In Ivory Coast, DEME Group recently completed a challenging capital dredging project for the extension of the Port of San Pedro, the second largest port in the country. “With our trailing suction hopper dredgers ‘Marieke’ and ‘Orwell’ we deepened the access channel and executed land reclamation work
Royal IHC has signed three contracts with the Jordan-based Arab Potash Company (APC) to deliver two cutter suction dredgers (CSDs) and implement a new maintenance agreement. The first contract comprises the delivery of a custom-built CSD, the second is a three-year maintenance contract for the IHC d
WesternGeco has completed an ocean bottom nodes multiclient survey in the North West El Amal block, offshore Egypt, for Neptune Energy.
Nigeria-based Geocadinal Integrated Services, has ordered a Saab Seaeye Falcon remotely operated vehicle, fully fitted for survey work. The customised survey suite on Geocadinal’s ROV includes a Digital Edge HDD dual channel recording and eventing system. It also comes with a dual laser system for v
Construction support vessel Bourbon Oceanteam 101 has completed work in Angola under its charter agreement and is preparing for its next contract.
CHEC, a China Communications Construction’s subsidiary, recently completed the Abidjan Port Expansion Project in Cote d’Ivoire – reaching 11.12 million safe man-hours during the project construction. The project mainly includes building three new container berths, a ro-ro berth, a general cargo bert
Jan De Nul Group has just released their business figures for the past year, saying that in line with previous years, 2019 remained a challenging year for international dredging activities. Market conditions have not yet revived public and private investments. On the other hand, activity in the offs
Oil and gas company PetroNor has reached a mutual agreement with the Government of Senegal to suspend the arbitration related to a dispute for two offshore blocks.
Houston-based W-Industries said it has won a contract for the Total-led $20 billion Mozambique liquefied natural gas export project. The deal has been awarded by Total E&P Mozambique Area 1, a unit of the French energy giant. The contract includes engineering, manufacturing, integration, automation
After considering the consequences of the COVID-19 global pandemic on oil prices and African economies, the Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons (MMH) of Equatorial Guinea has signed a ministerial order granting oil and gas companies a two-year extension on their exploration programmes.
Limited shore leave, growing workload, and extended time at sea are taking their toll on the seafarers’ health and wellbeing during the pandemic, according to the latest survey published by the Mission to Seafarers. “The report has revealed that seafarer happiness is lower, with clear concerns about
Water managers are continuously making decisions to guarantee water safety. These decisions relate to the short term, for example ongoing droughts or, precisely, when there is a risk of flooding. But they can also affect the long term given the more extreme events caused by climate change. All these
