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  • PHOTO: Inauguration of New Harbor in Nolhivaranfaru Island

    24 August 2018
    Business & Finance

    The Republic of Maldives’ President, Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom, has inaugurated the new harbor in Nolhivaranfaru Island, South Thiladummadulu Atoll. During the ceremony the President unveiled the monuments placed to inaugurate the island’s new harbor. The Nolhivaranfaru Island’s harbor is 700 feet long and 250 feet wide. During this visit, the President also attended the […]

  • Inland Dredging Wins Calcasieu River Contract

    1 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    Inland Dredging Company LLC, a dredging contractor headquartered in Dyersburg, Tennessee, has won a $12.6 million firm-fixed-price contract for the Calcasieu River maintenance dredging project in Louisiana. The estimated completion date for this dredging scheme is May 27, 2016. Bids were solicited via the Internet with five received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans […]

  • Portsea Island Coastal Scheme Moves Ahead

    20 June 2016
    Business & Finance

    New coastal defenses are being built along the north of Portsea Island. They are designed to reduce the risk of coastal flooding and erosion to the area over the next 100 years. The initial phase of the work, from Ports Creek Railway Bridge to the Eastern Road Bridge, have been successfully completed and the new […]

  • Weeks Marine Busy in Hilton Head Island

    1 July 2016
    Business & Finance

    The Town of Hilton Head Island just announced in its latest update that the beach area between Stuart Place and Ocean Point Way is currently restricted for beach renourishment construction. Additionally, the Mitchelville Beach area remains closed so construction in this area may be completed. The Town’s contractor, Weeks Marine, Inc., began the sand pumping […]

  • Norfolk Dredging Wins Poplar Island Contract

    11 July 2016
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Norfolk Dredging Co. of Chesapeake, Virginia, has been awarded a $7.1 million Poplar Island Sand Stockpile contract. The contract is for hydraulic dredging of up to 1,350,000 cubic yards of sandy material from borrow areas approximately one mile away from Poplar Island (northern and southwest borrow areas). The dredged material will be placed on the island’s Cells 1D and […]

  • Tybee Island Beach Renourishment Meeting Held

    2 December 2019
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Officials from the City of Tybee Island (GA), the Army Corps’ Savannah District and Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company personnel recently held a pre-construction kickoff meeting regarding the upcoming Tybee Island Supplemental Beach Renourishment Project. The $13.8 million renourishment deal, which will finish early in the new year, will place 1.25 million cubic yards […]

  • Brennan’s Environmental Group in Rhode Island VIDEO

    30 March 2020
    Business & Finance

     This season, good fortune shone on Brennan’s Environmental group as they procured a winter river restoration project in Rhode Island. “The general scope for this project remained along the lines of past work, where we restore river depths to facilitate and improve water quality, fish migration, but this one came with a twist; its […]

  • Absecon Island Beach Project Moving Forward

    5 September 2016
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    A long-awaited beach and dune project by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that will bring critical coastal protection for homes, businesses and infrastructure between Brigantine Inlet to Great Egg Inlet is going out to bid, Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bob Martin announced last Friday. The Brigantine Inlet to Great Egg Harbor Inlet, Absecon […]

  • PHOTO: TSHD Padre Island Working in Savannah

    13 February 2017
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology, Vessels

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, has just released this beautiful photo of the trailing suction hopper dredge Padre Island, during its work for the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP). The dredger, owned by Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, is currently conducting the cleanup work on the Savannah River entrance channel – part of […]

  • Hayling Island Beach Renourishment Kicks Off

    28 September 2016
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Havant Borough Council has started with the combined maintenance dredge of the Chichester Harbor Approach Channel and nourishment to the Eastoke Frontage, Hayling Island. The maintenance dredge of the approach channel is underway, with a maximum volume of 25,000m³ of material to be pumped onto the beach along the Eastoke frontage. The exact location will vary […]

  • USACE Working on Smith Island Dredging Project

    22 June 2017
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, in collaboration with Maryland Department of Natural Resources and Somerset County, has just released an environmental assessment (EA) for a navigation improvement project at Rhodes Point for a 15-day public comment. USACE proposes to realign a portion of the federal navigation channel in Sheep Pen Gut through hydraulic dredging; construct […]

  • USA: Ship Islands Restoration Under Way

    3 October 2011

    A $300 million, 30-month project to restore the storm-severed Ship Islands back into one island began this month as a torrent of up to … By Harlan Kirgan (gulflive) [mappress] Source: gulflive, October 3, 2011;

  • USA: Senators Push for Fire Island Dredging

    11 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten E. Gillibrand called on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) to combine Army Corps “operations and maintenance funding” with federal disaster aid for the dredging of Fire Island Inlet and beach replenishment at Robert Moses and Fire Island Beaches. Fire Island […]

  • Van Oord Nabs Deira Islands Contract

    29 June 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Nakheel, a Dubai-based real estate developer, has appointed marine engineering contractor Van Oord to deliver 23.5 km of coastline and breakwaters at Deira Islands, its new 15.3 sq km waterfront city in Dubai.  The AED387 million (around $105 million) contract, signed today with Van Oord Middle East Limited Dubai Branch, includes beaches, quay walls, rock […]

  • Eirik Raude leaves Africa for Falkland Islands

    2 February 2015
    Exploration & Production

    Eirik Raude semi-submersible drilling rig has begun its mobilization to the North Falkland Basin from West Africa. The rig is currently anticipated to be on hire in the North Falkland Basin in the first week of March when it will start the 6 well 2015 Falklands drilling campaign. The drilling campaign will be operated by Premier Oil […]

  • AGR to drill well offshore Comoros Islands

    7 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    The Norwegian AGR and SP Offshore have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) under which AGR will provide a range of exploration services and the drilling of an ultra-deepwater (UDW) well off the Comoros Islands. AGR remarks that SP Offshore, through its subsidiary SPO E&P (Comoros) SARL, works exclusively for Western Energy (USA) and […]

  • Deepwater rig secured for Falkland Islands drilling

    4 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    On 3 June 2014 Premier Oil plc signed a contract for a dynamically positioned, harsh environment semi-submersible drilling rig, FOGL, the oil and gas exploration company focused on its extensive licence areas offshore the Falkland Islands, said today. In addition, several other related contracts have also been entered into and these include a rig sharing […]

  • Lundin to use Island Innovator on Gohta field

    8 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Lundin Norway AS will use the Island Innovator for drilling and production testing on the Gohta field. Lundin Norway AS has received the consent of the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) to use the Island Innovator mobile drilling rig for drilling and production testing of wildcat well 7120/1-4 S in production licence 492 on the […]

  • Coastal incorporates Virgin Islands subsidiary, CIM

    21 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    Malaysia’s Coastal Contracts has incorporated a wholly-owned subsidiary in the British Virgin Islands known as Coastal International Marine Inc. The issued and paid up capital of CIM is $50,000.00. CIM is a company limited by shares and is registered under the BVI Business Companies Act 2004,Territory of the British Virgin Islands. The principal activities of […]

  • University of Rhode Island accepted into TEAMER program

    22 June 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Research & Development

    The University of Rhode Island (URI) has been accepted into the U.S. Department of Energy’s Testing Expertise and Access for Marine Energy Research (TEAMER) program.

  • Tanker Runs Aground off Rhodes Island

    17 March 2015
    Business & Finance

    A tanker carrying around 1,000 cbm of diesel ran aground yesterday morning near the Greek island of Rhodes, the Hellenic Coast Guard reports. The 2,415 dwt product tanker M/V Taxiarchis was on its way from the island of Simi to Anafi, when it ran aground in shallow waters, sustaining damage to its hull. Later in the […]

  • France opens new Inland container terminal

    21 September 2010

    A new inland container terminal has gone into operation at Evry on Seine River artery, southeast of Paris. The Evry Terminal is operated by Terminaux de Seine, comprising Le Havre stevedoring company and freight forwarder SHGT and inland shipping line SCAT.

  • Island Offshore Secures Several New Contracts

    14 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    In the last four months Island Offshore has secured new contracts, as well as extensions of existing contracts, worth close to 1 billion NOK (USD 167 million). “We are very pleased to have secured these new contracts, all with strategically important customers. We have an attractive fleet to offer the market and during 2014 we […]

  • Groundbreaking slated for fall for Watson Island project

    22 February 2007

    After more than five years of planning and permitting, developer Flagstone Property Group is ready to break ground this year on its $575 million mixed-use project on Watson Island.

  • 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 […]