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  • Kiewit Nets St Paul Island Deal

    22 October 2015
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Kiewit Infrastructure West of Vancouver, Washington, has just won a $10.8 million contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for breakwater repair and maintenance dredging works in Alaska. Work will be performed in St Paul Island, Alaska, with an estimated completion date of October 15th 2017. The project calls for the repairs of the 1,000-foot-long detached rubble mound breakwater, repairs […]

  • Fire Island Inlet Dredging Contract for GLDD

    12 September 2018
    Business & Finance

    Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company (GLDD), a dredging contractor from Oak Brook, Illinois, has won a $26.2 million contract for maintenance dredging of Fire Island Inlet and Shores Westerly to Jones Inlet. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received, reports the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). “Work will be performed in Copiague, New York, […]

  • Update: Island Innovator Leakage Stopped (Norway)

    31 May 2013

    Odfjell Drilling has issued a press release in which it says that the leakage on Island Innovator has been plugged, and the heeling of the rig is reduced. Further work is proceeding to normalize the situation on the rig, Odfjell said. The leakage occurred through a seawater inlet to a pump room in a pontoon in […]

  • Contract signed for Falkland Islands’ new port

    13 April 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics, Project & Tenders

    The Falkland Islands Government inks a contract with BAM Nuttall for the design and build of a new port in Stanley Harbor.

  • Block Island Wind Farm Cables in Place

    29 July 2016
    Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Installation of cables for America’s first offshore wind farm, the Block Island Wind Farm, has been completed, Deepwater Wind informed. The Big Max cable lay vessel, under a contract with LS Cable and its subcontractor Durocher Marine, finalized the installation of all cables, including the four inter-array cables connecting the five wind turbine foundations and the export cable connecting […]

  • Block Island Wind Farm Fully Permitted

    8 September 2014
    Authorities & Government

    Deepwater Wind has received the final federal approval needed to build the Block Island Wind Farm – a project that remains on-track to be the first U.S. offshore wind farm. The project’s lead federal permitting agency, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACORE), has granted its approval of the Block Island Wind Farm. With ACORE’s permit, the […]

  • Rhode Island struggles to become green (USA)

    21 May 2010
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    Rhode Island is struggling with a decision to allow Deepwater Wind LLC to build and operate offshore wind power plants. The State’s Public… [mappress] Source: thestreet, May 20, 2010;

  • Island Offshore Contracts VARD to Build an OSV

    23 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    Vard Holdings Limited (VARD) has announced that it has secured a new contract with Island Offshore for the construction of one offshore support vessel (OSV) of Rolls-Royce design. The value of the contract is in excess of USD 167 million. Delivery is scheduled from Vard Brevik in Norway in 2Q 2016. The hull of the vessel will […]

  • Island Offshore Lands Maersk Oil Charter

    4 February 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Island Offshore has secured a contract from Maersk Oil North Sea UK covering the time charter of the purpose built walk-to-work, subsea support vessel Island Crown. The company said that the duration of the contract is 100 days, with options to extend the contracts further. The vessel will start the contract on June 01, 2015, and […]

  • 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 Islands. […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • Ocean energy for islands up for discussion in Singapore

    7 March 2017
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    The role of ocean renewable energy as an alternative energy source for islands will be discussed at a workshop in Singapore.