Van Oord, an international contractor specializing in dredging, marine engineering and offshore projects, will use the option of ordering a third trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) at Keppel FELS Limited. The vessel is similar to the two vessels that Van Oord ordered in May 2018. Each one has a
The technology group Wartsila has again been selected by the Netherlands-based shipbuilding company Damen Shipyards Group to provide the main propulsion solutions for a large Marine Aggregate Dredger (MAD). The dredger is being built for the U.K. company Hanson Aggregates. The order with Wartsila wa
Ingeteam has successfully completed a contract signed with Jan De Nul Group for the engineering and commissioning of the main electrical power package of three trailing suction hopper dredges, called Ultra-Low Emission vessels (ULEv), built at Keppel Nantong shipyard in China. All three vessels have
Danish investment company A.P. Møller Holding A/S has agreed to acquire the compatriot KK Group A/S from SoLix Group AB. KK Group’s main activities are realized through KK Wind Solutions, a supplier of power electronics solutions to OEMs such as SiemensGamesa, Vestas, MHI Vestas, and GE Renewables.
German company NEMOS has announced the delivery of the main components of the 2019 wave energy converter (WEC) prototype. The NEMOS team is commissioning the device in the Port of Ostend. The 2019 WEC prototype features a 8 x 2 m floater and a 16 m long substructure. The prototype is deployed in Ost
The Damen’s DOP200 submersible dredge pump was recently used at a sluice cleanup project in Wielsbeke, Belgium. “The new sluice consisted of a narrow building pit, which had been divided into 9 separate sections. This compartmentation greatly reduces the size of construction material which can be us
SIMEC Atlantis said that its flagship MeyGen project has now exported 17.5 gigawatt hours (GWh) of electricity to the national grid, exceeding the previous record of approximately 11GWh. According to the company, MeyGen has exported over 7GWh of renewable energy to the grid in 2019, equivalent to th
Qingzhou Julong Environment Technology Co. Ltd., a Qingzhou City based manufacturer and supplier of dredging equipment, has successfully delivered their 450hp multipurpose workboat to a customer in Nigeria. The vessel, equipped with one set 40KN hydraulic crane for lifting purpose, will work in pair
Mainstay Marine Solutions has launched the hull of AMOG Consulting’s wave energy converter (WEC) technology demonstrator device. The hull and keel were launched on Tuesday, July 9, 2019 from Mainstay Marine Solutions’ slipway at Pembrokeshire, Wales UK. The milestone follows the construction contrac
Eco Wave Power (EWP) said it has been selected by the Port of Sines and Port of Leixões in Portugal for a pilot project. The EWP technology was selected during the Bluetech Accelerator organized by the Portuguese Ministry of the Sea, alongside FLAD (Luso-American Development Foundation). The deal fo
CorPower Ocean and Simply Blue Energy have signed a strategic collaboration agreement to develop a number of wave energy projects off the coasts of the UK and Ireland. Following a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in 2017, the new deal will focus on the large scale commercial roll out of wave energy
Developers behind the in-river tidal energy pilot on the river Rhône in the eastern France have decided not to move forward with the project. Team involved in the project comprised the French electricity generation company, Compagnie Nationale du Rhône (CNR), hydrokinetic technology developer, Hydro
South Korea’s Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction (DHIC) has received a type certificate for its 5.56MW offshore wind turbine from the international certification agency UL DEWI-OCC. A type certificate is issued after a comprehensive evaluation of the system’s design, performance test of both the
DNV GL has been contracted by PUB, Singapore’s national water agency, as technical advisor for the 50 MW floating solar photovoltaic (PV) project at the Tengeh Reservoir in Singapore. Once completed, the floating solar project should be one of the largest single floating solar systems in the world.
