Technology
ECTMarine Cutter Heads Prove Success
Over the last few years, ECTMarine has delivered several cutter heads to different contractors with different types cutter suction dredgers. Recently, one of the cutters supplied to a Dutch dredge contractor has been inspected after about 100.000 m3 of dredging sand, silt and clay, to see how it hel
Highlights of the Week
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (January 14 – 20, 2019). Coast Guard Recovers Body of Volvox Asia Crew After two day of intensive search operation, the Indian Coast Guard earlier this week recovered the body of a crew member of the trailing suctio
Highlights of the Week
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Newcastle College Sets Up Virtual Reality OW Training
The UK Newcastle College has installed a virtual reality system for offshore wind training at its Energy Academy. Delivered by the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, in partnership with Scotland’s Energy Skills Partnership, Heriot Watt University and Animmersion VR, the Immersive Hybrid Reali
Dredge Yard Introduces ECO 150s Series
Dredge Yard has just introduced the first 2019 addition to their dredger family – ECO 150s series. According to the company, these dredgers (Auger ECO 150, Plain Suction ECO 150 and Water Injection ECO 150) are compact, easily transportable and especially cost-efficient, have low fuel-consumption an
Seabased Closes Production Facility in Sweden
The board of directors of Swedish wave energy company Seabased has decided to liquidate one of its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Seabased Industries AB.This primarily affects Seabased production facility in Lysekil, Sweden. The board has directed Oivind Magnussen (CEO) to take the appropriate actions t
New Dutch Offshore Wind Atlas Ready for Release
The ECN part of TNO, KNMI (the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute), and Whiffle, a Delft University of Technology spin-off, are releasing the new Dutch Offshore Wind Atlas on Thursday, 17 January. The Dutch Offshore Wind Atlas (DOWA) is said to include an unprecedented level of detail where
Stationary Dredger Milady Hits the Water
The stationary dredger SEEM 16-640ST Milady, with a steel hull and aluminium structure, has officially been launched at Merré Shipyard in France. Set to be delivered later this year, the Milady was built by Merré Shipyard for the Services Industriels de Genève based in Switzerland. The concept of th
Watch: OCEANERA-NET COFUND Joint Call 2019 Webinar
Ocean Energy ERA-NET Cofund (OCEANERA-NET COFUND) has held a webinar on Tuesday, January 15, to provide information on its recently opened second Joint Call for collaborative research and development projects in the field of ocean energy. The second Joint Call was launched on January 8, and the webi
Danes and Norwegians Bolster Offshore Wind Bond
The Technical University of Denmark (DTU), the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and the Norwegian research institute Sintef have further solidified their cooperation in offshore wind with the start of a new joint research center. The new center, Nordic Offshore Wind R&I Center –
GE Haliade-X 12MW Prototype Finds Home in Rotterdam
GE Renewable Energy and Future Wind, a joint venture of Pondera Development and Sif, have signed an agreement to install the first Haliade-X 12MW wind turbine prototype in the Port of Rotterdam this summer. The agreement, which will see the Haliade-X 12MW prototype installed onshore to facilitate ac
Leask Marine Kicks Off Tidal Platform Construction in Orkney
Leask Marine’s fabrication workshop has taken delivery of two of the largest tubular sections that they have ever received for the construction of the very first tidal platform ever to be built in Orkney. Leask Marine were awarded the contract for the manufacturing and supply contract of a Surface F
Highlights of the Week
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Royal IHC Delivers Dredging Seminar in Surabaya, Indonesia
Royal IHC recently partnered with Stiamak Barunawati and Pelindo III to deliver a dredging seminar in Surabaya, Indonesia. The aim of the last month’s event was to give an insight into the world of dredging, and encourage contractors and other relevant parties to enter this field by sharing IHC’s di