Progress is on schedule with the Miami Harbor deepening and widening project, including the successful construction of artificial reefs and relocation of about a thousand healthy corals. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, and its contractors are at the 35 percent completion mar
Unique HYDRA, a division of the Unique Maritime Group which is one of the world’s leading integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solutions provider has received their second order this year, for its diving daughtercraft system called the HYDRACraft. Unique Hydra has spent the past twelve months enga
Rolls-Royce has won a £50m contract to deliver deck machinery for four large anchor handlers for Edison Chouest Offshore. The vessels are designed by North American Shipbuilder Inc. and will be built in Brazil by Estaleiro Navship LTDA. The four vessels have been specially developed to operate in
U.S. Senator David Vitter, the lead Senate Republican negotiator for the Water Resources Reform & Development Act (WRRDA), will attend the bill signing ceremony at the White House. President Obama will sign WRRDA, Vitter’s signature legislation, at 10:45 am ET today. Vitter secured several provision
A public meeting about the River Thames will take place at Erith Yacht Club, Anchor Bay Wharf, Manor Road, Erith, Kent, DA8 2AD on Wednesday 18 June 2014 at 6.30pm. This meeting will be an opportunity to put questions and issues about the Thames direct to senior staff from the Port of London Authori
A recent study of phytoplankton by a NOC scientist has found cyanobacteria apparently remain the faster growing CO2 fixers in the oligotrophic ocean, which covers almost 40 percent of the Earth’s surface. The scientific research paper by Professor Mikhail Zubkov, has been published in the Nature Com
Circle Oil Plc has started drilling of the well EMD-1 on the offshore Mahdia Permit using the drillship PetroSaudi Discoverer. The well is located within the vicinity of many producing fields, including the Tazerka, Birsa, Oudna, and Halk El Menzel oil fields, and the Maamoura gas field. The well is
The Ponce De Leon Inlet dredging scheme is currently underway. Mariners are notified to use caution when navigating Ponce De Leon Inlet from the Intracoastal Waterway along the Halifax River to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Intracoastal Waterway along the Indian River to the Atlantic Ocean. The 15
A Royal Navy minehunter has been working alongside NATO forces in the Mediterranean to practise hunting and destroying mines as part of an international task force. HMS Blyth exercised her skills as part of Standing NATO Mine Counter Measures Group 2 (SNMCMG2) which is made up of ships from the UK,
The Brownsville Public Utilities Board’s Resaca Restoration Project is making progress. This project is necessary because sediment, trash and other debris has built up over the years, impeding water flow in these waterways. The only way to return the resacas to their original depth is to dredge them
Surrey based Planet Ocean Ltd has announced the sale of two LISST-100-XC (Laser In Situ Scattering and Transmissometry) instruments to Bangor University. The LISST-100X instrument manufactured by Sequoia Scientific Bellevue, WA, is a multi-parameter system for in-situ observations of particle size d
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) regional office has yet to give the green light for swimming at the Iloilo River as coliform concentrations are still above standards. However, the current trend shows the general improvement of water quality in the river especially improvem
Oceana denounces the European Commission plan to develop deep-sea mining operations, and appeals to EU citizens to oppose this destructive activity by participating in the public consultation, which is open until June 16th, 2014. Deep-sea mining is one of the most extreme activities taking place in
The City Government of Balanga plans to reduce incidents of flooding in the city and minimize their adverse effects when the rainy season comes this year. Employing a two-pronged approach, the city government has invested on infrastructure to control flooding and reforestation to prevent it. Collabo
