Guernsey Electricity’s project to pre-emptively repair the undersea cable linking Guernsey and Jersey (GJ1) is underway and running according to schedule. The repair, on a section of cable some 500 metres from Les Terres Point, is scheduled to take around three to four weeks, finishing in mid to lat
Dredging to remove sand build up at the Murray Mouth has been interrupted, following a mechanical breakdown with the dredger. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources’ Manager Water Resource Operations, Jarrod Eaton, said the breakdown occurred late last week and a replacement engine f
Independent project services consultancy, Cambla, will unveil its technology software, the Schedule Animation Tool (S.A.T) at Subsea Expo. Subsea Expo will take place between 11-13 February 2015 at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre. The multi-user software has been developed to meet the
A back-deck equipment provider, Maritime Developments will showcase its fully operational 40-tonne winch and 50-tonne, 4-track tensioner at this year’s Subsea Expo an international exhibition in Aberdeen. The winch will be on the company’s stand, while the tensioner will be at the entrance to the ev
CSA Ocean Sciences, Inc. (CSA) has been awarded a patent for a method and apparatus meant to assist in the remediation of marine sediment that has been altered as a result of an oil spill, drilling discharge or other discharges of organic compounds. CSA’s Marine Sediment Remediation (MSR) System act
Oceaneering International, Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire C & C Technologies, Inc. (C&C), a privately-held global provider of survey services, for approximately $230 million in cash. Headquartered in Lafayette, Louisiana, C&C is a provider of ocean-bottom mapping services in
CSA Ocean Sciences, Inc. (CSA) has been awarded a patent for a method and apparatus meant to assist in the remediation of marine sediment that has been altered as a result of an oil spill, drilling discharge or other discharges of organic compounds. CSA’s Marine Sediment Remediation (MSR) System act
Dublin Port Company has officially opened its newly completed Alexandra Quay Container Terminal following a €35m investment. The opening marks the completion of the third and final phase of the development of the new facility. This third phase will enable the terminal to cater for an additional 80,0
Work is underway on the long-awaited Army Corps of Engineers project to construct T-groins and place sand in the community of Sea Gate west of the West 37th Street Groin in Coney Island. The project will be a benefit to the larger Coney Island Coastal Storm Risk Management Project and will also incl
VIDEO: Panama Canal Expansion – January 2015 The largest infrastructure project since the waterway’s original construction, the Panama Canal Expansion Program will create a new lane of traffic along the Canal through the construction of a new set of locks, doubling the waterway’s capacity. Van Oor
Industry body Subsea UK has met today in Aberdeen with Trade Envoy to Mexico. Subsea UK says it is making sure British subsea businesses can capitalise on opportunities in the Mexican oil and gas market. Neil Gordon, the organisation’s chief executive, has been outlining the wealth of skills, innova
50 specialists in deep-sea ecology, marine mining and deep-sea observation from 25 European research institutions met this week at the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel to start the three-year research project “JPI Oceans Ecological aspects of deep-sea mining”. It aims at investigating
As part of the preparations for the cable laying campaign MMT has completed a cable crossings survey for Kraftnät Åland. The planned submarine cable is 152 km long, and will be laid from Naantali, Finland to Juvik, Åland. The survey was planned based on a desktop survey done by MMT during the summer
Nautilus Minerals has announced that the mechanical and hydraulic assembly of its second of three Seafloor Production Tools (SPTs), the Collecting Machine, has been completed at Soil Machine Dynamics’ facility at Newcastle upon Tyne, UK and the commissioning of the Collecting Machine systems has now
