Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has redeployed the repaired APB350 A1 PowerBuoy following the damage caused by the hurricane earlier this year. According to OPT, the sea trials off New Jersey coast have been resumed. George Kirby, President and CEO of OPT, said: “We are encouraged by A1’s performance
Resolute Marine Energy, a Boston-based wave energy developer, might test its wave energy technology off Camp Rilea, Oregon. Camp Rilea is a training center for US armed forces, and according to The Daily Astorian, a local news publisher, Resolute Marine hopes to deploy two oscillating wave energy co
US-based GreenFix, and WorldFlix, have designed OASIIS technology that is capable of producing distilled water and electricity from using OTEC and solar thermal technology. The technology was invented and patented by GreenFix CTO Richard Henderson. According to GreenFix, once built, the 1 to 5 squar
Royal IHC named the MAHURY, a 1.840m3 capacity twin-screw trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD), on 29 October 2015 at its partner MTG Dolphin’s shipyard in Varna, Bulgaria. The new TSHD is Baggerbedrijf de Boer – Dutch Dredging’s fourth IHC-built vessel. Dutch Dredging named the vessel after its t
Dredge Yard has recently delivered a sediment dredging machine, also known as Auger Dredger, which will be used for a desalination plant in the Gulf region. The sediment dredger has been designed for 9m dredging depth, with high production underwater dredge pump, 2 floating pontoons stiffened from i
ABP Marine Environmental Research ltd (ABPmer) has been contracted by the River Hamble Harbor Authority to undertake its 2015 annual bathymetric survey. The survey is carried out to help the River Hamble Harbor Authority to maintain its knowledge of the water depths within the river and to capture a
Tomlinson Group, an Ottawa based company involved in quarrying, construction, trucking and environmental industries, has released a video about their Harvey Pit DSC Shark Class dredge and its sand plant. The video covers the entire production process, from initial dredging to final product. The sand
US wave energy specialist Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has redeployed the APB350 (A1) PowerBuoy off the coast of New Jersey and resumed sea trials. OPT also plans to release selected performance data gathered during the A1’s initial deployment as well as initial results of the Accelerated Life Tes
Waterking, specialized in the production of amphibious excavators and equipment, has just released a video about the Shredder Dredger (Shredderpontoon) at work with a WK 220 NG amphibious excavator. The video has been made in the Netherlands where the Shredder Dredger is currently working on a natur
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, and their contractor Barnegat Bay Dredging Company are conducting dredging operations and marsh restoration at Mordecai Island, NJ. The USACE is removing critical shoals from the New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway and using the material to resto
Carnegie Wave Energy has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Australian government’s power utility Western Power to deliver a renewable energy island microgrid project for Garden Island, Perth. The Garden Island Microgrid Project (GIMG) project will consist of the CETO 6 Project currentl
Two Jan de Nul cutter suction dredgers, the 2010-built Ibn Battuta and Zheng He, were drydocked and repaired recently at Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine (N-KOM). In addition to the routine repair scope, the major spud repairs and modifications were undertaken for the vessels. N-KOM had previously c
Atmocean, a US-based wave energy developer, has launched phase two of its ocean wave energy demonstration program off Ilo, Peru. Atmocean has redeployed its wave energy system that was retrieved on July 29, 2015, after it was under sea trials for three weeks. In this second phase of the trials, the
In its latest issue of Terra et Aqua, the International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) has released an article named ‘Aquapuncture: Sustainable Future of Inland Waterways’. Aquapuncture is an instrument for the optimal use, adaptation and management of inland waterways and their waterfront
