The Consortium for Ocean Leadership (OL) and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) announced ASL Environmental Sciences Inc. will provide Un-Cabled Bio-acoustic Sonar Instruments for the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) Coastal and Global Scale Nodes (CGSN). WHOI, an implementing organ
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has informed the shipping, harbour craft and pleasure craft communities in Singapore’s waters that the Temasek Fairway dredging program has officially commenced. Dredging works will be undertaken by the grab dredgers which will be held by 3 spuds as anc
Two complete Oceanscience Underway SV systems including the Valeport Rapid SV profiler were recently supplied by Swathe Services (Australia) to IXSurvey Australia ahead of a challenging hydrographic survey project in the Fiordland National Park, New Zealand. Rapidly changing sound velocity caused by
OceanServer Technology has received orders for 4 new Iver3 AUVs across 3 different US Navy contracts. The new vehicles will include two standard Iver3-580 units and two new Iver3-450 Nano AUVs. The Iver3 Nano AUVs represent a new class of very small lightweight AUVs weighing less than 39 Lbs with mo
Dredge Yard, the provider of latest dredging equipment and technologies, participated in the Western Dredging Association (WEDA) and Texas University’s Dredging Summit and Expo 2014 that took place at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto, Canada, June 15-18 2014. The participants of the event we
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, awarded a contract worth around $150,000 to IEA Inc., a small business, to install RADAR reflectors along the outer one mile of the Sabine Neches Waterway (SNWW) southern rock jetty in Jefferson County, Texas. Jetties, also known as stone breakwa
Port Canaveral serves the region, the customers and constituencies by facilitating domestic and international Maritime commerce, creating positive regional economic impact while maintaining transparency, effective planning and sound fiscal management practices. Cargo activity at Port Canaveral is ex
A joint venture between Ramboll Oil & Gas and Semco Maritime has been awarded an EPC contract for the provision of onshore and offshore services at Hess Denmark’s platforms in the Danish North Sea. Under a comprehensive framework agreement, Ramboll and Semco Maritime will provide end-to-end services
The Skerries Tidal Stream Array, owned by Marine Current Turbine (MCT) subsidiary Sea Generation (Wales) Ltd, has been notified by the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) that the conditional offer of funding under DECC’s Marine Energy Array Demonstration Fund (MEAD) has been withdrawn. Whi
Wave energy company Aquamarine Power has successfully removed both cylinder modules from their Oyster 800 wave machine as part of a comprehensive summer overhaul, with the firm aiming to recommence Oyster power generation in the autumn. The 800kW test machine, located at the European Marine Energy C
SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad has been awarded two new Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Installation and Commissioning (EPCIC) contracts totalling approximately US$415 million (RM1.3 billion) in areas offshore Malaysia and Thailand by Carigali-PTTEPI Operating Company Sdn Bhd (CPOC) and Hess
Damen Shiprepair Vlissingen, part of Damen Shiprepair & Conversion, has been awarded the contract by a subsidiary of Rowan Companies plc to remodel the Rowan Viking. The Rowan Viking is a Keppel Fels ‘N’ Class Drilling Rig. The rig, which at 124 (l) x 95 (w) x 170 (h) metres is one of the largest [&
U.S. Congressman Frank A. LoBiondo (NJ-02) announced more than $13,7 mln in federal funding to 5 South Jersey environmental restoration projects from the National Fish & Wildlife Foundation under the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Sandy Coastal Resiliency Grants. The Hurricane Sandy Coastal Resil
DCN Diving, the Dutch diving contractor based in Bergen op Zoom, has opened a new hyperbaric testing and training centre. Unique in the Netherlands and indeed uncommon anywhere in the world. In a hall alongside the company’s head office, a permanent professional centre has been established, in which
