Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (January 3-10). Boskalis Strengthens Market Position in Germany Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has reached a heads of agreement with STRABAG SE for the acquisition of the dredging activities and assets of STRABAG W
After the successful transport of the dismountable cutter suction dredger “Ural River” from Nijkerk, the Netherlands, to Kazakhstan, in early 2015, Wagenborg was asked to transport an identical dredger, named “Mangystau”. The vessel will be transported from Nijkerk to Bautino in Kazakhstan. Mangysta
Starting this month, crews under contract of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, will begin dredging roughly 2.6 million cubic yards of material from the Baltimore Harbor and Channels navigation project via a $25.6 million contract awarded this past fall. This dredging is being per
Asset Guardian Solutions Ltd (AGSL), which specialises in protecting companies’ process control software assets, has landed another contract to support an oil and gas company in Perth, Western Australia. The contract is the second to be awarded by this operator in Australia to AGSL in the last 12 mo
Norwegian Institute of Marine Research in Bergen (IMR) has issued a tender invitation for delivery and deployment of electro-optical umbilical cables and subsea distribution units for extension of the ‘Lofoten-Vesterålen Cabled Ocean Observatory’ (LoVe). Lofoten-Vesterålen cabled observatory (LoVe)
NEC Corporation and Telekom Malaysia have completed the landing of the South East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe 5 (SEA-ME-WE 5) submarine cable system at Melaka, Malaysia. Upon completion in 2016, the 20,000 km cable system will provide 24 Terabits per second (Tbit/s) of capacity utilizing the 100
Adani Ports & SEZ Ltd (APSEZL), part of the Adani Group, has announced a plan to expand its existing terminal Adani International Container Terminal Private Limited (AICTPL) at its flagship Mundra port. The expansion of AICTPL will position Mundra as the major transshipment hub in the country provid
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers helped California make history this week when the largest container ship ever to visit the United States berthed at the port of Oakland, an achievement port officials are calling a milestone in trans-Pacific trade. The quarter-mile long Benjamin Franklin, operated by
Hampshire-based subsea cable specialist, ETA, has established a new department to focus on the provision of marine cable connectors, terminations and accessories. According to the company, the new division will continue to provide bespoke designs and at the same time develop ETA’s production lines f
The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult and Atlantis Resources informed that the 1.5MW tidal turbine, the AR1500, will undergo a six week test programme at the National Renewable Energy Centre in Blyth. ORE Catapult is working with Atlantis Resources on the €1.3m Eurostars project to drive forw
Shawcor, a pipeline and pipe services specialist, has acquired the units of Lake Superior Consulting for an undisclosed sum plus a potential earn out payment payable in 2016. Lake Superior is a Duluth, Minnesota based professional services firm, specializing in pipeline engineering and integrity man
Wintershall Holding has awarded Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies a 3-year contract for provision of its hosted SiteCom real-time data aggregation and visualisation solution for well construction. According to Kongsberg, all real-time, planned and historical data from all of Wintershall’s drilling ac
Schlumberger’s M-I SWACO has signed a NOK 500 million ($55.8 million) contract with Statoil under which it will deliver its newly-developed technological solution for the cleaning of tanks on supply vessels. The contract extends over four years with an option to renew for a further four years. Altho
Maersk Training and eDrilling have announced a partnership with an aim to assists E&P companies, drilling contractors, and services companies worldwide to make informed drilling decisions and enhance drilling efficiency. According to Maersk Training, this cooperation will provide well specific drill
