Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) will host a webinar named ‘Deepwater Horizon 10: A Decade of Restoration’ today. “Join CPRA’s Chief of Engineering, Rudy Simoneaux, for a presentation on CPRA’s efforts to restore our coast since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill that occur
With about 126m² of land reclaimed from the sea, the reclamation works of the Ghana Tema New Container Terminal Project, undertaken by China Communications Construction’s subsidiary CHEC, were successfully finished recently. As the largest hydraulic project in Ghana at the moment, the project – whic
City of Del Mar, CA, is advancing a program to streamline the placement of high-quality sand on the city beaches and has released an environmental document for public review. With mitigation and monitoring, the Sand Compatibility Opportunistic Use Program – or SCOUP – would not cause significant imp
The City of Fremantle, WA, has successfully completed the construction of a temporary rock wall to protect coastal assets at Port Beach from erosion. In December last year Fremantle Council approved the construction of a temporary rock wall as the preferred interim measure to protect facilities incl
The Western Nigeria’s Kwara State Government has kicked off the dredging operations on the Asa River in Ilorin, the state capital, to prevent the annual flood disaster in the metropolis. According to local media, it was noticed on Monday that – in spite of the lockdown of the state – workers dredgin
Dredging operations at Timaru’s port have been successfully wrapped up, New Zealand’s news site Stuff reports. According to the PrimePort Timaru chief executive, Phil Melhopt, the trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Albatross was stationed in Timaru where it had been keeping the main channel into
Oslo-listed seismic player SeaBird has decided to reduce costs further and postpone capex until the market situation normalizes. The company said that immediate effects of the COVID-19 situation are operational. In particular, SeaBird said it is experiencing difficulties with crew changes for existi
U.S. offshore vessel operator Hornbeck Offshore has entered into a restructuring support agreement for comprehensive balance sheet restructuring.
Edinburgh-headquartered Renewable Infrastructure Development Group (RIDG) has expanded its team with two hires in preparation for the ScotWind offshore wind seabed leasing round in Scotland. Isla Robb will lead on RIDG’s Supply Chain and Skills as an Associate Director, working to ensure that the RI
Energy services group Three60 Energy has won a framework contract to deliver engineering and support services for minor modification and repair services on Spirit Energy’s UKCS assets.
Clir Renewables has optimized the performance of more than 1 GW of offshore wind assets in Europe by the end of the first quarter of 2020. According to Clir Renewables, this milestone follows 2019’s mammoth year of offshore wind construction, with 3 GW installed in Europe alone. The company explains
Offshore helicopter operator Bristow and its peer Era Group are one step closer to closing their previously announced merger after clearing an antitrust hurdle.
GCL Oil & Natural Gas has entered into a framework deal with the Hague-based energy giant Shell to market and trade liquefied natural gas in eastern China. Under the deal, the privately-owned Chinese company and Shell will look into setting up a joint venture in eastern China. The proposed venture w
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has refinanced its revolving credit facility (RCF) providing the company with EUR 500 million committed bank financing until April 2025. The new facility was coordinated by ING Bank and is provided by a syndicate of seven banks (ABN AMRO Bank, BNP Paribas,
