(PhysOrg.com) A wave energy generation test site called the "Wave Hub" is being set up off Cornwall’s northern coast. The site is the first offshore wave energy site in the UK, and will allow four wave energy generator systems, with a total capacity of 20 MW, to be evaluated simultaneously. The $64 million project consists of a sub-station at Hayle in Cornwall, from which a cable has now been laid under the sand dunes and ...read full story...

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(kpbs.org) SAN DIEGO — Work will begin this week to begin dredging the Mission Bay Channel to make it safer for recreational and commercial boaters accessing the Pacific Ocean, it was announced today. The $5.3 million project, which is being overseen by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, was paid for through federal stimulus funding and will take about 30 days to complete, according to Mayor Jerry Sanders' office. "This dredging ...read full story...

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(959watd) A proposed dredge of the Duxbury Harbor would remove an estimated 135 thousand cubic yards of sandy and silty material from Duxbury Bay. “The United States Army Corp. of Engineers is proposing to perform maintenance dredging of the Duxbury Harbor Federal Navigational Project in Duxbury, Mass.,” said New England District spokesman Tim Dugan. Dugan says the proposed ...read full story...

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Within the maritime infrastructure industry, the companies that comprise the International Association of Dredging Companies are known for their high-levels of expertise. But outside the industry dredging in general is often little known and undervalued. Important progress is being made to communicate the dynamism of the dredging sector to a new generation and to underscore how essential dredging is to improve a country’s socioeconomic well-being and living standards.

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(Van Oord) Rotterdam, the Netherlands – 3rd September 2010 – Van Oord was recently awarded the dredging works for the Cape Lambert Port B Project by Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd. The project comprises the construction of a new port facility adjacent to the existing Cape Lambert Port facility in Western Australia.

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(nebusiness) Offshore engineering specialist IHC Engineering Business (EB) is “absolutely” confident of being back in profit this year after investment in new technology and the opening of a new site pushed it into the red. Figures just published by the Northumberland-based business show it made a pre-tax loss of £2.8m in the 12 months to September 30 last year, compared with a £2m profit in ...read full story...

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(Van Oord) On 20 August 2010, flexible fallpipe vessel Stornes was launched at the CIMC Raffles yard in Yantai, China. A naming ceremony will be held at a later date. Final building operations will be conducted at the same yard. The ship is scheduled for completion in 2011 after which it will be operational on the offshore market.

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(GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- Orion Marine Group, a leading heavy civil marine contractor serving the infrastructure sector, today announced the christening of its newest dredge the Linda LaQuay. Orion Marine Group will christen the dredge Linda LaQuay Friday morning, August 27, 2010, in its new north yard in Port Lavaca, TX. The dredge Linda LaQuay, is a 24" cutter suction dredge with the capability of dredging depths up ..read full story...

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(Nola) Louisiana received its third $60 million check from BP on Tuesday to pay a share of the cost of building berms along barrier islands, and the state's coastal czar again defended the controversial use of sand as an effective tool in capturing oil from the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico ...read full story...

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On Monday August 16th Jan De Nul NV was awarded one of the last large tenders for the Panama Canal Expansion. Jan De Nul is already very active in Panama and is a.o. working on the construction of the new locks on the Panama Canal, one of the most prestigious infrastructure works in the world.
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