IHC Hydrohammer®, part of IHC Merwede, has successfully used seawater – instead of oil – as a drive mechanism for the offshore installation industry. The company has developed and tested IHC Waterhammer® technology to prepare it for launch to the market. This sustainable product development minimise
Van Oord publishes its annual report 2012 yesterday. In this integrated report, Van Oord reviews the course of business in the company in 2012. The financial report has been prepared in accordance with the Dutch GAAP guidelines. “We have been guided in our choice of topics in the area of sustainabil
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation announced that it will release its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2013 on Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at 7:00 a.m. C.D.T. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation is the largest provider of dredging services in the United States and the only U.S. d
IHC Hydrohammer®, part of IHC Merwede, has successfully used seawater – instead of oil – as a drive mechanism for the offshore installation industry. The company has developed and tested IHC Waterhammer® technology to prepare it for launch to the market. This sustainable product development minimise
The Energy Department announced up to $13 million in funding to develop and test advanced components and technologies to boost the performance of marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) energy systems. The Department plans to select up to 10 awards aimed at developing advanced controls, power systems, and dev
Scotrenewables Tidal Power, a company committed to the development and commercialisation of the SRTT floating tidal turbine with the goal of delivering cost effective renewable power to satisfy current and future energy requirements, provides an update on further testing results of its SR250 Prototy
SMD has been honoured with the prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the Innovation category in recognition of the development of its specialist subsea trenching technology. This is the third Queen’s Award for Enterprise that SMD has won in the last three years. MD’s latest Queen’s Award recog
The submarine power cable for the new link between the North Sea island of Borkum and the mainland grid is ready for use: Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH handed it over to EWE NETZ GmbH in Nordenham yesterday. The 25-km-long medium-voltage submarine power cable is currently being loaded onto the wor
Comfortable, reliable, competitive. Dragflow, a world player in solid pumping solutions, announces the complete restyling of its dredges: a technical initiative to improve design, working conditions and process monitoring, building on our traditional strengths: pumping high solid concentrations, wor
International carriers continue to play an integral role in providing connectivity, diversity and elevating the region’s telecommunications efficiency level when they formed a consortium for the establishment of the Bay of Bengal Gateway (BBG) submarine cable system. The collaboration was made offic
The Training Institute for Dredging (TID) has developed a complete capacity building program for cutter operators. The training (11 – 15 November 2013, Kinderdijk, the Netherlands) will be performed with the use of a new generation extremely realistic cutter simulator. The modern dredging operator d
As the cleanup of PCBs in the Hudson River begins its fourth year, environmental groups – Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Riverkeeper, and Scenic Hudson – continue to watch General Electric (GE) closely to ensure that the river remains on target to be restore
Caterpillar Global Petroleum announced it has been awarded the contract from Estaleiro Enseada do Paraguaçu – EEP to provide the diesel generator sets for the main and propulsion power, as well as the emergency power, for six drillships. All six drillships are to be built at Estaleiro Enseada do Par
Partrac and Rockland Scientific have announced a Strategic Partnership to provide turbulence measurement solutions for the UK and European tidal energy industry. Rockland Scientific, based in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, specializes in the design and manufacture of turbulence measurement inst
