On the west coast of central Norway the Norwegian Public Roads Administration (NPRA) is carrying out a core drilling operation for a 15,5 km long subsea tunnel. Seismic surveys that have previously been carried out shows weakness zones in the rock that the tunnel must be drilled through. There may a
Subsea Services Alliance, the collaboration between Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc., OneSubsea, a Cameron and Schlumberger company, and Schlumberger, has announced the first joint technology project between OneSubsea and Helix to engineer and manufacture a 15,000-psi intervention riser system. Ac
A new robot has been introduced at the Port of Gothenburg. Its task will be to deploy booms in the event of an oil spill. This new technology should result a more rapid and safer oil spill clearance at the Port of Gothenburg. The Port of Gothenburg has invested SEK 3.5 million in an automatic [&hell
KIASMA and Odebrecht, through their Colombian subsidiary – Consortium Navelena Construction, have signed a cooperation agreement under which KIASMA will supply the HDPE floating pipelines with KFC system (for abrasion reduction) to be used for dredging operations on the Magdalena River in Colombia.
Flexible pipe specialist FlexTech has established its first foothold in the Southeast Asian energy market by securing a contract with an oil and gas company in Vietnam. The project involves FlexTech engineers managing the system design, manufacturing, inspection and delivery of flexibles on a major
Oslo-listed seismic player Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) has booked a net loss of $19.5 million for the first quarter of 2015, compared with a $4.6 million profit in the corresponding period in 2014. In the first quarter of 2015, the company recorded revenues of $251 million ( out of which $143.3 mil
The New Suez Canal development program is nearing its completion and the preparations for the inauguration ceremony of the new waterway are currently underway. Head of the Suez Canal Authority Mohab Mamish recently said that the dredging works on the new waterway scheme will be finalized in July 201
PortMiami experienced double-digit container volume growth in March; as well as a 12 percent year to date increase for the first six months of FY 2015. In March PortMiami recorded approximately 84,000 TEUs, compared to the 73,000 TEUs moved during the same period last year, and for the first six mon
J.E. Borries Inc., a full-service marine construction and dredging company based on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, recently took delivery of an 8-inch Badger Class dredge by DSC Dredge, LLC. Prior to this dredge purchase, J.E. Borries had completed all of its dredging work by mechanical means, using a
Hydrex diver/technician team performed a propeller blade cropping operation on a 190-meter bulker while the vessel was at anchorage in Yeosu, South Korea. An underwater inspection revealed that all five blades were bent severely and that they also suffered cracks and dents along the trailing edges.
Virtual Marine Technology, a Canadian simulation services provider, announced it has installed its first lifeboat simulator system in Norway. The simulator was installed onto Prosafe’s Safe Boreas accommodation vessel in Stavanger. The simulator system was unveiled in as an element of the vessel’s s
Bibby HydroMap, a company involved in a range of services including hydrographic and geophysical survey, geotechnical sampling, etc, has just released a video about their innovative d’ROP system. d’ROP is a dynamic Remotely Operated Survey Platform that borrows and combines technology and operating
Kraken Sonar Systems Inc. has received an order for its AquaPix® Synthetic Aperture Sonar system from international defence contractor. Over the past 60 days Kraken has received orders exceeding $1.2 million with deliveries expected in the current financial quarter, the company informed. “AquaPix® i
Koninklijke Smals, a Dutch company involved in hydraulic and civil-engineering works, has released a video about their dredging and remediation project in Port of Husum, one of Germany’s seaports along the North Sea coast. Husum is famous for its tourism, HDR Shipyard and Senvion, one of Europe’s le
