Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASV) Ltd complete the second phase of a marine target drone programme with South Korea. Following the initial phase, completed in November 2013, this second phase sees GigaRF take delivery of two further 9 metre marine target drones. The high speed drones will be used in
RenewableUK commented on the release of a new marine energy roadmap from the UK Energy Research Centre and the Energy Technologies Institute. The report, which focuses on cost-cutting, identifies forty technology and deployment issues faced by the wave and tidal energy sector in the UK, and lays out
The crew of the Cottrell Contracting Corporation Dredge Marion is working to remove shoals from the James River federal navigation channel. The river plays a role in the economies of Richmond and Hopewell, providing a navigation channel of 25 feet deep for ships to move goods to and from the inland
DP World Limited will today hold its Annual General Meeting for the year ended 31 December 2013. DP World Chairman Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem will make the following statement regarding operational performance in the first quarter of 2014: “DP World Limited handled 14.3 million TEU (twenty-foot equiva
The Queensland Government has called on environmental groups and organisations to stop peddling misinformation regarding the Great Barrier Reef. Minister for Environment and Heritage Protection Andrew Powell said the deceitful campaigns are an attack on Queensland’s reputation and harmful to jobs. “
CCCC Fourth Harbor Engineering Co. Ltd. has recently won the bid for a 50,000t petrochemical project in Quanwan zone of Huizhou Port in Guangdong, with a construction period of 456 days. Located in Quanwan zone of Huizhou Port in the east of the Pearl River Delta, the project involves construction o
The first of the 19 sponsons to be installed on the Costa Concordia before the refloating phase has arrived this morning in Giglio Island on board pontoon Mak. It’s the S13, that will be positioned on the starboard side. The sponson weights 810 tons and is 33.5 meters of width for 11.5 in height, wi
Sunshine Coast Council has continued its commitment to protect and manage its coastline with the adoption of the Coastal Management Policy and Shoreline Erosion Management Plan. Division 8 Councillor Jason O’Pray said the new coastal management policy and planning framework adopted at last week’s Or
Incat Crowther has announced the delivery of John Jacob, a 205’ aluminum monohull Crew Supply Vessel, for Barry Graham Oil Service of Bayou La Batre, Alabama. The vessel was built by Halimar Shipyard in Morgan City, Louisiana. Driving factors in the design and build process included providing a mode
EdgeTech, high resolution sonar imaging systems and underwater technology provider, mapped St. John’s Harbor in record time during the recent Canadian Hydrographic Conference. During the on-water demonstrations, EdgeTech’s recently introduced 6205 Bathymetry System collected co-registered bathymetry
Cabling specialist VSMC, a joint VolkerWessels and Boskalis company has been awarded a contract by EPC contractor Van Oord Offshore Wind Projects bv to install and bury a 25km long export cable for the Eneco Luchterduinen Offshore Wind Farm. The Eneco Luchterduinen Offshore Wind Farm, to be built by
EdgeTech, the leader in high resolution sonar imaging systems and underwater technology, mapped St. John’s Harbor in record time during the recent Canadian Hydrographic Conference. During the on-water demonstrations, EdgeTech’s recently introduced 6205 Bathymetry System collected co-registered bathy
Pancontinental Oil & Gas NL has advised that a second seismic survey acquisition of 1,000km of 2D data has now been completed within its highly prospective offshore acreage in licence area EL 0037 offshore Namibia, southwest Africa. The 2D acquisition extends to the south beyond a recently completed
A comprehensive study into capital dredging released by Ports Australia reveals that modelling and monitoring programs across Northern Australian ports including Abbot Point confirm environmental impacts are well understood and managed. NQBP supports these findings and states that the extensive rang
