A major beach expansion is moving ahead in Galveston, representing the largest sand nourishment project to take place on the Texas Gulf Coast this summer. The project will use 725,000 cubic yards of sand dredged from the Galveston Ship Channel to create 20 blocks of additional beach along the island
WeSubsea has introduced brand new 4” High Capacity (HC) Titanium ROV Dredger, designed with a focus on performance, light weight and ease of use to the operator. The highly efficient dredger is supplied ready to be mounted on to the ROV with WeSubsea’s all new compact light weight back flush system
IKM Testing has entered into a purchase agreement to acquire Oceaneering’s Norwegian On-site Machining & Cutting business. On-site Machining includes Flange Facing, Pipe Cutting and Beveling, Line and Hole Boring and Plane and Groove Milling. The topside Cutting services include Abrasive Water Jet C
Impact Subsea announces the launch of ISA500 – a 500kHz underwater altimeter which provides heading, pitch and roll. With 120 meter (394 feet) altitude range measurement capability, ISA500 also provides heading, pitch and roll readings suitable for basic AUV/ROV navigation or to monitor underwater e
One of the world’s largest suction hopper dredger, Jan de Nul’s Leiv Eiriksson, was successfully dry-docked at Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine (N-KOM) recently. Capable of dredging up to a depth of 155m, the 78,000dwt vessel has a 46,000m3 hopper capacity and a total trailing pump power of 13,000kW
DEME reported another particularly active first half-year in 2015. A net profit of 119.8 million euros (1H14: 62.6 million euros) was realized on an (economic) turnover of 1,218.7 million euros. Besides the many ongoing projects on all continents, several largescale projects in Australia (Wheatstone
The Navy installed ocean cables under the seafloor off the coast of Naval Station Mayport, Florida, to complete another major step in delivering the Undersea Warfare Training Range. “Our team worked with multiple government and industry counterparts to install 6.8 miles of undersea trunk cable July
Bakker Sliedrecht has won a contract to upgrade obsolete inverter units, both the cutter and the winches, on board the National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC) cutter dredger Umm al Anbar in Abu Dhabi. A team of Bakker’s engineers will use their knowledge and expertise from previous dredging projects
Harkand has recently completed the $10.5-million upgrade of its Gulf of Mexico-based dive support vessel (DSV) Swordfish. The video shows the newly upgraded vessel featuring a 15-man saturation diving system with a three-man bell along with a new 165’ surface diving system. The MT 6016 L vessel is d
Oceaneering has introduced its most recent innovation, a deepwater Phased Array ultrasonic inspection capability for subsea applications down to 3000m (10,000 feet). According to Oceaneering, the new system is already validated for use by a number of operators following trials carried out in Houston
McDermott has been awarded a lump sum contract by Saudi Aramco for brownfield work in various fields offshore Saudi Arabia. Work on the contract is expected to be executed through the second quarter of 2018. The award follows the June 2015 signing of a second Long Term Agreement (LTA) between McDerm
OceanflORE, a joint venture between Royal IHC and DEME, will be present at the Asia-Pacific Deep Sea Mining Summit in Singapore on 29-30 September. General Manager at OceanflORE, John Feenan, will talk about de-risking offshore mining operations, and highlight OceanflORE’s expertise, cost-per-tonne
Agitation by long waves often causes mooring lines in the Port of Geraldton to break, endangering both staff and vessels. The Geraldton Port Authority (GPA), now known as Mid West Ports Authority, organized a workshop with national and international experts to find ways to address this problem. Seve
BASF, a German chemical company, has just released a video about Elastocoast®, an innovative and sustainable system to protect coastal dykes, shores and river beds. The term Elastocoast means a bonding system that reinforces hydraulic gravel at their contact surfaces permanently by means of the 2-co
