Equipment
IADC Publishes ‘Facts About’ Soil Improvement
The International Association of Dredging Contractors (IADC) has just published a new ‘Facts About’ publication on soil improvement. ‘Facts About’ is a series of concise, easy-to-read leaflets which give an effective overview of essential facts about specific dredging and maritime construction subje
Cinia Links Finland and Germany
Finland’s Cinia Group informed that the laying project of the Cinia C-Lion1 cable system is now completed as the cable reached its destination in Rostock, Germany. Started in Helsinki on October 12, 2015, the project took three months. According to the company , the new connection is planned to be c
Technip Buys into Vallourec’s Pipeline Welding Division
Technip has acquired a minority stake in Serimax, a Vallourec subsidiary and provider of offshore & onshore welding solutions, in order to achieve a strategic partnership in the domain of pipeline welding. The agreement would see these two companies combine their expertise and deploy the Serimax wel
New Geotechnical Profiling System from dotOcean
dotOcean has designed an innovative geotechnical profiling system for deep sea waters, the Deep Sea GraviProbe. The system’s cone is lowered in the underwater sediment layer, analyzing those layers during intrusion. Under its own weight it penetrates loose and consolidated mud layers and measuring d
Ireland Backs Marine R&D Projects
The Minister for Jobs, Richard Burton, together with the Minister for Research, Innovation and Skills, Damien English, today announced details of a €28 million investment in research equipment and facilities through Science Foundation Ireland. A total of 21 exemplary research projects will be suppor
Songa Endurance Experiences BOP Failure
Songa Endurance, a semi-submersible drilling rig which started operations on Troll field, has experienced BOP equipment failure. As Songa Offshore reported, the rig started operations on December 31, 2015, on the eight-year contract with Statoil on Troll field, around 65 kilometers west of Kollsnes.
Vires picks Sevan Marine’s HiLoad tech for LNG terminal
Sevan Marine of Norway said its HiLoad LNG unit signed a technology licence agreement with Vires Energy Corporation for an LNG terminal in the Philippines.
Bibby HydroMap Welcomes New Technical Director
Seabed survey company Bibby HydroMap has appointed Rob Spillard as its new technical director. Spillard, who previously served at Fugro EMU, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency and the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, will take overall responsibility for the technical direction of the Wirral-based
Highlights of the Week
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (January 3-10). Boskalis Strengthens Market Position in Germany Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has reached a heads of agreement with STRABAG SE for the acquisition of the dredging activities and assets of STRABAG W
Wagenborg Transports CSD Mangystau to Kazakhstan
After the successful transport of the dismountable cutter suction dredger “Ural River” from Nijkerk, the Netherlands, to Kazakhstan, in early 2015, Wagenborg was asked to transport an identical dredger, named “Mangystau”. The vessel will be transported from Nijkerk to Bautino in Kazakhstan. Mangysta
LoVe Observatory Extension Tender Out
Norwegian Institute of Marine Research in Bergen (IMR) has issued a tender invitation for delivery and deployment of electro-optical umbilical cables and subsea distribution units for extension of the ‘Lofoten-Vesterålen Cabled Ocean Observatory’ (LoVe). Lofoten-Vesterålen cabled observatory (LoVe)
ETA Sets Up New Division
Hampshire-based subsea cable specialist, ETA, has established a new department to focus on the provision of marine cable connectors, terminations and accessories. According to the company, the new division will continue to provide bespoke designs and at the same time develop ETA’s production lines f
ORE Catapult and Atlantis Test AR1500 Tidal Turbine in Blyth
The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult and Atlantis Resources informed that the 1.5MW tidal turbine, the AR1500, will undergo a six week test programme at the National Renewable Energy Centre in Blyth. ORE Catapult is working with Atlantis Resources on the €1.3m Eurostars project to drive forw
Wintershall picks Kongsberg’s data solution
Wintershall Holding has awarded Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies a 3-year contract for provision of its hosted SiteCom real-time data aggregation and visualisation solution for well construction. According to Kongsberg, all real-time, planned and historical data from all of Wintershall’s drilling ac