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  • Cook Islands: Muri Dredging Plan Unveiled

    30 January 2018
    Business & Finance

    The Cook Islands Government’s Project Steering Group has developed a near-shore dredging plan to remove sediment from the mouth of the Vai Te Renga Stream (near Pacific Resort), using the sediment along eroded areas of the Muri Lagoon foreshore. This cleanup program is part of the Mei Te Vai Ki Te Vai water sanitation project. […]

  • Royal HaskoningDHV Role in Boubyan Island Project

    16 June 2015
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Previously uninhabited, Boubyan Island is the largest of the Kuwaiti coastal islands and is now the scene of a complete development project. The overall master plan for the island’s evolution includes residential and industrial developments, a bridge link to the mainland, a seaport and a nature reserve. The port, known as the Mubarak Al Kabeer […]

  • Deepwater Wind Proposes to Power Long Island

    27 March 2014
    Authorities & Government

    In response to the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA)’s request for new sources of renewable energy, Deepwater Wind is proposing supplying Long Island with more than 200 megawatts of renewable energy from Deepwater ONE – an offshore wind farm located approximately 30 miles east of Montauk, New York. At this distance, the wind farm will […]

  • Carnegie Releases Update on Réunion Island Project

    2 January 2013

    As has been previously announced, French power utility EDF EN and French maritime defense specialist DCNS, are deploying the current generation CETO 4 unit on La Réunion Island in the Indian Ocean. The Réunion Island Project is funded by EDF EN and both the French and La Réunion Governments. The manufacture and installation of the […]

  • USA: Staten Island Ferry to Run on LNG

    19 August 2011

      The Staten Island Ferry will receive $2,340,000 in federal funding for a pilot program for conversion from diesel fuel to liquefied natural… [mappress] Source: silive, August 18, 2011;

  • Faroe Islands: Naming Ceremony of Saeborg PSV

    23 September 2011
    Business & Finance

      Tummas Justinussen from the Faroe Islands is willing to compete with Norwegian shipowners and focuses on advanced supply vessels from the Herøy-based company Havyard Group. This Saturday the Faroese character invites 50 people from Sunnmøre and Sogn in western Norway across to the naming ceremony of the brand new “Saeborg” in Torshavn, the Faroe […]

  • Van Oord’s Dredger Geopotes 15 Busy in the North Sea

    8 May 2018
    Business & Finance

    Van Oord’s trailing suction hopper dredger Geopotes 15 yesterday started beach replenishment project along the coast of Texel, the Netherlands. RWS, the Dutch public works agency, contracted Van Oord in spring 2018 to maintain the coasts of the Wadden Islands Texel, Ameland and Vlieland. Beach replenishment will stabilize the basic coastline and guarantee safety along […]

  • Kobelco BM700 in Castletownbere

    22 April 2020
    Business & Finance

    Dungiven, Northern Ireland-based Ideal Form Crane Hire has supplied a Kobelco BM700 to marine, civil engineering and building contractor Keating Construction for work on the expansion of the Dinish Wharf in Castletownbere, County Cork, Ireland. The €23 million (£19.95 million) expansion, which includes a new 216m-long quay structure, comprised of 15m-long 1016 tubular piles, a […]

  • ESB, EIB Sign €100 Mln Loan Facility for Irish Transmission Grid Upgrade

    30 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Storage

    ESB and EIB have today signed a loan facility for €100 million. These funds will be used to enable continued investment in the electricity network in the south west region of the country to connect renewable energy to the national transmission network. This is the second part of a total loan facility of €200m agreed […]

  • Cross-border tidal research center opens in Belfast

    18 January 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Queen’s University Belfast has officially opened the €9.7 million cross-border research center for renewable energy projects in UK and Ireland.

  • Positive Year for Belfast Harbour, Adair Says (UK)

    31 January 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Trade through Belfast Harbour rose by 16% during 2013 with record tonnages of almost 23 million passing through the Port. Over half the increase, 1.7m tonnes, was fueled by an increase of over 150% in coal imports. This reflects a new service through Belfast to supply AES Kilroot power station which generates c.30% of Northern […]

  • Hibernia Express Cable Ready for Service in September

    18 August 2015
    Operations & Maintenance

    Hibernia Networks is completing its project for a new 4,600km low latency submarine cable route connecting Halifax, Nova Scotia to London, England and Cork, Ireland. Ready for service in September 2015, the highly scalable Hibernia Express cable will yield in excess of 10Tbps per fiber pair, which is nearly triple the capacity delivered on current transatlantic systems, the company […]

  • Damen DOP250 Creates New Island in Haringvliet

    22 November 2019
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Damen Dredging Equipment was once again put to the test during a land reclamation project in Haringvliet, the Netherlands, for the contractor Martens en Van Oord. The Haringvliet – a large water body just south of Rotterdam – was closed off the North Sea in 1970 to protect the Low Lands. Recently, the locks – […]

  • Island Constructor to Work for BP Off UK

    8 April 2016
    Project & Tenders

    Island Offshore has secured work for its offshore construction and well intervention vessel ‘Island Constructor’ with BP on the UK continental shelf. The contract follows the recently awarded work with Norske Shell on the Draugen field. The BP deal covers the provision of light well intervention (LWI) services offshore UK in July this year. Additional options might […]

  • Island of Yell Gets Tidal Power Generator

    25 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Island of Yell, an island in the Shetlands, is about to receive the world’s first community-owned tidal energy generator. As The Shetland Times reports, the works on 30kW generator are expected to start within a week, as all the component parts have been delivered. A workboat will help install the Nova-30 device in Bluemull Sound, […]

  • Public Consultation Begins on Morrison’s Island Scheme

    14 February 2018
    Business & Finance

    Cork City Council is seeking Part 8 planning permission for a €6 million Morrison’s Island Public Realm and Flood Defense Project. The proposed scheme includes the remedial/strengthening works to the existing quay walls and the construction of integrated flood defense works. These quays are the lowest lying in the city center and are a source of […]

  • USPA Works Hard on Restoring Inland Waterways

    20 September 2019
    Business & Finance

    The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) is continuing its work on restoring the guaranteed depths on inland waterways in the country. A 3,65 meter draft was achieved recently in the Kamyansky Reservoir on the Dnipro River, making possible to open the passage for cargo and passenger vessels in this area. According to USPA, the dredging […]

  • USACE: Unity Island Dike Wall Opens

    20 June 2018
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, opened the stone dike wall between the Niagara River and Unity Island’s North Pond this week, which will allow fresh water from the Niagara River to enter the pond, providing better connectivity for aquatic species. The opening is approximately 50 feet wide, at the water line, and […]

  • Ferromanganese Nodules Found Off Minamitorishima Island

    31 August 2016
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    A research group led by the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), The university of Tokyo and Chiba Institute of Technology found a dense field of ferromanganese nodules at a depth of 5,500 meters – 5,800 meters on seafloor from southern to eastern part of the Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) around Minamitorishima […]

  • Boskalis to Build Artificial Island in the IJmeer Lake

    25 April 2018
    Business & Finance

    Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has emerged as best bidder in a tender to construct an artificial island in the IJmeer lake adjacent to the existing IJburg islands. Based on the current plans the contract is valued at around EUR 85 million. According to the company, the project involves the construction of an artificial island […]

  • Improving Health and Ecosystem of Long Island Sound

    5 December 2017
    Business & Finance

    Top federal and state environmental officials from New York yesterday announced 31 grants totaling $2.04 million to local government and community groups to improve the health and ecosystem of Long Island Sound, EPA said in their latest release.  Fifteen projects, totaling $1.05 million, directly benefit New York, according to EPA. EPA Regional Administrator, Pete Lopez, […]

  • Hilton Head Island Beachfill Plan Modified

    27 September 2016
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    The Town of Hilton Head Island has once again revised its schedule for the completion of the remaining segments of the Beach Renourishment Project. The revision comes as a result of weather related delays encountered since September 9, including the passage of Tropical Storm Julia, and unexpected mechanical repairs and the planned relocation of the dredge […]

  • Hilton Head Island Beachfill Schedule Update

    26 October 2016
    Business & Finance

    The Town of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, has just released the latest update on their 2016 beach nourishment project, conducted by Weeks Marine. As a result of weather related delays encountered by the passage of Hurricane Matthew, the town has revised the schedule for the completion of the remaining segments of the beachfill scheme. Work […]

  • Report: Highlands and Islands in Marine Potential Spotlight

    11 March 2019
    Authorities & Government, Research & Development

    The Highlands and Islands is said to have an enormous potential in developing the marine economy according to a new study. The ‘Maximising the Marine Economy in the Highlands and Islands’ (MAXiMAR) study focuses on supporting the growth of aquaculture, wave and tidal energy and marine biotechnology which are the most highly innovative sectors. Highlands […]

  • OTEC team moves plans to Virgin Islands

    16 July 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Ocean Thermal Energy Corporation (OTE) is sending its OTEC EcoVillage Team to the Virgin Islands this week to accelerate the development of ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) based project.