New time lapse radar imaging at FORCE has shown flow features in western Minas Passage over two tide cycles (approximately 25 hours) in December 2014. While they appear to derive from a satellite, these images were created using FORCE’s marine radar system, perched atop its visitor centre. Typical m
The 5th Edition of the Leading and Definitive International Maritime Expo in Vietnam and Indochina, INMEX Vietnam, will take place from 18-20 March 2015, at Tan Binh Exhibition and Convention Centre (TBECC) in Ho Chi Minh City. This conference (formerly known as Maritime Vietnam) is the most compreh
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking public comments on its draft Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for Trestle Bay Restoration Project. Trestle Bay is a 628-acre bay located about six miles upstream of the Mouth of the Columbia River, in Fort Stevens State Park, C
February marked the second consecutive month of 18 percent container growth at the SC Ports Authority, bringing fiscal year container volumes totals to 1.23 million twenty-foot equivalent units, or TEUs. Last month Charleston handled 152,925 TEUs, a significant increase from 129,747 handled during t
The Damen Yichang Shipyard in China is poised to enter a new era. Starting operations in 1999, the joint venture between Damen Shipyards Group and Sinotrans CSC has had a successful history of delivering cargo vessels from the Damen portfolio. Now, the yard is rolling out an increased portfolio of v
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, has announced a plan for maintenance dredging of the St. Clair River near the outlet of the Black River at Port Huron, Michigan. The project will involve removal of approximately 40,000 cubic yards of silt, sediment and associated material from the
DEME, an international group of specialized companies in the field of capital and maintenance dredging, land reclamation, port infrastructure development, etc. has announced that their part of dredging works on the New Suez Canal are on schedule and 50% of the job is completed. The completion of thi
SR2000 tidal turbine assembly well underway at Harland & Wolff’s facility, UK. Scotrenewables Tidal Power’s SR2000 tidal turbine will have a rated capacity of 2 MW at 3 m/s flow. It builds upon the SR250 tidal turbine prototype, with design and capacity improvements. It consists of a 64 m floating h
Royal HaskoningDHV, together with South Tyneside Council, Oobe and Galliford Try is adding yet another high profile recognition to its Littlehaven Promenade and Sea Wall project. Following awards from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors and the Institution of Civil Engineers and a commendatio
Jan De Nul Group, a family-owned Belgian company with the financial headquarters in Luxembourg, has released a video about the AMORAS project. AMORAS is an acronym that stands for ‘Antwerpse Mechanische Ontwatering, Recyclage en Applicatie van Slib’ (Antwerp Mechanical Dewatering, Recycling and Appl
WERPO, an Israeli wave energy developer, has received a line of credit from the Mercantile Discount Bank. The funding is expected to cover the financial needs of Wave Electricity Renewable Power Ocean (WERPO) for the next 2-3 years, the company’s press release reads. Shmuel Ovadia, Director and inve
KymoGen is pushing forward with the development of their wave energy device, with the first unit scheduled for completion in July 2015. The water testing should follow immediately after the construction work is done. The production units are expected to be completed in September, and the installatio
The year 2014 was exceptional in many ways, Van Oord, a Dutch contracting company that specializes in dredging and land reclamation, announced today. From a financial perspective, Van Oord achieved a record turnover of EUR 2.104 billion (2013: EUR 1.641 billion). It is the first time in the company’
Aquamarine Power’s plans to build the first wave energy farm in Scotland have been postponed for at least five years, and the company has shifted its business to component production. Aquamarine Power was granted planning consent for the construction of 40 MW wave energy site off Lewis island in 201
