Agitation by long waves often causes mooring lines in the Port of Geraldton to break, endangering both staff and vessels. The Geraldton Port Authority (GPA), now known as Mid West Ports Authority, organized a workshop with national and international experts to find ways to address this problem. Seve
BASF, a German chemical company, has just released a video about Elastocoast®, an innovative and sustainable system to protect coastal dykes, shores and river beds. The term Elastocoast means a bonding system that reinforces hydraulic gravel at their contact surfaces permanently by means of the 2-co
HZ Windpower, a Chinese-based technology manufacturer, has completed the preliminary research on marine current generation technology. According to the company, the study on the key technology and model test of marine current power generation performed by HZ Windpower has been approved by the Minist
JULONG, a Chinese manufacturer of various water engineering ships and platforms, has completed delivery of a cutter suction dredger CSD250 to a customer in France. The JULONG CSD250 has been delivered as a complete dredging package, including floating and land HDPE pipe lines, tools and spares packa
As part of the plan to become one of the largest container terminals in Chile, Puerto Central S.A (PCE) in San Antonio is building a new multipurpose terminal with a 15m draft, allowing the port to handle Post-Panamax ships. Regarding this, Kalmar, part of Cargotec, said that they have received an o
“Fukushima Shimpuu”, the largest floating offshore wind turbine in the world, left Onahama port on July 28th and arrived at the testing area the next morning. “Fukushima Shimpuu” has a 7MW output capacity, which is 3.5 times the capacity of the 2MW “Fukushima Mirai”, which started operation in the f
NEMOS, a German-based wave energy company, has developed an innovative system to generate electricity from ocean waves that can be coupled with offshore wind farms to reduce the overall costs of these emerging sectors. NEMOS has recently installed a 1:5 scaled version of their wave energy device at
WERPO, an Israeli wave energy developer, has entered into an agreement with Help Mankind for a twofold joint venture. According to WERPO, the first venture comprises the implementation of a manufacturing plant for the production of the equipment used by WERPO in its patented wave energy generation t
A new tidal gauge installed in the Wash, Lincolnshire, will help the Environment Agency measure tides, predict flooding and assess the impact of climate change more accurately. The instrument is on a platform measuring approximately 2 meters across and 11 meters above sea level. It’s located 4 km of
Clean Energy Finance Corporation’s CEO Oliver Yates said there is significant potential for regional Australia to benefit from renewable energy and energy efficient technologies, and that now is the time for communities to grasp that opportunity. In his address to the Australian Regional Development
MTG will be at the Europort 2015 exhibition in Rotterdam (3-6 November), introducing its latest solutions for the dredging market. The main innovation is DMET, a hammerless system which ensures maximum reliability and productivity even in the most demanding applications and environments. It is a G.E
SEM-REV, French offshore test site for marine renewable energy, was officially opened on August 25 in Croisic. SEM-REV is equipped at sea and on land for the testing of full scale (floating) offshore wind and wave power prototypes under operational conditions. The multi-technology test site, operate
M3 Wave, an Oregon-based wave energy developer, plans to unveil the design of their NEXUS wave energy device in the following months, in an effort to win US Department of Energy’s Wave Energy Prize. As reported earlier, the company has been selected among 20 semi-finalist teams for the Wave Energy P
Royal IHC will take part in Europort 2015, the maritime exhibition set for 3-6 November at Ahoy Rotterdam, with a focus on all areas of the shipbuilding industry. “Europort has become one of the world’s leading meeting places for professionals and pioneers in our markets,” said IHC’s Strategy & Comm
