At 488m in length, and longer than four football pitches, Shell’s Prelude FLNG facility was always going to represent a formidable challenge even for the skilled tug masters who were charged with towing the facility from the shipyard in South Korea where it was constructed, and delivering it to its final destination, a remote gas […]
HR Wallingford wins Innovative Services to Dredging Award
HR Wallingford is delighted to have been recognised in the Dredging and Port Construction Innovation Awards 2016, one of the industry’s most prestigious awards.
MarineE-tech: Exploring deep ocean mineral deposits
E-tech elements, such as cobalt and tellurium, are vital for emerging E-technologies. These elements are in short supply, yet they are formed through natural Earth processes and occur in high concentrations in the world’s ocean basins in metal rich deposits. HR Wallingford is part of MarineE-tech, a new £4.2 million research programme that will investigate the […]
HR Wallingford scientist receives US government award for heroism
HR Wallingford’s Professor Andrew Manning has been awarded the Exemplary Act Award by the United States Department of the Interior, US Geological Survey in recognition of a heroic act which resulted in lives being saved.
HYDRALAB+ Modelling the impact of climate change on the coast
HR Wallingford is to play a vital role in a new €10 million project that will improve the prediction of environmental change and, ultimately, shape the future of international climate change policy.