IHC Hydrohammer®, a subsidiary of IHC Merwede and market leader in the field of pile driving equipment, is continuing to make a major investment in sustainable and innovative solutions. IHC Hydrohammer® invested a total of € 37 million to expand its fleet of rental pile drivers as well as the furthe
A ship carrying a giant metal containment box has set off for the site where a sunken oil rig has been leaking oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Oil giant BP says it is hopeful the 100-tonne device will help to contain the oil and funnel it to a tanker. The US is to carry […]
Delaware tourism officials said it’s possible to make Lewes a port of call for small cruise ships, but it will take longer than they expected. State tourism Director Linda Parkowski said packaging Lewes with other ports of call such as Cape May, N.J., and Delaware City, the home of Fort Delaware, wo
A Russian oil tanker seized by pirates off Yemen was freed by Russian warship ‘Marshal Shaposhnikov’ late Wednesday with the vessel’s entire crew being released unharmed, officials told media. ‘MV Moscow University’ belonging to Novorossiyk Shipping Company was sailing from Sudan to China carrying 8
A CONSENT hearing to dredge and dump sediment at inshore locations has been adjourned so that overseas expert witnesses can attend. Pine Harbour Marina has applied to Auckland Regional Council for a 20-year consent to dredge up to 3000 cubic metres of sediment annually from the marina’s approach cha
Course of business Revenues in the first months of 2010 were about 10% lower than in the same period in 2009, which is in line with earlier expectations. However, from early March activity levels are improving underpinned by a strong tendering activity and an increasing backlog. Beside lower work vo
Fincantieri and the US cruise group Carnival Corporation have announced a new order to build two prototype ships for the Princess Cruises brand. The contract confirms a Memorandum of Understanding signed in February.
Talisman Energy in the North Sea said its UK production slumped by a fifth or 20% in the first quarter this year falling to 86,000 boe/d compared with the first quarter last year and down 7% compared with the fourth quarter last year.
Grouting seals for wind turbines are notoriously difficult to produce, with many failing during installation. With a recent Government announcement that 6,000 new wind turbines will be built around the coast of the UK in the next few years, this is a problem that needs a solution. That solution come
The project is located along the west side of Broad Creek, a tributary to the Eastern Branch of the Elizabeth River, between Interstate 264… [mappress] Source: nao.usace, May 6, 2010
Baolihua New Energy Stock Co. Ltd., a new energy developer in southern China’s Guangdong Province, plans to build the country’s largest… [mappress] Source: interfax, May 06, 2010;
Residents and local businesses in Portsea on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula are blaming dredging for major beach erosion over the past 12… [mappress] Source: topweb, May 6, 2010;
With the ability to produce 10 MW of power or more, the SeaTitan is expected to be the world’s most powerful wind turbine. This wind turbine [mappress] Source: nextbigfuture, May 05, 2010;
That could change.
