Equipment
Dragflow Unveils New Range of Electric Pumps (Italy)
The new family of electric pumps EL 100 is bringing a great success to Dragflow, a world player in solid pumping solutions with over 25 years of experience in manufacturing heavy duty pumps and complete dredging equipment. In the last months Dragflow launched on the market a family of five pumps in
Nova Innovation, ELSA to Build Shetland Tidal Array
Following the successful deployment of the world’s first community owned tidal turbine in Shetland, Nova Innovation (Scotland) and ELSA (Belgium) have secured funding to construct the Shetland Tidal Array, potentially the world’s first in-sea tidal array. The £3.75M investment package supported by S
Top News – June 9 to 15, 2014
Van Oord Strengthens Its Position in UK Van Oord, a leading international contractor specialising in dredging, marine engineering and offshore projects, has reached an agreement in principle on the acquisition of UK specialist marine civil contractor J.T. Mackley & Co Ltd. UK: Person Missing after
Italdraghe Equipment Shows Great Results in North East Italy
Italdraghe is currently working with an Italian dredging company on a beach replenishment project at the mouth of the Tagliamento River in north east Italy. All the equipment for the job, including a BDC 250 dredging head (fitted on a Fiat Kobelco excavator) and an SF BDC 150 cutter suction dredger,
DeepOcean trains engineers for subsea industry career
DeepOcean UK, a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group Holding BV, has announced the continuation of their successful conversion programme for Subsea Project Engineers, with a further intake in October 2014. In 2013, to support their recruitment strategy, DeepOcean UK identified an opportunity to attract hig
Ballast Nedam Marks Its 500th Foundation
In just over 2 months Ballast Nedam Offshore has installed 47 out of 80 monopiles on the Butendiek Offshore Wind Farm. The installation works started at the 1st of April and on the 10th of June monopile no. 47 was installed. This demonstrates the reliable approach based on one of the best proven ins
RWE: Nordsee Ost OWF Inter-Array Cabling Finished
A network of more than 60 kilometres of underwater cable now spreads over the construction field of the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm. This is almost the length of the Eurotunnel that connects the UK with Continental Europe. The inter-array cabling was completed in altogether less than four months.
Foundations Fabrication for Gode Wind OWF Well on Its Way
The fabrication of the Gode Wind foundations, which Bladt Industries are fabricating for Dong Energy, is well on the way. This week the TP mockup was upended at Bladt’s upending site. After this, the Bladt team installed the concrete platform on the TP mockup, which is the first of 97 TP’s for the G
‘Floatel Triumph’ to Feature Wärtsilä’s BWMS
A new semi-submersible accommodation and construction vessel (floatel) being built for Floatel International AB, the Swedish offshore floatel owner and operator, will feature two Wärtsilä AQUARIUS UV ballast water management systems (BWMS) and other Wärtsilä equipment. The order was signed in Februa
Wärtsilä BWMS for Floatel’s new unit
A new semi-submersible accommodation and construction vessel (floatel) being built for Floatel International AB, the Swedish offshore floatel owner and operator, will feature two Wärtsilä AQUARIUS UV ballast water management systems (BWMS) and other Wärtsilä equipment. The order was signed in Februa
Prospector getting ready for new rig delivery
Prospector Offshore Drilling S.A. expects that one of its subsidiaries will take delivery of PROSPECTOR 5, from the Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co. Ltd (“SWS”) Shipyard in Shanghai, China, on Monday, 16 June 2014. PROSPECTOR 5 is the second in the Company’s series of five high specification, ha
River Kishon Dredging: EnGlobe Uses Ion Science VOC Detectors
When worldwide leader in integrated environmental services, EnGlobe Corp required highly sensitive photoionisation (PID) devices for the daily monitoring of potential hydrocarbon emissions during its demanding River Kishon dredging project in Israel, they chose two hand held Tiger volatile organic c
Malaysia: J2 Subsea Presents Titanium ROV Dredger
J2 Subsea, an Acteon company, is showcasing the We3D, WeSubsea’s new 3” titanium remotely operated vehicle (ROV) dredger at Subsea Asia this week in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Acteon companies J2 Subsea and Seatronics are now offering WeSubsea´s full range of titanium dredgers from worldwide locations.
TNO Acquires High Resolution 3D Seismic Data of P18 Gas Field
TNO has acquired high resolution 3D seismic survey to image the shallow water overburden above the P18 gas field. A high-resolution 3D seismic survey is an innovative combination of technologies that resulted in a very high resolution 3D image of the shallow subsurface above the P18 gas field. In Ap