Equipment
MIT Researchers Unveil New Underwater Robot for Port Security
Recently at the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, MIT researchers unveiled an oval-shaped submersible robot, a little smaller than a football, with a flattened panel on one side that it can slide along an underwater surface to perform ultrasound scans. Originally designed t
Bristow Group: New contracts to generate $2.8B in revenue
Bristow Group Inc., the provider of helicopter services to the offshore energy industry, has announced that since the beginning of calendar year 2014, it has secured several renewal and new multi-year contracts for oil and gas and search and rescue operations (SAR). The announcement was made in adva
VIDEO: New Suez Canal Dredging
Director of Dredgers’ Administration with the Suez Canal Authority, Ahmed Sayed Ahmed, stated recently that the project of digging the New Suez Canal so far underwent several stages, including designing, dry digging and dredging. Ahmed added that the dredging stage reached 9 meters depth, as about 2
FoundOcean Joins Forces with Ranger Offshore
FoundOcean and Ranger Offshore have signed a strategic agreement this month. The partnership will offer clients a competitive, design-to-installation solution for a range of projects. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Ranger Offshore provides marine and subsea construction support services including
FoundOcean, Ranger Offshore combine resources for Mexico ops
FoundOcean and Ranger Offshore, Inc. signed a strategic agreement this month focused on Mexico region, formalizing the relationship that has developed between the two oil and gas sector specialists. To remind, in May this year, FoundOcean has been awarded approved supplier status for offshore grouti
NEWS IN PHOTOS: Cedar Bayou Opening
Cedar Bayou and Vinson Slough channels were opened on September 25, 2014, after having been sealed in the 1970s and enduring decades of negative impacts from siltation and low water flows. The restoration of Cedar Bayou and Vinson Slough has created the vital connection from Mesquite and Aransas Bay
WesternGeco keeps ‘Geco Bluefin’
WesternGeco, a Schlumberger subsidiary, has exercised option to extend ‘Geco Bluefin’ charter.
GTT membrane technology gets five more AIPs
GTT of France said it received five AIPs for transportation of liquefied gases other than LNG. As an outcome of the shale gas revolution in the US, there is an abundant supply of ethane. In order to use this ethane, it must be transported, consequently, interest in ethane as a cargo is on the rise,
Dredging on East End Boat Harbor Kicks Off
The City of Winona has announced that the East End Boat Harbor will be closed for approximately one month to accommodate the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Mississippi River channel dredging and sand offloading. The Winona Port Authority earlier approved an agreement with the Army Corps to deposit ab
N-Sea Puts TUP Diving System to Work
N-Sea, the Inspection, Maintenance and Repair (IMR) specialist, has recently completed its inaugural diving scope with the innovative TUP Diving System® (Transfer Under Pressure). The diving scope involved X-mas tree assistance with the deployment of the TUP Diving System® for client ONE (Oranje-Nas
Big Boost for Buffalo River Restoration
New funding will support restoration of the Buffalo River and put it on track to be removed from the list of Great Lakes “toxic hotspots” by 2019, the Great Lakes Commission announced yesterday in Buffalo. Nearly $4.7 million is being provided to restore degraded shoreline and create natural habitat
Dredging at Conley Marine Terminal Nears End
Burnham Associates is entering the completion phase of the maintenance dredging of the Conley Marine Terminal in South Boston, MA. This terminal serves two major global shipping lines, and handles over one million metric tons of cargo, annually. This maintenance dredging project will remedy shoaling
EWP to Build Wave Energy Power Plant in Gibraltar
Eco Wave Power, the Israeli company that generates electricity from sea waves, has taken part in the United Nations’ Private Sector Forum on Climate Change. The event involved 350 companies as well as representatives from governments and civic organizations that have been invited to attend the UN’s
USACE: Royal River Dredge Disposal Route
The New England District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has recently awarded a contract to dredge the channel and anchorage of the Royal River Federal navigation project (FNP) in Yarmouth, Maine. Dredging operations will commence on or about October 1, 2014 and will be completed by April 1, 201