The Dare County Government has provided an update on recent beach nourishment projects located in Dare County. At a special meeting held March 17, the Dare County Board of Commissioners accepted the bid from Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company for the beach nourishment project that encompasses the T
China’s rig builder CIMC Raffles completed the mating of the upper and lower hull for Frigstad Deepwater’s second ultra-deep-water semi-submersible drilling rig, Frigstad Kristiansand, in Yantai Shipyard on Wednesday, March 30, 2016. CIMC Raffles noted that this was the 13th mating time for its Tais
Hobbyist drone pilot and photographer Jeff Wenzel has just posted a video about the North Topsail Beach – New River Inlet works. This Onslow County/North Topsail Beach joint project consists of performing channel maintenance dredging along approximately 10,600 linear feet (approximately two miles) o
Significant progress has been made in restoring America’s Everglades over the past five years and a comprehensive report highlighting these efforts has recently been submitted to Congress. The 2015 Report to Congress for the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) was jointly submitted to C
Norway’s GC Rieber Shipping has entered into a time charter agreement with Nexans Skagerrak, a subsidiary of Nexans Norway, for the CSV Polar King. The charter, which starts in January 2017, is set for a fixed period of about 8.5 months, with options for up to 16 months additional work. The vessel w
Mermaid Subsea Services (Thailand), a part of Mermaid Maritime, has been awarded a subsea remotely operated vehicle (ROV) services contract in the Gulf of Thailand. The scope of work includes, but is not limited to, structure and sea line inspection, free span correction, and corrosion prevention in
IKM Subsea’s remotely operated vehicle Merlin UCV, integrated on to Siem Offshore’s platform supply vessel Siem Pride, is set to start the IMR work on Shell’s Ormen Lange and Draugen fields in the Norwegian Sea. Norske Shell has awarded IKM Subsea a 5 + 5 year contract in 2015, and the work will beg
Following successful completion of 2.2km maintenance dredging project along the River Parrett, the Somerset Rivers Authority (SRA) has decided to continue the works with 750 meters of new dredging. New dredging is due to begin in April of 750m of the Parrett downstream of Northmoor Pumping Station.
International Seabed Authority (ISA) and the UK Seabed Resources Limited (UKSRL) have signed a 15-year contract for exploration for polymetallic nodules in the eastern part of the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone. The contract was signed on March 29, 2016, in New York, by the secretary-general of IS
Bakker Sliedrecht – designer and producer of electric machines and equipment – is now part of the mega-project to build the world’s largest cutter suction dredger for Jan De Nul Group. The company has been involved in this project from the very beginning, brainstorming with Jan De Nul about the elec
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has initiated its second review of the cleanup of the Hudson River PCBs Superfund site. The first five-year review for the Hudson River PCBs Superfund Site was completed in 2012 and the EPA anticipates conducting reviews every five years well into the f
The dredging operations have been completed at the Mallacoota Ocean Access Boat Ramp and the boat ramp has been reopened for traffic by the East Gippsland Shire Council. The excavation dredging included the mobilization of plant and equipment to the Boat Ramp site and lower car park. This is the fir
After attempts to free stuck drill pipe failed, Byron Energy, the operator of several blocks in the Gulf of Mexico, has temporarily abandoned its SM 6 # 2 well in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, and is now preparing to spud the SM71 #1 well. The SM-6 #2 well, the first one to be drilled as part of [&hellip
Spectrum, a seismic services market player, has announced it is starting a 10,400 kilometer multi-client 2D survey offshore Brazil in the Amazonas and Para Maranhao basins along the Equatorial Margin of Brazil. The new acquisition program will tie five of Spectrum’s Northern Margin programs producin
