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The New Flagship of Offshore Site Investigation

A new chapter in offshore geotechnical investigation begins with the launch of Bridgewater Discovery, a newly refurbished, high-performance survey vessel. Originally built in 2008 and extensively re...

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Sand, Storms, and Shorelines: Geotechnical Engineering Behind Jersey’s $73.5M Coastal Replenishment

Ocean County, New Jersey, is embracing one of its most ambitious coastal resilience projects yet—a $73.5 million beach replenishment initiative stretching from Manasquan Inlet to Barnegat Inlet. With...

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Advancing Europe’s Carbon Capture Goals: The CO₂ Highway and Smeaheia Collaboration

The European CO₂ Highway, a groundbreaking initiative, aims to transport captured carbon from major industrial hubs in Northwestern Europe to secure storage sites in Norway’s North Sea. This extensiv...

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Revolutionizing Offshore Surveys: Drones Take the Lead in Wind Farm Development

The future of offshore wind farm surveys is here, with drones set to play a pivotal role in mapping subsea conditions. A cutting-edge approach will be deployed for European offshore wind projects to...

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Norway sued over the approval of deep-sea mining

It was announced on May 23 by the Norwegian branch of World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) that they had filed a lawsuit at an Oslo court against Norway’s decision to approve deep-sea mining. Furthermor...

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Foundation installation commences on Dogger Bank B offshore wind farm

Dogger Bank is an offshore wind farm located off the east coast of the UK, and foundation installation for the project’s second phase (phase B) has commenced, as was announced on May 14. Furthermore...

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62nd Rankine Lecture title and outline announced

It was recently announced by the British Geotechnical Association (BGA) that the 62nd Ranking Lecture will take place on the 13th of March 2024, at Imperial College London. As was made known in Marc...

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New study finds that the fastest ever underwater flow was triggered by 2022 Tonga eruption

A new study, published on September 7 in the science magazine, showed that the eruption of the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai submarine volcano in January 2022 caused the fastest underwater flow ever reco...

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Casting of Fehmarnbelt tunnel’s precast elements has began

Casting of the elements for the Fehmarnbelt tunnel has now begun, as was announced on July 10. The Fehmarnbelt tunnel is going to be an 18 km long immersed tunnel, which will stretch between Rødbyhav...

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World’s first artificial energy island to be constructed in the North Sea

The construction contract for the world’s first artificial energy island was recently awarded to a Belgian consortium. Princess Elisabeth island will be installed 45 km offshore Belgium and its co...

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