Blackbird International Corporation, a renewable sea wave energy technology player, has through its wholly owned affiliate WERPO and Wadamba Technovations, its partner in South Africa, initiated a new power plant project in South Africa. Blackbird has agreed to set up this Joint Venture in order to
Kraken Sonar Systems has entered into an agreement with Tritech International Limited for the supply of technology to the subsea industry. Under the terms of the multi-year agreement, Tritech will sell the Kraken-developed Correlation Velocity Log (CVL), AquaTrak, under the Tritech name and branding
AquaComms Limited announces that cable for its America Europe Connect (AEConnect) subsea fiber optic system is being loaded for deployment. TE SubCom designed, manufactured and is loading this cable system from its factory in Newington, New Hampshire, U.S., onto its cable ship Reliance, one of eight
Subsea World News has gathered all the highlights to bring you a summarized version of the most popular articles from the previous month. The month of July has seen companies forging alliances, industry majors announcing market-adjusting plans, new job cuts, fleet reductions and contract cancellatio
Records were broken, vessels were mobilized from every corner of the globe, and work was carried out non-stop. The construction of the new Suez Canal in Egypt was like a rollercoaster ride, said Van Oord. The new Suez Canal has been completed in record time thanks to several consortia from the globa
RentOcean, part of Oceanteam Shipping’s solutions division, has been awarded a contract with Bohlen & Doyen, part of SAG Group, for supplying a lay spread for a cable laying project in Germany. The lay spread includes a 4000T demountable turntable and loading tower with built-in tensioner. According
All American Marine (AAM) and the University of New Hampshire (UNH) have signed a contract for the design and construction of a new aluminum catamaran research vessel. All American Marine will build the new catamaran, custom devised by Teknicraft Design of Auckland, New Zealand. The new vessel, fund
On Thursday, 6 August,2015, the Dredging International (75%) and Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company (25%) consortium will participate in the opening festivities of the modernized Suez Canal in Egypt. Thanks to the widening and deepening of the canal, the waiting time on the navigation route has been
Behan Communications Inc. has just released a video in which John Haggard, GE’s Global Remediation Leader, describes the sixth and final year of the Hudson River Dredging Project and next steps for continuing GE’s environmental work on this famed waterway. Thirteen years ago, when the Environmental
National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC) has just released this very interesting video about the New Suez Canal development project. NMDC, together with other members of the Challenge Consortium (Jan De Nul, Boskalis and Van Oord), recently announced the completion of construction works on the new
Damen Shiprepair Dunkerque, part of Damen Shiprepair & Conversion, has wrapped up a complete renovation of the French research vessel, Marion Dufresne II. Delivered on time, the oceanographic research vessel set sail for the Port of La Réunion where it will resume its logistic and scientific journey
The USACE’s Philadelphia District and its contractor Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company are pumping approximately 8 million cubic yards of sand onto Long Beach Island, N.J. Work is designed to complete the dune and berm system and reduce future storm damages. GLDD mobilized two dredges, the Padre Isl
Multiseis Programmes, a software developer for the marine seismic industry has expanded and moved its main UK operations to coastal renewables hub OrbisEnergy. With this move, the company aims to investigate new opportunities in the environmental and renewables industries. Its four full time UK staf
A Total Marine Technology (TMT) Typhoon MK2 heavy work class ROV has been contracted to provide drill support for Viet Gazprom aboard the Deepsea Metro 1 drillship. Before the installation the structure of the ROV, deck had to be upgraded to accommodate the specifications of the TMT Typhoon MK2 ROV
