The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, is placing roughly 3.5 million cubic yards of sand along Rockaway Beach from Beach 19th to Beach 149th to replace sand lost during Hurricane Sandy. This work will restore the beach to its design profile – making it better than it was before Sandy’
The Houston Ship Channel dredging scheme is scheduled to commence next month, announced the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District. RLB Contracting Inc. will perform maintenance dredging within the Houston Ship Channel from Carpenters Bayou to Greens Bayou and in the deep-draft portion of
GE Oil & Gas, Mexico’s state-owned oil and gas company Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX), and the Mexico Institute of Petroleum (IMP), have signed a technology collaboration agreement focused on the oil and gas sector, with the sponsorship of PEMEX. The agreement, which was signed on April 8, will initial
Bristow Group, which operates the largest fleet of commercial helicopters in the world for offshore transport to oil and gas platforms, will appear for the first time at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) 2014. Visitors to Bristow’s air-conditioned booth #917 will have a first-time glimpse of
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is repairing and restoring previously constructed coastal projects like the Sea Bright to Manasquan project throughout the region. The work at Long Branch is one of four contracts that were awarded to repair and restore beaches from Sea Bright to Manasquan in norther
Westport Innovations announced the launch of final customer validation units of the next generation Westport high pressure direct injection (Westport™ HPDI 2.0) on the Weichai Westport WP12 engine platform. The Weichai Westport WP 12 HPDI is China’s first engine featuring Westport HPDI technology, d
6 Alpha Associates, the strategic advisor for managing high risk offshore initiatives, has signed a long-term framework contract with TenneT, the European grid operator responsible for connecting offshore wind projects to the German electricity network. The agreement will see 6 Alpha Associates prov
Although its safety management offering, called the VIKING Offshore Safety Agreement, was released only last year, marine and fire safety equipment leader VIKING Life-Saving Equipment has already had a number of significant wins. Among these is a newly inked, multi-year servicing contract signed wit
Norwegian Electric Systems recently got the contracts for two diesel electric propulsion systems for Esvagt’s newbuildings, hull no. 1085 and 1086. The vessels are going to be built in Singapore, and these are NES’ 5th and 6th deliveries to Esvagt in 2 years. The scope of supply for each vessel incl
AGR has been awarded a frame agreement with Det norske to provide well services and consultancy resources to the operator’s projects on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). The frame agreement starts May 1, 2014 with duration of three years. The possible additional two plus two years’ extension wi
ITT Corporation has announced that the company will showcase its extensive array of essential products and services for customers in the global oil and gas industry May 5-8 at the annual Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, which draws approximately 90,000 attendees from more than 120 countrie
Solstad’s Multi Purpose Offshore Vessel “Normand Cutter” has arrived at Damen Shiprepair yard in Rotterdam. Damen Shipyards Group has announced through social media that the vessel arrived at the yard for the following repair items: overhaul of all four main engines, overhaul of the 300-ton SWL Nati
A piece of mid 19th century French pottery from Bordeaux has been found during the archaeological supervision carried out as part of the dredging work at the Port of Mahon. The dredger Antignano arrived at the Port of Mahon recently and joined the dredging work currently underway in the Mahon waters
RWE Innogy UK has successfully completed the installation of all 160 foundations at the world’s second largest wind farm, Gwynt y Môr. The final transition piece was installed on Wednesday 23rd April more than eight miles off the North Wales coast by RWE’s jack up installation vessel, Friedrich Erne
