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  • Hilton Head Island Beach Renourishment Restarted

    23 August 2016
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Following successful completion of the sand pumping activities at the Sea Pines Resort, the Hilton Head Island’s contractor, Weeks Marine, restarted beach renourishment activities in South Forest Beach on August 21. According to the town’s latest update, the active construction zone is currently located between Beach Marker 55 and 57A, south of the Coligny Beach Park access. […]

  • MRDC to Build Jetties at Six Maldives Islands

    27 March 2017
    Business & Finance

    Maldives Road Development Corporation (MRDC) has won a contract to build jetties at six islands for over MVR 14 million (around $1 million), according to the Republic of Maldives’ Ministry of Housing and Infrastructure latest announcement. Minister of Housing and Infrastructure, Dr Mohamed Muizzu, and MRDC’s Managing Director, Ahmed Nimal, signed the agreement yesterday. “We hope […]

  • Whiskey Island Coastal Project About to Begin

    18 April 2017
    Business & Finance

    The restoration work on the Caillou Lake Headland barrier island, also known as Whiskey Island, is expected to begin within the next couple weeks, Houma Today reports. This rebuilding is part of $627 million in Gulf Coast restoration money BP paid for the 2010 oil spill. From that, Louisiana received $318 million for outer coastal […]

  • Dauphin Island Restoration Project Wins Award

    23 May 2017
    Business & Finance

    The American Shore and Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) has just released awards for the nation’s best restored beaches. Among this year’s best restored beaches is the Dauphin Island East End Beach in Alabama. The Dauphin Island East End Beach and Barrier Island Restoration Project was a non-federal project which combined recreation, habitat protection and storm […]

  • Long Island Sound DMMP up for Review

    17 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will release today, August 17th 2015, for public review and comment the Draft Dredged Material Management Plan (DMMP) and Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for Long Island Sound. The DMMP and PEIS will be available for review on the Corps website. Also, the Corps is extending the public […]

  • Long Beach Island Beachfill Scheme Resumes

    6 May 2016
    Business & Finance

    A $138 million USACE’s project to construct beaches and dunes on Long Beach Island, which was temporarily suspended over the winter, has resumed, according to the NJ Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bob Martin. Three dredges are currently pumping sand in the Borough of Beach Haven and the works will continue throughout the barrier island this […]

  • ‘Design Guidelines for Inland Waterways Dimensions’ Published

    16 January 2019
    Business & Finance

    The World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure (PIANC) has published the “Design Guidelines for Inland Waterways Dimensions” which objective is to develop a standard methodology to design of existing and future infrastructures. These guidelines have the aim to increase inland waterways capacity and to permit the use of autonomous vessels, in the future. The new […]

  • Hellenic Cables joins in on connecting Greek islands

    24 November 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    Hellenic Cables has been appointed by the Greek electricity grid operator Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO) to deliver the Lavrio-Serifos and Serifos-Milos offshore electrical interconnections. The project that will integrate Milos and Serifos into the continental electricity transmission system is part of the fourth and final phase of the Cyclades’ interconnection and will be completed […]

  • Dutch govt accelerating sustainable inland shipping

    18 April 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    The Nationaal Groeifonds, an initiative of the Dutch Ministries of Economic Affairs & Climate Change and Finance, is investing in Zero Emission Services (ZES) to speed up the implementation of ZES’ system solution for inland shipping.

  • Hellenic Cables to connect several Greek islands

    8 March 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Greece’s Hellenic Cables has secured a contract with the Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network Operator (HEDNO) to undertake the implementation of several new interconnections between islands. As the main contractor, Hellenic Cables is in charge of the production and supply of submarine cables, along with their accessories, as well as the implementation of all relevant works […]

  • Croatia’s first FSRU arrives at Krk island

    3 December 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Croatia’s first floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) LNG Croatia has reached the terminal site on the Island of Krk.

  • Smith Island Maintenance Dredging About to Begin

    15 December 2017
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Vortex Marine Construction Inc., of Oakland, California, will begin a $3.1-million maintenance dredging project of the Big Thorofare and Twitch Cove federal channels in early 2018, reports the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District. “These two channels go through the heart of Smith Island and are necessary for the population to travel and receive […]

  • Nexans to Connect Spanish Islands of Majorca and Menorca

    22 November 2018
    Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Red Eléctrica de España has awarded Nexans a contract worth around EUR 50 million to manufacture and install a power cable that will connect the islands of Majorca and Menorca in Spain. The contract was signed after the Spanish Council of Ministers granted administrative authorization and declared it as a public utility project. The interconnection […]

  • Island Crown to Support OceanGate’s Titanic Expedition

    28 April 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Island Offshore has entered into an agreement with OceanGate Expeditions for the use of Island Crown as support vessel during the first manned submersible expedition to the wreck of the RMS Titanic since 2005. The assignment should start in May 2018 and will have a duration of 10 weeks for Island Crown. The vessel will depart […]

  • Subsea Earthquake Strikes off Island of Vanuatu

    5 September 2011
    Research & Development

      A powerful earthquake struck off the island nation of Vanuatu on early Sunday morning, seismologists said, but there were no immediate repor… (myweathertech) [mappress] Source: myweathertech, Sptember 05, 2011;  

  • India: Government Invests in Inland Water Infrastructure

    10 May 2012

    The Central Government has taken various steps to increase Inland Water Transport (IWT) including development of National Waterways and providing the required inland water transport infrastructure. Further, for development of waterways of North Eastern Region, there is a central sector plan scheme under which 100% grant is provided by the Ministry of Shipping to the […]

  • Fugro to survey Danish Energy Island site

    12 April 2021
    Infrastructure, Project & Tenders

    Denmark’s Energinet has awarded Fugro a marine site characterisation contract for the Energy Island project in the North Sea. The contract is part of Energinet’s preliminary studies to build the world’s first ”hub and spoke” energy scheme: an energy island 80 kilometres off the Danish coast that will act as a transmission centre for hundreds […]

  • Indian islands to get power from waves

    10 November 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Seabased, a Swedish-based wave energy developer, is planning to install wave energy power plant in the Indian Ocean. Seabased has signed a memorandum of understanding with Seafaradays Energy, a New-Delhi based energy project developer, to construct a wave energy power plant off Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. The wave energy plant will be constructed in […]

  • Oil & Gas merger on the cards in the Falkland Islands

    24 November 2015
    Business & Finance

    Rockhopper and Falkland Oil & Gas Limited (FOGL), two oil and gas companies with assets offshore the Falkland Islands, are contemplating a merger. The boards of the two companies have reached agreement on the terms of a recommended all-share merger to be effected by means of a Court-sanctioned scheme of arrangement. According to a joint […]

  • Wave Break Island Cruise Terminal Feasible

    28 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    A cruise ship terminal located on the eastern side of Australia’s Wave Break Island could be open in 2018 as part of the proposal to be submitted to the Queensland Government under the Gold Coast Integrated Resort and Cruise Ship Terminal process currently underway.  “The Seaway can be safely navigated by modern ships in all […]

  • Dredging of Five Island Lake in Limbo (USA)

    13 July 2012

    Dredging of Five Island Lake has come to a standstill, according to emmetsburgnews.com. Emmetsburg City Administrator John Bird told members of the City Council Monday night that the dredge is not running. Bird, along with Councilmen Finer and Gramowski, met with a private dredging company last week. This company will submit written proposals: for them […]

  • Russian Government Releases Report on Inland Waterways

    13 April 2018
    Business & Finance

    The Russian Government has submitted its report on the development of inland water transport and maritime activities over the recent 6 years. According to the report published on the PortNews website, the capacity of transshipment facilities at seaports has increased by 24.4% to 1,053.3 million tonnes. Intense seaport infrastructure development projects are underway in Murmansk, […]

  • Registration Open for Inland Waterways Conference (USA)

    12 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    The 2014 Inland Waterways Conference (March 5 – 7, 2014, 601 Loyola Avenue, New Orleans) is the only maritime industry event aimed squarely at the Inland Rivers of the United States and involves all segments of the maritime community in important deliberations and sessions. The 2014 Inland Waterways Conference will engage leaders from the United […]

  • Coyote Island Permit Application Review on Hold

    16 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has placed on hold its review of Coyote Island Terminals, LLC’s application for a Department of the Army permit to construct a shipping terminal facility on the Columbia River at the Port of Morrow near Boardman, Ore. The Corps’ Portland District has elected to pause its review process because […]

  • Scottish Govt to Increase Support for Island Communities

    14 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    The Scottish Government is working with island communities to boost economic returns on unrivalled natural, cultural and economic assets, the First Minister said ahead of a Cabinet meeting in Stornoway on April 16. Support for the Gaelic language, measures to support renewable energy investment, and assistance for the islands tourism industry will be among the […]