Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (February 20-26, 2017). Royal IHC Hands Over Hopper Dredger DASA I Royal IHC has completed delivery of the trailing suction hopper dredger DASA I to Dragados Argentinos DASA S.A. of Buenos Aires, Argentina. New
Offshore Energy Research Association (OERA) is looking to hire a service provider to define and describe data management system for use by the Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE).
QED Naval has informed that the fabrication of its Subhub tidal platform is nearing completion ahead of installation at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC).
The final tidal stream turbine for the MeyGen’s first phase, AR1500, has operated at full power and exported the produced electricity to the grid.
Minesto and Stena Line have signed an agreement to build a new assembly hall in Holyhead that will be used for Minesto’s Welsh tidal project.
One of Eddy Pump Corporation senior engineers, Phillip Rhyner has made it to the semifinals of the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE competition. This is a major accomplishment in a worldwide competition for the 7 million dollar prize, reported Eddy Pump Corp. Phill heads up the Orca Robotics team, at th
After five years of construction, new 8 km long flood channel by-passing the Dutch river IJssel was officially commissioned today by Dutch Transport Minister, Melanie Schultz van Haegen, and the Chairman of Vallei and Veluwe Regional Water Authority, Tanja Klip-Martin. The new by-pass is one of the
James Fisher Subsea Excavation (JFSE) has developed the world’s most powerful M/CFE tool capable of trenching large diameter pipelines in a single pass – Twin T8000. This piece of equipment was developed to support SapuraKencana Mexicana’s trenching requirements, JFSE said in its latest release. The
A new funding call will be launched in March 2017 to support transnational collaborative projects aiming to demonstrate and validate new ocean energy technologies.
The new hub for marine renewables, Marine Hub Cornwall, has been established to provide a seamless coordinated offer to the marine renewable energy sector.
Carnegie Clean Energy (CCE) has shown interest for the development of Albany wave farm that received Au$19.5 million commitment from the Western Australia’s (WA) Labor party should they be elected in March.
Nova Innovation has installed the third tidal turbine at the grid-connected Shetland Tidal Array, sited off Scotland.
Dutch tidal developer Tocardo has tested its T2 turbine on the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s new 1MW drive train test facility.
RenewableUK has urged the UK government to include tidal and wave energy in its upcoming Industrial Strategy as the sectors offer potential for significant economic growth.
