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  • Jan De Nul Signs EPCI Contract for Nobelwind

    25 September 2015

    On Tuesday 15th September 2015, Jan De Nul Group and the offshore wind project Nobelwind signed the first offshore wind contract for Jan De Nul’s recently acquired offshore jack-up heavy lift vessel Vidar. It concerns the engineering, procurement, construction and installation of 51 monopile foundations for 50 wind turbines and for the Offshore High Voltage […]

  • Guardian Powers Maintenance Work at Borkum Riffgrund 1

    4 July 2014
    Operations & Maintenance

    Providing power for offshore operations on a transition piece in the construction phase is an essential service when working on the lifeless transition piece. Recently GeoSea chartered the Guardian, Braveheart Shipping’s survey vessel, to provide power by cable to the transition piece in the Borkum Riffgrund 1 wind farm on which they were carrying out […]

  • Corps Awards Contract to Repair Velva Levees (USA)

    11 June 2012

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $700,000 contract to Meyer Contracting, Inc., of Maple Grove, Minn., June 6 to repair levees in Velva, N.D., that were damaged during the 2011 flood. The repairs include removing concrete rubble used to reinforce the temporary levees during the flood; re-shaping and setting back […]

  • Corps Introduces St. Paul Island Dredging Plan

    11 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Alaska District is proposing to conduct repairs to federal navigation features at St. Paul Harbor on St. Paul Island. The Corps plans to repair the 1,000-foot-long detached rubble mound breakwater; repair scour holes in the harbor’s entrance channels and adjacent to rubble mound breakwaters; dredge to project depth selected shoaled […]

  • Kitimat Deal for BESIX

    9 August 2019
    Business & Finance

    The Canadian unit of the Belgium-based contractor BESIX has been awarded an LNG berth marine structure deal for the Shell-led LNG Canada project in Kitimat, British Columbia. BESIX Canada, together with its joint venture partner Vancouver Pile Driving (Vanpile), has been hired by the project’s EPC contractor JGC-Fluor JV. Works include the construction of a […]

  • Cabling Work Begins at West of Duddon Sands OWF (UK)

    23 December 2013
    Business & Finance

    A rock placement vessel ‘Seahorse’ is now at the West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm site and will start to lay rocks as a scour protection around all of the turbine bases. ‘Maersk Responder’ is currently in Liverpool for mobilisation and can be expected to arrive on site early next week to carry out […]

  • Narangi Sand Dredging Causes Major Concern (India)

    20 May 2012

    According to The Washington Post, dozens of dredging boats scour the bottom of the Vaitarna creek, Narangi, all day as workers build pyramids of excavated sand in the villages along its banks. Villagers say the rampant sand dredging is depleting groundwater tables, increasing the risk of floods and ruining the quality of soil. The unprecedented […]

  • GeoSea Finalises Borkum Riffgrund 1 Foundation Installation

    29 July 2014

    GeoSea has just finalized the installation of 77 foundations on the DONG Energy Borkum Riffgrund 1 offshore wind farm. The installation works, including transport from the fabrication yard to the marshalling harbor, have proceeded in record times and finished ahead of schedule. The 77 units consisted of monopiles, weighing between 495 tonnes and 684 tonnes and measuring a diameter […]

  • Jan de Nul Secures Nobelwind Contract for Vidar

    25 September 2015
    Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Jan De Nul Group and the offshore wind project Nobelwind signed the first offshore wind contract for Jan De Nul’s recently acquired offshore jack-up heavy lift vessel Vidar. It concerns the engineering, procurement, construction and installation of 51 monopile foundations for 50 wind turbines and for the Offshore High Voltage Substation (OHVS), the supply and […]

  • VIDEO: Seajacks’ Work on Meerwind Project

    19 May 2014

    Last month, Seajacks completed the installation work at the Meerwind project, a German offshore wind farm. Seajacks Zaratan worked alongside Seajacks Leviathan, self-propelled jack-ups, on the project, where they installed 80 wind turbines, including monopiles, transition pieces, towers and nacelles. Seajacks also managed the scour protection installation around the monopiles. The rock material, which was loaded […]

  • VIDEO: Seajacks’ Work on Meerwind Project

    19 May 2014

    Last month, Seajacks completed the installation work at the Meerwind project, a German offshore wind farm. Seajacks Zaratan worked alongside Seajacks Leviathan, self-propelled jack-ups, on the project, where they installed 80 wind turbines, including monopiles, transition pieces, towers and nacelles. Seajacks also managed the scour protection installation around the monopiles. The rock material, which was loaded […]

  • BOEM Studies Offshore Wind Construction

    29 September 2015
    Authorities & Government, Research & Development

    The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has begun a new study to conduct real-time, independent observations and data collection during construction of offshore wind turbines. Field work took place in August and September of this year through the Real-time Opportunity for Development Environmental Observations study, or RODEO, which is taking direct measurements of […]

  • SCORE Programme to Announce First Grant Awards

    7 October 2016
    Business & Finance

    OrbisEnergy will soon announce the first awardees of the GBP 6 million SCORE fund, launched by OrbisEnergy in July, dedicated to companies developing innovations for offshore renewables. Johnathan Reynolds, of Nautilus Associates, said: “We have had far more early applications in this programme than the previous one. The first grant panels have met and we are about to […]

  • DeepOcean to Deliver Conceptual Study for INTECSEA Canada

    17 September 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    DeepOcean is working to deliver a conceptual study for INTECSEA Canada (INTECSEA), with the support of SMD, as part of a programme to develop a trenching system for subsea pipelines, flowlines and umbilicals in ice scour environments. INTECSEA, on behalf of Petroleum Research Newfoundland & Labrador (PRNL), is managing a multi-phased Joint Industry Project (JIP) […]

  • Van Oord to Install Foundations on Burbo Bank Extension

    24 June 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Van Oord has signed a contract with DONG Energy for the installation of foundations at the Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm in the UK. Van Oord will install the project’s 32 monopiles and transition piece foundations, supply and install the scour protection and provide the logistics between the fabrication ports in Germany, Denmark, the […]

  • Geosea Wins Gode Wind Farm Contract (Germany)

    13 December 2013

    Geosea has been awarded a contract for Dong Energy’s Gode Wind Offshore Wind Farm. Under the contract, Geosea will transport and install wind turbine foundations, and carry out scour protection work. Offshore construction of the Gode Wind offshore wind farms will begin in the first half of 2015 and the wind farms are expected to […]

  • FoundOcean Secures Several North Sea IRM Deals (UK)

    15 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    FoundOcean, awarded multiple North Sea repair and strengthening contracts, a UK based company specialised subsea and offshore grouting has been awarded multiple North Sea repair and strengthening contracts. Jim Bell, Managing Director of FoundOcean said, “Maintenance is an essential part of ensuring the longevity of an offshore structure. FoundOcean has a strong track record in […]

  • FoundOcean Bags North Sea Repair and Strengthening Contracts

    15 October 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    FoundOcean, expert in subsea and offshore grouting, has been awarded multiple North Sea repair and strengthening contracts. Jim Bell, Managing Director of FoundOcean said, “Maintenance is an essential part of ensuring the longevity of an offshore structure. FoundOcean has a strong track record in providing inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) services. These cost-effective upgrade and reinforcement […]

  • USA: Jacksonville District Gets New Survey Boat

    13 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology, Vessels

    The modernization of USACE Jacksonville District’s fleet of survey boats continues with the arrival of its newest vessel. Crew members took delivery of the new boat, known as SB-48, in the past few weeks and have been working to install survey equipment so it will be ready to perform missions later this year. “Once it […]

  • Dutch invite input for 700 MW offshore wind farm zone

    6 November 2020
    Project & Tenders

    The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) has initiated a market consultation process for the Ten Noorden van de Waddeneilanden (TNW) offshore wind farm zone. The purpose is to determine potential contractors to carry out a seabed morphological and scour study at the 700 MW wind farm zone also known as the North of the Wadden Sea […]

  • The Garden Bridge Project Involves Dredging

    3 August 2016
    Business & Finance

    A licence application to the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) for the construction of a new pedestrian bridge crossing the River Thames, has been approved. The marine licence for The Garden Bridge, was granted after an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) consent decision was completed. The EIA consent decision, which included public consultation on the proposed project, […]

  • EDF-Led Consortium Needs Supplier of Gravity-Based Foundations for French OWF

    23 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    EDF EN France, Dong Energy and WPD Offshore have issued a call for bids for the Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation of up to 83 gravity-based foundations for the Fécamp offshore wind farm. The contract also includes the supply of additional equipment for the gravity-based foundations, such as boat landing, access ladders and platform with […]

  • Subsea Works Underway at Moray Firth

    29 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Drace Infraestructuras UK Ltd is undertaking seabed preparation work for the installation of a meteorological mast for the Moray Offshore Renewables Limited (MORL) offshore wind farms. This work is being undertaken in support of the development of The Crown Estate Round 3 Zone 1 offshore wind licensing on the outer Moray Firth off the East […]

  • GeoSea Lands Galloper EPCI Foundation Deal

    2 November 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Belgian GeoSea, member of DEME Group, has been awarded a Galloper offshore wind farm EPCI foundation contract with RWE Innogy UK. Galloper offshore wind farm project is located 27 km off the Suffolk coast. Under the contract, GeoSea will deliver design, fabrication and installation of 56 steel monopile foundations, which will be driven into the seabed to […]

  • AMC Enhaces Its UBC-Gavia

    13 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    A $260,000 upgrade to the autonomous underwater vehicle UBC-Gavia has opened up a host of potential research and commercial work for the Australian Maritime College. The research platform now has an inertial navigation system (INS) that was custom-made by manufacturer Teledyne Gavia and commissioned at their Iceland headquarters. The INS uses a computer, motion sensors […]