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Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (September 25 – October 1, 2017). DEME Holds Naming Ceremony for TSHD Scheldt River The trailing suction hopper dredger Scheldt River was officially named two days ago at the DEME head office in Zwijndrecht, Belgi
ECA Group has been awarded a contract to supply a riser connection monitoring system to a private operator for oil & gas and nuclear activities in Angola. On an offshore FPSO (floating production storage and offloading unit), the flexible risers are connected to the vessel by means of a bend stiffen
Total E&P Nigeria has awarded Golden Energy Offshore, a Norway-based shipowner and operator of offshore service vessels, a three-month extension for its Energy Scout platform supply vessel (PSV). To remind, the company announced at the end of June that it had entered into a contract with Total E&P N
DSC Dredge engineers were busy in Ikorodu, Lagos, Nigeria, in August, starting up the country’s largest dredge to date. The 24-inch (600 mm) Marlin Class dredge from DSC features two dredge pumps – a 24-inch pump located on the ladder and another 24-inch pump located on the dredge’s stern. The dredg
“The maritime sector, which includes shipping, ports and the people that operate them, can and should play a significant role helping member states to create conditions for increased employment, prosperity and stability ashore through promoting trade by sea; enhancing the port and maritime sector as
Lekoil, an oil company focused on Africa, has set a prospective spud date for appraisal drilling of the Ogo discovery in OPL 310, offshore Nigeria. Lekoil said on Thursday in its half-year financial results that the drilling at the project was expected to start in first quarter of 2018, subject to a
The TTE Technical Training Group joined forces with Durham University to train a group of Nigerian graduates for their future roles in the West African LNG sector.
Canadian Overseas Petroleum Limited (COPL) has not to give up on the Liberian offshore oil and gas space after a recent duster with the Mesurado well in partnership with ExxonMobil. While the current production sharing contract (PSC) for LB-13 block with ExxonMobil and COPL – where the well was dril
Unique Group has executed a dealer agreement with Norwegian-based Kongsberg Maritime. As part of the agreement, Unique Group’s Cape Town office will offer KM’s underwater mapping and navigation solutions to customers in Nigeria and Kenya. The Kongsberg range of underwater mapping products includes t
RINA Services has been selected as Eni’s certification authority for the company’s Coral South floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) project in Mozambique.
Container shipping lines are increasing their share of the seaborne reefer market and are forecast to accelerate their assault over the coming years, taking 85 percent by 2021, according to Drewry shipping consultancy. Based on the forecast, the modal split between reefer containerships and speciali
