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  • UK: SSE Appoints Chief Marketing Officer

    3 July 2013

    Leading energy supplier SSE announced the appointment of Jenny Ashmore to the new position of Chief Marketing Officer. Reporting to Managing Director, Retail, Will Morris, Jenny takes up the post on 5 August 2013 and will have responsibility for all SSE’s marketing activities. Jenny’s career in marketing spans 20 years, with early roles at British […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • Greece: Atlantic Bulk Carriers Management Takes Delivery of Its New Bulk Carrier

    6 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    Atlantic Bulk Carriers Management Ltd, a Marshall Islands Company, announced that it has take delivery of new addition in its fleet. The very first delivery for 2012 took place on January 5, 2012. 58,000 DWT Class Bulk Carrier M/V Desert Spring was christened day later during a special ceremony at HMD Shipyard. [mappress] World Maritime News Staff, January 6, 2012; […]

  • Australian Navy Intercepts Boat with Suspected Asylum Seekers

    28 December 2011

      A boat with 116 suspected asylum seekers and two crew members was intercepted north of Christmas Island by Australian Navy. HMAS Maryborough provided assistance to the vessel following a request by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority. Michael Keenan, opposition border protection spokesman, stated that this incident proves that Labor government has been avoiding to […]

  • Damaged Endurance set for repairs

    10 April 2009

    The flood-damaged Royal Navy ice patrol ship HMS Endurance has arrived off the coast of Portsmouth after being transported home from the Falklands. Ten passengers were rescued when HMS Endurance lost power as the engine room flooded off Chile in December. Fears had been raised the ship could be scrapped after she was towed to […]

  • Cruise ship horror

    29 May 2006

    A cruise ship passenger jumped into the pitch-black ocean off the British Virgin Islands, prompting a futile 12-hour search that bogged down thousands of vacationers yesterday, officials said. The unidentified man went overboard from the Carnival Legend vessel just after 1 a.m. on Saturday, the cruise line said. The liner was about 650 miles offshore […]

  • Migrants prompt tourism fears

    9 September 2006

    The Canary Islands are at bursting point. Not the beaches and hotels that cater for millions of tourists each year, but the police stations, courts and detention centres being used to house the boatloads of illegal immigrants risking the ocean crossing from west Africa. It has reached the point where some local authorities are publicly […]

  • USA: Army Corps Begins Post-Storm Response Activities

    31 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, is carrying out missions to support recovery efforts in the New York City region following Hurricane Sandy, including in New York City, parts of northern New Jersey and Long Island. New York District’s Emergency Operations Center has been active since last week and District personnel are […]

  • ADPC to Redevelop Shahama Port (UAE)

    18 March 2013

    On the sidelines of the World Port and Trade Summit 2013, Abu Dhabi Ports Company ( ADPC ) has announced that a new Abu Dhabi-based port project is underway, with the development of Shahama Port into a commercial, leisure and tourism hub. ADPC stated that it will develop the Shahama water basin and land site […]

  • WRRDA Clears Way for Critical Water Projects

    23 July 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    A bill signed by United States President Barack Obama recently will result in hundreds of large contracting opportunities for private-sector firms according to Mary Scott Nabers, president and CEO of Strategic Partnerships, Inc. The Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA) authorizes 34 critical water infrastructure projects valued at more than $12 billion. The WRRDA […]

  • USA: Three Area Communities Call for Merrimack River Jetty Repairs

    20 October 2011

    Three area communities are stepping up their efforts to get the Army Corps of Engineers to carry out repairs to two jetties at the mouth of the Merrimack River they say are needed to halt erosion of Plum Island and Salisbury beaches. Newbury, Newburyport, and Salisbury have been advocating for repairs to the jetties for […]

  • Hawaii Boosts Port Development (USA)

    24 July 2012

    Gov. Neil Abercrombie has announced the release of more than $92.8 million for various Capital Improvement Projects (CIP) designed to maintain, upgrade and expand transportation infrastructure across Hawaii. “Our highways, airports and harbors are essential to island commerce and our way of life; everyone depends on the daily reliability and functionality of this core infrastructure,” […]

  • Crowley launches LNG terminal in Puerto Rico

    27 May 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics, Project & Tenders

    U.S. supply chain company Crowley has inaugurated a liquified natural gas (LNG) facility in Peñuelas, Puerto Rico.

  • Minesto begins 2022 with net loss increase

    21 April 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Swedish marine energy developer Minesto has reported an increase in net loss for the first quarter of 2022 in comparison to the results for the first three months of 2021.

  • Energy storage system for tidal power-to-hydrogen research project energized in Orkney

    22 August 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Infrastructure, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Storage, Technology, Transition

    Invinity Energy Systems has energized a 1.8MWh VS3 flow battery system at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) hydrogen facility, as part of a tidal power-to-green hydrogen research project.

  • Jan De Nul lands its biggest cable deal for $3.6bln Middle Eastern project

    29 December 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition

    Jan De Nul and Samsung C&T consortium has secured a contract, regarded as the biggest cable installation contract in Jan De Nul’s history, to deliver an HVDC cable and convertors package for the $3.6 billion ADNOC-TAQA Lightning Project.

  • Nova Innovation bags UK funding for 7MW tidal energy scheme in Indonesia

    30 November 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology

    Scotland-based tidal energy company Nova Innovation has won funding that could deliver the 7MW tidal turbine array in Indonesia, the first ever in the Southeast Asian island country.

  • Companies Team Up on BlueTEC Project

    31 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    A group of leading offshore companies including Bluewater, Damen and Van Oord have joined together to realize a unique floating tidal energy platform which will be moored near Texel in the Waddenzee and generate clean electricity from the tides. The platform is a trial for remote locations worldwide, such as islands in Indonesia, Philippines or […]

  • Developers Want 45 Square Miles of Ocean for Wind Turbines (USA)

    6 May 2011

      Two developers want the same approximately 45 square miles of ocean as a place for wind farms, a federal agency said Tuesday. In December, Providence-based Deepwater Wind and Massachusetts-based Neptune Wind told the U.S. Department of Interior they were interested in leasing an area roughly between Block Island and Martha’s Vineyard. But Neptune never […]

  • Wave energy plant in South Korea to produce green hydrogen

    6 June 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology

    The Yongsoo wave energy pilot plant, installed offshore Jeju Island in South Korea, is being prepared to produce green hydrogen.