HR Wallingford, the international hydraulic and environmental engineering consultancy, has formed a partnership with Loughborough University to develop a new underwater acoustic propagation and noise-impact model. Designed to work with proven HR Wallingford ecological models, the new model is an imp
The owners of Aibel have during 2011 evaluated strategic alternatives for the company. In the same period, Aibel has continued its strong development with profitable growth in all business areas. Aibel has an all time high order backlog, including recent major contract awards: Frame agreement with C
With the continued growth and international expansion of its global activates. CDL has appointed John Roscoe- Hudson as their new Operations Director. Although based in Houston, Texas John will play a critical part in drivng the next stage of CDL’s global operations. John’s primary responsibiity wil
Irish tidal technology specialist OpenHydro and the leading French utility company EDF joined forces on this project. It is a “gigantic” project off the coastline of Paimpol-Bréhat in Brittany, France. OpenHydro will supply four 2-MW tital turbines for the project. The turbines are being installed 3
Careful monitoring before, during and after the impending deep seabed mineral mining off the shores of Papua New Guinea will provide the hard data that will guide the responsible deep seabed mining practices of the future. This is the view of Dr Charles (Chuck) Fisher, Professor of Biology, Penn Sta
A local college on Monday unveiled the first submerged tidal current generator in the country, which it said marked an important step… By Huang Chiao-wen and Jamie Wang (focustaiwan) [mappress] Source: focustaiwan, November 15, 2011
NKT’s revenue development for 3rd quarter 2011 was in line with expectations. Earnings increased by 15%, positively influenced by satisfactory results for both Nilfisk-Advance and NKT Flexibles. For NKT Cables, the factory in Cologne showed improved productivity but continued to impact earnings nega
Western Australian shipbuilder Strategic Marine will expand its presence in the state’s North West, establishing a new facility at the SINWA site in Karratha. The operation has been established to meet the demands of Strategic Marine’s growing number of clients in the offshore oil and gas sector for
A leading subsea training centre has announced a new course for ROV professionals. The Underwater Centre in Fort William has developed the ‘Fibre-optic Termination’ training course, specifically from feedback received from the industry on new demands being placed on employees. The two day course tak
Artificial reefs — long believed to boost fish populations — might be doing the opposite by concentrating fish and fishermen in the same… By Kate Spinner (heraldtribune) [mappress] Source: heraldtribune, November 14, 2011
Gulfstream Services Inc, provider of cutting edge equipment to the international oil and gas industry, has been awarded a certification of ISO 9001:2008 for both its UK & US operations. This prestigious accreditation is recognised worldwide and was awarded to both Gulfstream Services Inc covering it
One lobster leg and parts of four crabs were found in the most recent scans of material dredged from Sydney harbour. By Greg McNeil (capebretonpost) [mappress] Source: capebretonpost, November 14, 2011
The European Commission has authorised Swedish plans to grant SEK139 million (ca. € 15 million) towards the development of a wave energy production demonstration plant by Seabased Industry AB. The production of energy from sea waves has been in development for some years, but has still not reached t
National Grid and RTE are jointly developing an Electrical Interconnector (HVDC) between Great Britain and France. This notice concerns a subsea survey under supervision of a marine consultant. The main activities expected to be included (non exhaustive) will be a marine geophysical, geotechnical an
