The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a contract to replenish the Virginia Beach oceanfront. The $11.92 million renourishment project, which will begin Dec. 1, includes the placement of 1,250,000 cubic yards of sand from 17th Street to 70th Street. “These sand replenishment proj
Arnout Damen, COO of Damen Shipyards Group, officially opened a new office in Norwegian Stavanger on 16 November 2012. When asked why Dutch headquartered Damen Shipyards sets up an advanced base in Stavanger, its new Sales Manager Remko Hottentot said: “It is the European Oil & Gas capital and the p
PETRONAS announced that natural gas production from the Berantai Field was successfully brought on stream on 20 October 2012. The gas is currently being exported at a rate of 50 mmscfd from the field’s first three wells and is expected to achieve 80 mmscfd with the addition of two wells by end of th
A public information meeting for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Grays Harbor Navigation Improvement Project begins at 6:30 p.m., Dec. 5, at the Port of Grays Harbor offices in Aberdeen, Wash. The meeting will focus on the status of the Corps’ General Investigation, a navigation study overview, dat
BMT Nigel Gee Ltd, a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, the leading international maritime design, engineering and risk management consultancy, announces that three new Windfarm Support Vessels built to a BMT design have been launched over a period of ten days from three different shipyards, two in Europe
Sydney Ports Corporation has achieved eleven consecutive years of annual container trade growth through Port Botany – the just released 2011/12 Annual Report confirming container volumes are up by 1 per cent to 2.036 million TEUs. Sydney Ports Chief Executive Officer Grant Gilfillan said the volume
ScottishPower Renewables is to help fund courses at Dumfries and Galloway College and Ayr College that will allow students to gain industry recognised qualifications and help them on their way to becoming wind turbine technicians. The company’s funding and support will aid the introduction of course
Korea’s Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) has delivered King Gregory, a 52,000-dwt tanker, to Consolidated Marine Management (CMM), the shipping branch of the Latsis Group. King Gregory, HMD’s hull No. 2345 delivered earlier this month, is the first of two medium-range (MR), IMO II & III-class oil/chemica
3000t offshore pipe-laying floating crane exhibited by ZPMC won the silver award at the 14th China International Industry Fair (CIIF) which took place at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre from November 6 to 10. At the fair, ZPMC focused on demonstrating its strength and performance in the o
The Nautical Instituteon, on Wednesday 21 November, announced the publication of Industry Recommendations for ECDIS Familiarisation to promote clarity around Generic Training and Familiarisation regarding Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (ECDIS). The guidance has been issued by the E
2G Robotics has collaborated with C&C Technologies, a leader in AUV technology to produce a new multi-sensor AUV for underwater pipeline surveying. To provide a very detailed pipeline inspection requires multiple sensors in order to create a full understanding of the asset. With this in mind, C&C’s
Recently, CCCC Tianjin Dredging Co., Ltd. has won the bid for the reclamation project in the east of the east port basin of Tianjin Nangang Industrial Zone, with a contract value of 2.25 billion yuan and a construction period of two years. Located in the south of Tianjin Binhai New Area, with a recl
To make Maasvlakte 2 accessible to shipping, the PUMA contracting consortium (Boskalis and Van Oord) has started excavation of the temporary dam between the Yangtzehaven and the Maasvlakte 2 ports. The contractor will leverage the water’s force for the very last part. This coming weekend the dam bet
SES and Astrium Services announced today they have signed capacity deals to deliver connectivity to vessels around Latin America as well as in the North Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. Astrium Services will renew capacity on the SES-4 satellite to provide its customers with managed
