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  • NTSB: Shell to Blame for Kulluk’s Grounding

    29 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    The grounding of the drilling rig Kulluk in Alaskan waters in 2012 was most probably caused by an inadequate towing plan by Royal Dutch Shell plc that did not address all the risks involved, a report from the US National Transportation and Safety Board (NTSB) shows. The ice-class mobile offshore drilling unit Kulluk, owned by Shell Offshore, […]

  • Golden Ray Lightering Ops Continue, Divers Working to Secure Spill

    2 October 2019
    Business & Finance

    Salvage workers removed over 106,101 gallons of fuel from the capsized car carrier as of October 1.

  • VARO, GoodFuels to Scale Biofuel Availability in Rotterdam

    22 March 2019
    Business & Finance

    VARO Energy subsidiary, GoodFuels aim to improve availability of BFO to deep sea vessels leaving from Rotterdam.

  • Oil Tanker Aground off Uruguay

    20 May 2016

    Marshall Islands-flagged oil/chemical tanker Siteam Anja ran aground onto the rocks just 400 meters off the shore of Lobos Island, about 8 kilometers southeast of Punta del Este, Uruguay on Tuesday, May 17th. The 1997-built tanker was en route from San Lorenzo, Argentina to Rio Grande, Brazil with more than 32,000 m3 vegetable oil in its tanks. Near Punta del Este the 44,640 […]

  • Xeneta: Will South China Sea Ruling Affect World Trade?

    14 July 2016

    Following the ruling in favor of the Philippines on the increasingly hostile Chinese – Philippine dispute on their claims to the Spratly Islands, Oslo-based Xeneta said that the ruling might have a wider effect on containerized ocean freight, as some 70% of world trade shipping passes through the South China Sea. The ruling, issued by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The […]

  • VIDEO: Congressman Discusses Port of Brownsville Dredging (USA)

    13 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    U.S. Congressman Blake Farenthold (TX-27) recently joined a House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources & Environment hearing titled “A Review of Recent United States Army Corps of Engineers Chief’s Reports and Post Authorization Change Reports”. This hearing aimed to provide Members with an opportunity to review the current Chief’s Reports and Post Authorization […]

  • USA: Corps to Conduct Information Session on Arthur Kill Channel Dredging

    27 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in partnership with The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey are improving the main shipping channels in the Port by deepening them to a depth of 50 feet, allowing more efficient access to the world’s largest oceangoing container ships. To remove underlying bedrock on the floor of […]

  • SCPA Growth Continues in 2015

    16 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    The South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) has just announced a 14 percent container volume growth during 2015 fiscal year, with breakbulk tonnage exceeding plans by 6 percent and record rail moves at the Inland Port. “2015 was a memorable year for SC Ports Authority,” said SCPA president and CEO Jim Newsome. “We reached near-record levels of containerized […]

  • DEC Releases Coastal Plan for New York City

    10 March 2015
    Business & Finance

    Under a state-funded plan, coastal green infrastructure will increase resiliency along the Hudson River estuary shoreline and coastal areas of New York City, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens announced yesterday. The New York City Mayor’s Office of Recovery and Resiliency and Department of City Planning is jointly managing the project. […]

  • Gallery: CSCL Jupiter Brings “Unusually Heavy Unit” to Hamburg

    8 June 2017

    Image Courtesy: Port of Hamburg/Nick Henrikman Verstegen In April, COSCO Shipping Lines loaded a 126-ton plant section on to the 14,000-TEU containership CSCL Jupiter in Shanghai. On June 1, 37 days later, this unusually heavy unit was transhipped at HHLA Container Terminal Tollerort. The rotary boiler, 24 meters in length, with a diameter of 4.4 […]

  • BC Ferries’ Vessel Gears Up for Conversion to Dual-Fuel

    7 September 2016
    Business & Finance

    Canadian ferry operator BC Ferries said that its vessel Spirit of British Columbia would be temporarily removed from service, starting from today, as the vessel is scheduled to undergo engineering and maintenance work. The vessel is scheduled to undergo sea trials on September 10 and 11 in Saanich Inlet in order to complete various vessel performance tests and to verify the operational profile […]

  • Costa Concordia Sets Off on Final Voyage to Scrapyard

    2 September 2016
    Business & Finance

    The wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise ship departed on its final voyage on September 1 as it sailed to a dry dock in Genoa for final dismantling operations, according to the Ship Recycling Consortium. With the removal of the last two sponsons in late August, preliminary operations for the transfer from the area ex Super Bacino […]

  • Port of Prince Rupert to Create 5,000 Port Jobs

    12 January 2016

    The Port of Prince Rupert, in British Columbia, projects that its fully-realized development plan could generate almost 5,000 new jobs in northern British Columbia directly related to port activity. Using a model derived from project proposals and land use plans, the forecast quantifies the potential growth of the port’s economic impact through 2025 and beyond, […]

  • HMS Queen Elizabeth Taller Than Ever

    29 November 2013

    HMS Queen Elizabeth – the Navy’s flagship of tomorrow – is now taller than Nelson’s Column with the addition of the ship’s main radar. The large long range radar was craned into place on top of the carrier’s forward island. The nation’s future flagship now stands 56 metres (183ft) tall after the enormous Goliath crane […]

  • Costa Concordia Parbuckling Update

    10 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    Due to the many integrations produced in the last days by Costa Crociere, and the requests of additional documents put forward by public authorities, the Commissioner will ask the Council of Ministers for ten additional days – the deadline initially set for June 16 – for a more in-depth analysis of the project. The first […]

  • Jensen, Harley and Vigor Collaborate on ‘Iliuliuk Bay’ Project, USA

    14 January 2013

    US Fab, a Vigor Industrial company, will soon begin construction on a 250’x70’x15’8” deck barge for Harley Marine Services at Vigor’s Swan Island shipyard in Portland, Oregon. This purpose built barge was designed by Jensen Maritime Consultants to transport a wide variety of cargo between Dutch Harbor and Akutan, Alaska with up to 3 runs […]

  • Highlights of the Week

    24 March 2019
    Business & Finance

    Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (March 18-24, 2019).   DEME in Singapore: Important Milestone for Tuas Terminal Project DEME Group has just released the latest update on their Tuas Terminal Phase 1 Port Development Project in Singapore, announcing the completion of Finger Pier 2’s Quay […]

  • Chief’s Report Signed for Hashamomuck Cove

    10 December 2019
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, said in their latest release that Lt. Gen. Todd T. Semonite, Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, has signed the Chief’s Report for the Hashamomuck Cove, NY, Coastal Storm Risk Management Feasibility Study. The project will help reduce coastal storm damages to residents who […]

  • PHOTO: ASI Marine in Pipeline Inspection with Falcon ROV

    17 December 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    ASI Marine has established the record for the longest tunnel swim with a Falcon ROV. By modifying the Saab Seaeye Falcon ROV, they were able to send the vehicle through a pipeline stretching over four kilometres under Gladstone Harbour, Queensland to Curtis Island. ASI Marine also sent the same modified Falcon through five kilometres of feeder pipes […]

  • RentOcean Equipment Helps in Cable Loading for Ras Laffan-Halul Connection

    22 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    The two new 4000t demountable turntable systems were successfully used to load 2x50km of power cable on the Hanjin Pioneer at the LS Cable plant in Donghae, South Korea. LS Cable managed, with the support of RentOcean’s team onside, to have the job done well within their time frame. The vessel is now on its […]

  • Building with Nature Exhibition Opens in Sliedrecht

    6 October 2017
    Business & Finance

    Director of Vereniging Natuurmonumenten, Marc van den Tweel, on Thursday, October 5th opened the Building with Nature exhibition in the National Dredging Museum in Sliedrecht, the Netherlands. At the show, the visitors can see how hydraulic engineers all around the globe have come up with sustainable and flexible solutions for the development of deltas and […]

  • CRMC, DEM Continue Wetland Monitoring Program

    16 January 2017
    Business & Finance

    The R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC), along with the R.I. Department of Environmental Management Division of Water Resources and the R.I. Natural History Survey have created a new position within DEM’s freshwater wetland monitoring and assessment program. The position will advance wetland assessment, monitoring and restoration in Rhode Island. Since 2007, RIDEM has partnered […]

  • Rebuilding of the Atlantic Beaches

    17 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has just released the latest edition of its Ocean Science magazine, which focuses on the multi-faceted work of BOEM’s Marine Minerals Program (MMP). BOEM’s MMP program helps coastal communities recover from major storm events that erode beaches and threaten infrastructure, but it also helps towns proactively prepare before these storms […]

  • BTC Chooses Huawei Marine to Upgrade Bahamas Domestic Submarine Network International

    5 September 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Huawei Marine Networks Co., Ltd. (Huawei Marine) announced that the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) has selected Huawei Marine Optix BWS 1600S to upgrade the Bahamas Domestic Submarine Network International (BDSNi). The BDSNi system links more than 20 sites between Bahamas and Haiti, and stretches across about 3,500 kilometers, the longest section of which is 343 […]

  • Lundin hits gas at Zulu

    6 February 2015

    Lundin Petroleum said that, through its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway, it has completed the drilling of wildcat well 26/10-1.