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  • Vard Brevik Delivers MV Island Crown

    24 May 2013

    At 13.30 hrs today Island Offshore took delivery of the M/V Island Crown from Vard Brevik. The vessel is a purpose built Walk2Work Maintenance and Subsea Support Vessel outfitted for offshore Inspections, Maintenance and Repairs in addition to general subsea work. Vessel equipment includes a long-reach offshore crane and a permanent heave compensated gangway system […]

  • Vietnam to Introduce Cruises to Disputed Spratly Islands

    5 June 2015

    Vietnam is about to launch a cruise to the disputed Spratly islands in the South China Sea. The Spratlys comprise more than 30,000 islands and reefs that have massive economic value as they are believed to contain significant oil and natural gas reserves. As a result several governments have stated claims over governing the remote […]

  • Virgin Islands Shipping Registry launched in BVI

    4 October 2006

    Chief Minister of the British Virgin Islands Dr Orlando Smith says the recent launch of the Virgin Islands Shipping Registry (VISR) is a fulfilment of the final conditions for the Territory to operate as a Category One Shipping Registry and a pledge by Government. The newest Government department will provide an efficient ship registration and […]

  • Dubai man-made island nears completion

    6 August 2006

    With 14,000 laborers toiling day and night, the first of Dubai’s three palm-shaped islands is finally about to get its first residents. The Palm Jumeirah, a 12-square-mile island group, is part of what’s billed as the largest land-reclamation project in the world, the product of five years of brute hauling of millions of tons of […]

  • Barrow Island might be declared Port of Convenience

    13 August 2014

    International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) President Paddy Crumlin has said that Barrow Island could be declared a Port of Convenience unless Chevron tempers its union-busting efforts in Australia’s offshore oil and gas sector. Chevron’s Gorgon LNG project has blown out from US$37 billion to US$54 billion due to the company’s ongoing mismanagement of the project. But […]

  • VIDEO: Veka, Deen Inland LNG Carrier

    14 June 2013

    VEKA Group and Deen Shipping signed a collaboration agreement and revealed the first product of their collaboration last month, an innovative ship design for the first inland LNG carrier. This content is available after accepting the cookies. Change cookie-settings View on Vimeo. This new tanker has a length of 90 meters and will be able […]

  • Island Offshore Orders Another Ulstein Vessel

    20 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    Ulstein has entered into a contract with Island Offshore and their American partner Edison Chouest Offshore for the delivery of a multifunctional offshore vessel based on ULSTEIN’s SX121 design, with an option for an additional vessel. The vessel is prepared and tailored for the well intervention, IMR and SURF segments, and meets the latest requirements […]

  • Four Charter Contracts for Euroseas (Marshall Islands)

    20 March 2013
    Business & Finance

      Euroseas Ltd, an owner and operator of drybulk and container carrier vessels and provider of seaborne transportation for drybulk and containerized cargoes, announced today that four subsidiaries of the Company have entered into time charter agreements for the following vessels: • M/V Despina P, a 1,932 teu, 1990 built handysize containership, has been extended […]

  • Halliburton Charters Island Captain for UK Operation

    20 March 2012
    Business & Finance

    Norway’s Island Offshore reports that Halliburton has chartered the Company’s Island Captain as a well stimulation vessel on a 2 months firm contract. The vessel will be operating on the Clipper South field in the Southern North Sea. The Island Captain is with this joining Island Commander and Island Patriot as the 3rd well stimulation […]

  • Photo of the Day: Block Island OWF Construction

    22 July 2015

    Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: Full steam ahead at the Block Island offshore wind farm site. Deepwater Wind started building the first offshore wind farm in the U.S. yesterday, when the installation vessel Weeks 533 and a barge carrying wind turbine foundations met three miles (4.8 kilometres) off Block Island with several crew transfer vessels and tug boats. […]

  • Channel Islands Harbor Dredging About to Begin

    14 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    The Channel Islands Harbor dredging project, the largest dredging project ever conducted at the Harbor, is expected to begin within next few days, according to the latest release from the City of Port Hueneme. Cutter suction dredger HR Morris will take on the project and through the network of pipes that run under the Channel Islands […]

  • World’s Smallest Island Country Joins IMO

    16 May 2018

    The International Maritime Organization (IMO) welcomes a new member, the Republic of Nauru.

  • PHOTO: Coastal Resilience Work on Absecon Island

    30 March 2018
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers North Atlantic District’s Business Technical Division recently led a team that reviewed the design and construction involved with Philadelphia District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ current coastal resilience work on Absecon Island, New Jersey. Team members also included their colleagues from New York and New England Districts, according to the official […]

  • Norway: STX OSV Delivers Island Captain

    20 February 2012
    Business & Finance

    On Thursday the 16th of February, Island Offshore took delivery of its newest member of the fleet, the Island Captain. Godmother for the vessel is Mrs. Tonje Tiley from ConocoPhillips. The Island Captain’s sister vessel, the Island Centurion, was delivered in October 2011. The two vessels make out to be the number 5 and 6 […]

  • Nexans to link Orkney Islands to Scottish mainland

    9 November 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition, Vision

    SSEN Transmission has selected Nexans to supply and install the high-voltage cables that will provide a transmission link from the Orkney Islands to the Scottish Highlands. A capacity reservation agreement has been signed and Nexans has committed to reserve manufacturing and installation capacity for the contract to be signed in the second quarter of 2024. […]

  • Minesto gears for Faroe Islands demo launch

    29 June 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Technology

    Minesto and its partner, electric utility SEV, are progressing their joint tidal energy demonstration project in Vestmannasund, Faroe Islands. With Minesto staff and hardware at the site, the installation work is at full speed to connect Minesto’s DG100 kite system to the Faroe Islands electricity grid. “The team is doing a terrific job and we […]

  • Coney Island to Get New Sand (USA)

    9 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced that the $7.2 million contract awarded by the Army Corps of Engineers to place 600,000 cubic yards of sand along Coney Island commenced last weekend. Schumer fought for and secured approval for this emergency project as part of the Coney Island Reach project, which extends from West 37th Street […]

  • USA: Dredging on Channel Islands Harbor Begins

    5 December 2010

    The Channel Islands Harbor is set to be dredged beginning Monday, December 6th. Not a moment to soon according to our calculations. The … (sailtimechannelislands) [mappress] Source: sailtimechannelislands, December 5, 2010;

  • USA: Poplar Island Restoration Makes Progress

    15 March 2011

    The Chesapeake Bay area has some of the highest rates of sea-level rise on the East Coast due to a combination of rising sea and sinking… By Sabri Ben-Achour (wamu) [mappress] Source: wamu, March 15, 2011  

  • USA: Dredging Helps Reclaim Poplar Island

    17 January 2011

    Life is quiet in this northern Illinois village that’s so small it has no stoplights or mail delivery. Nestled along an oxbow lake where … By Timothy B. Wheeler (baltimore) [mappress] Source: baltimore, January 17, 2011;

  • Aramburu Island Restoration Project Starts (USA)

    18 August 2011

    Work began last week on the first phase of an ambitious attempt to halt erosion and restore bayshore wildlife habitat on Aramburu Island,… By Ryan White (marinscope) [mappress] Source: marinscope, August 18, 2011

  • OCS Sand to Be Used for Wallops Island Reconstruction

    11 July 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    The coastal restoration project at NASA’s Wallops Island Flight Facility in Virginia will begin this month, according to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). BOEM’s partnership with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to restore the shoreline at Wallops Island, which was eroded by Hurricane Sandy […]

  • BOEM and Rhode Island Ink Cooperative Agreement

    30 July 2014

    As a part of President Obama’s continuing commitment to help coastal communities recover from Hurricane Sandy and promote resilient coastal systems, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the State of Rhode Island have signed a two-year cooperative agreement totaling $200,000 to evaluate sand resources for coastal resilience and restoration planning. Under this agreement, […]

  • Meet VindØ – The world’s first energy island

    15 January 2021
    Infrastructure, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Storage, Technology, Vision

    The VindØ consortium has revealed its vision of the world’s first energy island. The VindØ consortium comprises two of Denmark’s largest pension funds, PensionDanmark and PFA, and Denmark’s largest utility company, Andel. The artificial island, made of submersible concrete boxes, is to be built in the Danish part of the North Sea, around 100 kilometres […]

  • Another delay for Minesto’s Faroe Islands launch

    30 July 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Infrastructure, Technology

    Swedish marine energy developer Minesto has seen another setback on its tidal energy project in Vestmannasund, Faroe Islands. During the initial commissioning phase of its DG100 tidal energy converter, a mechanical failure occurred in the powerplant’s mooring interface and denied further operations. The company has now recovered the DG100 kite system for service and re-fitting […]