The Abu Dhabi based National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC) and Royal IHC from the Netherlands have signed a contract for a new twin screw 8000m³ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD). The new custom built TSHD will be specially designed to work in high ambient temperature with a dredging depth up
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District’s medium hopper dredger McFarland, based out of Fort Mifflin in Philadelphia, returned home on March 14 after completing an emergency dredging mission in the Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River, 90 miles south of New Orleans. The McFarland,
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US-based hydrokinetic developer Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) is raising growth capital through an offering launched on private securities platform Netcapital. The offering is primarily directed at impact and institutional investors, but a portion of it has been reserved for Main Street inves
MacArtney Canada has moved into new offices at the Centre for Ocean Ventures & Entrepreneurship (COVE) in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. MacArtney Canada has found its new home at the COVE in Dartmouth, a collaborative facility for applied innovation in the ocean sector. Currently comprising of a team of s
Saipem has signed an agreement with KiteGen Venture to support the development, construction and commercialization of a high altitude energy kite. Patented by KiteGen, the technology facilitates the harnessing of airborne wind to produce clean energy with kites connected to a ground‐based generator
Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) said it has signed a master service contract with an undisclosed offshore oil and gas operator. The contract will govern all work with this customer within the U.S. and the U.S. outer continental shelf, including the provision of goods and services, OPT said. George H.
The U.S. Department of Energy has approved a $2 million, three-year grant to Portland State University engineering professor to study a new method of generating electricity from ocean waves. Jonathan Bird, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, will study the feasibility of usin
Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has reported net loss for the third quarter of fiscal 2019 of $2.6 million, compared to a net loss of $1.7 million for the prior-year period. The increase in net loss in the current year period as compared to the same period of the prior year is mainly attributable to
Royal IHC has awarded Pentair Fairbanks Nijhuis an order to supply cooling water, rinsing and gland pumps for two new cutter section dredgers to be built for the Suez Canal Authority (SCA). The order includes supply of a total of 102 pump sets for both vessels. Royal IHC recently received an order f
DEME Group has just released this amazing photo of a giant piece of technology that will be installed on their powerful cutter suction dredger (CSD) ‘Spartacus’. “The 2,500 tonne cutter ladder is by far the strongest and most sophisticated ever built,” said DEME in its announcement. The ladder house
Construction of a sand transfer system – the first of its kind on the NSW coast – is progressing well and on schedule at Jimmys Beach near Hawks Nest, informs the MidCoast Council. From this winter, this system will help to maintain a sand buffer to prepare the beach for erosion during severe weathe
Wave energy developer Mocean Energy has been selected for the Oil & Gas Technology Centre’s TechX Pioneer Programme. The Edinburgh-based company joins nine other start-ups that will get up to £100,000 to develop their business and technology as part of an intensive 16-week accelerator programme that
GCE Ocean Technology will offer financial support to cover travel expenses to member companies that wish to join its study tour to Orkney in May 2019. Participants will meet a variety of renewable players including businesses, R&D, university and public sector. Focus will be on wave and tidal power,
