Business & Finance
Damen Shoalbuster 3815 SD Ready for Action
Damen’s new Ultra Shallow Shoalbuster 3815 SD has successfully completed sea trials and bollard pull testing. The newly designed vessel achieved 18.6 tonnes of bollard pull, while still being able to operate in extreme shallow waters. Despite this impressive show of power, noise levels inside all th
Chevron orders Anchor hull from South Korea’s DSME
Chevron has awarded a contract to build a hull for the Anchor project in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico to South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering.
Planning Inspectorate Schedules Norfolk Boreas DCO Meets
The UK Planning Inspectorate is holding hearings on the Norfolk Boreas offshore wind project as part of the examination of the order granting development consent application. The two issue-specific hearings on offshore effects, including the draft development consent order, will be held on 21 and 22
Planning Inspectorate Schedules Norfolk Boreas DCO Meets
The UK Planning Inspectorate is holding hearings on the Norfolk Boreas offshore wind project as part of the examination of the order granting development consent application. The two issue-specific hearings on offshore effects, including the draft development consent order, will be held on 21 and 22
Keppel O&M Delivers TSHD Sanderus to Jan De Nul
Keppel Offshore & Marine has officially handed over the 6.000m³ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Sanderus to Jan De Nul Group. According to JDN, their fourth Ultra-Low Emission vessel was delivered today in Singapore. This follows the delivery of three 3.500m3 TSHDs earlier this year. Keppel O
Tanker Crew Abduction: Togolese Patrol Boat Makes Contact with M/V Duke
A Togolese naval patrol boat has made contact with the tanker Duke which was attacked by pirates.
Wicomico River Dredging Starts Soon
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District has just announced that Wicomico River dredging operations are about to begin in Maryland. Crews under contract with the Army Corps will soon be dredging the upper portion of the Wicomico River to ensure vessels can continue safely carrying fuel,
Tekmar Delivers WindFloat Protection
Tekmar has completed a quick turnaround project in under four weeks for DeepOcean and its ultimate client Hengtong. The works saw Tekmar deliver over 6.5 kilometers of protection weighing over 6.5 tonnes of TEKTHANE polyurethane for the EDP WindFloat project off the coast of Portugal. James Ritchie,
Grindrod Shipping Extends Charter for Owned Tanker, Redelivers Chartered Bulker
Grindrod Shipping extends a charter agreement for one of its MR eco tankers and returns a chartered-in Supramax bulker.
Fugro Reduces Board of Management
The supervisory board of Fugro has decided to reduce Fugro’s board of management, which currently consists of three persons, to the CEO and CFO positions only. With the group director Europe-Africa starting January 2020, Fugro’s executive leadership team (ELT) is fully staffed and operational. Follo
BP takes Maersk rig for development drilling off Trinidad
Maersk Drilling has secured a three-well contract for the semi-submersible rig Maersk Discoverer with BP for development drilling at the Matapal project offshore Trinidad and Tobago.
Boskalis Wins €85M in Contracts
Boskalis has been awarded two offshore contracts with a combined value of approximately €85 million. For a new offshore wind farm in Taiwan, Boskalis will carry out the scour protection of the turbine foundations and in Denmark a four-kilometer-long gas pipeline will be installed in the seabed. The
Bumper Season for Dredge Hurley
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Memphis District’s Dredge Hurley has returned to its home port of Ensley Engineer Yard in Memphis Harbor. According to the Corps, the arrival of Dredge Hurley marks the end of the two most productive dredging seasons in the vessel’s history. Memphis District Command
Subsea 7 to work on CNOOC’s gas field project offshore China
Subsea 7 has been awarded a sizeable contract by COOEC for CNOOC’s Lingshui 17-2 gas field development project offshore China.