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  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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,” […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Simec Atlantis tidal kit lands in Japan

    22 December 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Simec Atlantis has delivered its tidal energy generation equipment to Japan ahead of deployment in the Naru Strait.

  • New Mauritius cargo vessel to feature Wärtsilä propulsion system

    18 June 2020
    Equipment, Infrastructure, Technology, Vessels

    Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has received a contract to install its fully integrated main propulsion system on a new Mauritius multipurpose cargo vessel.

  • Gladstone LNG exports dip in May

    17 June 2020
    Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics

    LNG exports from the three liquefaction plants located on Curtis Island off Gladstone reached 1.71 million tonnes in May 2020.

  • USACE Meeting on Turpentine Run Project

    2 April 2019
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, will host a public meeting for the Turpentine Run project in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. The meeting will be held at Bertha C. Boschulte Middle School Auditorium at 9-1-12A Bovoni in St. Thomas, VI 00802, Wednesday, April 3, 2019 from 5 to 7 p.m. Commissioner Nelson […]

  • Rockaway Reef Project Kicks Off

    28 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    A new series of man-made reefs will be constructed off the south shore of Long Island to improve marine life habitat, the NY State Department of Environmental Conservation informs. Federal and state permits were recently secured for the Rockaway Reef project, and the first placement of materials started last week. “The deployment of these new […]

  • Prioritizing Smaller Harbors for Dredging

    15 June 2017
    Business & Finance

    U.S. Senator Rand Paul recently reintroduced the Harbor Equity Act, which modifies the existing criteria used by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to dredge smaller harbors. According to Senator Rand Paul, the Corps currently prioritizes dredging solely for larger harbors that see 1 million or more tons in traffic per year – often forcing small community harbors to fund their own dredging or […]

  • Construction of Coastal Defenses at Tipner Lake Progresses

    30 June 2017
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    New coastal defenses are being built as part of the North Portsea Island Coastal Scheme which have been designed to reduce the risk of coastal flooding and erosion to the area over the next 100 years. To increase the flood risk management in this area, the seawall height will need to be increased by approximately […]

  • Highlights of the Week

    26 May 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology, Vessels

    Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (May 21-27, 2018).   GLDD Wraps Up Whiskey Island Coastal Restoration Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company (GLDD) completed the 10.7 million cubic yard coastal restoration of Whiskey Island in Louisiana earlier this month.   New Software for EU Dredging […]