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  • Erosion Control Funding Increase Confirmed

    15 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    Nathan Guy, Minister for Primary Industries (MPI), has confirmed Greater Wellington Regional Council as one of six regions to receive a share of $8.8 million for erosion control work under an extension of the government’s Hill Country Erosion Fund (HCEF). The Greater Wellington Region has received $1.15 million to be allocated over the next 4 […]

  • IGS TC-H Geohydraulics Think Tank Event in New Orleans

    7 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    The International Geosynthetics Society (IGS), Technical Committee on Hydraulics, will host a committee meeting and Think Tank event to discuss three emerging technical topics. This discussion will bring together some of the top contributors in the geohydraulics community to strategize about the path forward on each subject, including considerations of technical consensus vs continuing technical […]

  • Tekmar and Subsea Innovation Take Aim at Cost and Risk Reductions

    8 September 2016
    Business & Finance, Human Capital, Research & Development, Technology

    Tekmar Energy Limited (TEL) and Subsea Innovations Limited (SIL) signed a strategic collaborations agreement to collaborate in sales, product development and strategic initiatives towards cost and risk reduction in OWF cabling equipment and O&G SURF and pipeline ancillaries. The two companies signed the agreement to cooperate on developing new solutions for offshore cable and SURF installation equipment, advanced […]

  • Cairns Channel Dredging Project Complete

    25 September 2019
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Thousands of jobs are on the horizon for Cairns, with dredging on the city’s $127 million shipping development now complete. Member for Cairns Michael Healy visited the Cairns Port today to meet with locals who worked on the project and farewell the 111m-long dredging ship Balder R, which was tasked with opening up the inlet […]

  • USA: BOEMRE Finds Old Equipment to Be Cause of Fire Outbreak on Vermilion 380 A Platform

    26 May 2011
    Business & Finance

      The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) today released the findings of its investigation into a fire that occurred Sept. 2, 2010, on Mariner Energy Inc.’s, Vermilion 380 A oil and natural gas production platform located approximately 102 miles off the coast of Louisiana. A BOEMRE Accident Investigation Panel concluded that […]

  • Boskalis wins ‘large’ Baltica 2 cabling contracts

    5 September 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Boskalis has been awarded contracts by PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna and Ørsted for the transportation and installation of the export and array cables for the Baltica 2 offshore wind farm in Poland, classifying the contract value as “large”, which for Boskalis means it is worth more than €300 million. The project scope comprises the transportation […]

  • Seal of approval for Hyundai’s FPSO topside design

    23 October 2018
    Infrastructure

    ABS has granted an approval in principle to Hyundai Heavy Industries’ standardized design for an FPSO unit. 

  • GE Agrees to Examine Risks from Hudson PCB Hotspots (USA)

    12 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    General Electric Corp. (GE) has agreed to prepare an analysis of the actions required to remove recently discovered polychlorinated biphenyl contamination (PCB) contaminated sediments from the Hudson River and report its findings to shareholders, New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced. The analysis will be completed by the end of 2013. In response to […]

  • Highlights of the Week

    7 May 2017

    Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (May 01 – May 07). A subsea technology spin-off from Norwegian firm Fuglesangs has signed an agreement with Aker BP, Lundin and NOV to develop and test a full scale prototype of  what is marketed as ‘the worlds most […]

  • Drop-in Meeting for Skeffling Scheme

    11 July 2016
    Business & Finance

    The Environment Agency and Associated British Ports (ABP) are holding a drop-in meeting for the local community and local businesses about the revised plans for the habitat creation project in Welwick and Skeffling. The meeting will be held on Thursday, 14 July from 3pm to 7pm at Skeffling Village Hall. Members of the project team […]

  • Lockheed Martin, Reignwood Group to Cooperate on OTEC Power Plant (USA)

    31 October 2013
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    Lockheed Martin and Reignwood Group have signed a contract to start design of a 10-megawatt Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) power plant, which, when complete, will be the largest OTEC project to date. Lockheed Martin is the industry leader in the development of OTEC technology, holding 19 related patents. The Lockheed Martin-Reignwood 10-megawatt plant is […]

  • Royal HaskoningDHV Behind the Forres Scheme

    3 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    Residents and business owners have ultimate peace of mind from flooding thanks to the opening of a £37 million scheme designed by Royal HaskoningDHV. The Forres (River Findhorn and Pilmuir) scheme completes the flood protection for the town of Forres which has suffered regular inundation from the River Findhorn and Mosset Burn. Royal HaskoningDHV, working […]

  • Highlights of the Week – Readers’ Choice

    8 February 2015
    Business & Finance

                    Picture of the Day: Construction of New Suez Egypt launched the New Suez Canal project in August 2014. The construction was ordered by Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi to be completed in one year. VIDEO: Backhoe Dredger “Optimus” at Work  Wasa Dredging recently completed the blasting and dredging […]

  • Improvements Proposed for Sand and Warm Creeks

    22 May 2017
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, has received an application for a permit for the Sand and Warm Creeks Confluence Improvements Project. According to the Corps, the applicant, San Bernardino County Dept of Public Works proposes to convert approximately 2692 linear feet of the Sand Creek and Warm Creek from open, primarily soft-bottomed trapezoidal […]

  • Ørsted Enters Final Onshore Substation Contract Talks in Taiwan

    2 April 2018
    Storage

    Ørsted’s Greater Changhua offshore wind projects in Taiwan are in the contracting process of TWD 3 billion (approximately EUR 83.6 million) onshore substation EPC (engineering, procurement, and construction) contract, the Danish company said.

  • Austal Floats Out First Cape Class Patrol Boat, Australia

    15 January 2013

    Austal announced the launch of the first-in-series Cape Class Patrol Boat during a ceremony with staff and suppliers at the company’s Henderson shipyard in Western Australia on January 7. The vessel is the first of eight new boats being built by Austal for the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service under a design, construct and […]

  • Oilpro founder faces jail time after hacking competitor

    21 December 2016

    David Kent, the founder of Oilpro, a website described as oil and gas industry’s LinkedIn, pled guilty on Monday for stealing data from a competitor, and is now facing five years in prison. Specifically, Department of Justice said Monday that Kent “pled guilty this morning before U.S. District Judge Denise L. Cote in Manhattan federal […]

  • Bill passed to ban new drilling offshore Santa Barbara

    4 June 2015

    California state senate has passed a bill that would ban new offshore oil drilling in a nearby Marine Protected Area in the Santa Barbara Channel known as Tranquillon Ridge. The vote was 21-13. The Senate Bill 788 bill was jointly authored by Senator Mike McGuire (D- Healdsburg) and Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara). In 1994, the California Legislature banned […]

  • USA: Southern Cross Selects CALIENT FiberConnect 320X for Remote Reconfiguration of Network

    17 January 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    CALIENT Technologies, Inc., the global leader in photonic switching technology, announced that Southern Cross Cable Networks, a trans-Pacific bandwidth wholesaler, has deployed the FiberConnect 320X photonic switch to give it the capability to remotely reconfigure its fiber network in seconds, adding further protection in the event of fiber breaks or repeater/transponder failures. The announcement was […]

  • VIDEO: Riverkeeper Submits Notice of Intent to Sue (USA)

    26 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    Yesterday, Riverkeeper submitted a Notice of Intent to Sue (NOIS) the New York State Thruway Authority, Tappan Zee Constructors and one of its contractors under the Clean Water Act for violating two key conditions of the Thruway Authority’s Section 401 Water Quality Certification, issued by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation for construction […]

  • USA: Two Congressmen Lead Bipartisan Alliance for Port Dredging

    16 March 2012

    Fighting to protect American jobs and ports, Congressmen Jeff Landry and Tim Bishop led a bipartisan coalition of 72 House Members calling for proper port dredging. The Landry coalition sent a letter today to the U.S. House Budget Committee requesting the Committee apportion all funds in the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund (HMTF) for its stated […]

  • USA: Bar One Ranch to Complete Wetlands Restoration and Pay Penalty for Violations of Clean Water Act

    5 April 2011

      The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached an agreement with Bar-1 Ranch, LTD, Bar-1 Ranch, LLC, Bar-1 Ranch 2, LLC, Bar One Ranch Management, LLC, and Alfred Barone (collectively settling defendants, or Bar One Ranch) resolving violations of the Clean Water Act in Missoula County, Montana. Under a proposed settlement lodged by the U.S. […]

  • Funds Secured for Coastal Defense Works at Hengistbury Head (UK)

    3 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Bournemouth Borough Council has been granted over £1.2million by the Government to repair storm damage caused last winter to its coastline at Hengistbury Head, with works due to start on 8th September. Councillor David Smith, Cabinet Member for Planning and Environment at Bournemouth Borough Council, said: “Securing this investment is great news for Bournemouth following […]

  • Nippon Paint Marine’s new coating gaining on popularity among dry bulk owners

    22 May 2020
    Vessels

    Nippon Paint Marine’s new coating Neoguard Toughness is becoming popular among dry bulk owners, with almost 40 applications. The company said that its coating has been applied to the holds of 37 bulk carriers operated by owners that include Eastern Pacific Shipping, Synergy Group, Far East Lines, Iskenderun Shipping, and Wisdom Marine. “We developed Neoguard […]

  • Maersk boxship catches fire in the Caribbean

    30 April 2020
    Infrastructure, Safety, Vessels

    A containership owned by Danish shipping giant Maersk suffered an engine room fire while sailing in the Caribbean on 26 April 2020.