Swedish-based tidal energy developer, Minesto, is expanding its team with several development engineering job openings.
Van den Herik’s new trailing suction hopper dredger, Charlock, has successfully performed the dredging trials on the Wadden Sea and is now ready for its first job. The vessel’s first assignment will include the coastal replenishment operations on the Dutch coast near Bloemendaal Zandvoort. The namin
Hexicon AB have secured new funds for the development of their floating offshore wind platform by receiving SEK 25 million (approx. € 2.7 million) through an oversubscribed issue of new shares. The share issue amounted to SEK 20 million (approx. € 2.2 million), and the company’s Board has decided to
Hexicon AB have secured new funds for the development of their floating offshore wind platform by receiving SEK 25 million (approx. € 2.7 million) through an oversubscribed issue of new shares. The share issue amounted to SEK 20 million (approx. € 2.2 million), and the company’s Board has decided to
Jiangsu Haihong Engineering Technology Co., Ltd. has ordered 4×MAN 32/40 engines in connection with an order for 2×8,000 m³ trailing suction hopper dredgers. The scope of delivery covers two ship-sets, with each including a propulsion package consisting of 2×9L32/40 engines, an MAN Alpha twin-screw
SeaRoc Group has appointed Anthony Collingridge to the role of project manager at its UK office in Chichester, West Sussex, in preparation for the recently won contract to supply planning software and communications hardware to all of DONG Energy’s sites in the UK. SeaRoc will provide DONG with pers
Ulf Lindelöf, CEO of Waves4Power, spoke about his company’s latest achievement, the recently deployed WaveEL wave energy device at Runde wave energy test site off Norway, as well as the issues this emerging renewable energy sector is currently facing.
A new Moray Council’s dredging vessel, called Selkie, is expected to begin sea trials later this week. The £2.4 million vessel, built by Macduff Shipyard Ltd, will be the only dredger in Scotland operated by a local council. It will service the council-owned harbors at Buckie, Burghead, Hopeman, Fin
Europe’s renewable energy (RE) industry associations, coordinated by Ocean Energy Europe, have published a position paper which establishes principles for the new Innovation Fund to be set up as part of the Emissions Trading System (ETS) reform.
At the German trade fair Bauma, to be held in Munich from April 11-17, 2016, Damen will exhibit a DOP pump with cutter unit. At the show, a hydraulically driven DOP200 will be mounted on the Waterking excavator, complete with one of the exchangeable mining heads, the cutter unit. Additionally, an el
Dutch-based Shipyard Constructions Hoogezand Nieuwbouw (SCHN) last week held a launching ceremony for LNG-powered hopper barge “greenports 1”. The vessel, presumably the first working vessel at a European seaport to be powered by eco-friendly LNG, was launched at SCHN yard in Foxhol, Groningen, on T
His Royal Highness, Prince Khalid Alfaisal, Governor of Makkah Region, toured King Abdullah Port on Monday, April 4. Alfaisal viewed the progress of work at the first port ever to be fully owned, developed and operated by the private sector, both in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Middle East, a
The image shows Fred. Olsen’s wave energy device Lifesaver which was deployed at US Navy’s WETS off Hawaii between March 22-25, 2016. The Lifesaver, a ring-shaped WEC buoy, is being tested to obtain operational data on this particular ocean renewable energy conversion technology. The buoy, an advanc
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Honolulu District, is ready to begin with the planned dredging operations of the Kahului Harbor, Maui, Hawaii. The project, which is set to take place between April 10-25, will be carried out by the Corps’ trailing suction hopper dredge Essayons. Dredged material, t
