Mercator Limited, an Indian marine and energy group, is expanding their dredging business by adding two more dredgers to its fleet. Mercator has taken delivery of two European built dredgers; the first one is a trailer suction hopper dredger which will be one of the largest capacity dredgers in Indi
Siport21, a maritime and port engineering consulting company, has presented three studies at the XIII Spanish Coastal and Port Engineering Congress, held in Aviles, Gijon. These studies are examples of the latest projects developed by the company; Maritime Traffic Analysis in the Port of Bahia Blanc
Engineering and consulting firms setec and Royal HaskoningDHV have been selected by VNF, the French navigable waterways authority, to jointly provide program management assistance over 12 years for a canal link extending from France to Belgium. The vast new Canal Seine-Nord Europe will connect the b
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has been awarded three dredging-related contracts on the African subcontinent with a combined value of approximately EUR 75 million. In Angola, Boskalis has been awarded a contract by Angola LNG Ltd. for dredging activities related to maintaining the access channel an
Sustainability researchers at Robert Gordon University (RGU) in Aberdeen have been awarded more than £300.000 in funding to further develop their work which aims to create a viable marine energy industry in Indonesia. The Centre for Understanding Sustainable Practice (CUSP) at RGU, led by Alan Owen,
Completion of a coffer dam in the River Tay at the site of V&A Museum of Design Dundee marks a major milestone in the £80.11 million construction project, Royal BAM Group announced. The V&A Dundee building will protrude out into the River Tay. To enable the land reclamation work to progress, BAM Con
Atlantis Resources, the developer behind MeyGen tidal energy project, has provided an update on the development of the project stating that it’s on track to deliver first power in 2016. According to Atlantis, construction works continue at the onshore site, with three of the four directionally drill
Wello, a Finnish wave energy player, has developed the Penguin wave energy device that produces power by riding the waves. Wello has based their wave energy technology by re-purposing existing technologies from wind energy sector. Wello’s Penguin converts waves to electricity directly with continuou
The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) Seminar on Dredging and Reclamation started on June 22 at UNESCO-IHE, in Delft, the Netherlands, and will last through Friday, 26 June, 2015. The seminar reflects IADC’s commitment to education, to encouraging young people to enter the field
The Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), Dredging Suez Canal, has just posted on its official facebook page the latest photos from the New Suez Canal dredging project. About 228 million cubic meters of water-saturated sand has been dredged so far, Head of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA), Mohab Mamish
Carnegie Wave Energy has announced that its wave energy project off Perth has reached 10.000 hours of continuous operation. According to Carnegie, CETO 5 units have experienced a wide range of sea states, including waves of up to 5.7 m high. Perth Wave Energy project has been connected to the Austra
Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) has released its second Environmental Effects Monitoring Report in an effort to enhance its environmental monitoring program. The report contains summary information on data collected from 2011 to 2013. It will be used to help design an enhanced program
Brisbane-based Riverside Marine has signalled its entry into the Australian dredging markets with the purchase of an IHC-built 2000 cubic meter dredger. Their new trailing suction hopper dredger, the Resolute, will arrive in Australia in October after substantial modifications currently being undert
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, yesterday named the latest addition to its hydrographic survey fleet after retired Command Sergeant Major Micheal L. Buxbaum. The Buxbaum will be equipped with a vessel mounted “LIDAR” (light detection and ranging) system. The Optech Ilris 3-D l
