Equipment
Picture of the Day: Mining Tailings Reprocessing
Historically, mining processes with poor recovery rates have resulted in tailings with significant amounts of recoverable material. The extraction of this material can be achieved using dredges. There are several factors that justify the extraction and re-processing of tailings: – Tailings require f
Protector RIB’s New Orders to Offer WASSP-Wireless Solution
Protector, the Brunswick owned New Zealand manufacturer of high end Rigid Inflatable Boats (RIB), is to offer an option on new orders for turn-key delivery of a WASSP-wireless multi-beam sonar installed in their models 6.5mtr CC, 7.5mtr CC & 9mtr Cabin. This option targets the Super Yacht industry s
Salt Marshes Vegetation Improves Coastal Protection
For the first time, large-scale tests have shown that salt marshes act as a buffer zones and attenuate waves, even in extreme conditions such as storm surges. In combination with vegetation, they reduce waves by approximately 20% over a distance of 40 meters. This means that dikes behind salt marshe
Teledyne Oil & Gas wins Aker contract
Teledyne Oil & Gas group has been awarded a contract by Aker Solutions for materials and engineering support covering subsea electrical and optical wet-mate interconnects. Shipments are expected to start late in the fourth quarter of 2014 and continue throughout 2015. In April 2014, Aker Solutions a
Major Lyttelton Port Development Starts
The largest concrete pour at Lyttelton Port since the early 1990’s started yesterday at Cashin Quay 2 wharf. About 375 cm of concrete is being poured by 75 trucks to form the first 11 m of the new Cashin Quay 2 wharf deck at the Container Terminal. The concrete area being poured today will be [&hell
Vallourec Delivers Premium Line Pipe for Egina Field
Vallourec has started delivering premium line pipe for the offshore Egina field, operated by Total Upstream Nigeria. The Egina oil field is located 130km off the coast of Nigeria, in 1,750 m water depth. The field is currently under development and the production is scheduled to begin at the end of
RDA Contracting Bags Sacramento River Contract
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, awarded a $3.6 million contract Sept. 30 to RDA Contracting, Inc. of San Rafael for Sacramento River erosion repairs near Walnut Grove. The work involves placing nearly 24,000 tons of quarry rock along 1,550 linear feet of river bank. Woody debr
Arun East Bank Scheme Moves Ahead
The Environment Agency is working in partnership with Arun District Council, West Sussex County Council and Littlehampton Harbour Board to improve the tidal flood defenses along the East Bank of the River Arun in Littlehampton. The work is being carried out by the contractors, Volker Stevin. Collabo
DeepOcean’s seabed survey services for Statoil
DeepOcean AS has been awarded a contract for Seabed Survey Services for 2015 by Statoil. The contract award supports DeepOcean’s strong position as a provider of advanced light construction and seabed survey services, and confirms Statoil’s continued trust in contractor’s consistent performance over
Port of Hastings: Community Information Sessions
The Port of Hastings Development Authority is holding drop-in community information sessions in October to provide updates on the project’s progress over the past year. CEO Mike Lean said the Port of Hastings Development Authority has laid the groundwork this year to ensure there are many opportunit
EPA Awards $2.6M to Protect Wetlands
EPA Regional Administrator Shawn M. Garvin announced yesterday at an event in Dover, Delaware, that EPA has awarded a total of $2.6 million in Wetland Program Development Grants to six recipients in EPA’s Mid-Atlantic region. The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environment Control (DNRE
Vallourec: Line Pipe delivery for Egina kicks off (Nigeria)
Vallourec has started delivering premium line pipe for the offshore Egina field, operated by Total Upstream Nigeria. The Egina oil field is located 130km off the coast of Nigeria, in 1,750 m water depth indeepwater Oil Mining Lease (OML) 130. The field is currently under development and the produc
Pulau Muara Besar Dredging About to Begin
The dredging program will be carried out very soon in the vicinity of Pulau Muara Besar (PMB) in Brunei, according to Hengyi Industries Sdn Bhd. On behalf of Hengyi, subcontractors LSL and WEC Sdn Bhd will perform the dredging activity in the surrounding areas of PMB Western and Southern Channels fr
VIDEO: DRAGFLOW’s Project in Myanmar
After years of excellent cooperation in South East Asia, at the beginning of this year DRAGFLOW Singapore was born and it’s already successfully accomplished many projects such as the deepening and normalization of the Pun Hlaing River in Hlaing Thar Yar Township, Myanmar. Satisfied with what has be