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Popular news, November 6 – 12, 2017
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Highlights of the Week
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (November 6-12, 2017). Rosmorport Gets OK for Vostochny and Nakhodka Dredging Plans Federal State Unitary Enterprise (FSUE) Rosmorport has received positive findings from the State Ecology Expert Panel on design d
ISCF Sets £68M for Robotics and AI Development
The Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF) is awarding £68 million to the latest ground-breaking research and innovation projects in robotics and artificial intelligence systems. The awards announced today are part of the government’s £93 million of funding for the robotics and artificial intelli
SMD Calls on Graduate Engineers
Tyneside-based subsea engineering specialist Soil Machine Dynamics Ltd (SMD) is urging North East university students to apply to its Graduate scheme. The two-year training and development programme aims to cultivate young engineers in a variety of disciplines to work across SMD sites in North East
Beatrice OWF Inter Array Cable Installation Begins
Seaways Heavy Lifting and Siem Offshore have, on behalf of Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd (BOWL), started the installation of inter-array cables at the Beatrice offshore wind farm, off Caithness coast. The cable laying vessel (CLV) Siem Aimery will install up to 24 inter-array cables during the firs
Developers Team Up on Modifiable Underwater Mothership Project
A team of engineers from thyssenkrupp, Berlin Technical University, the University of Rostock, ATLAS ELEKTRONIK and EvoLogics is working together to develop a new type of unmanned underwater vehicle. The research and development project known as the Large Modifiable Underwater Mothership, or MUM, wi
OGTC Robotics Week Unveils New Ideas
Oil and gas and robotics specialists collaborated at the Oil & Gas Technology Centre’s Robotics Week from October 30 to November 2 to identify 15 potential projects that could accelerate the use of robotics offshore. More than 250 people took part in a series of workshops and tech talks at the Centr
TSHD Shanti Sagar 17 Completes Sea Trials
Royal IHC has just announced that the new trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Shanti Sagar 17 successfully completed sea trials. The new TSHD – built for Adani Group- was lunched at IHC’s shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, the Netherlands, on 31 March 2017. This is the first of two Beagle 8 TSHD
IKM Ready for Johan Sverdrup Hot Tap Delivery
IKM said it has passed the final inspection for the delivery of hot tap gooseneck spool for the Statoil-operated Johan Sverdrup project. IKM Ocean Design has been working on this EPC project since March 2016, and the delivery has been approved 1,5 week ahead of schedule. The Johan Sverdrup hot tap o
Valemon: First remotely controlled offshore platform in Norway
Statoil on Thursday made history, or at least made an important step towards making history, with the opening of the Valemon control room at Sansli in Bergen. Namely, the Valemon platform, located in the North Sea offshore Norway, will be the first platform in Norway to be remotely-controlled from l
Tampnet to Connect Dutch Continental Shelf O&G Operators
Tampnet has been awarded a long-term contract to operate the shared telecommunications infrastructure of the oil & gas companies operating on the Dutch Continental Shelf. The scope of the contract is to operate, upgrade, develop and maintain the telecom infrastructure, making the Dutch oil & gas ind
Dragflow Proves Success in Japan
Dragflow, an Italian manufacturer of heavy duty pumps and complete dredging equipment, recently installed their hydraulic pump HY85HC and 2 hydraulic excavators EXHY20 at a quarry pond in Japan. According to Dragflow, a Japanese quarry company was in trouble – as a result of the stone and sand wash
Van Oord Fixes Arkona Foundations
Arkona offshore wind project, a joint venture between E. ON and Statoil, is said to be growing significantly faster than expected. Namely, all 60 foundations have been installed in the seabed of the Baltic Sea ahead of schedule. The monopiles, which weigh around 1,200 tons, were tied up to 40 meters
Tampnet put in charge of telecom infrastructure on all Dutch offshore assets
Tampnet, a provider of telecom services for the offshore industry, has been awarded a contract to operate shared telecommunications infrastructure of oil & gas companies working on the Dutch continental shelf. Tampnet said on Thursday that the company would operate, upgrade, develop, and maintain th