Kraken Sonar Systems has been awarded a contract valued at approximately C$3 million by Ocean Infinity. Kraken will supply and integrate its AquaPix (Miniature Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Sonar and Real-Time SAS Signal Processor) solution onboard eight of Ocean Infinity’s HUGIN autonomous und
The construction program supporting the expansion of Aberdeen Harbor into Nigg Bay has passed a significant milestone with the beginning of dredging operations. The construction project, which commenced in May this year with the development of a north breakwater access road, and the start of work on
The Flint River river remediation project, which includes dredging of impacted sediment and excavation of riverbank soil, is in full swing now, according to the Consumers Energy. This major river dredging project that spans from the Hamilton Dam to East Fifth Avenue, will address Flint River sedimen
Norway-based engineering and construction services company Kvaerner has moved the Statoil-operated Njord A platform out of a drydock in Stord yard in Norway. The operation was performed over the weekend to make room at the drydock for the next project. Statoil on Sunday launched a video of the opera
India’s Petronet LNG has confirmed on Monday it is in talks to amend its existing deal for the LNG volumes it buys from ExxonMobil’s share of the giant Gorgon project in Western Australia. Petronet signed a 20-year deal back in 2009 with ExxonMobil under which it agreed to buy around 1.5 million ton
U.S. District Court Judge John A. Tunheim last week placed a temporary injunction on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the FM Area Diversion Board of Authority, forcing all construction work on the FM Area Diversion Project to cease. The injunction temporarily halts construction on the FM Area Divers
Tidal Lagoon Power (TLP) has secured the grid connection for a 3,240MW capacity Cardiff Tidal Lagoon expected to generate among the cheapest electricity of all new power stations built in the UK. Tidal Lagoon Power’s chief executive, Mark Shorrock, said: “Today we have secured the grid connection fo
Norwegian oil company Statoil is unlikely to drill a sidetrack well on the Verbier prospect in the UK North Sea after encountering a water bearing reservoir at its exploration well. Jersey Oil & Gas (JOG), a partner in the well, said on Monday that the exploration well 20/05b-13 drilled on the P.217
Penta-Ocean Construction Company Limited and Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co.,Ltd. (HDEC) have been announced as the 12th IADC Safety Award 2017 nominee. Prior to their collaboration on the Tuas Finger One Project in Singapore, Penta-Ocean Construction Co., Ltd. (POC) and Hyundai Engineering &
India has secured a price reduction on an Australian 20-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) deal the country has with ExxonMobil, according to the country’s oil minister, Dharmendra Pradhan. Petronet LNG, India’s largest importer of the chilled fuel, signed the deal back in 2009 under which it agreed t
BMT is set to continue its relationship with the Western Australia’s Department of Transport (DoT) in an extension contract which will see the company provide program management support for a further three years. “Following a positive review of BMT’s performance, the DoT has extended the contract an
Baker Hughes, a GE company, said it has been awarded a “major” subsea contract from Petrobel for phase two of the “supergiant” Zohr Gas Field situated in the Mediterranean Sea, off the Egyptian coast. BHGE will provide project management, engineering procurement, fabrication, construction, testing a
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, awarded a $9.5 million contract to Marinex Construction, Inc. for the next scheduled renourishment of the St. Johns County Shore Protection Project. According to the Corps, the project will renourish critically eroded shoreline between the sou
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (September 4-10, 2017). Construction of Posorja Port in Ecuador Underway The President of Ecuador Lenín Moreno and DP World Group Chairman and CEO, Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem last week performed a ground-breaking ce
