The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District, announced yesterday that it will be holding a public meeting to discuss potential design modifications to the Swope Park Industrial Area Flood Damage Reduction Project. In 2002 the district released the Final Feasibility Report and Environmenta
Schlumberger has launched the PowerDrive Orbit rotary steerable system. The new RSS expands the operating envelope of rotary steerable technology by extending system life, delivering precise directional control, and increasing drilling efficiency. “PowerDrive Orbit technology enhances trajectory con
The U.S. President Obama’s Budget for fiscal year 2015 (FY15) included more than $4.561 billion in discretionary funding for the Civil Works program of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, with more than $71 million for Detroit District projects around the Great Lakes. The Civil Works budget funds the
U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) announced that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will dedicate an additional $14.4 million to Mississippi this year to support additional dredging, flood control, and other construction and maintenance projects. The Army Corps of Engineers has decided to direct add
Schlumberger has announced the launch of the PowerDrive Orbit* rotary steerable system (RSS).
On February 21, CCCC Vice President Sun Ziyu attended the signing ceremony of the EPC contract for Zanzibar New Port project. With a contract amount of over USD 200 million and a construction period of 36 months, the project involves construction of a multi-purpose terminal berth and related auxilia
DeepWater Buoyancy, Inc. has re-launched the reliable, time-tested oceanography/marine measurements line of syntactic foam ADCP buoys, StableMoor™ floats and trawl resistant bottom mounts (TRBMs) formerly manufactured by Flotation Technologies (Flotec). DeepWater Buoyancy opened their doors on Janua
CCCC Third Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd. has won the bid for the 11# liquid chemical terminal project in Haicang zone of Xiamen Port, Fujian Province, with a construction period of 600 days. Under this contract, a 50,000 liquid chemical berth will be designed and constructed, with an annual planned h
Trelleborg’s engineered products operation has completed its first oil and gas floatover project in China, supplying a range of its floatover hardware for the BoZhong (BZ) 35-2 COEEC offshore platform in Tianjin.
On February 19, CCCC Shanghai Dredging Co., Ltd. won the bid for Lot HDSG-1 of the 50,000t channel project in Basin 2 of Xuwei zone of Lianyungang Port, with a construction period of four months. As the auxiliary project of Phase 1 of the 300,000t channel project of Lianyungang Port, this contract i
Oceaneering International, Inc. announced the promotion of Charles “Chuck” W. Davison, Jr. to Senior Vice President, Subsea Products. Davison joined Oceaneering in 2007 as Vice President, Umbilical Solutions. He previously spent eight years with the General Electric Company, holding various roles in
APM Terminals’ container throughput increased to 36.3 million TEUs, as measured by equity share, reflecting an overall 3% growth in volume through the APM Terminals Global Terminal Network in 2013. Invested capital rose to $6.1 billion USD during the past year as work on seven new terminals and expa
Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Bob Martin and Colonel Paul E. Owen, Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ New York District, announced the release of the first phase of a study evaluating long-term flood risk management alternatives to help Passaic River Basin com
Port Manatee officials are encouraged that the Obama administration’s budget request for fiscal year 2015 includes full federal funding for the first study phase of deepening the federal channel and harbor area of Port Manatee, which is regarded as the closest U.S. deepwater seaport to the expanding
