The Florida Department of Environmental Protection is holding the first stakeholder meeting to begin hammering out the Suwannee River Basin Management Action Plan. The plan will plot the course for restoring the Suwannee River and the unique spring systems that feed it, with activities throughout a
Pacific Fleet (PF) measurement ship Marshall Krylov headed by Capt 1 Rank Igor Shalyna returned to homebase Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky after completion of special tasks at sea. Through two weeks of deployment, the ship has passed over 2,000 nautical miles. Marshall Krylov was tasked to record telemetr
Deltares is helping the city of New York to devise a New York City Comprehensive Waterfront Plan. The plan describes a vision for restructuring a number of districts close to the coast, with the aim of combining urban development with water safety. The main reason for taking action is a pressing lac
With the christening of the new pilot station vessel ’Polaris’, Alphatron Marine of Rotterdam has completed the design, installation and commissioning of one of the most comprehensive deliveries since its founding in 1991. In close cooperation with Fysergo, a Dutch company specialised in ergonomic w
Bluefin Robotics, a leading provider of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), is celebrating the company’s fifteenth-year anniversary this month. Incorporated on November 21, 1997, Bluefin ‘spun out’ of the AUV Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). From a small group of en
Recently, CCCC First Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd. and CCCC Tianjin Dredging Co., Ltd. have won the bid for Section B and C of Phase 2 of cofferdam construction in the south of the bulk area of Huanghua Port, with a contract value of 427 million yuan and a construction period of 300 days. Located in
Aker Solutions’ operating revenues were NOK 11 158 million in the third quarter of 2012. Year-to-date revenues are 32 per cent higher than in the first nine months of 2011. Quarterly earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) amounted to NOK 1 122 million with a margin of
Golar LNG Limited announced yesterday that it has entered into an agreement to sell the companies that own and operate the LNG Carrier Golar Grand, together with its time-charter, to Golar LNG Partners L.P. for a price of USD265 million. The transaction is subject to the satisfaction of certain clos
On October 23, the breakwater project in Xuwei area of Lianyungang Port in Jiangsu Province broke ground. With a length of 21.8 kilometers, the breakwater project will cost 4.38 billion yuan. Section DXP-SG1 undertaken by CCCC Third Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd. involves a 4,000-meter breakwater and
Nautilus Minerals Inc. (the “Company” or “Nautilus Minerals”) announces the discovery of two (2), high grade, Seafloor Massive Sulfide (“SMS”) systems on its wholly owned exploration tenements in the territorial waters of the Kingdom of Tonga (“Tonga”). Grab samples from these discoveries assayed up
Aquaterra Energy, a supplier of centraliser products has secured a contract to design and install 260 centralisers for BP Azerbaijan in their latest development on the West Chirag Platform in the Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli (ACG) oil fields in the Caspian Sea. The Aquaterra Energy contract includes pre-en
Armando Duarte-Peláez, a longtime board member of Colombia’s Sociedad Portuaria de Santa Marta, was formally installed on Oct. 25 as the American Association of Port Authorities’ (AAPA) chairman of the board for 2012-13. Sr. Duarte accepted his new chairmanship duties at a membership meeting in Mobi
Helix Energy Solutions Group’s new T1200 burial and trenching unit is quickly establishing a positive track record following the completion of an oil and gas project in the North Sea. The T1200 features a 1,200hp jet trenching spread, capable of burying product in water depths to 3,000m (10,000ft).
As the New Year deadline looms, Propulsion Dynamics has seen a 20% increase in ship numbers in its proven performance tool. Hull and propeller performance monitoring service CASPER has reached a milestone with the completion of its 5,000th report. Propulsion Dynamics’ Computerized Analysis of Ship P
