The Christie Administration has developed a compromise between recreational and commercial fishing interests regarding access to artificial reefs off the coast of New Jersey, Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner (DEP) Bob Martin announced today. The plan will allow commercial interests to have continued access to portions of two reefs in state waters and calls for [...]
Elia Asset NV has announced the details about a land reclamation project at the Belgian coast. This program includes the establishment of offshore infrastructures from the Belgian coast to the wind farms in the Belgian North Sea to connect to the possibility of the works of reclamation for an artificial island -and/or- with the possibility [...]
Elia Asset NV has prepared a 5 year frame agreement for all engineering office tasks for an artificial island in the Belgian Offshore Grid. The artificial island will probably be situated up to 45 kms off the shore of the Belgian coast and the water depth can go up to 21m. The engineering requirements of [...]
Bauer Fundaciones Panamá is carrying out vibrocompaction work on the Ocean Reef artificial Island project in Panama City, Panama. The project involves the creation of two artificial islands, the first man-made islands in Latin America, which will accommodate 138 luxury apartments and a marina when complete. The islands will be linked to the mainland with [...]
For Spicer Bak at Stevens Institute of Technology, being a beach bum and a PhD candidate go hand-in-hand. That is because this Ocean Engineering graduate student studies beach erosion to better understand how to protect America’s coastlines. Coastal protection is a major topic for government agencies, ocean scientists, and beach bums around the world. It’s [...]
![Indonesia: Jakarta Plans to Build 13 Artificial Lakes]()
Apart from completing the construction of the East Flood Canal, Jakarta Administration has announced plans to build 13 artificial lakes in… (thejakartapost) Source: thejakartapost, October 6, 2011;
![Van Oord Proposes Turkmenistan to Establish an Artificial Island in Caspian Sea]()
The Dutch Company Van Oord proposed for an artificial island in the Caspian Sea near the Avaz Sea Resort of Turkmenistan, the local media… (trend) Source: trend, August 29, 2011;
![DEME and MEDCO to Build Two Artificial Energy Islands for SARB Oil Field in U.A.E.]()
Dredging International and MEDCO, have been awarded a contract for mixed dredging and civil engineering works to construct two artificial energy islands, including their service harbours, aimed to provide Abu Dhabi with energy based on facilities for oil drilling, etc. from the previously untapped offshore Satah al-Razboot (SARB) field. Dredging International is part of [...]
![Boskalis to Construct First Artificial Residential Island in the Americas]()
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has been awarded a contract from Ocean Reef Island Inc to construct an artificial island off the coast near the residential area of Punta Pacifica in Panama City. The project, with a contract value of approximately € 55 million, is already underway and the project is expected to be completed mid [...]
![Lebanon artificial island development unfazed by Nakheel troubles]()
A Beirut developer planning an $8-billion artificial island off Lebanon says it is not worried by the debt debacle of Nakheel, the real estate developer behind Dubai’s similar man-made Palm Islands that revealed last week it needs more time to pay it debt… Source: Maktoob, December 3, 2009
