MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has secured a new contract from Chinese shipbuilder, Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding Ltd, for two 100-tonne active heave-compensated subsea MacGregor cranes. The cranes will be fitted to two 86-metre multi-purpose platform supply vessels (PSVs) under construction at the yard.
Plaquemines Parish Government hosted a Dredging Industry Day at the Belle Chasse Auditorium on Thursday, August 14. The parish will be going out to bid on Reach B-2 from Fort Jackson to Venice on vegetated ridge projects in Plaquemines. The project will allow for enhanced flood protection to reduce
EMAS AMC has been awarded a three-year frame agreement with Apache North Sea Ltd. for offshore construction services, following completion of a competitive tender exercise.
The crane deliveries for this order are scheduled to begin in August 2014 and finish by the end of February 2015.
Dredging works on the rivers Parrett and Tone are in full swing. Dredging continues on both banks of the river Parrett at Westonzoyland Pumping Station and on both banks further upstream towards the A361 road bridge. On the river Tone works continue with two land based excavators and a floating piec
Norwegian geophysical services company EMGS is looking to increase its shareholding in North Energy ASA.
Marine systems integration specialist Fastwave has recently been appointed Australian distributor by Kongsberg Maritime for the supply, installation, training, service and support of the SEAGLIDER system. The Seaglider is an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) developed for continuous, long term dat
Minister of Manpower and Migration Nahed el-Ashri said that the Ministry stands fully ready to provide support to the New Suez Canal Project. Ashri said that she asked the manpower chief in Ismailia Gamal Abdel-Salam to assess the cost of the project’s needs in order to provide them. The minister ma
The next round of improvement works to be carried out on the southern breakwater at the Mackay Marina will commence from Monday, August 25, and continue until sometime around the end of the year. Accordingly, in the interests of safety, public access to the breakwater will not be permitted while the
Dredge Yard, dedicated to the dredging and mining industries, will take part at the Latin American Congress of Ports annual meeting that will be held in less than a week in Puerto Iguazú in Argentina. The company’s objectives are to showcase its latest innovations in realm of dredging and mining equ
Five years ago the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, and Port of Bay City partnered on the study and new construction of an east jetty at the Mouth of the Colorado River to stabilize the shallow draft navigation channel and reduce maintenance dredging requirements. Today, that infras
Minister for Ports David Hodgett today called on Shadow Ports Minister Natalie Hutchins to face him in a debate on the Coalition Government and the Labor Opposition’s opposing policies for Victoria’s second container port. The Coalition Government has already commenced planning works for a second co
Duprojet is a new hydrodynamic dredging unit which is solely available through Land and Water Services. “Duprojet has been designed by our partners Silt UK, with whom we have worked to develop the system over the last 12 months,” announced land-water.co.uk. This road transportable and versatile unit
Lloyd’s Register has launched its new Rules for Offshore Units in one single document following an in-depth consultation with industry.
