Project & Tenders
Mississippi River Dredging Foam Not Harmful
Dredging activities in the Mississippi River near, Wabasha, Minnesota, are creating foam near the Crats Island unloading site. This naturally occurring foam, sometimes in the form of thin white lines or grey-brown floating clumps, is created by mixing of plant materials and the water during the dred
Clinton Marine Wins Konti-Skan Interconnector Survey
Clinton Marine Survey has been awarded a cable tracking project between Sweden and Denmark. The survey includes cable tracking, ROV video, multibeam, and sidescan sonar on the link. The water depth is ranging between 0 meters to 80 meters and has been conducted with the company’s two survey vessels
Braddock Bay Barrier Beach Works in Full Swing
Braddock Bay, Greece (NY) is undergoing a restoration project that involves dredging portions of the bay and the construction of the barrier beach. Ongoing barrier beach construction works at the bay are in full swing now and will be completed by the end of the construction season 2016. Braddock Bay
Cyprus, Egypt sign gas supply deal
Egypt and Cyprus have signed an agreement regarding the transport of natural gas via a direct subsea pipeline from Cyprus to Egypt for domestic consumption or re-export.
PNG LNG issues single cargo tender
The ExxonMobil-operated US$19 billion PNG LNG project has reportedly issued a tender on Monday to sell a spot cargo scheduled to load late September.
TSHD JUN YANG 1 on Her Maiden Voyage
The TSHD “JUN YANG 1”, built Royal IHC in 2016 for Guangzhou Dredging Company (GDC), is currently on her maiden voyage from Kinderdijk, the Netherlands, to Guangzhou, China, taking the long way home via Cape Town. The “Jun Yang 1” of 167.5 x 31.0 meters is propelled by two MAN type 9L48/60CR main en
Norfolk Dredging Wins $10.4M Dredging Contract
Norfolk Dredging Company of Chesapeake, Virginia, has won a $10.4 million contract for Wilmington Harbor mid-river and military ocean terminal Sunny Point maintenance dredging. The work, to take place in New Hanover and Brunswick counties in North Carolina, will require the removal and disposal of s
WinGD dual-fuel engines ordered for SK Shipping’s LNG newbuilds
Winterthur Gas & Diesel (WinGD) on Tuesday said it has been contracted to supply two 5-cylinder dual-fuel engines for LNG duo currently under construction at South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries.
Competion of PANYNJ Harbor Deepening
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) will hold a ceremony to celebrate the completion of the harbor deepening on Thursday, September 1. Various dignitaries, Congressional representatives and elected officials will gather with leaders from the Co
Van Oord Delivers Ground Improvement Project in Kuwait
Van Oord successfully executed the impressive ground improvement project for client Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC). The project, which started in 2014, involved the reclamation of 65 million cubic meters of sand and extensive soil improvement. The reclamation area of 1,320 ha is intended f
Statoil brings Gullfaks Rimfaksdalen field online faster and cheaper than expected
Norway’s oil firm Statoil has brought its Gullfaks Rimfaksdalen (GRD) field on stream. According to the company, the field, located in the North Sea, around 5-15 kilometers southwest of the Gullfaks A platform was scheduled for start-up on Christmas Eve 2016, but the project has worked faster and is
Wood Group Lands DONG Energy Deal
Wood Group has been awarded a new engineering services framework agreement by DONG Energy, to support their oil & gas assets across the Danish, Norwegian and UK continental shelves. Front end development, maintenance and modifications, engineering, and late life and decommissioning services, for bot
VIDEO: Mariner B floating storage unit reaches Scotland
Norwegian energy company Statoil is making progress with its UK North Sea Mariner field development, located on the East Shetland Platform of the UK North Sea, approximately 150 kilometers east of Shetland. The company has informed that the Mariner B Floating Storage Unit reached Scotland during the
Marysville Ring Levee Contract Awarded
An $824,764 contract for the next phase of improvements for the ring levee surrounding the northern California town of Marysville was awarded to Patterson Taber General Engineering, Inc. of Marysville, California on August 26, 2016. Expected to begin later this year, the next phase of construction i