South Stream Transport has contracted the Italian company Saipem for the construction of the South Stream Offshore Pipeline. Oleg Aksyutin, CEO of South Stream Transport B.V. and Stefano Bianchi, SVP of Saipem S.p.A signed the contracts in Amsterdam. The South Stream Offshore Pipeline will consist o
South Stream Transport has ordered over 75,000 pipes for second line of the South Stream Offshore Pipeline, with a total order value of about 800 million euros ($1.1 billion). Marubeni-Itochu & Sumitomo Consortium from Japan will supply 40% of the pipes, OMK Steel from Russia 35%, and Izhora Pipe Mi
South Stream Transport has ordered over 75,000 pipes for second line of the South Stream Offshore Pipeline, with a total order value of about 800 million euros. Marubeni-Itochu & Sumitomo Consortium from Japan will supply 40% of the pipes, OMK Steel from Russia 35%, and Izhora Pipe Mill from Russia
Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resource Usage (Rosprirodnandzor) approved the environmental expert review stating compliance of the project documentation “Construction of Seaport Facilities Near Sabetta Village at Yamal Peninsula, Including Creation of a Navigable Approach Canal in the O
Lakewood Mayor Michael Summers sent a letter to the Ohio EPA outlining some concerns over the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ plan to dredge the Cuyahoga River and dump the materials into Lake Erie. The city of Lakewood is immediately upland from the proposed locations where the Corps plans to dispose
Van Oord Nabs EUR 500 M Land Reclamation Contract (Kuwait) Van Oord has been awarded a land reclamation project in Kuwait. The client is the Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) and the contract value amounts to approximately EUR 500 million. IHC Merwede Launches Dredger ‘AL BAHAR’ C/D HUTA 12
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, completed final inspections recently on the Broward County Beach Erosion Control Project, which reconstructed approximately 5.1 miles of eroded shoreline. The sand placement increases storm protection to upland development between the Hillsbor
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection has adopted restoration plans for the Alafia and Manatee River Basins. The Alafia River Basin covers an area of more than 410 square miles in Hillsborough and Polk Counties. The Manatee River drains an area of 360 square miles, flowing 45 miles west
A high-level delegation from the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries of Indonesia (MMAF) will visit the Netherlands from 17 to 21 March to learn how the Dutch have applied ‘Building with Nature’ techniques for flood prevention. The Director General of Marine, Coast and Small Islands, Dr Sudirma
Survival Craft Inspectorate, a global provider of emergency marine evacuation systems, has appointed two distributors for the Dutch market as it eyes new growth opportunities. The business has agreed partnerships with North Sea Davit & Lifeboat Services BV at Nieuwegein, as well as Polyrep BV at Hel
Leading international classification society Bureau Veritas has entered into a technical and commercial co-operation agreement with French hydrodynamic specialist HydrOcean. Under the agreement, HydrOcean will provide advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) services to Bureau Veritas’ shipping a
PETRONAS recently emerged as the winner in the oil and gas category of the JEC Europe 2014 Innovation Awards for its new breakthrough – the PROASSURE – a composite clamp for pipeline repair. The composite clamp which was developed by PETRONAS Research Sdn Bhd (PRSB), the research arm of PETRONAS wit
Rijkswaterstaat Programma’s Projecten en Onderhoud invited bidders for the Ijmuiden Harbour dredging project. This cleanup program will involve maintenance dredging in the outer harbour of Ijmuiden and in the approach areas of the North Sea. The dredged sand will be used for beach replenishment proj
Allspeeds Ltd, the designers and manufacturers of WebtoolTM products for over 30 years have launched a new heavy duty steel wire rope cutting tool. Working from a 690 bar hydraulic supply, the RCO54 has a cutting capacity of 51mm (2”) diameter steel wire rope with a tensile strength of up to 1960 N/
