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  • BTB – Largest Inland Terminal in the Netherlands

    26 September 2012

    On 10 September the Barge Terminal Born (BTB) gained a new 150-metre long quay and a site of four hectares for container storage. The port of Holtum-Noord, where the terminal is located, was also deepened to 3.95 metres. The terminal capacity has doubled from 150,000 TEU to 300,000 TEU. This makes BTB the largest inland […]

  • Figure Eight Island Study Released

    15 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District, has released the required supplemental environmental study for a proposed project to build a terminal groin and pump sand onto the beach to protect homes threatened by erosion on Figure Eight Island in New Hanover County. The so-called Figure Eight Island Shoreline Management Project includes plans to […]

  • Canada Invests in Vancouver Island Restoration

    29 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    The Government of Canada is investing in 16 projects that will support recreational fisheries on Vancouver Island, announced yesterday John Duncan, Minister of State and Chief Government Whip, and Member of Parliament for Vancouver Island North. Through the Recreational Fisheries Conservation Partnerships Program (RFCPP), the groups carrying out these projects will receive up to $977,000 […]

  • Gallery: ‘Island Venture’ on sea trials

    12 November 2015

    Norwegian offshore shipbuilder and designer Ulstein, is putting final touches on the Island Venture offshore construction vessel. According to Ulstein’s release on Thursday, the vessel has been tested at sea trial this week. The sea trial is now in the final stage and the Island Venture will return to the yard by the end of […]

  • Seven Islands Shipping Files for IPO

    5 October 2017
    Business & Finance

    Mumbai-based Seven Islands Shipping (SIS) is to make a stock market entry as the tanker shipping company has filed draft offer documents with Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to raise INR 4.5 billion (USD 69.2 million) via an initial public offering (IPO). The IPO comprises a fresh issue of up to INR 2 billion […]

  • Block Island OWF Foundations Complete

    9 December 2015
    Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    The first offshore construction season is now complete for America’s first offshore wind farm, with all five steel jacket foundations fully installed at the Block Island Wind Farm site. Construction crews installed the last deck platform on November 21. All of the construction and crew vessels associated with the operation have now demobilized from the […]

  • Hog Island Wharf Dredging Proposed

    21 November 2018
    Business & Finance

    Sunoco Partners Marketing and Terminals is proposing to perform maintenance dredging of three berthing areas to their Docks 2, 3, and 4, at the Hog Island Wharf, including 10 years of maintenance dredging, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District reports.  The proposed dredging is located at 11 Hog Island Road, within the Delaware […]

  • Three Barrier Island Projects Announced

    16 September 2019
    Business & Finance

    Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards outlined the details of a $160 million project to restore and nourish two barrier islands and one headland on the southern perimeter of the Terrebonne Basin on September 13. Weeks Marine, a marine construction and dredging contractor with a branch headquarters in Covington, Louisiana, won the construction bid. According to […]

  • Beach Nourishment Begins at Hayling Island

    21 October 2019
    Business & Finance

    The beach nourishment operations at Hayling Island are set to begin today with the dredger expected to arrive at the dredge site, Chichester Harbor Approach Channel, at approximately midday, Eastern Solent Coastal Partnership – ESCP reports.  Once the first dredge has been carried out, the material will be pumped ashore on the next high tide. […]

  • Spotlight on Rhode Island Coastal Program

    25 June 2019
    Business & Finance

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) spent a few days in Rhode Island last week to evaluate the RI Coastal Resources Management Program, part of a periodic review the NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM) performs of all U.S. coastal programs. A team of three representatives from NOAA, as well as a fourth representing […]

  • Leland Plans to Purchase Dredging Vessel

    9 January 2017
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    The Leland Township Harbor Commission is currently raising funds in an effort to purchase a dredger, Leland Michigan Chamber of Commerce has announced on its official website. “We have identified a particular size and type of dredger that we think would be suitable for our needs, and we have a price quote of approximately $500.000,” Leland […]

  • New Cutter Suction Dredger for Leland

    13 April 2017
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    New Wolverine Class cutter suction dredger, built by DSC Dredge for Leland Township Board, was put into the water for the first time on April 8, according to the Leland Michigan Chamber of Commerce. The board purchased this CSD with all ancillary equipment and items for $488,681. They were able to purchase the new dredger through community fundraising. The […]

  • Smith Island Comment Period Ends

    10 July 2017
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    The deadline for sending comments on the proposed navigation improvement project at Rhodes Point/Smith Island ended on Friday, July 7, according to the the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District. The comments are sought on an Environmental Assessment for the project in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act. According to Col. Ed Chamberlayne, […]

  • Money Secured for Rhode Island Study

    10 March 2016
    Business & Finance

    Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline have announced $891,243 in federal funding for a partnership between Rhode Island and four other New England states to study the effects of coastal storms and develop tools and solutions to help communities respond to these events. The partnership will include researchers […]

  • Fire Island Beach Works Completed

    17 May 2016
    Business & Finance

    The Robbins Rest Coastline Resiliency Project which is aimed to reduce significant coastal erosion threat on Fire Island has been completed now. According to Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, the contractors have completed all emergency repairs of Robbins Rest on Fire Island. The work on the project that will address coastal erosion and improve coastal resiliency in the area began in […]

  • New Sand for South Padre Island

    8 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, partnered with the Texas General Land Office and the City of South Padre Island to begin a beach renourishment project this week using beach-quality sand harvested from the Brazos Island Harbor Jetty and Entrance channels in South Texas, maintenance dredging project. “We’re very excited about this year’s […]

  • Australian Greens: Abrolhos Islands in Danger

    27 May 2013
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The Australian Greens say the Federal Government is threatening WA’s iconic Abrolhos Islands by releasing acreage for oil and gas exploration that encroaches on the area. “The Abrolhos Islands are iconic in WA, they are a unique marine environment with many threatened species and are important to WA fishing industries. These low-lying islands would be […]

  • Scottish FM Empowers Island Communities

    17 June 2014
    Authorities & Government

    Scotland’s island communities will have greater control over their local economies, natural environment and be represented at the heart of government in an independent Scotland, First Minister Alex Salmond said. ‪ Launching the island prospectus, Empowering Scotland’s Island Communities, in Kirkwall, the First Minister outlined the most comprehensive package of powers for the island communities […]

  • Scottish Islands’ Renewables Forum to Continue

    9 July 2015
    Authorities & Government

    Scotland’s Energy Minister Fergus Ewing has announced to Islands Council leaders that he has received assurances of the UK Government’s commitment to continuing the Scottish Islands Renewable Delivery Forum (SIRDF). The SIRDF was established in 2014 and has been co-chaired by the Scottish and UK Governments. Its purpose is to support the joint policy aim […]

  • Weather Postpones Block Island Installation

    24 July 2015

    The rough sea is proving too much for what it is to be the US first offshore wind farm offshore Block Island. Due to the bad weather, which is expected to last longer than anticipated, Deepwater Wind has decided to dock the barge carrying turbine foundations off a pier in the Quonset Business Park to […]

  • Langlee Signs Agreement at Canary Islands

    1 April 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    Less than 15 months after setting up in the Canary Islands, Langlee has signed agreements with clients, local government, and technology partners. Industrial partners and investors are now invited to participate in the commercialisation phase. Canary Islands Regional Minister of Employment, Industry and Commerce, Francisca Luengo, recently announced that the Islands need this type of […]

  • Minesto Strengthens Faroe Islands Ties

    9 September 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Minesto’s Board of Directors and senior management recently visited the Faroe Islands where they engaged in strategy discussions and meetings with key stakeholders. Minesto’s Board and management team met with the company’s collaboration partner in the Faroe Islands, the electric utility company SEV. The purpose was to discuss the current joint project to install two […]

  • Van Oord reclaims islands in Bahrain

    21 December 2005

    Rotterdam, the Netherlands

  • New Patrol Vessel for the Falkland Islands

    24 April 2006

    HMS CLYDE is coming to the Falkland Islands to replace HMS DUMBARTON CASTLE as the FALKLAND ISLANDS PATROL VESSEL (FIPV). CLYDE’s sister ships in the class – MERSEY and SEVERN are employed on UK Fishery Protection duties. CLDE is being built by VT and is a bigger and more capable ship than the Castle Class […]

  • SeaQurrent prepares Wadden Sea test site for TidalKite lift-off

    6 July 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology, Transition

    Dutch tidal energy company SeaQurrent has made progress with the preparation of the test site offshore the island of Ameland in the Wadden Sea ahead of the upcoming demonstration of its full-scale TidalKite device.