A Soviet submarine lost during the World War II was recently found by Swedish divers on the seabed of the Baltic Sea. The submarine was identified thanks to Russian letters still readable on the sub’s hull and the year of 1936 stamped on the main 100-mm gun. Experts of Central Navy Portal suggest it
Drydocks World, the most productive shipyard in the Middle East will have a dedicated service point for ABB turbochargers. ABB Turbocharging will now have a dedicated service point for ABB turbochargers in the Drydocks World facility in Dubai, a leading international player in ship repair, ship conv
Today, the West Africa Cable System (WACS) starts operation in Botswana. According to The Monitor, the government through Botswana Telecommunications Corporation (BTC) and Namibia have entered a joint venture and invested in the WACS. BTC said in a statement: “The cable is designed to support presen
Project management, consultancy and engineering service provider Royal HaskoningDHV has been commissioned by NL Agency to study the 18 km long Agua Blanca dike near Cali in Colombia. The dike protects Colombia’s third-largest city against flooding from the nearby Cauca River, but is very old. Colomb
FOGL, an oil and gas exploration company focused on its extensive licence areas to the South and East of the Falkland Islands, is providing this update on drilling operations at the Loligo prospect. The well has been drilled to a depth of 3,900 metres and is expected to reach total depth (“TD”) toda
BMT JFA Consultants (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, the leading international maritime design, engineering and risk management consultancy, has won a contract with Western Australia’s Department of Transport (DoT) to provide construction management services at Exmouth Boat Harbour and Coral Ba
Fleming Gulf Conferences in association with aiVP and ASC presents the most sought after ports and docks conference – The Port Management Strategy Summit 2013. This one of its kind forum will provide a unique opportunity for the port authorities, dock yards, government bodies, stakeholders, service
MEO Australia Limited has announced that at 6:00am Darwin time on Monday, September 10, Eni Australia Ltd (Eni) as operator of the NT/P68 exploration permit had drilled the Heron South-1 445mm (17½”) hole to a depth of 2,914mMDRT (metres Measured Depth below Rotary Table). There have been no reporta
Nido Petroleum Limited announces that the Galoc Joint Venture has approved the Final Investment Decision (FID) on the Phase II Development of the Galoc oil field in the North West Palawan Basin, offshore Philippines. The Phase II Development involves the drilling of two new horizontal wells tied bac
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District is nearing completion of a comprehensive evaluation of seven federally-constructed levees in Alice, Freeport, Lynchburg, Matagorda, Port Arthur, Texas City and Three Rivers, Texas, as part of the Corps’ Levee Safety Program. Using state-of-the-art
The shipbuilders of General Dynamics NASSCO have completed the structural assembly and weld-out of 26,241 metric tons of steel to erect the entire structure of the first Mobile Landing Platform (MLP) for the U.S. Navy. Construction of the ship is progressing on schedule and under budget, with delive
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is holding a public meeting on Thursday, September 13, 1 p.m. at Herkimer County Community College (HCCC), Herkimer, NY, to discuss Mohawk River flooding and flood mitigation strategies, the agency announced. The meeting will include
A team of archaeologists and technicians assembled by NOAA yesterday started creating a three-dimensional sonar map to document the… [mappress] Source: NOAA, September 11, 2012
On September 6, the construction of the world’s most advanced semi-submersible accommodation and service platform N511, designed and built by COSCO (Nantong) Shipyard for COTEMAR, has started in COSCO (Nantong) Shipyard. N511 adopted the OCEAN 500 model provided by GUSTO MSC. The detailed design, pr
