The global energy crisis has forced nations around the globe to ponder whether they need to pick between energy security and net-zero goals. Can both be obtained simultaneously? This is the question on everyone’s mind.
The global energy sector’s transition from fossil-based systems of energy production to renewable energy sources is proving to be an increasingly challenging goal to attain, especially in the context of current energy security and supply setbacks. However, offshore renewable energies – mainly offsho
With vessels and carriers ever increasing in size deeper and wider access channels are needed. In Germany, Van Oord maintains the navigable depths on the River Elbe that provides access to the countries largest harbour in Hamburg. “Our diverse fleet of dredging equipment is capable to make waterways
The official opening of the Vistula Spit shipping channel in Poland took place earlier this week. The geopolitically important project significantly reduces the distance between the Port of Elblag and the Baltic Sea, making the port more accessible to maritime traffic. The Maritime Office of Gdynia
ECOncrete and Etermar have announced a successful deployment of the first ‘blue’ Tetrapods at the Port of Leixões in Portugal. According to their official statement, Etermar S.A. used ECOncrete technology to take these classic concrete coastal protection units to the next level. As part of a pilot p
In an area near Groningen, the Netherlands, a sea dike has been reinforced with ripened clay made from salty dredged sediment – the project that has never been done before. The sediment has matured into solid dike clay in three years, a process that takes many years in nature. According to EcoShape,
Royal IHC has taken a step further to become one of the world’s leading suppliers of sustainable dredging solutions with the launch of fully electrically powered IHC Beaver cutter suction dredger series. As announced today, the company is expanding its portfolio of standard Cutter Suction Dredgers (
A joint venture of Van Oord and DEME has won a contract from Allseas for the Darwin Pipeline Duplication Project located offshore Northern Australia. Van Oord and DEME will be responsible for providing support for the shallow water pipeline installation scope in Northern Territory waters, including
Van Oord has won two new contracts to reinforce the coast at the Romanian seaside resorts of Jupiter-Neptun and Balta Mangalia, Venus and Aurora. The projects consist not only of smart engineering; sustainability is also a major topic in the development. According to Van Oord, several of the current
Ashtead Technology is expanding its mechanical solutions service offering with the acquisition of WeSubsea, a provider of subsea dredging technology solutions. The transaction is expected to close during the fourth quarter of the year and will be Ashtead’s sixth acquisition in the past five years. A
A closer look at this week’s snapshot of the most recent energy transition-related developments reveals an outline of what the future may hold for the sector.
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards led a delegation of business and state leaders on an economic development, water management and resiliency mission to the Netherlands last week. The visit is the result of an invitation from the Kingdom of the Netherlands Special Envoy for International Water Affa
The words energy transition were on everybody’s lips in the last couple of years, but policymakers from European countries now see that in the short term energy security is more relevant than an energy transition.
Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company (GLDD), the largest provider of dredging services in the United States, established the Department of Ocean Engineering Laboratory for Dredging and Coastal Studies Renovation Fund at Texas A&M University earlier this week. By establishing the fund, GLDD will conti
