Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH (NSW), a wholly-owned subsidiary of General Cable, has received a newly refurbished DP2 cable laying vessel under a long term charter agreement from the vessel management company Meriaura. The vessel M/V Aura has been refurbished to the exact specifications of NSW and
Moray Council, Environmental Services, has introduced a plan for the design and tender preparation for the dredger replacement. The scope of work will include preparation of specification, design, and completion of plans to Classification Society approval and Moray Council, based on the scoping stud
Geotextile positioned vertically in a dike can stop piping. That has been proven by an experiment with the textile on IJkdijk in Bellingwolde (the Netherlands). Geotextile has been used in hydraulic engineering for some time now but using it for piping is new. The experiment has shown for the first
As an established provider of specialist subsea services to the offshore energy markets, Red7Marine continues to develop its range of fully integrated bespoke equipment and has made a commitment to being considered ‘The Partner of Choice’ where subsea excavation solutions are required. Following an
Ravestein B.V. has been awarded the contract for the design and construction of a backhoe dredger type Ravestein 900B for Jan De Nul Group. The vessel will be delivered in January 2014. This will be the second contract for building a Ravestein 900B in short time, after successful delivery of the bac
Reef Subsea announced that its subsidiary company, Reef Subsea Power & Umbilical, based in the North-East of England, with offices in Aberdeen, has launched a new innovative subsea Trench ROV in Newcastle upon Tyne. Reef Subsea Power & Umbilical’s new Q1000 Jet Trencher was unveiled yesterday in fro
The United Kingdom will soon be home to a very special Italian-built dredger designed by a British dredger operator specialising in marina dredging. The vessel, to be constructed by Italy’s leading dredger manufacturer, Italdraghe SpA (San Giovanni, Italy) and designed by Goodchild Marine Services L
Deltares and Züblin Spezialtiefbau Ges.m.b.H have developed and successfully implemented pilot projects of a solution to seal groundwater leakages in the subsoil using biotechnology. This BioSealing solution is at the brink of a much wider introduction in the market. BioSealing is a solution for sea
A new backhoe dredger manufactured by IHC Merwede was named ALBERTO ALEMÁN ZUBIETA during a special ceremony at the shipyard of its cooperation partner, NMC, in Nieuw- Lekkerland, The Netherlands, on 28 September. IHC Merwede has built the vessel for Autoridad del Canal de Panama (ACP). The ceremony
The construction started this week on a new building for Cargotec Netherlands at Pier 4, Port of Rotterdam. The business is currently still located on the Maashaven. The new office building will house around 150 workers and has a surface area of 3,500 square metres. It is due to be completed by the
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, recently won contracts from two major container terminal operators, APM Terminals and Rotterdam World Gateway (RWG) to provide automation systems for their new ship-to-shore cranes. ABB’s delivery will enable the cranes to be operated remotely,
IHC Beaver Dredgers has delivered a Delta Multi Craft (DMC) 1400 workboat to a customer currently operating an IHC Beaver 6518C. It was supplied from stock to ensure a minimum lead time, and the workboat and dredger have now formed the perfect working partnership. The DMC1400 will assist the dredger
The largest backhoe dredger in the world has been installed with box cooler anti-fouling systems designed as the result of collaboration between Blokland Non-Ferro and Cathelco Ltd. The dredger has been built by IHC Merwede and was recently launched at the shipyard of its Dutch co-operation partner
A study has been conducted in cooperation between Nord Stream, the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI) and the Swedish Nature Protection Agency, in order to establish the underwater noise levels in the sea close to the Natura 2000 area at Norra Midsjöbanken, to the south of Gotland. Noise emanatin
