Equipment
Fair Head Tidal Project Works to Begin in 2018
Fair Head Tidal is planning to submit a marine licence application this summer for the proposed 100MW tidal energy scheme located off the north Antrim coast of Northern Ireland, near Ballycastle. The team behind the Fair Head Tidal Energy Park, a joint venture between Cork-based DP Energy and Bluepo
Diamond Offshore, GE enter ‘first of its kind’ BOP alliance
Diamond Offshore Drilling and GE Oil & Gas on Monday announced what the duo claims is the offshore drilling industry’s first-of-its-kind contractual service agreement (CSA) that transfers full accountability for BOP performance to GE Oil & Gas. In this Pressure Control by the Hour model, Diamond Off
TSHD JUN YANG 1 One Step Closer to Delivery
Royal IHC is putting finishing touches on the trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) JUN YANG 1. With the deck-house now installed, the JUN YANG 1 is one step closer to delivery, set for the end of July 2016. The vessel, being built for CCCC Guangzhou Dredging Co., Ltd (GDC), is already equipped wit
Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger Named Charlock
The naming ceremony of Charlock, Van den Herik’s new trailing suction hopper dredger, took place on February 6th in Harlingen. The vessel was built by Barkmeijer Shipyards and will start her first assignment in March 2016. The first Charlock’s task will include the coastal replenishment operations o
Balltec Delivers Plug Launcher for Åsgard Pipeline Project
Balltec Engineered Solutions has completed work on Statoil’s infrastructure upgrade for the Åsgard Millom pipeline using its subsea smart plug launcher. Statoil asked Balltec to investigate the possibility of designing and manufacturing a subsea plug launcher during its work on a new lifting system
EPQube Detects and Predicts Corrosion
Up to 80% of the damage in hydraulic cylinders occurs due to corrosion, leading to serious issues such as operational costs and delay damages which can lead up to 300.000 euros a day. So far the detection of corrosion took place through visual inspection. C-Cube, a company originated from Delft, cam
Port Macquarie Artificial Reef One Step Closer
The Port Macquarie Artificial Reef loadout was completed last week and the vessel Leaders Creek from Polaris and its barge load of reef modules arrived in Port Macquarie. The purpose built reef will be installed 6km off the River mouth providing recreational anglers with access to new habitat and en
Trimble HYDROpro Dredge System for Grab Dredger Aida
F.F. Marine Inc. has installed a Trimble Marine HYDROpro Dredge System aboard the ‘Aida’, their twin-clam grab dredger. “SITECH Philippines, our local Trimble Marine dealer, installed the system and used Wi-Fi to send the GNSS antenna positions from each trolley to the bridge so both operators can w
IMDC Releases Dredge Plume Research
A scientific research project was recently completed on “Numerical and Experimental Modelling of Near Field Overflow Dredging Plumes”, the International Marine and Dredging Consultants (IMDC) has announced. IMDC staff member Boudewijn Decrop obtained a PhD for conducting this research in collaborati
Port Everglades Harbor Development Plan Sent to Congress
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Jo-Ellen Darcy signed the Record of Decision for the Port Everglades Harbor Navigation Study on January 29, 2016, signifying the completion of the final administrative review for the project’s report. The report passed the Office of Management and Budg
Highlights of the Week
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (February 1-7, 2016). Sas van Vreeswijk Consortium Signs Beatrixsluis Contract The Sas van Vreeswijk consortium has won a contract for the construction of the 3rd chamber Beatrix lock and the widening of the Lekka
Halliburton Launches Electrohydraulic Subsea Safety System
Halliburton has released the Dash 3-inch Subsea Safety System, a solution for electrohydraulic control of Halliburton’s subsea safety tree. Previously, control was provided through direct hydraulic pressure from the surface. According to Halliburton, this latest edition to the Dash series employs th
EU Approves Schlumberger’s Acquisition of Cameron
The European Commission has given the green light, under the EU Merger Regulation, for the acquisition of Cameron by Schlumberger. In august last year, a definitive merger agreement was unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both companies in which the companies will combine in a stock a
EU approves Schlumberger’s acquisition of Cameron
The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the acquisition of Cameron by Schlumberger. Schlumberger, the world’s largest oilfield services provider, is buying Cameron in a proposed all stock transaction announced in 2015. Upon completion of the transaction, each share of Cam