The Fight For The Reef campaign today welcomed Premier Campbell Newman’s commitment that his government will “insist” all future dredge spoil will be disposed of onshore and called for the guarantee to be made permanent through a legislated ban. Asked today about dredging and dumping Mr Newman told
The Environment Agency, with the support of Christopher Pincher MP, has officially opened the Fazeley section of the Lower Tame flood scheme. This work has reduced the risk of flooding to 250 properties in the area. Construction of the £3.5million Fazeley section of the scheme began in June 2013 and
Polarcus Limited has announced that JSC Dalmorneftegeophysica (“DMNG”), which has a joint cooperation agreement with Polarcus, has entered into a contract for 3D marine seismic acquisition services for a major energy company offshore Sakhalin. The program, requiring two Polarcus A-Class vessels, wil
Protecting the Texas coast from natural and manmade disasters continues to make headlines in local papers as various agencies and organizations work to find solutions to this complex issue – a solution the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District will be a part of implementing once a way forw
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, awarded a contract in the amount of $5.5 million to Orion Marine Construction Inc., for the maintenance dredging of the Channel to Harlingen and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) in Willacy and Cameron counties, Texas. “The Port of Harlingen
With the oil and gas industry’s push into new energy frontiers, the offshore pipeline industry is faced with greater technical challenges relating to pipelines and the expectation that it will optimise solutions to be cost effective. DNV GL is launching three new Joint Industry Projects (JIPs) to he
With the oil and gas industry’s push into new energy frontiers, the offshore pipeline industry is faced with greater technical challenges relating to pipelines and the expectation that it will optimise solutions to be cost effective. DNV GL is launching three new Joint Industry Projects (JIPs) to he
Dolphin Geophysical has formally been awarded the acquisition and processing of a 7,000 sq.km. SHarp Broadband 3D survey offshore Senegal by Kosmos Energy. The Dolphin high-capacity 3D vessel, Polar Duchess has commenced operations and it will take approximately four months to complete. Dolphin’s Op
The 3rd Marine & Coastal Engineering Summit will take place in Doha, Qatar, from 14–17 September, 2014. The summit will look to highlight master planning marine structures and optimizing cost and time in project delivery and many other issues. This event will bring together government representative
Palfinger Marine has sold a package of three travelling cranes and two foldable knuckle boom cranes to Aker Solutions for the use at the Mariner platform. The Mariner platform will be established at the Statoil-operated Mariner field, which is located on the East Shetland Platform of the UK North Se
A/S Norske Shell has received consent to use the G1 subsea well on the Draugen field. A/S Norske Shell (Shell) is the operator of the Draugen field, located in block 6407/12 in the Norwegian Sea. Production at Draugen began in 1992 and the field has been developed using a fixed, integrated concrete
VOSTA LMG has been awarded a major order for efficient dredge ball joints from leading maritime services company Royal Boskalis Westminster. The order consists of a series of high pressure Crossover ball joints suitable for dredge pipes with an internal diameter of 1000 mm. The Crossover ball joint
The Finnish wave energy technology developer AW-Energy has taken another major step towards commercialising its WaveRoller™ technology. In mid-August the company signed a Framework Agreement with the independent certification organisation Lloyd’s Register Energy. The agreement will see Lloyd’s Regis
Ocean Rig UDW Inc., an international offshore drilling contractor, has chosen Kongsberg Maritime to supply an extensive offshore and navigation simulator package for a brand new training centre.
