Business & Finance
Forum UK Beefs Up Its Hyperbaric Testing Facility
Forum Energy Technologies has completed a three-month upgrade to its hyperbaric testing facility, which, according to the company, will result in an operational time saving to client of more than 35 per cent. Located at the company’s Kirkbymoorside base in North Yorkshire, UK, the pressure test tank
Two IHC Reheaters for Kenmare
The recently formed partnership between Royal IHC and Pyromak has already proven to be successful with an order for two reheaters for Kenmare Moma Processing (Mauritius) Limited. The two indirect electric reheaters will operate at the Moma Titanium Minerals Mine, located on the north-east coast of M
SAL Strengthens Fleet with Heavy Lift Trio
SAL Heavy Lift to bolster its fleet with three more heavy lift vessels in early 2020.
Rohr-Idreco Builds Cuttingwheel Dredger for Mineros Aluvial
Rohr-Idreco Dredge Systems, a manufacturer of deep digging electric dredging vessels and equipment for the mining and dredging industries, is currently building a large electrical cuttingwheel dredger for Columbian gold mining company Mineros Aluvial. The dredger will have a max digging depth of 28
Eneco Buys Power from GE Haliade-X 12MW Prototype
Dutch energy company Eneco is set to purchase all the electricity generated by GE’s Haliade-X 12MW offshore wind turbine prototype. This was announced during the inauguration ceremony for the prototype held today, 17 December, at the port of Maasvlakte-Rotterdam. According to GE, the Haliade-X 12MW
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
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
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,
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
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
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.
Lower Charter Rate for Diana’s Santa Barbara
Diana Shipping has entered into a time charter contract with Singapore’s Pacbulk Shipping for Santa Barbara.