Construction has entered a new phase at one of the UK’s most important infrastructure projects as steel piling gets underway in the River Mersey for Liverpool2 – the Port of Liverpool’s landmark deep water container terminal. Specialist rock drilling equipment will provide sockets for 329 tubular st
Chesapeake Technology Inc, (CTI) has announced a major advance to its flagship software SonarWiz with the addition of post-processing for multibeam echo sounder and interferometric bathymetry systems. SonarWiz now offers data processing for both multi-beam and interferometric bathymetric systems. No
Van Heck is world renowned for its water management systems ideally suited to the maritime and dredging industries, and with its latest innovation they have created the potential to eliminate one of the largest and most damaging risks to both the economy and the environment; all wrapped up in a tiny
Van Heck is world renowned for its water management systems ideally suited to the maritime and dredging industries, and with its latest innovation they have created the potential to eliminate one of the largest and most damaging risks to both the economy and the environment; all wrapped up in a tiny
TOS has announced that they conducted the second ship delivery for GSS Marine Services, a service provider for marine construction, engineering, repair and maintenance. The new built workboat Ellen K was shipped to Port Klang, Malaysia on a heavy lift vessel. After the vessel was unloaded TOS steppe
For many years, Blue Water has provided logistics solutions for the oil & gas industry including solutions for the construction of special FPSO vessels (Floating, Storage, Production and Off-loading). Recently, Blue Water was chosen as a business partner for two comprehensive projects. SBM Offshore
A Deep Water Construction Vessel, built in Korea and the Netherlands, will use electric motors from Rotor in The Netherlands on the critically important barge mooring and anchor winches. The DCV Aegir, named after, Norse god of the sea, is a giant mono-hulled vessel capable of executing complex infr
Komatsu Ltd. announced that Komatsu Shantui Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., a manufacturing subsidiary of medium-sized hydraulic excavators in Shandong, China, has received the Deming Prize for 2013. Komatsu Shantui was established jointly by Shantui Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., Komatsu, Koma
International Association of Dredging Companies IADC has announced its Dredging in Figures 2012. This is an annual review of the global dredging market. The document focusses on the global dredging and maritime construction industry over 2012. The IADC aims to be thorough and precise in estimating t
Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL), the global oil spill response co-operative funded by more than 160 oil and energy companies, announced the opening of a new Base in Saldanha Bay, South Africa, to support regional and global response operations. The Base houses cutting edge well capping equipment d
DNV GL Software’s new release of Synergi Pipeline software includes Geographic Information System (GIS) integration, providing pipeline operators better analyses and decision-making based on geographically referenced and visualized data via the web interface. Obtaining and managing correct and valid
New software from GE’s Power Conversion business that enables its Dynamic Positioning (DP) systems to save significant amounts of fuel and put less wear and tear on vessel propulsion equipment is on the shortlist to win a prestigious Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Innovation Award t
Worldwide Power Products (WPP), a power-generation equipment provider to industrial clients worldwide, announced that WPP has delivered a rebuilt Caterpillar 3412 Marine Engine to United Dredging Company, enabling the firm’s vessel UDC Blue to resume dredging operations. The purchaser, a Kingdom of
BIRNS, Inc. was recently called upon to develop a unique set of ABS certified fiber optic penetrators for a manned submersible. BIRNS, an ISO 9001:2008 certified global leader in the development of high performance connectors, custom cable assemblies, penetrators and lighting systems for the subsea
