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  • Minesto up and running again in the Faroe Islands

    4 March 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Innovation, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology

    Swedish marine energy developer Minesto has resumed operational activities on its DG100 tidal power plant in Vestmannasund in the Faroe Islands.

  • Scottish Government Working to Boost Renewables on Islands

    14 April 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    The Scottish Government is working with island communities to boost economic returns on unrivalled natural, cultural and economic assets, Scottish 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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. […]

  • Clinton in Seabed Mapping Project for INFOMAR

    19 August 2016
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Sweden-based Clinton Marine Survey has secured a contract with the INtegrated Mapping FOr the Sustainable Development of Ireland’s MArine Resource (INFOMAR). The INFOMAR programme is a joint venture between the Geological Survey of Ireland and the Marine Institute. The programme is a successor to the Irish National Seabed Survey (INSS) and concentrates on creating a range […]

  • Greenlink construction underway following financial close

    21 March 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    A financial close on the construction of the Greenlink, a 500 MW subsea and underground electricity interconnector that will link Ireland and Great Britain, has been reached.

  • Consultations on Galway Bay marine energy test site prolonged

    2 August 2016
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    The public consultation period for the Marine Institute’s foreshore lease application to upgrade the Galway Bay Marine and Renewable Energy Test Site has been extended until September 9, 2016.

  • Ireland: M/V Seabed Worker to Recover Silver Cargoes from Two Shipwrecks

    31 May 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

      Odyssey Marine Exploration, pioneers in the field of deep-ocean exploration, announced that the M/V Seabed Worker has departed port and is on its way to begin operations to recover the anticipated silver cargoes from the SS Gairsoppa and SS Mantola shipwrecks. Historical records indicate the Gairsoppa was carrying up to seven million ounces of […]

  • Ireland: Research and Markets Releases Report on Offshore Wind Cable Laying Vessel Companies

    15 November 2012

    Research and Markets has announced the GlobalData’s new report “Offshore Wind Cable Laying Vessel Companies – Profile and Project Overview”. Offshore Wind Cable Laying Vessel Companies – Profile and Project Overview is the latest report from GlobalData, the industry analysis specialists that offer comprehensive information and understanding of major offshore wind cable installation vessel companies. […]

  • Stena Line Announces Super Ships to Shape Future of Northern Ireland Ferry Travel

    20 September 2011
    Business & Finance

      Stena Line announced the refurbishment of two giant ships that the company will be introducing on the Irish Sea later this year. The identical ‘sister’ ships ‘Stena Superfast VII’ and ‘Superfast VIII’ will be the biggest ferries ever to sail between Northern Ireland and Scotland and will undergo a refit programme at the Remontowa […]

  • TE SubCom Begins Survey Work on USA and Ireland’s Emerald Express Submarine Cable

    9 December 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Emerald Networks, a new undersea fibre optic network provider, and TE SubCom, a TE Connectivity Ltd. Company and an industry pioneer in undersea communications technology, announced that the survey of USA and Ireland territorial waters has commenced. This is a key milestone for enabling the construction of the Emerald Express Trans-Atlantic Cable System. The network […]

  • USGS: New Report Quantifies Coastal Change (USA)

    27 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    Beaches and dunes on Fire Island, New York, lost more than half of their pre-storm volume during Hurricane Sandy, leaving the area more vulnerable to future storms. While the damage and destruction on Fire Island was immediately evident after the storm, a new U.S. Geological Survey study released today is the first to quantify the […]

  • Minesto-led consortium gets $2.6M for tidal microgrid in Faroe Islands

    30 June 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    Minesto, a Swedish tidal energy developer, is leading a consortium of four that has been awarded a SEK 25 million (approximately $2.6 million) grant funding from the Swedish Energy Agency to build a complete microgrid installation in the Faroe Islands. The consortium includes Minesto, microgrid technology provider Capture Energy, Faroese utility company SEV, and IVL […]

  • Creating natural habitats from dredged material

    9 February 2021
    Environment

    The progress made by DEME and Van Oord joint venture in Poland can easily be seen from space. At the Świnoujście-Szczecin fairway dredging project, two circular islands, which will serve as natural habitats, are gradually rising out of the water. The outline of the northern island is nearing completion and construction of the southern island […]

  • Greenlink Welcomes McManus as Board Director

    13 June 2019
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Greenlink Interconnector Limited has appointed the former chief executive of ESB, Padraig McManus, to its board. McManus will take on the role of board director for the company, which is a project to construct a subsea interconnector to link the power markets of Ireland and Great Britain. Greenlink will use a subsea and underground high-voltage […]

  • ROV Finds R116 Helicopter Wreckage

    23 March 2017
    Operations & Maintenance

    A remotely operated vehicle (ROV) has identified a location of the wreckage of Coast Guard R116 helicopter on the seabed on the Eastern side of Black Rock in Ireland, Marine Institute informed. The R116 is believed to have crashed into the sea on March 14, after it hit an island. The Dublin-based search and rescue […]

  • A preview of the new man-made island in the Seychelles

    18 October 2006

    Anyone fancy a holiday home in the Seychelles? A new artificial island is shaping up to sell the dream for the price of a London bedsit. Until recently the Seychelles was best known as a sun-kissed holiday destination – just ask the Blairs, Brad Pitt and Paul McCartney, who have all spent summers there in […]

  • FOGL Discovers Gas Offshore Falkland Islands

    17 September 2012

    FOGL, the oil and gas exploration company focused on its extensive licence areas to the South and East of the Falkland Islands has announced that the Loligo exploration well is a gas discovery. The Loligo well has proven a working hydrocarbon system in the northern part of the East Falkland basin. The results also demonstrate […]

  • South Hayling Island Beach Renourishment Scheme

    5 January 2018
    Business & Finance

    As a part of the ongoing beach management plan for South Hayling Island, Havant Borough Council will be undertaking beach renourishment works during January and February 2018 to rebuild the beach after the recent stormy weather. The Eastern Solent Coastal Partnership (ESCP) anticipates that these works will begin during the week commencing the 8th January, and […]

  • Total Extends Island Offshore PSV Contracts

    17 December 2013

    Norwegian provider of offshore support vessel Island Offshore has announced that Total E&P UK Limited has extended the contracts for M/V Island Empress and M/V Island Express vessels with two years each. M/V Island Empress and M/V Island Express are platform supply vessels of Rolls-Royce design, type UT 755 LN, designed for transporting solid and […]

  • Dredge MURDEN Conducting Assateague Island Operations

    27 April 2016
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, has released this beautiful photo of the dredge MURDEN performing regularly scheduled Assateague Island bypass operations off the coast of Ocean City, MD. The MURDEN will be removing material from in and around the channel, with an emphasis on the ebb and flood shoals in which sand is traditionally […]

  • Picture of the Day: Long Beach Island Project

    30 July 2015
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District and its contractor Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company are pumping approximately 8 million cubic yards of sand onto Long Beach Island, N.J. Work is designed to complete the dune and berm system and reduce future storm damages. Great Lakes mobilized two dredges, the Padre Island and […]