The 23,545kW self-propelled cutter suction dredger AL BAHAR C/D HUTA 12 is currently going through sea trials, prior to its delivery to the owner. IHC Merwede (now Royal IHC) has successfully named and launched the state-of-the-art vessel in a ceremony at the company’s shipyard in Kinderdijk, the Ne
Stonehenge Metals is raising up to $1.5 million through a rights issue to fund exploration of its existing South Korean projects as well as assessing the commercialisation potential of the Protean wave energy technology. The company is offering shareholders up to 300,728,672 new shares priced at $0.
Dhaka WASA Drainage (O&M) Circle has recently launched the Urban Dredging Demonstration Project (UDDP) as part of the Water Operators Partnership (WOP) between Dhaka WASA and Vitens Evides International (VEI). The launch is part of a recently started 10-year dredging program by Dhaka WASA to clean a
Following the storms of Christmas 2013 and February 2014, more than £1.4 million has been pledged for coastal repairs in Christchurch. Around £1.2 million of this is coming from the Environment Agency after Christchurch Council put in bids for work to repair damaged groynes and promenades and for be
A new Green Infrastructure (GI) guide, launched this week at World Water Week, is set to raise much needed awareness of the benefits of GI solutions for water resources management, according to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). The Green Infrastructure Guide for Water Management: Ecosys
Reef Subsea has safely and successfully concluded the L5 Sierra Pipeline and Bøyla development projects, both delivered ahead of the schedule set by their clients Technip and GDF SUEZ. Reef Subsea brought the L5 Pipeline project, located 96 kilometres off the coast of The Netherlands, to a close in
Reef Subsea has informed it has completed work on the L5 Sierra Pipeline and Bøyla development projects, in The Netherlands and Norway, respectively.
The Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) has today welcomed the report of the Senate Committee Inquiry into the management of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and the concerns expressed about the threat from dredging, dumping and rapid industrialization and called for all parties to suppo
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced yesterday a $300,000 state grant award to evaluate a shore protection system and maximize the marine habitat at Great Kills Harbor, which was heavily hit by Superstorm Sandy. The storm caused significant erosion to Staten Island’s bluffs and beaches as well as Grea
InterMoor, an Acteon company, has opened a major new storage, maintenance and inspection facility in Aberdeen, UK. The new base – on a three-acre site with a warehouse, 20 permanent onsite staff and a multi-million pound mooring inventory – will support InterMoor’s global mooring operations with a f
Work on the £36m Clacton to Holland on Sea Coast Protection Scheme is now fully underway. The old groynes along the first kilometer of beach, opposite the Port of London Authority Radar Mast, have been removed and the Sospan Dau, a shallow draft dredging vessel, has recharged with sand and shingle t
TGE Marine Gas Engineering signed a contract for one firm and one optional vessel for the design and supply of the cargo handling system, LNG fuel gas system and LNG cargo tanks for the world’s first LNG bunker ship of 5,100 m3 capacity with Hanjin Heavy Industries, Korea. The ship was ordered by NY
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, created approximately 850 acres of wetlands in 2014 through the beneficial placement of approximately 60 percent of the material dredged from Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River. “With Louisiana continuing to lose its coastal wetlands, the
The Australian Greens will introduce a Private Member’s Bill to the Senate today to ban offshore dumping in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area and backdate it so that it is illegal for the Abbot Point offshore dumping to proceed. “The Senate Inquiry established by the Greens into the Great B
