The Christie Administration has awarded a nearly $1.66 million contract to remove sand pushed by Superstorm Sandy into Deal Lake, the largest in a series of unique coastal lakes in Monmouth County that were severely impacted by the storm. According to the announcement from the Department of Environm
The next meeting of the Hudson River PCBs Site Community Advisory Group (CAG) will be Thursday, October 1, 2015 at the Saratoga Spa State Park Administration Building. The Hudson River CAG represents interests that were identified in EPA’s April 2003 Draft Community Involvement Plan for the site. Al
DOF Subsea has been awarded several contracts with a total value in excess NOK 3 billion (approx. $350.7 million), including options, securing both short-term and long-term utilization of assets and personnel. In the North America region DOF Subsea has been successful in securing an IMR contract wit
Vard has secured new contracts for the design and construction of two Offshore Subsea Construction Vessels (OSCV) for a new customer, Dubai-based Topaz Energy and Marine (Topaz). Developed for crane operations and light subsea construction with intervention duties, the vessels will be of VARD 3 08 d
Singapore based company Jumeirah Offshore has contracted Huangpu Wenchong Shipyard, a CSSC subsidiary, to build its new Dive Support Vessel. Skipsteknisk has been hired to design the new vessel, which will be designated ST-246 DSV and be fit to accommodate 120 persons. This is the seventh offshore v
Royal IHC has just announced that it will take part at the ACI European Dredging Summit in Antwerp on 7-8 October, with key presentations by IHC MTI’s Dredging Consultant and Trainer Jannes Kamphuis, and IHC Systems Sales Manager Riny Mourik. In a session focusing on project efficiency factors, Jann
Japan’s Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding said it has approved the acquisition of 99.36% shares of Bonn-based engineering company TGE Marine. MES is buying the shares from Caledonia Investments, Gasfin Investment and Dr. Küver GbR, the partnership belonging to the CEO of TGE. The deal is worth abo
Ithaca Energy, the operator of the Greater Stella Area in the UK North Sea, has reached an agreement with Petrofac in respect of the “FPF -1” floating production facility contract awarded in 2011. According to Ithaca, the agreement will provide enhanced incentivisation for the timely delivery of the
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., LLC, Oak Brook, Illinois, has been awarded a $17.5 million firm-fixed-price contract for dredging and unclassified excavation at Naval Reserve Basin in the Delaware River. Work will be performed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with an estimated completion date of Septem
Australia’s Total Marine Technology has been contracted to support the decommissioning of a Navigation Communication Control (NCC) Buoy at East Spar in the North West Shelf. TMT will provide ROV operated cutting equipment, hydraulic power equipment as well as making some custom tooling to complete t
Marine energy company Minesto, recently given a €13M investment from the European Regional Development Fund through the Welsh Government, announced that they have received an additional €3.5M from KIC InnoEnergy. The funding is dedicated to ensure that the first commercial scale power plant is insta
The Final Integrated Feasibility Report and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Skokomish River Basin Ecosystem Restoration Project have been released by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District. The recommended plan includes a levee removal, placement of large woody debris, wetla
The Philadelphia Regional Port Authority (PRPA) has released a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) document inviting interested parties in the private sector to take a preliminary step to become a partner with PRPA in the development of Southport. The PRPA Board of Directors will be overseeing the RFQ
GTT, the designer of membrane containment systems for the maritime transportation and storage of LNG received a new order for a Floating Storage & Regasification Unit from the Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries.
