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  • UK: NIFHA Seeks “MV Kilmourne” Upgrade Bids

    4 October 2011
    Vessels

    Northern Ireland Fishery Harbour Authority has announced tender for mid-life upgrade / major re-fit of “MV Kilmourne”, a 100 m3 capacity hopper dredger (133GT / 26m LOA). This upgrade works include: Replacement of propulsion system; Shortening of vessel to 24m load line length; Refurbishment of deckhouse accommodation; New fendering system and New external protective coating […]

  • Atlantis appoints new CFO as it relocates its HQ

    15 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    Atlantis has appointed Simon Counsell as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). The company has accepted the resignation of Duncan Black as CFO, who will step down on 18 September 2015, due to the intended relocation of the corporate headquarters, including the finance and administration function, to Scotland from Singapore. Black will remain on the Board as a Non-executive […]

  • SSEN Completes Bute-Cumbrae Subsea Cable Replacement

    15 August 2019
    Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has completed project to replace one of the two electricity subsea cables connecting Bute and Cumbrae, with new additional fault detection technology set to be installed in the coming months. Cumbrae receives its power from the mainland by two subsea cables, one of which was approaching the end of […]

  • USA: Senator Applauds Hiring at Davisville Port

    14 September 2012

    Sen. William A. Walaska yesterday offered his congratulations and compliments on the hiring by the Quonset Development Corporation of a Rhode Island firm to run the new container operation at the Port of Davisville. The QDC announced the hiring of R.I. Port Services to handle the planned expansion of short-sea shipping at the port. Under […]

  • New York Governor Calls for Approval of 90MW South Fork OWF

    11 January 2017

    New York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo yesterday called on the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) to approve Deepwater Wind’s South Fork offshore wind farm. LIPA has indicated that contract negotiations are close to final, and the 90MW project will be voted a meeting on 25 January. In his State of the State address, Governor Cuomo […]

  • APM Terminals Hosts Indian Shipping Minister

    30 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    APM Terminals hosted Indian Shipping Minister Milind Murli Deora while he was in The Netherlands July 23rd on an official government visit. The Minister and a delegation including the Shipping Ministry Joint Secretary Shri N. Muruganandam, India’s Deputy Chief of Mission to the Netherlands R.K. Singh, and Chairman and Managing Director of the Shipping Corporation […]

  • Prysmian Secures Two Contracts for New Submarine Link in UK Channel

    20 February 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, has been awarded two new contracts worth in total approximately €45 million by Jersey Electricity plc (UK), for the “Normandie 3” project to provide electricity to Jersey in the Channel Islands from the French mainland. This is the third such interconnector to be […]

  • Minesto widens first quarter loss

    22 April 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Swedish marine energy developer Minesto has recorded an increase in net loss for the first quarter of 2021, when compared to the financial results for the same period posted a year before.

  • Plan Revealed for Port of the Americas

    17 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Puerto Rico Government is looking for a major international port operator to partner with on the development of the Port of the Americas, located in Ponce, on the southern coast of the island. The Port of the Americas site sits on over 300 acres, located just 5 miles from Mercedita Airport, representing a tremendous opportunity for […]

  • Minesto: Functionality of Dragon 12 megawatt-scale tidal energy kite verified

    22 February 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Technology, Transition, Vision

    Minesto’s 1.2 MW Dragon 12 tidal powerplant has delivered as expected during its first phase of operation at its grid-connected monopile seabed foundation in Vestmannasund, Faroe Islands, the Swedish company reported. The 25-ton Dragon 12 tidal energy kite was commissioned in the early morning of February 9, delivering the first electricity to the national grid in the […]

  • Minesto grows half-year loss

    19 August 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Technology

    Swedish marine energy company Minesto has recorded a wider net loss for the first six months of 2022, as opposed to the same period a year earlier.

  • MAST: Maritime Industry Faced with Myriad of Security Threats

    22 March 2016

    Conflicts and tensions in the Middle East, Far East and North and sub-Saharan Africa pose a real threat to the maritime environment and some of the world’s most important shipping lanes, maritime security company MAST warns. “Concern over the decision to reduce the High Risk Area (HRA) in the western Indian Ocean, conflicts in Yemen […]

  • Norway: Statoil Increases Recovery Through Light Well Intervention

    15 December 2011
    Business & Finance

    Statoil is cutting the costs of increased recovery from fields in operation by hiring in light well intervention vessels. As of December Statoil has three light well intervention vessels in operation. Statoil awarded Island Offshore a framework agreement earlier this year for light well intervention (LWI) services from their Island Constructor vessel. The new vessel […]

  • Offshore Companies Order Unitor XFlow from Wilhelmsen Technical Solutions

    9 January 2014
    Business & Finance

    Wilhelmsen Technical Solutions has been awarded contracts to supply its patented Unitor XFlow ® low pressure water mist fire fighting systems on newbuildings under construction for two leading Norwegian shipowners. Ulsteinvik-based Island Offshore has specified Unitor XFlow ® for two vessels under construction by Vard at its Brevik facility. The scope of the contract includes […]

  • NOAA Releases Updated Cobscook Bay Area Chart

    4 September 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Northern Maine fishing vessels will be able to navigate more safely around the dangerous Cobscook Bay thanks to an updated version of the area’s nautical chart issued by NOAA. The latest chart includes a new detailed illustration — called a “chart inset” — of the waters around Falls Island, providing safer passage for mariners who […]

  • Washington Trust Finances Quonset Dredging Project (USA)

    1 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    Washington Trust’s Commercial & Industrial Lending Group has provided $7.5 million in both short- term and permanent financing to Quonset Development Corporation of North Kingstown, RI for a dredging project to increase the channel depth and expand shipping capabilities at the Port of Davisville in Quonset Business Park. Approximately 260,000 cubic yards of sediment will […]

  • Orkney Marine Work Gets Cannes Festival Spotlight

    16 May 2019
    Environment

    A major documentary on climate change, featuring Orkney’s pioneering marine energy work, is set to be premiered at the Cannes Film Festival next week. Ice on Fire has been produced by Leonardo DiCaprio and is also narrated by the actor, who has a strong interest in climate change and ecological issues. Directed by Leila Conners, […]

  • Energy minister: Kashagan to start production later this year

    8 June 2016
    Business & Finance

    Kazakhstan’s troubled oil field Kashagan is expected to start production in late 2016, the country’s energy minister Kanat Bozumbayev said. According to the info shared by the energy ministry earlier this week, Bozumbayev said Kashagan is expected to produce 35.000 tons in December. To remind, Kashagan,named after a 19th century Kazakh poet from Mangistau, had […]

  • Brownsville Channel Dredging Delayed (USA)

    19 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, announced yesterday it will solicit a rapid response maintenance dredging contract, with the bid opening the week of March 3, to address critical shoaling and perform maintenance dredging within the Brazos Island Harbor (Brownsville Harbor) jetty channel. Unexpected shoaling (sandy elevation of the bottom of a body […]

  • Japan seizes S. Korean fishing boat, arrests captain

    29 August 2006

    The Japanese Fisheries Agency has seized a South Korean squid catching boat in Japan’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) off Sado Island, Kyodo News reported on Monday. The agency announced earlier in the day that the boat was seized because it falsified the amount of its catches when it fished in the water close to Niigata […]

  • Shipwrecked fishermen adrift for three hours

    19 August 2006

    Two fishermen, adrift in a life raft for three hours off the west coast of the South Island, were flown by rescue helicopter to Hokitika. The Rescue Co-ordination Centre says the two men made a distress call at about 1am Saturday morning, saying their fishing boat, the Challenger Two, was adrift and taking on water. […]

  • Changing times change shipyard deal

    12 April 2005

    Almost five years after selling its shipyard on Swan Island, the Port of Portland has negotiated new terms with shipyard buyer Frank Foti for payment of the $12.5 million he still owes. Under terms of the new agreement, which goes to the Port of Portland Commission for approval Wednesday, two loans are consolidated into a […]

  • Gorgon LNG project nearing completion (Video)

    5 May 2015

    Chevron’s Gorgon LNG project is close to starting up as construction activities at the Barrow Island facilities continue.

  • Image of the Day: Norwegian Star Takes a Breather

    5 March 2015

    Norwegian Star, a cruise ship operated by Norwegian Cruise Lines, is pictured here arriving at the Vigor Swan Island yard on March 3rd to undergo multi-million dollar repairs. Built in 2001, she is nearly 1,000 feet long and can carry over 2,300 passengers and over 1,000 crew members. She is expected to leave Portland later […]

  • Swinomish Channel Dredging Kicks Off (USA)

    20 September 2012

    On September 18, the Port of Skagit has celebrated the start of the Swinomish Channel dredging project. American Construction Co. of Tacoma has won this $1.88 million contract from the Army Corps of Engineers. The dredging project will continue for approximately five months, and the channel will not be closed during that time. The shallowest […]