A group of students and teachers from Delft University of Technology has teamed up with Ghanaian students of KNUST to develop integrated solutions for the complex challenges of the Volta Delta in Ghana. The Volta Delta is experiencing interacting problems due to a combination of climate change, coas
Damen Shipyards Galati has launched a fishery research vessel (FRV) 7417 for the Angolan Ministry of Fisheries. Close attention is being paid to the design, construction and outfitting of the vessel in order to minimize noise and vibration both on board and underwater, the company explained. The FRV
London-based Ophir Energy on Thursday said it expects to make a final investment decision on its Fortuna FLNG project in Equatorial Guinea in the first quarter of the next year as it is still in financing discussions for the project with a group of Chinese banks. The final decision on the FLNG proje
Ophir will most likely not be making a final investment decision for its Fortuna FLNG project in Equatorial Guinea in 2017. Despite its recent claim it still expected the FID of the Fortuna project to be achieved in 4Q 2017, this now seems unrealistic. Namely, the company has now agreed a one-year e
Africa Energy Corp. will buy 4.9% interest in the Exploration Right for Block 11B/12B offshore South Africa from Total. The block 11B/12B is located in the Outeniqua Basin approximately 175 kilometers off the southern coast of South Africa. It covers an area of 19,000 square kilometers with water de
The outlook for the Asia-West Africa trade is improving, but there is much ground still to recover, shipping consultancy Drewry said. Container throughput during the third quarter of this year in the southbound Asia to West Africa trade grew at its fastest rate since the last period of 2014, rising
Teledyne RESON has just released a very interesting paper named ‘Innovative spill measurement for wirecrane and excavator dredging‘. “Monitoring of what happens underwater always has been a challenge. Dredge guidance and monitoring software have the advantage that they show the position of the bucke
Royal IHC and Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) have been nominated for the Innovative Support Services award for setting up Africa’s first dredging school. The award recognizes support services that enable or enrich the dredging sector that do not include physical dredging activity: examples
National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC) from Abu Dhabi has signed an agreement with Canal Harbor and Great Projects Company (CHP), a subsidiary of the Suez Canal Authority, to become shareholders in a newly incorporated Egyptian company, named The Challenge – Egyptian Emirates Marine Dredging Compan
UK oil major BP is reportedly in talks with Cairn Energy to buy part of its stake in assets offshore Senegal.
The Liberian Registry, in co-operation with the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), has assisted the holder of a Liberian mortgage to overturn a decision of the Brazilian courts. The registry informed that the decision, if left uncontested, “could have had serious adverse legal and economic con
India’s ONGC Videsh is set to buy a stake in the Tullow-operated Cooper license offshore Namibia.
