Equipment
GeoSea Wraps Up Foundations Installation for Westermost Rough (UK)
GeoSea has finalized the installation of the foundations for the Westermost Rough (UK) offshore wind farm project. This DONG Energy project consists of 35 wind turbine positions 9 km from the coast near Hull in the north east of England, UK. As main contractor for the foundations GeoSea has been res
Information Session on Sea Level Rise Mapping Set for June (Australia)
Port Macquarie-Hastings Council will host a public information session early next month to present the results of a project to map sea level rise (SLR) across the local government area. The session will be held on June 10, between 5 pm and 7 pm in the function room at Council’s administration centre
USA: Senator Franken Backs Up Dredging Projects
U.S. Senator Al Franken (D-Minn.) said Minnesota waterways and shipping infrastructure will get much-needed upgrades under the bipartisan Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA), which passed the Senate recently and now heads to the President Obama’s desk to be signed into law. The measur
Tullow finds no oil in Gotama wildcat (Norway)
Tullow Oil plc has announced that exploration well 31/2-21S which was targeting the Gotama prospect, offshore Norway, did not encounter reservoir quality sandstones in the Upper Jurassic main target. The well encountered reservoir quality sandstones in the secondary targets, but these intervals are
Spectrum Starts 2D Seismic Survey Offshore Brazil
Spectrum has started a 10,000 kilometer Multi-Client 2D seismic survey offshore Brazil in the Sergipe and Alagoas basins along the Eastern Margin of Brazil. The new acquisition program will tie key wells in the Basins, including the recent Barra, Muriu, and Farfan discoveries in the Sergipe Basin. T
Slovenia: Dredging Brings Larger Vessels to Koper Port
Yesterday, CMA CGM’s 334-metre long Cendrillon, the longest ship ever entering the Port of Koper, was moored alongside the Container Terminal. Cendrillon is the first in a series of five larger ships that the French container shipping company will include in the existing Phoenician Express service t
Spectrum begins Sergipe 2D seismic survey (Brazil)
Spectrum has started a 10,000 kilometer Multi-Client 2D seismic survey offshore Brazil in the Sergipe and Alagoas basins along the Eastern Margin of Brazil. The new acquisition program will tie key wells in the Basins, including the recent Barra, Muriu, and Farfan discoveries in the Sergipe Basin. T
Sri Lanka: Second Phase of Hambantota Port Project Underway
The Hambantota Sea Port Project will greatly accelerate economic development in Sri Lanka’s Southern Province, the Hambatota Sea Port Project Manager Liu Hong Shen said. Shen was addressing an awards ceremony at Kirala Kele Hotel at Ambalantota where the best performers in the phase two of the Hamba
Australia: Burnett River Dredging Wrapped Up
Neumann Contractors have recently completed dredging works in Queensland’s Burnett River near Kirby’s Wall. The job involved deepening the navigational channel and placement of the material behind “Kirby’s Wall”. Neumann performed the work using their 450mm cutter suction dredger Nu Endeavour couple
Bechtel to Provide Insights on Port Infrastructure Future at PIANC
Bechtel, the global engineering, project management, and construction company, said today that five of the company’s leading authorities on port infrastructure will share their views and research findings at the 33rd PIANC World Congress. The event, which takes place June 1-5 in San Francisco, will
Panama Canal Expansion Update – May 2014 (VIDEO)
The Panama Canal expansion project will double the capacity of the Panama Canal by 2015 by creating a new lane of traffic and allowing more and larger ships to transit. The program consists of the construction of two new sets of locks – one on the Pacific and one on the Atlantic side of the [&hellip
Eye4Software Releases New Version of Hydromagic
Eye4Software B.V. has announced that the latest version of their single beam hydrographic survey package, Hydromagic version 6.0, has been released to the public. The main purpose of this software is to map the bottom of a river, reservoir or pond in 3D, by using a GPS, RTK or total station position
APM Terminals JV Launches New Chapter in Angolan Ports
Sociedade Gestora de Terminais S.A. (Sogester), an APM Terminals joint venture in Angola, has signed a 20 year concession to operate, maintain and develop the Port of Namibe, Angola, which serves the hinterland from Namibe to Menongue and through the city of Lubango. Sogester, the leading operator i
Australia: Cooktown to Realise Its Esplanade Vision
Cooktown will have a vibrant esplanade full of new community infrastructure by 2016 thanks to Round 3 of the Queensland Government’s $495 million Royalties for the Regions program. Deputy Premier and Minister for State Development, Infrastructure and Planning Jeff Seeney said the major upgrade would