Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has signed legal agreements with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Suffolk County, and authorized $68 million in State financing, as part of a three-phase $207 million coastal storm ris
Pulse Structural Monitoring Inc., an Acteon company, has opened a new, purpose-built facility in Katy, Texas, that will provide modern office, production and testing facilities in an established industry hub. The modern 740-m2 facility will support Pulse’s expansion plans in the North American marke
Irelands, Marine and Environmental Sensing Technology Hub (MESTECH) use Chelsea UviLux to detect hydrocarbon levels in Lower Liffey Estuary. Tim Sullivan and Dian Zhang of MESTECH recently deployed a Chelsea Technologies Group hydrocarbon sensor on a trial basis in the Lower Liffey Estuary. This sen
The Liebherr HS 8300 HD Hybrid duty cycle crawler crane weighing over 350 tonnes offers a powerful hybrid drive. When designing the new duty cycle crawler crane Liebherr paid special attention to an extended service life of the machine. In the animation you can see this machine in dredging applicati
CGG announced today that Pemex recently awarded CGG a contract worth close to US $200m for ocean bottom cable (OBC) 3D-4C seismic work in one of the oil company’s most important producing areas, the Ku Maloob Zaap oil field and the light crude oil fields of the Bay of Campeche in the Gulf of Mexico.
Recognizing that there are many ways to work with natural processes at the coast, ABPmer has extended their coastal realignment Online Marine Registry (OMReg) to a wider range of practical shoreline adaptation techniques. It now includes shoreline restorations, “unmanaged” realignments and projects
Statoil Petroleum AS has received consent to use the COSL Pioneer semi-submersible drilling rig for drilling and completion of wells 34/8-C-2 H and 34/8-C-2 AH at Visund Nord. The activity is scheduled to begin in August, with a duration of around 120 days. Visund is an oil field located east of the
The Rohr division of Rohr-Idreco Dredge Systems has announced the successful start-up of another new Floating Gantry 8m3 Clamshell deep digging dredge in France. This dredge is being used to replace an old 6m3 Rohr Gantry Clamshell dredge, which Rohr has rebuilt and sold to another customer. The new
Experts from the United States, Latin America and Europe will participate in the second Panama Canal International Maintenance Congress, scheduled for August 27 – 29, 2014, within the framework of the waterway’s centennial. The main theme of this three-day event will be “Investing in Maintenance: Ke
Chart Industries said that Chart Ferox, its unit in the Czech Republic, has supplied its first skid mounted LNG refuelling station to Gasrec’s Bridgwater site in the UK. The station includes a 30m3 horizontal LNG storage tank, submerged transfer pump & LNG dispenser all mounted within a single frame
Cal Dive International, Inc. has reported a second quarter 2014 loss of $29.1 million, or $0.31 per diluted share, on revenues of $121.7 million. Included in the loss for the second quarter 2014 is a $6.2 million after-tax charge for the provision of doubtful accounts related to a receivable owed by
Mainstream Renewable Power has recently started its detailed geotechnical and geophysical survey of the proposed Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm site. The survey work has started on August 4th 2014 and will continue until approximately September 30th 2014. The planned wind farm site is located i
PSA Norway has reported that the investigation of the hydrocarbon leak of 26 January 2014 on Statfjord C by the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) identified serious breaches of the regulations. Operator Statoil has now been notified of an order by the PSA. The hydrocarbon leak occurred while s
Work on jointing the Normandie 3 subsea cable to the Jersey land cable has started, last week, in the transition bay at Long Beach car park. The operation by Prysmian’s specialist engineers is expected to take about two weeks. The corresponding land/sea transition joint in France was completed last
