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  • Pirates demand ransom for kidnapped Thai captain, crew

    2 June 2005

    Pirates have kidnapped a Thai captain and crewman from a tanker in the busy Malacca Strait. The head of the Piracy Reporting Centre of the London-based International Maritime Bureau, Noel Choong, says the pirates have already demanded a ransom. Mr Choong says the band of between five and eight pirates approached on a fast boat […]

  • Image of the Day: Grounded!

    8 September 2014

    An up-close view of Turkish-flagged cargo ship MV Ince Inebolu’s bow stuck on the rocks on the Greek island of Astypalaia. The ship was sailing from Yemen to Russia on Friday, September 5, when it ran aground. The ship was not carrying any cargo at the time of the accident. There was no pollution to […]

  • Tuna fishermen pulled from capsized boat

    24 September 2009

    A boat that fishes for tuna out of Gloucester was hit by a wave and capsized about three miles east of the Isles of Shoals off Portsmouth, N.H., yesterday. Two men, believed to be from Middleton, were rescued from the water early yesterday morning after the Coast Guard issued an emergency broadcast for a 25-foot […]

  • Ørsted Opens Borssele 1 + 2 O&M Base in Vlissingen

    22 January 2020
    Operations & Maintenance

    Ørsted has opened the operations & maintenance (O&M) base for the Borssele 1 + 2 offshore wind farm in Vlissingen, the Netherlands. Located in Vlissingen-Buitenhaven at the North Sea Port, the 2,100m2 facility will provide employment to 50-100 persons. All construction work and maintenance will be coordinated from the new base. The Vlissingen-based Cordeel was […]

  • 13 Foundations Up at Borssele 1&2

    30 January 2020

    DEME Offshore’s jack-up vessel Innovation has installed 13 of the 94 monopile foundations on the 752MW Borssele 1&2 offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea, Ørsted said. Innovation is loading the monopiles and transition pieces at Sif’s Maasvlakte 2 facility before transporting and installing them at the site located some 22 kilometres off the […]

  • Sustainable Marine starts full-scale smart grid trials with various renewables onboard

    29 September 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Infrastructure, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology, Transition, Vision

    Sustainable Marine’s tidal energy technology is set to play a central role in the Ocean Energy Smart Grid Integration Project, as final testing gets underway in Nova Scotia, Canada.

  • Scots Consume More than 40 Pct of Electricity from Renewables

    19 December 2013

    New figures published today show Scotland’s renewable electricity output was at record levels. The figures, which were released this morning by the Department of Energy and Climate Change, show that renewables met a record-breaking 40.3 per cent of gross electricity consumption in 2012, confirming that Scotland is on track to meet its interim target of […]

  • UK: EMEC Director to Open Hatston Pier Next Week

    25 April 2013

    Scotland’s longest commercial deep-water berth has been created in Orkney with the completion of a new extension at Hatston Pier. The 160-metre extension to the existing 225-metre pier will be officially opened next week by Neil Kermode, Managing Director of EMEC, the Orkney-based European Marine Energy Centre. The £8 million project is a key component […]

  • GSOE Deploys State-of-the-Art Research Buoy off New Jersey, USA

    16 November 2012
    Research & Development

    Garden State Offshore Energy (GSOE) this week successfully deployed a state-of-the-art offshore research buoy 23 miles off of the coast of Atlantic City. The 25-ton buoy, equipped with sophisticated meteorological measurement devices, will measure atmospheric and sea conditions offshore for up to two years in support of GSOE’s evaluation of a potential offshore wind farm […]

  • Submarine Cables Between Taiwan and China Completed

    17 August 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Taiwan telecom provider Chunghwa Telecom announced that the first submarine cables linking Taiwan with China have been completed. As AFP reports the cables link China’s city of Xiamen with the Taiwanese Kinmen island, and are due to go into operation on Tuesday. The cable project is a joint venture between Chunghwa Telecom and China’s three […]

  • USA: Five LNG Cargoes Imported in January

    7 March 2013
    Vessels

    The U.S. imported five liquefied natural gas cargoes in January, according to the U.S. Department of Energy data. Four cargoes were shipped from Trinidad and Tobago and one from Yemen. Three cargoes were delivered to the Everett LNG terminal, while the Elba Island and the Cove Point terminal received one cargo each. The country imported […]

  • Sunken ship near Port Aransas remains a mystery

    30 August 2006

    Divers investigating a newly discovered sunken ship in a channel near Port Aransas said an exploratory dive provided some answers but also raised lots of questions. The team of divers made a reconnaissance dive Monday to examine the ship, which a parasailer spotted this summer in about 20 feet of water near San Jose Island. […]

  • Crew of UAE-owned hijacked ship ‘unharmed’

    27 December 2010

    The crew of a ship that was hijacked in the Indian Ocean by pirates in the early hours of Christmas Day are believed to be unharmed, according to a piracy watchdog group. The 20,377-tonne cargo ship, MV Thor Nexus, was on its way to Bangladesh from the Jebel Ali port when it was hijacked. It […]

  • Hyundai Mipo Inks USD 212.7 Million Worth Contract

    7 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    South Korean shipbuilding company Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) today revealed in a regulatory filing to the Korea Stock Exchange, that it has entered into a new shipbuilding contract. The order for six Product Carriers (PCs) comes from an undisclosed Marshall Islands-registered shipowner. The value of the contract is estimated to be around $212.7 million. The […]

  • Taiwan: November LNG Imports Rise

    1 December 2011

    Taiwan, Asia’s third biggest importer of liquefied natural gas, increased purchases of the fuel in November for 20.5% from a year before. The island purchased 1,106,015 metric tons in November, compared with 918,183 metric tons a year earlier, RIM Intelligence reported today. Taiwan has two LNG import terminals, Yung An and Taichung liquefied natural gas […]

  • Philippines Sipalay flood Control Project

    30 December 2010

    The City of Sipalay is one of the cities in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines, located in the most southwestern part of Negros Island . The place has a long history of land use that contributed to the degrading state of its watersheds. Being a highly mineralized area, mining exploration has been the first […]

  • Clipper 05-06: Countdown to final transatlantic race

    3 July 2006

    With just one more day left in Manhattan before the start of Race 11 from New York to Jersey, the Clipper 05-06 skippers and crews are busy getting the boats ready for their final transatlantic race to the Channel Islands. Despite being the 4th of July public holiday in the USA, North Cove is a […]

  • Sailor dies in Aegean collision

    1 June 2006

    A Turkish sailor has been killed and five more are missing after two ships collided in the Aegean Sea south of the Greek capital, Athens. Seven more sailors were rescued from the water after a Turkish-operated cargo ship hit a Greek tanker. A rescue operation involving helicopters and navy ships is said to be under […]

  • Nova Innovation’s floating solar withstands Storm Éowyn’s fury

    30 January 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Safety, Technology, Vision

    Scotland-based Nova Innovation’s floating solar demonstrator at the Port of Leith has proven its resilience after withstanding Storm Éowyn, described by the Met Office as “probably the strongest to hit the UK in the past 10 years.” According to Nova Innovation, the extreme weather event left over a million people without power, with hurricane-force winds […]

  • Verdant Power preps turbines for autumn setup

    20 July 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Research & Development, Technology

    Verdant Power has taken additional steps toward the installation and demonstration of an array of its three, fifth generation (Gen5) tidal power turbines on the company’s novel TriFrame mount at its Roosevelt Island Tidal Energy (RITE) Project site in New York City’s East River. Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, the US-based company assembled turbines in […]

  • EPA Highlights Importance of Wetlands

    1 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck will join today Marc Matsil of the Trust for Public Land and Richard Nicotra of the Nicotra Group to highlight the importance of wetlands in protecting communities from the dangers of severe storms such as Hurricane Sandy. The event will take place at the Staten […]

  • Greens: Newman Locks in Decades More Sand Mining (Australia)

    21 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Newman Government’s new eco-tourism package for Stradbroke Island will be completely undermined by its extension of sand mining on the island last night, say the Australian Greens. “Last night in Queensland Parliament, Campbell Newman locked in decades more sand mining on Straddie, sidelining Aboriginal and environmental opposition, for the mining company that paid for […]

  • La Conner Marina Dredging Works Underway

    30 September 2019
    Business & Finance

    Dredging works that will maintain safe depths for vessels traveling the north and south basins of the La Conner Marina (WA) are underway now, informs the Port of Skagit. This project is a large undertaking by the Port of Skagit and was last completed in 2007 in the south basin of the marina. The company completing […]

  • SRM Projects Receives NWPP Approval for Tidal Projects, Canada

    16 August 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    SRM Projects received Transport Canada Navigable Waters Protection Program’s (NWPP) approval in July 2013 for its proposed tidal energy investigative license applications at South Discovery Passage and Seymour Narrows. SRM Projects initiated tidal energy investigative license applications in 2012 for several sites around Vancouver Island. An investigative license gives a proponent the right to complete […]

  • Australian Defence Force Headed to Kiribati to Dispose of WWII Sea Mine

    13 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    A team of Australian Defence Force personnel has headed to the Pacific Island nation of Kiribati to dispose of a suspected World War II sea mine. The object was discovered beneath a sunken vessel that is being salvaged by commercial operators in Betio Lagoon, South Tarawa. Six Royal Australian Navy clearance divers and a support […]