HYPACK, Inc., a provider of hydrographic and navigation software, will be holding its HYPACK Seminar in Poland on October 12th – 14th, 2015. The 3-day training seminar will be organized by their agent Marine Technology sp. z o.o. and will cover all the aspects of single beam and multibeam hydrograph
Cloud Peak Energy’s Cordero Rojo Mine, located near Gillette, Wyoming, has received the 2015 State of Wyoming Reclamation Award from the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, Land Quality Division for the successful restoration of the Belle Fourche River. The award was presented at the Wyomin
Defense Infrastructure Organization, an operating arm of the UK’s MoD, has awarded Boskalis Westminster with a £31 million worth Portsmouth Harbor dredging contract. Boskalis will dredge the approach channel, inner harbor area and berth pocket, making these deep and wide enough for the new Queen Eli
DEME Group has just published the latest photos of its trailing suction hopper dredgers ‘Zeeland’ and ‘Piet Hein’, working on the Waddenzee dredging scheme in the Netherlands. These works comprise the deepening and/or maintenance of the navigation channels and ports located in the mentioned area. Th
Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. said that Exploraciones Oceanicas (ExO), the Mexican company that controls the “Don Diego” offshore phosphate resource, has submitted the necessary documentation to continue the environmental evaluation process for the proposed dredging of phosphate sands as planned.
Nakheel, a Dubai-based real estate developer, has appointed marine engineering contractor Van Oord to deliver 23.5 km of coastline and breakwaters at Deira Islands, its new 15.3 sq km waterfront city in Dubai. The AED387 million (around $105 million) contract, signed today with Van Oord Middle East
Associated British Ports (ABP) has just posted the latest drone footage of the Alexandra Dock development at the Port of Hull, as ABP & Siemens work together to transform this massive site into UK’s biggest offshore wind manufacturing, installation and service facility. It is a project with its root
The State Information Service said that about 232.800 million cubic meters of water-saturated sand has been dredged so far as part of the Suez Canal Development Project. This represents 90.6 percent of a total 258 million cubic meters that should be dredged, the Head of the Suez Canal Authority, Moh
Panama Canal Expansion – June 2015 (VIDEO) A new video has just been released on the Panama Canal Expansion Program, the largest infrastructure project since the waterway’s original construction. Long-Term Dredging Deal for DEME Ok Tedi Mining Ltd. (OTML) has awarded to Dredging International, mem
Wave Hub, a test site off Cornwall, provides shared offshore infrastructure for the demonstration and proving of offshore renewable energy technologies. Wave Hub test site is located 16 km off the north coast of Cornwall in South West England. The site offers four berths for testing offshore renewab
Yesterday, June 25, Sabella installed its D10 tidal turbine off Ushant Island, France. The company told Tidal Energy Today that it will now work on connecting the turbine to the island. Sabella submerged the turbine in Fromveur Passage, where it will stand alone to show its performance for one year.
Yesterday, June 25, Sabella installed its D10 tidal turbine off Ushant Island, France. The company told Tidal Energy Today that it will now work on connecting the turbine to the island. Sabella submerged the turbine in Fromveur Passage, where it will stand alone to show its performance for one year.
Royal IHC has just released this video of the naming and launch ceremony of the 5,500m³ trailing suction hopper dredger ILEMBE, which took place on Saturday, 9 May, 2015 at Royal IHC’s shipyard in Kinderdijk, the Netherlands. The dredger is being built for Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA), t
The first test for the rolling gate of the new Panama Canal locks took place on June 23, 2015 at the Atlantic side. This progress marks yet another step forward toward the completion of the Canal Expansion Program. The Panama Canal gates have different dimensions depending on their location in the l
