A £50 million flood alleviation scheme in Leeds which uses movable weir technology – a first for flood risk reduction in the UK – was opened recently by Chair of the Environment Agency, Emma Howard Boyd. Led by Leeds City Council in partnership with the Environment Agency, the Leeds Flood Alleviatio
The Palaszczuk Government has just awarded a contract worth nearly $3 million for the Port Douglas Boat Harbor dredging works. According to the Main Roads and Ports Minister, Mark Bailey, Queensland dredging contractors, Hall Contracting Pty Ltd, had won the contract to improve navigational access f
Kitron has signed a frame agreement with Kongsberg Maritime with a potential value of NOK 200 million for the next five years. Kitron will produce and deliver existing and future electronic modules and products to Kongsberg Maritime and actively collaborate on design, development, industrialization
Addax Petroleum Exploration (Nigeria) has withdrawn contract termination notice for the Sendje Berge FPSO following the contract extension with BW Offshore’s subsidiary. Sendje Berge Limited, a subsidiary of BW Offshore, and Addax have agreed terms of the contract extension for the FPSO on the Okwor
Oil and gas operator Byron Energy has completed the installation of oil and gas export pipelines for its South Marsh Island 71 (SM 71) development in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Byron, as the operator, has 50% working interest while Otto Energy as its partner has the other 50% interest in the SM 71 dev
BW Offshore informed that the BW Catcher floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel has arrived at the Catcher field in the central North Sea on Wednesday. The hook up of the submerged turret production (STP) buoy mooring system was completed on Thursday with the vessel completing a ro
BW Offshore-owned FPSO BW Catcher arrived at the Premier Oil-operated Catcher field in the UK sector of the North Sea last Wednesday, October 18. The FPSO Catcher started its journey from Singapore, where it was built by Keppel Shipyard, in late August following completion of sea trials. It arrived
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (October 16-22, 2017). VIDEO: LNG-Powered TSHD Minerva During Sea Trials Royal IHC has just released an amazing video shot during the sea trials of DEME’s 3.500m³ LNG-powered trailing suction dredger (TSHD) Minerv
Egypt is looking to secure 12 cargoes of liquefied natural gas for delivery during the first quarter of next year.
Iveco said it has secured the largest deal for its Stralis NP vehicles with the logistics company Jost Group ordered 500 trucks running on liquefied natural gas (LNG) as fuel.
ORE Catapult is looking to procure a Power Analyser System to be used in the 15MW wind turbine and 3MW marine drivetrain test facilities in Blyth, which will link into the Grid Emulation System (eGrid) to allow the measurement of current and voltage usage from the eGrid system.
Houston-based oil and gas company W&T Offshore has started drilling the ST 224 #1 well within the South Timbalier 224 (ST 224) lease in the Gulf of Mexico. W&T Offshore is the operator of the ST 224 lease with a 39% stake and Otto Energy is its partner with a 25% interest. According to Otto’s statem
James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS) has been announced as the integrated marine services contractor for the East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm project. As part of its integrated marine services package, JFMS will provide a range of services including marine coordination through its Offshore Wind Man
James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS) will provide integrated marine services package for the East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm, developed by ScottishPower Renewables.
