Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, has just visited Portsmouth where he set out the government’s next steps in building the most modern navy in the world. On a visit to the home of the Royal Navy, the Chancellor announced a new national shipbuilding strategy in advance of a decision later
An initiative to provide sanitary sewer systems to 40 villages in the southern district of New Chimbote was being delayed by a series of overfilled treatment/oxidation ponds. Excess soil accumulation combined with high sludge levels reduced the ponds’ original design capacities and created a toxic f
TWI and Stirling Dynamics are jointly showcasing REMO, online remote condition monitoring of tidal stream generators system, today at Bristol. The REMO project, funded by European Commission, aims to provide an enabling technology for tidal stream energy, by reducing the projected life cycle mainten
The month of January begins a year-long celebration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC). Incorporated in May 1965, the association brought together 60 participants of 38 international dredging contractors from 12 countries. Dredging h
The Texel platform represents a trial for providing clean electricity to remote locations worldwide. Bluewater has partnered with a group of offshore companies to realize the first floating tidal energy platform which will be moored near Texel in the Wadden sea, the Netherlands, and generate clean e
Tidal Energy Ltd, Welsh tidal developer company, has completed the fabrication and assembly of DeltaStream tidal energy device and it’s waiting for stable weather conditions to deploy it into Ramsey Sound. According to Tidal Energy Ltd, the 400 kW DeltaStream device is fully commissioned, grid conne
The SCHOTTEL Instream Turbine (SIT) is a lightweight generator of hydrokinetic energy, whose design is based on the fact that reducing turbine size leads to a better ratio of power and material use. One SIT produces between 54 and 70 kW of electric power, depending on the current velocity and the si
Van Oord and joint venture partner Royal Boskalis Westminster have won a major land reclamation contract in Indonesia. The contract, awarded by the PT Muara Wisesa Samudra, includes design and construction of the artificial island under the Dredging and Land Development Project for Pluit City off th
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is ready to mark the beginning of the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP) tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. at 1 Old Fort Jackson Road in Savannah. The recovery of the CSS Georgia ironclad from the floor of the Savannah River will be the first action undertaken in this pha
Trimble has introduced the Trimble® SPS356 DGNSS Beacon Receiver specifically designed for marine construction. This marine receiver allows contractors to achieve sub-meter accuracy using DGNSS or MSK Beacon station corrections for robust, multi-constellation positioning. The receiver is ideal for a
An emergency dredging operation of the Lamma Power Station Navigation Channel has officially started. A small fleet of vessels, including two grab dredgers, four hopper barges, two tugs and one survey boat, is deployed in the area, according to the Hong Kong Marine Department. The number of vessels
After completing the installation of the second CETO 5 unit, Carnegie Wave has announced the deployment of third CETO 5 unit is expected in 30 days. The third and final CETO 5 unit has been moved to the Australian Maritime Complex, marine industrial facility, for final assembly ahead of its installa
Wavepower, a private investment company concerned with wave energy sector, is looking to invest in wave power technologies or companies, as well as expanding their team. Wavepower, based in Glastonbury, plans to fund the technology developers they invest in, from their current stage all the way to c
Along with the news about the successful installation of its second CETO 5 wave energy unit off the coast of Perth, Western Australia, Carnegie Wave Energy has also announced that the third and final CETO 5 unit has been moved to the Australian Maritime Complex (AMC) in Henderson for final fit out a
