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  • VIDEO: Unity Island Ecoystem Restoration Project on Display

    16 May 2018
    Business & Finance

     As part of its Continuing Authorities Program Section 204, USACE Buffalo District is creating a new wetland habitat on Unity Island using clean, dredged materials. The District hosted a site visit earlier this week for the Unity Island Ecosystem Restoration Project, to focus on the topic of ‘beneficial use’. Beneficial use is the concept […]

  • Benin, Canary Islands Connect to ACE Subsea Cable

    3 July 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Orange, together with the other members of the ACE consortium, announces the launch of the ACE cable in Cotonou, Benin and Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. The connection of these two stations is part of the second phase of deployment of the ACE submarine cable, which now serves 18 countries: France, Portugal, the Canary Islands (Spain), Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, […]

  • USA: Galveston Island Beach Renourishment Gets Nod

    30 November 2012

    Galveston Park Board approves $4.2 million beach renourishment project on Galveston Island, reports chron.com. Beach renourishment project is scheduled to begin in September. The project includes replenishment of a mile-long beach area from the end of the Galveston Seawall to Park Board-run Dellanera Park. Galveston Island is a barrier island on the Texas Gulf Coast […]

  • Long Island Hosts Danish Offshore Wind Delegation

    13 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    The Long Island Association was playing host yesterday to a trade delegation of 19 leading Danish offshore wind companies, visiting the United States this month to explore the potential of investing in the growing American offshore wind market. The day-long visit to Long Island – organized by the Trade Council at the Consulate General of Denmark […]

  • USA: Rhode Island Government Welcomes DOI’s Announcement

    5 June 2013
    Authorities & Government

    The U.S. Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Bureau (BOEM) have announced the first-ever competitive lease sale for renewable energy on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). The auction, scheduled to take place on July 31, will offer 164,750 acres offshore Rhode Island and Massachusetts for commercial wind energy leasing. […]

  • IQPC Island Development Middle East Conference in December

    27 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    The IQPC Middle East will be the organizer of the Island Development Middle East Conference that will take place from 5-7 December in Dubai. With the man-made developments like Dubai palm islands and the World project in the UAE, Amwaj islands in Bahrain and the Pearl island in Qatar, and recently announced mega projects like $1.7 […]

  • Cheaper Prices for Block Island Wind Farm Power

    16 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    Head of Deepwater Wind, Jeff Grybowski, appeared before Rhode Island’s Public Utilities Commission to give an update about the wind project offshore Block Island, according to Providence Journal. The company is developing a USD 225 million project comprising five Alstom’s 6 MW turbines that will produce enough electricity to power 17,000 homes. Grybowski revealed the […]

  • Rhode Island: SWCS Coastal Erosion Workshop Today

    10 August 2018
    Business & Finance

    The Soil and Water Conservation Society’s (SWCS) Southern New England Chapter (SNEC) will today (August 10) host an annual Summer Meeting for SWCS members and the public at the South Kingstown Land Trust Barn in Wakefield, Rhode Island. Rhode Island government staff will discuss the BeachSAMP, followed by a field tour to coastal erosion sites, lunch, and a SWCS SNEC membership […]

  • Wave Swell Energy advancing King Island project

    7 April 2020
    Project & Tenders

    Wave Swell Energy (WSE) pilot-scale wave energy converter project off the coast of King Island, Tasmania is moving forward with pontoons now in place for final assembly and the superstructure well on its way to completion. Australian company said earlier it is still on schedule to install the WEC by the middle of 2020. The […]

  • Tybee Island Beach Renourishment Project Kicks Off

    6 December 2019
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Tybee Island Supplemental Beach Renourishment Project is officially underway, according to the city latest report. Mayor Jason Buelterman announced yesterday that the City of Tybee’s beach renourishment project is starting from 8th Street to 5th Street. “A small segment of the beach will be closed in this vicinity, but otherwise, the beach is open. The […]

  • FTO Services First Vessel ‘Island Performer’ Completed

    14 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    FTO Services announced that construction of its new deepwater well intervention services vessel has been completed. The naming ceremony for the new vessel, Island Performer, was held in Ulsteinvik, Norway on June 27. During the event, about 200 guests including executives from FTO Services, Edison Chouest Offshore and FMC Technologies sailed on a five hour […]

  • Big Win for EPA Long Island Sound Program

    11 October 2018
    Business & Finance

    Congressman Lee Zeldin, Co-Chair of the Bipartisan Long Island Sound Caucus, has announced that the Senate passed the 5-year reauthorization of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Long Island Sound Program. The program, which Rep. Zeldin secured at $65 million per year, will now head to the President’s desk to become law following Senate passage of […]

  • PHOTO: TSHD Magdalen Returns to Long Beach Island

    21 September 2018
    Business & Finance

    After nearly two weeks of severe weather, the dredger Magdalen returned to Long Beach Island, NJ, yesterday to resume dredging and beachfill work, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District said in their latest announcement. The twin-screw trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) is owned and operated by Weeks Marine Inc. The Magdalen is one of the two newest, and among […]

  • Garden Island: $213M Wharf Infrastructure Project on the Way

    17 July 2018
    Business & Finance

    Minister for Defense, Marise Payne, and Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Nigel Scullion, today launched an Indigenous joint-venture to deliver the $213 million Bayinguwa critical wharf works project at Garden Island Defense Precinct, the Royal Australian Naval Base in Sydney. The Bayinguwa Delivery Team is a joint venture between Pacific Services Group Holdings Pty Ltd (PSG […]

  • Hutchinson Island Dissolved Oxygen Injection Plant Complete

    18 February 2019
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District has completed construction of the Dissolved Oxygen Injection System plant on Hutchinson Island and began testing the plant Feb. 14 to verify proper operation. As part of the testing phase, the Corps released dark-pink colored dye in the Back River Feb. 14 and another dye-release event is planned in […]

  • Hilton Head Island Beach Tilling About to Begin

    22 March 2018
    Business & Finance

    Town of Hilton Head Island has just announced that the town’s contractor will next week begin tilling all portions of the Island’s beach which were recently renourished. Beginning Monday, March 26, the McGraley Company will mobilize in order to begin tilling the beach. “The beach renourishment project permits require that the sand placed be loose enough to […]

  • Congressman Harris to Tour USACE Projects at Smith Island

    3 April 2018
    Business & Finance

    Congressman Andy Harris, Representing the First District of Maryland, will visit two U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects around Smith Island on Saturday, April 7. The projects, currently underway, entail the construction of two jetties to improve navigation at Rhodes Point and dredging the Big Thorofare and Twitch Cove federal channels. These development programs, conducted in coordination […]

  • Tender for Phase 3 of the North Portsea Island Scheme

    27 September 2016
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Portsmouth City Council has just announced a tender for Phase 3 of the North Portsea Island Coastal Flood Defense Scheme worth approximately £11 million. The main aim of the defense scheme is to reduce the risk of coastal flooding and erosion to the area over the next 100 years. Phase 3 covers flood defense works at Tipner Lake from […]

  • Inland Dredging Wins $10.1M Sabine-Neches Contract

    9 October 2017
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently awarded a $10.1 million contract to Inland Dredging Company, LLC, for maintenance dredging of the Sabine-Neches Waterway. According to the FedBizOpps (FBO), the project includes dredging of the Sabine-Neches Waterway, Port Arthur Canal junction area and Sabine Pass Channel in Jefferson and Orange Counties (TX) and Cameron Parish (LA). During the works […]

  • UKHO in Turks and Caicos Islands Seabed Mapping Project

    14 August 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    The most comprehensive seabed mapping survey of the seas surrounding the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) is currently being conducted by the UK government’s UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO). The Turks and Caicos Islands has international obligations under the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Convention to ensure that its navigable waters […]

  • Huawei Marine and PCCW to Link Mauritius and Rodrigues Island

    6 March 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Huawei Marine has said it will partner with PCCW Global to construct the first submarine cable between Mauritius and Rodrigues Island. Located north-east of Mauritius, Rodrigues is a small volcanic island, with its local telecommunications services currently provided by satellite connectivity. PCCW Global has agreed with Mauritius Telecom to construct and maintain a submarine cable […]

  • PIANGO Calls for Pacific Island Seabed Mining Ban

    19 February 2019
    Research & Development

    Pacific Islands Association of Non-Governmental Organisation (PIANGO) has called Pacific Islands government to ban seabed mining due to the risk it presents to marine environment. According to PIANGO’s executive director Emele Duituturaga, it is becoming increasingly clear that the blue growth narrative by international organisations includes seabed mining despite threats to fisheries and ocean livelihoods in the region. She […]

  • Oldendorff Performs Trial Transshipment off Andaman Islands

    6 February 2018
    Business & Finance

    Oldendorff Carriers has conducted a transshipment operation in the water of the Andaman Islands.

  • Barge Accident Scars Foundation Off Rhode Island

    31 July 2015

    Following the commencement of Block Island offshore wind farm construction, the developer was struck by a hazard. Namely, one of the barges being used during the construction hit the installed jacket foundation making a dent in one of four legs, writes The Providence Journal. “This is the kind of thing that can happen in construction […]

  • Opponents Challenge Block Island Power Purchase Agreement

    20 August 2015

    Opponents of the US first offshore wind farm are trying to overturn the power purchase agreement between the developer Deepwater Wind and utility National Grid. Benjamin Riggs, Laurence Ehrhardt and the Rhode Island Manufacturers Association filed a case in federal court naming the costs as the main issue. According to the agreement, National Grid would […]