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  • Dredging up answer to vanishing islands

    13 November 2006

    The Maryland Port Administration and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are proposing to spend more than $1 billion to rebuild two islands in the Chesapeake Bay — the government’s latest plan to use dredge spoil from shipping channels to enhance the environment.

  • Worries over island marina wait

    9 March 2005

    The Welsh Assembly Government has been criticised for the length of time it was taking to decide on a dredging licensing application for a new marina on Anglesey. Council leaders said too much time was being taken over the application for the development near Beaumaris.

  • Luxury at sea on ‘floating island’ yacht

    3 March 2010

    Luxury on the sea is set to get even better with a new yacht designed to resemble a floating island. Wally Hermes Yachts unveiled the designs for its WHY craft at the Abu Dhabi Yacht Show this week.

  • Block Island: First Steel in Water

    27 July 2015

    The first jacket foundation has been installed three miles (4.8 km) off the Block Island coast yesterday afternoon representing the first steel in the water for Deepwater Wind’s 30 MW project. According to CEO Jeff Grybowski, the 400 ton lift was conducted by the floating barge crane, Weeks 533, as “smooth as silk.” Even though the […]

  • VIDEO: Block Island Cable Installation

    30 December 2016
    Storage

    Kokosing’s Durocher Marine Division installed six miles of subsea cables for America’s first offshore wind farm off Block Island, Rhode Island. All of the cables for the 30MW Block Island wind farm were installed by the end of July 2016. The wind farm came online on 12 December, feeding the first power generated by offshore […]

  • Pawleys Island Beach Renourishment Progresses

    30 October 2019
    Business & Finance

    The Pawleys Island Police Department has just released these beautiful photos from the South Carolina’s Pawleys Island beach fill program, showing the progress being made on a multi-million dollar renourishment project. The $14.8 million job is starting in the south end and crews will work their way up past the Pawleys Island Pier. The beach […]

  • Lamma Island Dredging Kicks Off

    8 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    With immediate effect and for a period of approximately four weeks, dredging operations will be carried out off West Coast of Lamma Island, announced Hong Kong Marine Department. The works will be carried out by a flotilla of vessels including one grab dredger, three hopper barges, two tug boats and one survey boat. The number of vessels engaged in […]

  • Improving Climate Resilience in Marshall Islands

    6 June 2018
    Business & Finance

    The World Bank and the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands this week launched two climate change related projects that will increase investments in renewable energy, promote energy efficiency and enhance the country’s resilience to the impacts of climate change. The Marshall Islands is amongst the countries’ most vulnerable to climate change and […]

  • Beaver Island Restoration Scheme on the Table

    16 February 2017
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, in partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Iowa DNR, is hosting a public open house February 21 to discuss an ecosystem restoration plan for the Beaver Island Habitat Rehabilitation and Enhancement Project. The public open house will take place from 6–8 p.m. […]

  • USACE Committed to Tangier Island Issues

    6 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    A cadre of Norfolk District leaders and staff, accompanied by Deborah Christie with Congressman Scott Rigell’s office, journeyed by boat 14 miles in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay Monday to reaffirm their commitment to assisting in Tangier Island’s subsistence and erosion issues. In a town hall-style meeting, Col. Paul Olsen, Norfolk District commander, addressed […]

  • Channel Islands Improvement Plan Available

    1 February 2019
    Business & Finance

    The Los Angeles District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to conduct repairs to the Channel Islands Harbor facility, a structure consisting of two parallel entrance jetties and a protective offshore breakwater near the entrance to the harbor. The project area will encompass approximately 60 acres of harbor channel, stone jetties, and an […]

  • Block Island Readying for the Last Turbine

    17 August 2016

    Montco lift boat Paul has loaded the last of the components for the fifth and final wind turbine to be installed at the 30MW Block Island wind farm. L/B Paul will depart the Port of Providence and deliver the components some three miles off Block Island, where Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s installation vessel Brave Tern will assemble the final GE […]

  • Restoring Queen Bess Island WEBINAR

    19 May 2020
    Business & Finance

    The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) will this week host a webinar named ‘Restoring Queen Bess Island’.  During the webinar, CPRA and LDWF project managers Katie Freer and Todd Baker will present on the recently restored Queen Bess Island. They’ll also discuss how coastal engineering and wildlife habitat expertise synergized to give new […]

  • CPRA Webinar on Barrier Island Restoration

    6 May 2020
    Business & Finance

    Darin Lee, Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority’s Barrier Island Comprehensive Monitoring Program Lead, will host a presentation on barrier island restoration in coastal Louisiana today. The presentation will focus on the long-term projections of island loss and the impact of various restoration projects on the coast. Barrier islands are known as coastal Louisiana’s first […]

  • Three Is Not a Crowd off Block Island

    11 August 2016

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s installation vessel Brave Tern has installed three of the five GE Renewable Energy Haliade 150-6MW turbines at the Block Island Wind Farm. This is the first offshore wind farm to be installed in US waters and the first project Fred. Olsen Windcarrier has worked on outside of Europe. “The first turbine on this landmark […]

  • Sustainable Energy Awards 2016 open for entrants

    13 April 2016
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has launched Sustainable Energy Awards 2016 encouraging organizations, businesses or communities who have achieved energy savings through efficiency or renewable energy to enter.

  • ‘Banana wave’ hits Dutch islands

    7 November 2007

    Thousands of bananas have been washed up on two Dutch islands in the North Sea after several containers fell off a cargo ship in a storm, officials say. They say beaches on Terschelling and Ameland islands were littered with bunches of unripe fruit – to the delight of some local residents.

  • VIDEO: Ulstein Builds ‘Island Constructor’

    8 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Designed by Ulstein Design AS (Ulstein SX 121) and launched in February 2008 from the Ulstein Verft shipyards in Norway, the Island Constructor (Hull no. 279) is Island Offshore’s offshore construction and well intervention vessel. M/V ISLAND CONSTRUCTOR is an Offshore Construction and Well Intervention Vessel with ULSTEIN X-BOW® designed by Ulstein Design AS. The vessel […]

  • Completion of Parker Island Dredging in May

    1 May 2020
    Business & Finance

    Dredging work in the area of Parker Island off Beach Haven is expected to be completed by Memorial Day weekend – Monday, May 25, The SandPaper reports. Commenting the latest announcement, Steve Schapiro, NJDOT spokesman, said that the 4.3-acre island, located in the bay west of Morrison’s Marina, is being used as a confined disposal […]

  • Officials to Sign Tybee Island Agreement

    27 August 2019
    Business & Finance

    Officials from the City of Tybee Island and the Army Corps are about to sign an agreement Aug. 29 that will lead to more sand on the island community’s beach for additional protection from future storm damage. According to the Corps, at 2 p.m. Thursday, Mayor Jason Buelterman of Tybee Island and Col. Daniel Hibner, […]

  • Garden Island Dredging Contract for Birdon

    30 May 2019
    Business & Finance

    Birdon, a Port Macquarie based engineering company, has won a contract to undertake dredging works at Garden Island in Sydney, as part of the Garden Island Redevelopment Project. The dredging works are aimed to increase the depth of the berth pocket for naval vessels at Garden Island as part of an upgraded wharf infrastructure project, […]

  • Plantation Island Dredging Project Underway

    18 June 2018
    Business & Finance

    Australian dredging and civil construction company Hall Pacific recently started work on the Plantation Island channel dredging project in Fiji. The works began in early June and are expected to be completed by 29 June 2018. Hall Pacific CEO Cameron Hall said that the dredging works will enable vessels greater access to Plantation Island and are a […]

  • Island Offshore Trims Working Hours

    19 June 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Island Offshore has informed that the company will be introducing reduced working hours for all office employees in Ulsteinvik, with effect from 1st of August 2015, as a contribution to reducing costs. This is done to mitigate the implications of the weak offshore market, lay up of vessels as well as postponed new building deliveries. […]

  • Lost Island Dredge Work Progresses

    9 March 2018
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, has just release the latest update on their Lost Island dredge work, saying that nearly 420,000 cubic yards have been removed to date. Last year, the West Newton Chute Boat Landing was closed while operations began to remove nearly 1.3 million cubic yards of dredged material […]

  • Hall’s Island Scheme Set for November

    25 October 2017
    Business & Finance

    The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) said in its latest announcement that construction begins in November on a project that will restore Hall’s Island along the Northeast Minneapolis riverfront. Work will be based out of the Scherer site, an 11-acre piece of land directly north of the Plymouth Avenue Bridge that was purchased by […]