Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force continue to make a valuable contribution to the Australian-led search for the missing Malaysian airliner MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean. Following a request by the Malaysian authorities for support from the Royal Navy, the survey ship HMS Echo was diverted from
This month, the Training Institute for Dredging (TID) commenced an elaborate training program aboard several dredging vessels owned by Huta Marine Works, the leading marine contractor in Saudi Arabia. The program includes staff training and several weeks of intensive on-the-job training for the vess
NOAA’s Ship Okeanos Explorer will explore deep-sea habitats in the Gulf of Mexico from April 12-30. Members of the public are invited to join. “Virtual ocean explorers” will have the chance to see canyons, deep-sea coral communities, and shipwrecks dating to the early 1800s via live video transmitte
UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) reported that the number of diving incidents has fallen to its lowest level in 21 years. There were 136 incidents in 2013, which included 10 fatalities. The most common incident was decompression illness, with 44 cases recorded last year. A further 21 incidents
The Ocean City beach renourishment project is moving ahead. The dredger R.N. Weeks is one of the two boats used for dredging in Ocean City, Md. During renourishment the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers typically places 800,000 cubic yards of sand on the beach at Ocean City every four years. Dredging act
Thousands of flood defences across the South East coastline have been inspected and repaired by the Environment Agency. Some of the worst hit flood assets were found along the South Coast, where flood defences were seriously put to the test. The tidal surge in December, combining high spring tides w
Israel Ports Development & Assets Company Ltd will soon award the Ports of Haifa and Ashdod dredging contract. The works will involve maintenance and capital dredging works in the Ports of Haifa and Ashdod, down to the design depths and below them, including Israeli Navy areas in Haifa, Ashdod and K
Ezra Holdings Limited, a contractor and provider of integrated offshore solutions to the oil and gas industry, maintained its operational progress, led by the Group’s Subsea Services division, EMAS AMC. Revenue for the Group in the six months ended 28 February 2014 (“1H14”) grew 22% to $640.3 millio
Joint cooperation between the NSW Government and Coffs Harbour City Council is the only long-term option to deal with the problems caused by sand infilling the harbour, a report to Council has concluded. “Scientific studies have shown that the breakwaters and land reclamation associated with the har
Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of the Åsgard subsea compression project at Aker Solutions in Egersund. The objective of the audit was to acquire a status update for the project and to review the equipment that will be produced in Egersund. There was an additional object
The Wicklow Harbour cleanup program commenced yesterday and will continue for a period of approximately ten weeks. The work will include dredging of the harbour and disposal of the dredged material at a designated dumping site. The disposal site will be positioned 1.5 km north east of the harbour’s
Dredging vessels and tugs have been launched this week ahead of the £25m Port of Cromarty Firth expansion at Invergordon. The expansion project will see the Port of Cromarty Firth reclaim nine acres of land from the sea and create an additional deep water berth. Dredging will start at the west of th
The Ormen Lange partners have decided to postpone the Offshore Compression Project for Ormen Lange field, and stop the ongoing concept select work. The partners have been working towards a concept select decision for offshore compression, either a subsea compression solution or a tension leg platfor
The Shah Deniz consortium informed that the Stage 2 project continues to progress on schedule with further major construction and supply contracts recently awarded. The contract for the fabrication of the jackets for the two planned offshore platforms, pin piles and subsea structures has been awarde
