Norwegian wave power developer Havkraft recently launched its first prototype of a wave power system. One and a half year after Havkraft received NOK 4.5 million (approximately EUR 506,015) in funding from Innovation Norway, the prototype of the wave power device was installed off the Norwegian muni
APT Global Marine Services recently successfully dry-docked both cutter suction dredger HAM 218 as well as water injection dredger Iguazú for the Van Oord Ship Management B.V. at DMC Dubai. With these 2 dry-dockings completed (HAM 218 being the first large cutter suction dredger to ever dry dock wit
On the way from the generator to converter, a wind system generates substantial losses in the transmission of electrical energy. In order to reduce these losses, especially in offshore wind turbines, scientists at the Technical University Dresden want to increase the electricity voltage. If the gene
Wello has completed the third test season of the Penguin wave energy converter. During this test season the device was deployed on site six months continuously. All components inside the device are still original from 2011. The Wello Penguin captures kinetic energy turning it into usable power while
DP World Chairman HE Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem met with the President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni at DP World’s flagship Jebel Ali port in Dubai yesterday to discuss areas of future cooperation and mutual interest between Dubai and Uganda. The meeting provided an opportunity for the global marine termi
Four weeks after the start of dredging in the Agargaon canal, the Urban Dredging Demonstration Project (UDDP) officials organised a dredging and WASH demonstration event with chief quest, Engr. Taqsem A Khan, Managing Director of DWASA. The UDDP officials also invited other colleagues from DWASA and
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., LLC, from Oak Brook, Illinois, has won a $25.6 million firm-fixed-price contract for the Arthur Kill Channel Navigation project. This development program will include the following activities: dredging, blasting and disposal of rock. Work will be performed in Elizabeth
The Mines and Geosciences Bureau Region- 2 (MGB R02) through MGB Regional Director Mario Ancheta confirmed that black sand dredging along the shorelines of Cagayan province has been stopped. Ancheta ordered the former black sand dredging permitees to conduct rehabilitation efforts in mining areas. H
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) denied a request for a rehearing of orders for a tidal energy proposal in the Admiralty Inlet in Snohomish County, Washington, USA. On March 20, FERC issued the license order and then the preemption order in June, both of which were objected by PC Landing
Last month, QED Naval carried out tests on its Subhub tidal turbine foundation structure at the new Flowave Ocean Test Facility in Edinburgh. Flow tests at zero, 15 and 30 cross flow angles were conducted using perforated discs to generate the correct drag load of the turbines. The forces and moment
It’s been a hugely significant weekend for Brisbane Airport’s New Parallel Runway project, with the final cubic metre of sand pumped onto the 360 hectare site. Dredging began on June 4 and favorable weather over the last six months allowed the Belgian dredge ‘Charles Darwin’ to pump ashore nearly 11
A draft environmental assessment for repairs to the Little Sioux InterCounty Drainage District’s flood control works project in Monona and Harrison Counties, Iowa, is currently available for public review. The draft EA evaluates the environmental impacts of repairing damages to four areas of the pro
The Minister of Infrastructure and the Environment, Melanie Schultz van Haegen, has recently visited the Koopmanspolder in Andijk. The Minister turned on the low-energy water link between the IJsselmeer and the Koopmanspolder, which consists of a windmill and a fish-friendly outlet through which wat
Heavy rains in the state of Veracruz, Mexico between September and October of 2010 led to the overflow of the Jamapa and Cotaxtla rivers. This caused flooding and major damage in the surrounding urban areas, particularly in the municipalities of Medellin and Boca del Rio, south of the city of Veracr
