Progress is going extremely well on the Collier County and Naples beach renourishment just one month into an expected four month long project. Collier County Coastal Zone Management is overseeing the $9.5 million major beach renourishment project. Collier County Coastal Zone Management Manager Gary
Archeologists working for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, aided by divers and salvage operations teams from the U.S. Navy, retrieved a 64-square foot section of a Civil War ironclad warship from the bottom of the Savannah River the evening of Nov. 12. The divers worked in strong
Wood Group has renewed its sponsorship of the Wood Group Chair of Arctic and Harsh Environment Engineering at Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN) for a second five-year term, from 2014 to 2019. The research chair in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science will benefit both undergraduate
All-electric tube bending machines from Unison are helping FMC Technologies – the leading supplier of subsea tree hydraulic control systems for wellheads – to substantially reduce build times and multiply its manufacturing capacity. Six sites worldwide now use Unison tube bending machines in a new p
DSC Dredge LLC, has introduced the Wolverine Class dredge, a compact dredge ideal for sand and gravel producers and construction contractors. Fully functional with just one operator, the Wolverine can dig up to 25 feet below the surface and allows for maximum particle clearance of 6 inches. This tou
Subsea UK has developed a “toolkit” to help companies grow their own talent as the industry faces a massive shortfall of people. The industry body, which represents the £8.9 billion subsea sector, revealed that British subsea companies need around 16,000 to help them grow to £11 billion and increase
The remaining transport companies of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) significantly increased their container transport by 21.1 % to 883 thousand standard containers (TEU) in the first nine months of the 2013 financial year. This is primarily due to new connections within Germany, with Austria
The Deep Green ‘underwater kite’ marine power plant is now producing electricity in the waters off Northern Ireland. This is the first time ever a marine power plant designed for low velocity currents produces electricity at sea, anywhere in the world, and the ocean trials verify the ability to unlo
DGI from the Netherlands has been awarded a contract from McDermott for delivery of a large number of shallow water subsea actuators for flooding systems with ROV override access for the Ichthys Gas Project. The Ichthys LNG project will be executed by McDermott for the EPC part (URF part) and Heerem
Software users and developers who were unable to attend the Delft Software Days will have the opportunity to brush up their software skills and hear about the latest developments in December in San Francisco (11-17 December 2013). Deltares is providing a wide-ranging program explaining the ins and o
Dolphin Geophysical AS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dolphin Group ASA, has today entered into a term sheet with DNB Bank ASA and SpareBank 1 SR-Bank ASA, which contemplates an increase of the existing Loan Facility by USD 20 million to the total amount of USD 93 million. Currently USD 50 million is
ConocoPhillips has received consent to use the new 2/4 L accommodation facility at Ekofisk. The Ekofisk field will remain in production far longer than originally planned when the field was first put into production in 1970. This has created a need for a new accommodation facility. The PSA has now
DGI from the Netherlands has been awarded a contract from McDermott for delivery of a large number of shallow water subsea actuators for flooding systems with ROV override access for the Ichthys Project. The Ichthys LNG project will be executed by McDermott for the EPC part (URF part) and Heerema fo
IHC Merwede’s CEO, Dirk Philips, will step back from his role within the company. Over the past two months, he has led the Board of Management to formulate some important aspects of IHC Merwede’s future business strategy, as well as the appropriate organisation required to implement it. The mutual d
