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  • Bangladesh: Inland Waterways Need Dredging

    21 February 2011

    Country’s inland water route is in a moribund state. The navigability of the rivers has fallen at an alarming rate. The situation has come… By Khalilur Rahman (thefinancialexpress) [mappress] Source: thefinancialexpress, February 21, 2011;

  • The Netherlands Considers Building New Island

    21 December 2012

    The northern Dutch province of Groningen is making plans for creating a new Wadden Island, Dutch newspaper Trouw reported on Thursday. The current Dutch inhabited islands in the Wadden Sea are Texel, Vlieland, Terschelling, Ameland and Schiermonnikoog. The new isle of 500 hectares should arise between the uninhabited island Rottumeroog, the German island of Borkum […]

  • Krievu Island Project on Schedule (Latvia)

    9 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    The Riga City Council Deputy Chairman and Chairman of the Board of the Freeport of Riga Mr. Andris Ameriks and the Minister of Transport Mr. Anrijs Matiss have visited the site of the ambitious Krievu Island project to assess the infrastructure development progress. “Krievu Island project will be completed on time – in August 2015. […]

  • Emergency Permit Issued for Radio Island

    9 December 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    N.C. Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary John Skvarla yesterday authorized the issuance of an emergency Coastal Area Management Act Major Permit to conduct agitation dredging at the Port of Morehead City. Although the Port is authorized to maintain a water depth of 38 feet through the use of hydraulic dredging, a docking facility at […]

  • Fire Island Dredging About to Begin

    24 December 2014
    Business & Finance

    A dredging project to maintain safe, public access to the marina and docking facilities at Sailors Haven and Watch Hill on Fire Island is scheduled to begin next week.  In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy and multiple storm events in 2012 sediment accumulated in the Sailors Haven and Watch Hill navigation channels and marinas. In […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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, […]

  • 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 […]

  • EOD Techniques Used in the Solomon Islands

    20 November 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) techniques that have been developed and refined during operations and conflicts around the world are now being put to good use in the Solomon Islands. EOD specialists from Australia’s Army, Navy and Air Force, along with forces from the United States, Canada and New Zealand have joined together to use skills, […]

  • 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 […]

  • ‘Eirik Raude’ reaches the Falkland Islands

    3 March 2015
    Exploration & Production

    Falkland Oil and Gas Limited, and Rockhopper Exploration plc have informed that the drilling unit Eirik Raude has arrived in the North Falkland Basin (NFB). The semi-submersible rig will shortly be moving to location to drill the first well, on the Zebedee prospect, of the six well drilling campaign that will see two wells drilled in […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • Vigor to Build Ocean Energy’s Wave Energy Convertor

    1 February 2018
    Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Oregon‐based Vigor has secured a contract to build Ocean Energy’s wave energy convertor ‘OE Buoy’. Irish-based Ocean Energy will deploy the device at the US Navy’s Wave Energy Test Site off the Hawaiian Island of O’ahu in the fall of 2018. The contract value is $6.5 million out of a total project value of $12 million, the company […]

  • OpenHydro to deliver two grid-connected tidal arrays in 2015

    5 May 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    OpenHydro aims to deploy two tidal arrays before the end of 2015 in France and Canada. OpenHydro, a subsidiary of DCNS, celebrates a decade in business while preparing for the realization of two major tidal energy projects. Irish-based company is working with Emera, through its jointly funded venture Cape Sharp Tidal, to deploy and grid connect two […]