Dredging Projects Planned for 2018–2019

    22 October 2018
    Business & Finance

    The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) will today, October 22, hold a meeting in Odessa to discuss dredging projects planned for 2018–2019. During the meeting, officials from USPA together with the representatives of dredging companies will discuss implementation of capital and operational dredging projects in seaports, as well as in inland waterways. According to USPA, the […]

  • Azura wave energy device produces clean power in Hawaii

    7 July 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Following the deployment and grid-connection of NWEI’s Azura wave energy device conducted last month, the device has now started producing clean power to Hawaii’s electricity grid. The device has been installed in a 30-meter test berth at the Navy’s Wave Energy Test Site (WETS) in Kaneohe Bay, on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. It is now […]

  • McMoRan Apparent High Bidder for 14 GOM Blocks (USA)

    28 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    McMoRan Exploration Co. announced the results of its participation in the Central Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 216/222 held last week by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) in New Orleans, Louisiana. McMoRan was the apparent high bidder on a total of 14 lease blocks on the outer Continental Shelf of the Gulf of […]