Trelleborg’s engineered products operation is now manufacturing a pre-bend rubber dredging hose in China. “For the first time, Chinese dredging and mining operations will be able to take advantage of the superior wear resistance and flexibility that Trelleborg’s rubber dredging hoses provide, compar
At the WODCON 2016 held last week in Miami, USA, Damen has been awarded the “Best Paper Award”. The paper on dredge pump design, written and presented by Mr Klaas Slager, is about efficient dredge pump design. In total some 120 presentations were held over the 4-day WODCON conference. During the clo
Waveswing America has started the wave tank testing of its 1:20 scale wave energy device at the University of Iowa.
Atlantis Resources is making good progress on the construction of technology and infrastructure required for the installation of the Phase 1A of the MeyGen tidal energy project.
Global Maritime Vryhof has donated two new learning tools for anchor handling training to the Fisheries and Marine Institute (MI) of Memorial University’s Centre for Marine Simulation (CMS).
Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has revealed plans to issue a third competitive call for the development of wave energy technology this summer.
Innovate UK has allocated up to £15 million to fund innovation projects through an open competition.
The Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness of Canary Islands has issued a tender for the realization of works related to the electrical infrastructure at PLOCAN test site.
MTG, an international company specialized in the design and production of systems for earth moving machinery, recently attended the World Dredging Congress and Exhibition in Miami, where they introduced its MTG Systems DMet. DMet is a G.E.T system ideal for cutter and hopper dredgers, which improves
The former UK Energy Minister, and now the head of tidal lagoons review, Charles Hendry, has issued a call for evidence seeking suggestions on the cost, benefits and opportunities of tidal lagoons.
Luna Innovations Incorporated has been awarded $1 million to advance its autonomous marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) monitoring system for intelligent converter health management.
Following successful delivery of recent cable-lay and trenching projects for the sector, Fugro has secured three more contracts for its trenching services. The contracts will see its high performance Q1400 trenching systems deployed in the North Sea over the next 12 months. At the Wintershall-owned
Planet OS, a provider of online geospatial environmental data, has introduced Powerboard, a data intelligence solution that helps wind farm operators and renewable energy service providers to boost power output by up to 30%. RWE, which plans to use the system at its wind farms, has teamed up with th
Iceni Marine Services has awarded a contract to AST Marine Sciences Ltd for the installation of their 2nd generation iRAMS and AST-Planned Maintenance software across the Iceni’s fleet of vessels. The contract was signed following successful trials on the Iceni Conquest. iRAMS is a remote vessel man
