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
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
Israeli shipping company Zim Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM) has wrapped up the first pilot of paperless Bills-of-Lading based on blockchain technology. During the trial, conducted in cooperation with Sparx Logistics and Wave Ltd., the participants issued, transferred and received original electr
McDermott has confirmed a major contract award from Saudi Aramco for engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) services in the Safaniya onshore and offshore field off Saudi Arabia.
The technology group Wartsila has supplied the full propulsion package for the new trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Arzana. The vessel is owned by National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC) from Abu Dhabi and has been specially designed to operate in high ambient temperatures. The 6.000m³ capacit
The two self-propelled cutter suction dredgers, HUTA 12 (built by Royal IHC in 2014) and HUTA 14 (built 1986 by Orenstein & Koppel), were recently delivered by Redwise Maritime Services BV from King Abdullah Port to Ras al-Khair, Redwise said in its latest release. “Neither of the dredgers was new t
Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from November 13 – 19, 2017.
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (November 12 – November 19). GE has said it is evaluating exit options on Baker Hughes just four months after the merger of its oil and gas business with the Houston-based oilfield services company. Th
UAE-based Tomini Shipping, the shipping subsidiary of Tomini Group, has ordered three 82,000 dwt Kamsarmaxes from the Chinese shipbuilder Taizhou Kouan Shipbuilding. The vessels are scheduled for delivery in the second half of 2019 onwards and follow the company’s order from June for three newbuildi
The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) is looking to sell a part of its 30.3% stake in Bermuda-based liquefied petroleum gas transporting and trading firm Petredec Limited. As part of the deal, Haydock Holdings Limited, the other partner in Petredec, will also sell part of its 69.7% s
International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) have opened the sixth round of funding for renewable energy projects in developing countries.
Crane specialist Rusch Crane Services Middle East has been awarded the contract for replacement and refurbishment of 23 overhead cranes at Das Island offshore Abu Dhabi. Rusch ME has been set up in September 2016 as a full licensed crane service company and as a subsidiary of Netherlands-based Rusch
Japan’s Astomos Energy Corporation and oil company Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) have agreed to further study the use of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) as ship bunker fuel. The parties reached a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the aim to enhance cooperation, share and research information
The International Association of Dredging Companies has presented the Young Authors Award to Jordy Boone, author of the winning paper “1DH Modeling of Transport and Sedimentation Inside a Hopper of a Trailing Suction Dredger”. Delivering a clear and succinct presentation, author Jordy Boone offered
