Equipment
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
Nobu Su’s bottle shape LNG technology patents registered
Nobu Su, chairman of Today Makes Tomorow (TMT) said on Tuesday several patents enabling possible construction of a hybrid ice class LNG ship have been registered in 2015.
Corps of Engineers Completes DMMP and PEIS for Long Island Sound
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has completed a Final Dredged Material Management Plan (DMMP) and Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for Long Island Sound. The DMMP was requested by the Governors of Connecticut and New York, in their letter of February 8, 2005 to the Chief of
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
Fugro’s site investigation supports drilling campaign off Australia
Fugro’s Seafloor Drill 2 (SFD2) has completed a multi-site investigation across the North West Shelf of Australia, encountering variable calcareous sediments and delivering results to support a jack-up drilling campaign. Fugro did not reveal the name of the client that hired it for this site investi
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.
Seabras-1 Subsea Link Project Gets Full Funding
Seaborn Networks has completed its US$500 million project funding for Seabras-1, a new transoceanic subsea fiber optic cable system directly connecting points of presence (POPs) in New York City (US) and São Paulo (Brazil). According to the company, all conditions to this project financing have been
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
Baltimore Harbor Maintenance Dredging Begins
Starting this month, crews under contract of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, will begin dredging roughly 2.6 million cubic yards of material from the Baltimore Harbor and Channels navigation project via a $25.6 million contract awarded this past fall. This dredging is being per
Asset Guardian Solutions lands new deal in Australia
Asset Guardian Solutions Ltd (AGSL), which specialises in protecting companies’ process control software assets, has landed another contract to support an oil and gas company in Perth, Western Australia. The contract is the second to be awarded by this operator in Australia to AGSL in the last 12 mo