Equipment
France: Hyundai Heavy Exhibits at INTERMAT 2012
Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world’s biggest shipbuilder and a leading construction equipment manufacturer, has announced that it is exhibiting construction equipment at INTERMAT 2012 in Paris, France. At the expo, Hyundai Heavy is presenting the new eco-friendly 9A Series and hybrid excavators tha
China: Boluomiao Shipyard Successfully Repairs “Tian Rui 1”
Repairing the special ship with “high quality, time accuracy, safety, and excellent service”, Boluomiao Shipyard obtained praise from the ship owner, and established an important flag for the brand of BLM. On Apr. 5th, Boluomiao Shipyard completed the big dredger “Tian Rui 1” successfully and achiev
Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure Agency Takes Delivery of Coda Octopus UIS(TM)
Coda Octopus Group, Inc. announced that the world-renowned survey department of Rijkswaterstaat in the Netherlands has just taken delivery of their first integrated Underwater Inspection System (UIS(TM)) from Coda Octopus Products. Rijkswaterstaat’s survey department, whose remit covers mainly insho
UK: Seatronics Orders Teledyne Odom’s New MB1
Seatronics, an Acteon company, has ordered Teledyne Odom’s new MB1 multibeam sonar system. This is Seatronics’ first order for the system and it plans to purchase more during the year. Dave Currie, managing director for Seatronics, said, “We can see that a lot of thought has gone into the design of
UK: Coastline Surveys Completes Two Vibrocore Campaigns for Hanson
Coastline Surveys Ltd has recently completed two large Geotechnical Vibrocore campaigns for Hanson Aggregates Marine Ltd (HAML). The first work scope comprised 58 core locations offshore Norfolk. Specialist Geotechnical Survey Vessel, MV Flatholm, was mobilised and work scope completed with Coastlin
IADC: Facts About Selecting a Destination for Dredged Material (The Netherlands)
Finding a suitable destination for dredged material can be challenging. Although most dredged material is clean, people’s pre-conceptions about the quality of dredged material are often quite negative. The discussion, the pros and cons, about where and when dredged material can be used or placed is
India: Drydocks World Delivers Self Elevating Platform Samrat
Drydocks World, the established international player in ship repair, conversion and new building announced today that it has delivered Self Elevating Platform Samrat to the owner, Mumbai, India-based AFCONS Infrastructure. The Platform was built at Drydocks World – Dubai shipyard. The Self Elevating
Imtech Marine Completes Three New-Build Vessel Projects in Singapore
Recently Imtech Marine, specialized in system integration, successfully completed three innovative new-build vessel projects in Singapore; Seven Borealis for Subsea 7, Rockpiper for a subsidiary of Royal Boskalis Westminster NV and Flintstone for Tideway, part of the DEME Group. The ships will all o
The Netherlands: De Kooiman to Build Mono Dredger Pontoon for Martens & Van Oord
Shipyard Kooiman will build a mono dredger pontoon for Martens & van Oord. The pontoon will have the measurement of 60 x 15 meters and will be delivered on the 1st of February 2013. About Kooiman Group Versatile, all-round and customer orientated. These are the keywords of what the Kooiman Group is
The Netherlands: Van Oord Takes Delivery of New Multicat “Cronus”
Van Oord performed the naming ceremony for its new multicat Cronus. A sister vessel Oceanus was delivered November 2011. The multicats were ordered by Van Oord in November 2010 with Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld (The Netherlands). Their main purpose will be assisting the Athena and Artemis, Van Oord’s
The Netherlands: Weir Minerals Delivers Slurry Pumps to Van Oord
According to World Pumps, the new Weir Minerals sales and service centre in Nederweert, the Netherlands, has just supplied €750 000 worth of slurry pumps and spare parts to international marine contractor Van Oord. The slurry pumps and spare parts are for two new Van Oord cutter dredgers – the Athen
The Netherlands: Dredge Yard Launches Dredge Turning Gland
Dredge Yard, a company dedicated to the market of dredge equipment and dredging technology, has announced the launch of the dredge turning gland. Dredge turning gland is a TSHD component that is attached to the lower suction pipe allowing a radial rotation in both directions. Due to this feature the
Spectra Precision Introduces ProFlex 800 GNSS (USA)
Spectra Precision has introduced the new ProFlex 800, a GNSS solution with Z-Blade GNSS-centric technology. The ProFlex 800 delivers fast and reliable RTK positioning, even in environments where GNSS signals may be difficult to acquire, Spectra Precision said. Rugged and IP67 rated, the ProFlex 800
The Netherlands: Tideway, Amarcon Continue Collaboration
The Dutch offshore contractor Tideway, specialized in offshore dredging, landfall construction and pipeline stabilization, has purchased Amarcon’s OCTOPUS-Onboard for her rock dumping vessel Rollingstone. For a period of nine months Tideway leased OCTOPUS-Onboard for the purpose of response monitori