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  • Hudson River Dredging Kicks Off (USA)

    10 May 2012

    The Hudson River cleanup project yesterday entered its third year of dredging. As during the 2011 season, three to four dredges will be working at any given time, 24 hours a day and six days a week, until early November, according to Mark Behan, a spokesman for General Electric Co. Behan said the weather has […]

  • Work Progresses on Bacton to Walcott Sandcaping Scheme

    2 August 2019
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    North Norfolk District Council, together with its project partners Van Oord and Royal Haskoning DHV are making nice progress on the UK’s first ever sandscaping coastal flood scheme. According to the officials, it won’t be long until the beaches at Bacton and Walcott are transformed and as such protected for years to come. They also added […]

  • PGS in Campos Basin 3D Shoot

    4 March 2020
    Operations & Maintenance

    Seismic contractor Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) has recently kicked off the first GeoStreamer X MultiClient 3D seismic survey offshore Brazil. The Campos Deepwater GeoStreamer X project will deliver seismic data over the deepwater portion of northern Campos Basin. Ramform Titan arrived in Brazil on schedule and started operations on 25 February, just north of the Tropic […]

  • TSHD Magdalen Starts Her First Project

    10 January 2018
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Weeks Marine’s new hopper dredge Magdalen has arrived in Buxton (NC) to take part in one of the State’s most critical projects, the Buxton Beach Nourishment scheme. Last week, Weeks’ President Richard S. Weeks announced that the single largest investment in the company’s 99-year history, the Magdalen will start her first project in North Carolina. “We […]

  • Team Van Oord: Birmingham Scheme in Full Swing

    22 June 2017
    Business & Finance

    Work is underway on the second element of a £4 million flood prevention scheme in Birmingham, being carried out by Team Van Oord on behalf of the Environment Agency. The works are being carried out in two phases – Selly Park North and Selly Park South – and when complete will significantly reduce the risk […]

  • Another Recognition for Wallasea Island Wild Coast Project

    11 May 2017
    Business & Finance

    BAM Nuttall has just announced that their Wallasea Island Wild Coast Project achieved success at the RICS East of England Awards 2017 held at Bury St Edmunds yesterday. The project won the ‘Infrastructure’ category and also received recognition for ‘Regeneration’, receiving a ‘Highly Commended’ award. Wallasea Island was among 36 regional schemes nominated for the […]

  • HAF Consortium to Decommission Brae Bravo Platform

    10 October 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) and AF Offshore Decom (AFOD), together known as the HAF consortium, have secured a contract from Marathon Oil Decommissioning Services for the Engineering, Preparation, Removal and Disposal (EPRD) of the Brae Bravo Platform. The scope comprises of the EPRD of the topsides, the flare jacket and bridge and the main jacket. […]

  • UK: Norfolk Coastal Walks Benefit from Seawall Repairs

    11 April 2014

    The flood defence banks between Blakeney and Cley, and between Brancaster village and Brancaster beach suffered multiple breaches during the tidal surge in December. The damage was so significant that the footpaths on top of the defences had been closed since the surge. The Environment Agency is working with the National Trail, National Trust and […]

  • Triangle Energy kicks off Cliff Head workover campaign

    26 October 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Operations & Maintenance

    Australia’s Triangle Energy has started a workover campaign on two wells on the Cliff Head oil field located offshore Australia.

  • Equinor spuds ‘one of the largest gas prospects in Norway in 2022’

    11 April 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Equinor has started drilling a wildcat well, located in the North Sea offshore Norway, using an Odfjell Drilling-owned rig.

  • USACE to Continue with the Restoration of America’s Everglades

    5 December 2016
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    September 30 marked the end of fiscal year 2016 for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District–a year in which the Corps Team of Professionals, alongside its partners, achieved on-the-ground benefits to restore America’s Everglades. The $127 million federal investment in fiscal year 2016 towards Everglades restoration provided essential funding to award critical construction […]

  • Neptune kicks off production from Duva field off Norway

    23 August 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Oil and gas company Neptune Energy has started production from the Duva development in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.

  • USA: Port of Rochester Dredging Set for 2014

    10 May 2013
    Business & Finance

    Congresswoman Louise M. Slaughter (D-NY), Co-Chair of the Congressional Great Lakes Task Force, announced that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has agreed to dredge the Port of Rochester and Irondequoit Bay. After receiving a letter from Slaughter in March urging the Corps to obligate funding for dredging purposes, the Corps expects to begin dredging […]

  • NWSA reveals inaugural shore power plug-in at terminal 5

    14 April 2023
    Green Marine, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Transition, Vessels

    The Northwest Seaport Alliance’s Terminal 5 welcomed MSC Brunella last week as the first vessel to plug-in into the terminal’s shore power infrastructure. This inaugural plug-in on April 10 marked the commissioning phase of the Terminal’s shore power project component, successfully utilizing clean energy from the City of Seattle’s electrical grid to power the vessel […]

  • NKT Victoria paces ahead with cable laying for Shetland HVDC link

    25 October 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Project & Tenders

    NKT Victoria has completed cable laying works for the Shetland HVDC Link as part of the first cable installation campaign which begins at Noss Head, North of Wick. The trenching vessel, Grand Canyon III, has also completed trenching the cable to the required burial depth in the seabed as part of Campaign 1. For sections […]

  • Baleària assigns its first LNG ferry to Motril-Melilla route

    2 April 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    Spanish ferry operator Baleària has selected its LNG-fueled ferry Hypatia De Alejandria to operate the route between the Spanish town of Motril and the Spanish autonomous city of Melilla in North Africa.

  • Construction starts on Terntank’s hybrid tankers

    2 July 2020
    Infrastructure, Vessels

    China Merchants Jinling shipyard started building on Tuesday two LNG and LBG-powered tankers for Sweden’s Terntank. Terntank ordered the duo last year at the Chinese yard previously known as AVIC Dingheng Shipbuilding. The vessels are an upgraded version of the shipping company’s AVIC series. Rolls-Royce Commercial Marine, now part of Kongsberg, designed the two ships […]

  • Maersk Supply Service gets subsea removal task for Dunlin Alpha platform

    20 May 2020
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Maersk Supply Service has secured a contract by Fairfield Betula Limited for the removal of the Dunlin Alpha platform’s subsea conductors and guide frames.

  • Russia: Rosmorport Invites Bids for Ust-Luga Dredging Program

    7 June 2013

    North West Basin Branch of FSUE Rosmorport seeks contractor for ecological control of the Ust-Luga maintenance dredging program. An area which will be dredged under this tender is an approach channel to Ust-Luga mouth, reports portnews.ru. Initial price of this contract is RUB 1.049 mln (around USD 33.000), and the deadline for application of bids […]

  • ICTSI Chairman Tours Basra Gateway Terminal

    18 March 2015
    Business & Finance

    Enrique K. Razon Jr., International Container Terminal Services Inc.(ICTSI) chairman and president, recently visited Basra Gateway Terminal (BGT), ICTSI’s subsidiary in the Port of Umm Qasr, Iraq. Razon inspected the continuing upgrade works at Berth 20, the existing facility in Umm Qasr’s North Port where ICTSI started operations in November 2014. He also inspected the […]

  • SubseaPartner Secures UK Diving Job with Teekay

    21 June 2019
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Norwegian diving contractor SubseaPartner has increased its footprint in the UK with another contract award by the operator and FPSO owner Teekay Offshore. The contract is for undertaking ongoing subsea work on the FPSO’s Foinaven and Hummingbird. Detailed planning and engineering are done and SubseaPartner has chartered the vessel Olympic Zeus as support for the […]

  • Sentinel Marine to keep providing offshore support on Neptune’s UK gas field

    3 August 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Sentinel Marine has secured a new deal for one of its vessels with Neptune Energy to continue supporting a field in the UK North Sea.

  • Woodside files plan for Scarborough drilling operations

    16 November 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Rules & Regulation, Vessels

    Woodside has filed its environment plan for the Scarborough drilling and completions operations and the plan is now under assessment.

  • Westwood: UK’s windfall tax puts oil & gas investments at risk, with domino effect on North Sea rig demand

    24 March 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Westwood says that the UK’s tax changes could amplify the exodus of rigs from the North Sea, which is already in full swing.

  • USA: Marco Island Beach Renourishment Kicks Off

    5 March 2013

    Residents and visitors can expect $1,358,000 worth of beach maintenance and improvement activity to commence early this month on South Beach Marco Island. Despite being peak tourist season, the schedule for work on the beach requires completion within the next 60 days before the start of turtle nesting season on May 1. The beach renourisment […]