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  • Pea Island Restoration Project Halfway Through

    5 February 2020
    Business & Finance

    Barnhill Construction crew is halfway through with the habitat restoration activities on Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge. Partners at the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) and the contractor are excavating sand behind the Oregon Inlet Terminal Groin in order to improve habitats for migratory birds. Sections within a 3-acre area will be dug out to […]

  • Inland shipping set to play greater role

    22 January 2007

    Inland shipping is likely to play a more important role in China’s cargo transportation, Li Shenglin, minister of communications, said yesterday. Rail and road transport carry the bulk of the cargo across the country, but major inland waterways will be developed in next 15 years to share a larger percentage of the freight.

  • China: Illegal Sand Dredging Shrinks Island

    27 June 2010

    Villagers on a small island in China’s Guangdong province are worried about the threat to their lives and economic activity with the island… [mappress] Source: thaindian, June 27, 2010;

  • Rosneft strikes oil off Sakhalin Island

    1 October 2019

    Russian oil firm Rosneft has made an oil discovery offshore the Sakhalin Island in Russia’s Far East.

  • Island Drilling bags rig contract with Faroe

    3 May 2019
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Offshore driller Island Drilling Company has been awarded a contract with Faroe Petroleum Norge to drill one well in the Norwegian Sea. 

  • IOSH Announces Sale of MPSV Island Pioneer

    20 January 2014
    Business & Finance

    Island Offshore Shipholding, LP, (IOSH) announces that Island Pioneer KS, where IOSH owns 70 %, has sold the Island Pioneer for MNOK 435 in total proceeds. Island Pioneer is a MPSV-DP II vessel designed by Ulstein Verft, capable of conducting trenching work, crane work, subsea construction, ROV operations and supply duties. The transaction generates MNOK […]

  • EU inks ‘Clean Energy for Islands’ deal

    26 June 2020
    Authorities & Government, Transition

    EU has completed the signing of a memorandum of understanding on the Clean Energy for EU Islands initiative. Energy commissioner Kadri Simson has signed for the Commission alongside 14 member states. EU islands have the potential to pioneer the clean energy transition and this initiative puts them in the spotlight. Specifically, this can bring benefits […]

  • Hilton Head Island Dredging Considerations (USA)

    19 June 2010

    Tucked away in the Town of Hilton Head Island’s budget is a relatively small amount of money for a study that could have big implications…   [mappress] Source: islandpacket, June 19, 2010;

  • Oceaneering to use ‘Island Pride’ for GoM work

    25 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Oceaneering International, Inc. has entered into a two-year charter for use of the Island Pride, a multi-service subsea support vessel owned by Island Offshore Shipping International AS. The vessel was delivered to Island offshore from Vard Brevik yard in April this year. Oceaneering expects it will be available for work in the U.S. Gulf of […]

  • BP Extends LWI Contract with Island Offshore

    22 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    Island Offshore, a leading name in global Light Well Intervention (“LWI”) activities, has been awarded a major contract extension with BP Exploration Operating Company Ltd. The two-year contract extension, covering 2014 and 2015, has been awarded to Island Offshore and the North Sea RLWI Alliance, which operates three monohull vessels specially designed for well intervention […]

  • Coney Island T-Groins Project Awarded

    17 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    U.S. Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, Congress members Jerrold Nadler and Hakeem Jeffries, NYS Senator Diane Savino, NYS Assemblyman Alec Brook-Krasny and NYC Council member Mark Treyger announced that a $25,155,385 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contract has been awarded for the Coney Island t-groins project. The project means critical repairs and emergency beach […]

  • Economic Growth and Job Creation in Rhode Island

    9 December 2014
    Business & Finance

    The Quonset Development Corporation (QDC) announced yesterday that more than 10,000 people are now working at Quonset Business Park and its Port of Davisville. The event was attended by the state’s highest elected officeholders, including: Governor Lincoln D. Chafee, Governor-Elect Gina M. Raimondo, U.S. Senator Jack Reed, U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, U.S. Representative Jim Langevin, U.S. […]

  • VIDEO: Mackinac Island Dredging Program (USA)

    22 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    Mackinac Island State Harbor is one of 58 waterways around the state which received muchneeded emergency funding to dredge its marinas. Ronald Olson, Chief of DNR Parks and Recreation, stated that the state included the Island and other harbors when the Michigan Department of Natural Resources learned there would be money left over in the […]

  • BAM: Wallasea Island Jetty Completed (UK)

    6 August 2012

    Crossrail has taken another step towards the creation of a new 1,500 acre RSPB nature reserve with the completion of a new 180 metre jetty at Wallasea Island in Essex. The jetty will receive in the order of 4.5 million tonnes of material excavated during Crossrail’s tunnelling operations in London. The jetty, constructed by BAM […]

  • Australia: Great News for Wavebreak Island Project

    21 September 2012

    The international company behind the proposed $4.9 billion cruise ship terminal and associated development adjacent to Wavebreak Island in the Broadwater says it can create an even better break for surfers at what is known as TOS (The Other Side) on South Stradbroke Island. Sembawang of Singapore Global Project Underwriters’ President and CEO Ric Grosvenor, […]

  • USA: Sanibel Island Dredging Kicks Off

    18 June 2012

    Dredging project begins on Sanibel Island, reports msn.com. Crews from Florida Dredging and Dock will be removing sand from Blind Pass. Approximately 120,000 cubic yards of sand will be removed. That sand will be used for Bowman’s Beach renourishment. The project is being funded through a grant from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and  […]

  • DEIS for Staten Island Coastal Project Announced

    17 June 2015
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, has announced the availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) and Draft South Shore of Staten Island Coastal Storm Risk Management Feasibility Report (Draft Report) for South Shore of Staten Island Coastal Storm Risk Management Project. They also announced the opening of the window for […]

  • RLB Contracting Wins Spilman Island Deal

    7 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, has awarded a small business contract in the amount of $2.6 million to RLB Contracting Inc, for replacement of the drop-outlet structures at Spilman Island Placement Area. “Spilman Island Placement Area provides capacity for maintenance material dredged from the Houston Ship Channel and Barbours Terminal Channel projects,” […]

  • Long Island Sound Bipartisan Legislation Announced

    21 January 2016
    Business & Finance

    U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand, Charles E. Schumer, Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy have announced their bipartisan legislation to continue to support the restoration of Long Island Sound passed out of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, bringing it one step closer to full Senate passage. The legislation now heads to the Senate floor and the […]

  • Coochiemudlo Island: Improved Ferry Terminal Facilities

    2 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    Residents and visitors to Coochiemudlo Island over the Easter break will benefit from new and improved ferry terminal facilities following the completion of the new Coochiemudlo terminal and a revamp of the Victoria Point ferry terminal. Minister for Main Roads, Roads Safety and Ports, Mark Bailey said the Queensland Government had worked closely with the […]

  • Shell cleared to use ‘Island Constructor’ at Draugen

    26 May 2016

    Norwegian offshore safety authority has given its approval to Shell for the use of the Island Constructor vessel for start-up and repairs of wells on the Draugen offshore field in Norway. More precisely, Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) gave its consent to Shell to use the Island Offshore-owned well intervention vessel for startup of wells […]

  • MacGregor Provides Subsea Crane for ‘Island Intervention’

    18 November 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has won a contract to deliver a 250-tonne SWL active heave-compensated (AHC) subsea crane for the 120m construction vessel, Island Intervention. The crane was ordered by Marine Procurement Ltd, part of the US company Edison Chouest Offshore. An existing vessel operated by the US/Norwegian partnership between Edison Chouest Offshore and Island Offshore requires […]

  • Eastern to Build Staten Island Ferry Trio

    5 April 2017
    Business & Finance

    Florida-based Eastern Shipbuilding Group has won a contract to construct three double-ended 4,500 passenger ferries for The City of New York Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) and the Staten Island Ferry Division. The three Staten Island-Ollis Class Ferries are from a design provided by Elliot Bay Design Group, and will operate between the boroughs of Staten Island and Manhattan. The first […]

  • Hawaii Islands Bracing for Tropical Storm Guillermo

    5 August 2015

    The U.S. Coast Guard continues to monitor and prepare for the arrival of Tropical Storm Guillermo in the main Hawaiian Islands and respond to damage in Guam and Saipan caused by Typhoon Soudelor on August 4.  A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for the Hawaiian Islands and high surf is expected on all eastern […]

  • Sea Shepherd Volunteers Arrested in Faroe Islands

    21 July 2015

    Two volunteer crewmembers from a ship operated by the conservationist group Sea Shepherd, Sam Simon, have been arrested in the Faroe Islands by Faroese police. The duo, identified as Susan Larsen of the United States, driver of the small boat named Farley, and Tom Strerath of Germany, navigator of the boat, were arrested at approximately 0900 local time on Monday […]