The installation of six wave energy devices is currently taking place at the Ada Estuary, Ghana, as part of collaborative wave energy project between TC’s Energy and Seabased. The first phase of the Ghanaian wave energy project which includes the installation of 6 wave energy devices is expected to
Envision Energy aims to install a superconductive generator on one of its most advanced wind turbines. The product named EcoSwing generator is designed for a +3 MW class direct drive turbine, and will provide enough electricity to power 1000 households. Anders Rebsdorf, Head of Envision’s Global Inn
DNV GL, in collaboration with IHCantabria, is organizing a course on Sesam Marine software that simulates marine operations like heavy lifting, side-by-side mooring and floatover ahead of offshore handling. The course ‘Simulation of Marine Operations with Sesam Marine’ aims to introduce the particip
Four new Super Post-Panamax wharf cranes that are part of a significant upgrade of the Barbours Cut Container Terminal arrived yesterday at the Port of Houston. The cranes, largest ever built by Konecranes, come as a part of the Port Authority overall plan to undertake significant infrastructure imp
QED Naval has completed its recruitment drive to enable the company to take on the challenges of the Subhub project and bring further capabilities to the business. QED Naval expanded its team with three new recruits – Craig Salkeld, Alan McIntosh and Jonathan Nicol. Craig Salkeld will join QED Naval
After Van Oord awarded the design and equipment contract for their new subsea rock installation (SRI) vessel ‘Bravenes’ to Ulstein in September 2014, Sinopacific has now begun construction of the vessel with the first steel already cut for this innovative vessel. The DP-3 vessel is a unique design f
Jan De Nul Group has ordered two 6,000 ton Subsea Rock Installation (SRI) vessels from AVIC Weihai shipyard in Weihai, China. The vessels will be able to install rock at depths up to about 600 m by means of a flexible fall pipe. An inclined fall pipe will enable accurate rock installation around str
The European Commission’s research and innovation programme Horizon 2020 has granted EUR 17 million in funding for the Clean Energy From Ocean Waves (CEFOW) research project that is coordinated by Fortum. The mission of the five-year project is to research and develop the use of the Penguin wave ene
Looking out to 2030, the South West Marine Energy Park (SW MEP) partnership paper sets out the long term opportunities and ambitions for the development of marine energy in South West England. According to the report, the deployment of demonstration arrays at Wave Hub will lead to the first commerci
Royal IHC will hold naming and launch ceremony of the new trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) ILEMBE at its shipyard in Kinderdijk on Saturday, 9 May, 2015. Designed and constructed for Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA), the 5,500m3 capacity vessel will be the largest dredging vessel of it
The European Commission’s research and innovation programme Horizon 2020 has granted EUR 17 mln for wave power research coordinated by Fortum. The funding is awarded for the Clean Energy From Ocean Waves (CEFOW) five-year research project. The aim of the project is to advance the use of the Penguin
A competition run by the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) offering free Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) to successful technology developers has been launched. Fergus Ewing, the Scottish Energy Minister, announced that the winner of the competition will be taken through the full ETV p
At Vei og Anlegg 2015 event (May 6-10, Hellerudsletta, Norway) Liebherr will present its new model of crawler excavator, the R 926 Compact, that replaces the R 924 Compact. The new Liebherr R 926 Compact crawler excavator has an operational weight of 25 tonnes. Its diesel engine features a DOC (Dies
Over the past few years, Van Oord has developed a new technique for dredging at great water depths. This Deep Excavation System (DES), patented by Van Oord, is an innovative method to prepare a sea bottom profile for installing offshore pipelines. Uneven sea beds are traditionally prepared for layin
