The planned interconnector between Norway and the UK will fall under UK’s new regulatory framework for electricity interconnectors. This follows from the criteria the British authorities submitted for consultation 23 May. The UK regulator Ofgem announced 23 May the framework conditions for revenue r
The shallow draft dredger “Murden” is working to clean up shoaling in Barnegat Inlet, New Jersey. This area requires dredging to provide reliable maritime navigation for the U.S. Coast Guard and a large fishing fleet consisting of full-time commercial, charter and recreational vessels. [mappress] Dr
RWE Dea Norway AS, an operator of production license 420 (Titan), has completed drilling of appraisal wells 35/9-11 S and 35/9-11 A in oil, gas and condensate discovery 35/9-6 S, in the Norwegian part of the North Sea.
U.S. Senator Mark Begich hailed last week’s passage of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA), a key piece of legislation for the nation’s marine transportation infrastructure that includes a Begich provision changing guidelines that had made it very difficult for Alaska ports and ha
GeoSea has finalized the installation of the foundations for the Westermost Rough (UK) offshore wind farm project. This DONG Energy project consists of 35 wind turbine positions 9 km from the coast near Hull in the north east of England, UK. As main contractor for the foundations GeoSea has been res
Port Macquarie-Hastings Council will host a public information session early next month to present the results of a project to map sea level rise (SLR) across the local government area. The session will be held on June 10, between 5 pm and 7 pm in the function room at Council’s administration centre
U.S. Senator Al Franken (D-Minn.) said Minnesota waterways and shipping infrastructure will get much-needed upgrades under the bipartisan Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA), which passed the Senate recently and now heads to the President Obama’s desk to be signed into law. The measur
Tullow Oil plc has announced that exploration well 31/2-21S which was targeting the Gotama prospect, offshore Norway, did not encounter reservoir quality sandstones in the Upper Jurassic main target. The well encountered reservoir quality sandstones in the secondary targets, but these intervals are
Spectrum has started a 10,000 kilometer Multi-Client 2D seismic survey offshore Brazil in the Sergipe and Alagoas basins along the Eastern Margin of Brazil. The new acquisition program will tie key wells in the Basins, including the recent Barra, Muriu, and Farfan discoveries in the Sergipe Basin. T
Yesterday, CMA CGM’s 334-metre long Cendrillon, the longest ship ever entering the Port of Koper, was moored alongside the Container Terminal. Cendrillon is the first in a series of five larger ships that the French container shipping company will include in the existing Phoenician Express service t
Spectrum has started a 10,000 kilometer Multi-Client 2D seismic survey offshore Brazil in the Sergipe and Alagoas basins along the Eastern Margin of Brazil. The new acquisition program will tie key wells in the Basins, including the recent Barra, Muriu, and Farfan discoveries in the Sergipe Basin. T
The Hambantota Sea Port Project will greatly accelerate economic development in Sri Lanka’s Southern Province, the Hambatota Sea Port Project Manager Liu Hong Shen said. Shen was addressing an awards ceremony at Kirala Kele Hotel at Ambalantota where the best performers in the phase two of the Hamba
Neumann Contractors have recently completed dredging works in Queensland’s Burnett River near Kirby’s Wall. The job involved deepening the navigational channel and placement of the material behind “Kirby’s Wall”. Neumann performed the work using their 450mm cutter suction dredger Nu Endeavour couple
Bechtel, the global engineering, project management, and construction company, said today that five of the company’s leading authorities on port infrastructure will share their views and research findings at the 33rd PIANC World Congress. The event, which takes place June 1-5 in San Francisco, will
