The naming and launch ceremony of the 5,500m³ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) ILEMBE took place this morning at Royal IHC’s shipyard in Kinderdijk, the Netherlands. The dredger is being built for Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA), the national port authority of South Africa. The ceremo
The installation of six wave energy devices is currently taking place at the Ada Estuary, Ghana, as part of collaborative wave energy project between TC’s Energy and Seabased. The first phase of the Ghanaian wave energy project which includes the installation of 6 wave energy devices is expected to
Envision Energy aims to install a superconductive generator on one of its most advanced wind turbines. The product named EcoSwing generator is designed for a +3 MW class direct drive turbine, and will provide enough electricity to power 1000 households. Anders Rebsdorf, Head of Envision’s Global Inn
DNV GL, in collaboration with IHCantabria, is organizing a course on Sesam Marine software that simulates marine operations like heavy lifting, side-by-side mooring and floatover ahead of offshore handling. The course ‘Simulation of Marine Operations with Sesam Marine’ aims to introduce the particip
The forum is created to support teams, investors, and contributors interested in forming partnerships for participating in Wave Energy Prize competition. The forum serves as a ‘classified ad’ section, and can be used by teams or individuals to advertise needs for additional expertise to round out th
GIW Industries, Inc., a company involved in the design, manufacture and application of heavy duty centrifugal slurry pumps, has announced the successful design and installation of a unique underwater pump system for a Chinese dredging contractor. This equipment package consists of a GIW® Minerals LH
Groh Dredging and Marine Construction of Wisconsin is entering the final phase of the Boone’s Landing dredging project. So far, approximately 75% of the dredging works have been completed. The company is dredging an area 150 feet long and 100 feet wide at the boat ramp. The work will remove 2 to 4 f
General Electric begins today the sixth and final season of one the largest and most complex environmental dredging projects ever undertaken in the United States. At the conclusion of this year’s work, approximately 3.3 million tons of dewatered sediment — 2.9 million cubic yards — will have been re
Four new Super Post-Panamax wharf cranes that are part of a significant upgrade of the Barbours Cut Container Terminal arrived yesterday at the Port of Houston. The cranes, largest ever built by Konecranes, come as a part of the Port Authority overall plan to undertake significant infrastructure imp
QED Naval has completed its recruitment drive to enable the company to take on the challenges of the Subhub project and bring further capabilities to the business. QED Naval expanded its team with three new recruits – Craig Salkeld, Alan McIntosh and Jonathan Nicol. Craig Salkeld will join QED Naval
After Van Oord awarded the design and equipment contract for their new subsea rock installation (SRI) vessel ‘Bravenes’ to Ulstein in September 2014, Sinopacific has now begun construction of the vessel with the first steel already cut for this innovative vessel. The DP-3 vessel is a unique design f
The Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), Dredging Suez Canal, has just posted on its official facebook page this beautiful photo of Boskalis’ heavy-duty, rock cutting, stationary dredger Phoenix 1, working on the New Suez Canal dredging project. Boskalis is a member of the consortium that will be ex
Jan De Nul Group has ordered two 6,000 ton Subsea Rock Installation (SRI) vessels from AVIC Weihai shipyard in Weihai, China. The vessels will be able to install rock at depths up to about 600 m by means of a flexible fall pipe. An inclined fall pipe will enable accurate rock installation around str
The European Commission’s research and innovation programme Horizon 2020 has granted EUR 17 million in funding for the Clean Energy From Ocean Waves (CEFOW) research project that is coordinated by Fortum. The mission of the five-year project is to research and develop the use of the Penguin wave ene
