CoreSite Realty Corporation, a provider of secure, reliable, high-performance data center solutions, announced that Southern Cross Cable Network, a leading Australasian supplier of international subsea capacity, is delivering 100 Gigabits per second (Gbps) capability to customers at CoreSite’s “SV1”
The Magheroarty Pier dredging program, located on the north-west coast of County Donegal, Ireland, is currently underway. This location is popular among local fishermen and it is also used by the Tory Island ferry. At the moment boats cannot use the pier because of accumulated sand there. [mappress]
Triton Imaging, Inc. and Applied Acoustic Engineering Ltd. have signed an OEM agreement under which Applied Acoustics will offer Triton ISIS Offshore-SB data acquisition and Perspective-SB processing and interpretation software bundled with Applied Acoustic sub-bottom profiling hardware. With this a
Veripos has announced that it has moved into its new purpose-built headquarters facility in Dyce, Aberdeen. The new building incorporates a state-of-the-art network control centre, research and development laboratory, workshops, warehouse, dedicated training facilities and the operations centre for
After successful sea and dredging trials, the suction hopper dredger “Albatros” was recently delivered to her owners Dutch Dredging. This vessel was built by MTG Dolphin PLC in cooperation with the Dutch shipbuilding group IHC Merwede. Main characteristics: – Length: 75 m; – Breadth: 13,40 m; – Drau
Yesterday, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte visited Van Oord, a leading international contractor specialising in dredging, marine engineering and offshore projects, to discuss amongst others the significance of trade missions. CEO Pieter van Oord and area director Netherlands Jan Schaart welcomed Mr
Cutting of the first steel plate for the new joint project of MTG Dolphin and IHC Merwede 2300 m3 Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger named Easy Dredge took place at the Dolphin’s yard in Varna, on 25th March, 2014. The Easy Dredge 2300 is a standardized twin screw trailing suction hopper dredger with a
Hitachi, Ltd. delivered six sets of centrifugal compressors for a Floating Production, Storage, and Offloading system (FPSO) for Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras), the state oil company of the Federative Republic of Brazil. Hitachi received an order from MODEC AND TOYO OFFSHORE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
Douglas-Westwood (DW) forecast that the global AUV (autonomous underwater vehicle) fleet will increase 42% in the 2014-2018 period, compared to the previous five years. The fleet is forecast to total 825 units in 2018, led by strong demand in the military sector. The military sector makes up 50% of
The development of the Bøyla Field (PL 340) located close to the Alvheim Area has passed an important milestone towards first oil. The subsea manifolds for the Bøyla Field are now completed and being transported for installation in the North Sea. Marathon Oil Norge AS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of M
A slurry of sand and water is pumped from a nearby dredge onto Monmouth Beach, where it is moved into place by a bulldozer during the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ ongoing beach renourishment work in Monmouth Beach, N.J. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is repairing and restoring previously construc
With a grant of over €1.6 million from the TEN-T Program, the European Union will support a project to modernise the Seine River in France in order to improve the economic efficiency and competitiveness of inland navigation in the region. The project, selected for funding under the 2012 TEN-T Annual
Singapore’s Marine Contracting Pte Ltd has been awarded a contract to replace mooring and flexible riser systems on the “FPF-003” FPSO, located at the Jasmine Field offshore Thailand. The contract has been awarded by Petrofac, and, according to a press release issued by Marine Contracting, the offsh
The Milford Pond Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration program is scheduled for August 2014, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District. In order to restore open water habitat suitable for resident fish species and water birds, this project will involve dredging of about 250,000 cub
