CEDA’s Site Visit to the London Gateway Port is scheduled for 6th December 2012. The London Gateway Port project is the most significant Port infrastructure development in the UK. It is located in Essex, on the north bank of the Thames. The final Port will provide nearly 2.7km of deep water berth. T
Iran plans to construct an oceangoing research vessel in the next six months, Managing Director of the Iranian National Institute for Oceanography (INIO) Vahid Chegini told Fars News Agency. According to Mr. Chegini the Iranian experts are in the process of designing, building and equipping the ocea
Recognised across the global subsea industry for its market leading leak detection capabilities, the OceanSENSE Leak Detection System has reinforced its cutting edge technology credentials by forging a new and discreet subsea application. Historically, the detection of seafloor cement returns during
The Charleston District manages many projects in the public eye that have crucial impacts on the nation. One of the District’s most prominent current projects is the Charleston Harbor Post 45 harbor deepening feasibility study. Post 45 has been a main focus for the District’s civil works program for
Funds advised by Oaktree Capital Management, LP and the global shipping major Rickmers Group are joining forces to invest in eight plus eight eco designed newbuild container vessels. Oaktree Capital Management LP is a leading global investment management firm focused on alternative markets with US$8
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has been awarded the contract to supply the gas powered propulsion machinery and corresponding gas storage and handling systems for a new passenger ferry. The ship is being built by Fincantieri Cantieri Navali Italiani in Italy
IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu is to visit Chile this week and will take the opportunity to highlight a number of important issues on the Organization’s current agenda. On 5 December, Mr Sekimizu will speak about IMO’s commitment to sustainable maritime development at the Exponaval conference i
The growth, innovation and manufacturing excellence of Vikoma International Ltd have been recognised with a prestigious business award. Part of Aberdeen-based Energy Environmental Group, Vikoma designs and manufactures specialist oil spill response and pollution control equipment. The company scoope
Waterways Ireland has confirmed that further dredging of the Dublin inner city section of the Grand Canal got underway recently. This work follows on from previous dredging contracts completed on the Grand Canal between November 2009 and April 2011 from Grand Canal Basin to Lock C7 at Portobello. Th
A group of telecommunications operators consisting of Cable & Wireless Communications, Setar, Telconet, Telefónica a Global Solutions and United Telecommunication Services (UTS) have signed a turnkey contract with Alcatel-Lucent to deploy the Pacific Caribbean Cable System (PCCS), a 100G submarine c
Siem Offshore Contractors GmbH (SOC) and J-Power Systems Corporation (JPS) have been awarded a contract with TenneT TSO GmbH (TenneT). The contract is for the supply, installation and commissioning of the 155kV grid connection system for the Innogy Nordsee 1 Offshore Wind Farm (Cable System) project
Kaliningrad Oblast suggests that Belarus should consider the possibility of taking part in the construction and consequent operation of a deep-water port. The information was released by Kaliningrad Oblast Governor Mr Nikolai Tsukanov at the meeting with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko. Th
Energy industry leaders will get together to explore the challenges of subsea pipeline integrity at a high-level business conference in London this week (7 December 2012). Subsea UK is hosting the Subsea Pipelines Integrity Management conference, in partnership with the Pipeline Industries Guild and
Siem Offshore Contractors GmbH (SOC) and J-Power Systems Corporation (JPS) have been awarded the contract for the supply, installation and commissioning of the 155kV grid connection system for the Innogy Nordsee 1 Offshore Wind Farm (Cable System) project by TenneT TSO GmbH (TenneT). SOC is a wholly
