Business & Finance
IMCA and ADCI to Collaborate
The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) and the Association of Diving Contractors International (ADCI) have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on matters of operational safety, training standards, and the mutual recognition of diver qualifications. The two trade asso
Update: Total selling non-core UK North Sea fields for $635 million
French oil major Total has agreed to sell $635 million worth of UK North Sea assets to Petrogas NEO UK.
Damen DOP200 Busy in Wielsbeke, Belgium
The Damen’s DOP200 submersible dredge pump was recently used at a sluice cleanup project in Wielsbeke, Belgium. “The new sluice consisted of a narrow building pit, which had been divided into 9 separate sections. This compartmentation greatly reduces the size of construction material which can be us
Sovcomflot Reports Significant CO2 Cuts from New LNG-Powered Tankers
Sovcomflot achieved significant CO2 emission cuts from its “Green Funnel” LNG-fueled tankers.
Balticconnector Compressor Station Building Passes Inspection
The commissioning inspection of the buildings at the Balticconnector project’s Inkoo compressor station has established that the buildings were ready for use. The buildings were inspected by Inkoo municipality’s building inspector and Länsi-Uusimaa Rescue Department’s inspector. “The completion of t
JFD Boosts Diver Safety on Two TechnipFMC Vessels
JFD has completed mating trials of its latest portable hyperbaric reception facility (PHRF) for TechnipFMC. The completion of the trials, conducted with two of TechnipFMC’s vessels, provides divers with the assurance that every possible measure has been put into place to ensure their safety should t
ORE Catapult and Tus Expand Partnership in China
Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult and Tus Holdings have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the People’s Government of Qingdao and the Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology in China. The MoU comes as part of ORE Catapult and Tus Holdings’ partnership, under w
Norway Greenlights Lundin’s Pilot
The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has approved Lundin Norway for sample extraction from the Rolvsnes discovery at the Edvard Grieg field in the North Sea. The Rolvsnes oil discovery is located on the southern side of the Edvard Grieg field and is a fractured and weathered granite baseme
SIMEC Atlantis Ups MeyGen Output; Registers for CfDs; Eyes PPAs
SIMEC Atlantis said that its flagship MeyGen project has now exported 17.5 gigawatt hours (GWh) of electricity to the national grid, exceeding the previous record of approximately 11GWh. According to the company, MeyGen has exported over 7GWh of renewable energy to the grid in 2019, equivalent to th
Drewry: Multipurpose Shipping Outlook Lowered
The shipping consultancy said that, going forward, there is little possibility of improvement before 2021.
Nord Stream Schedules Annual Pipeline Maintenance
Nord Stream said it will temporarily shut down both lines of its gas pipeline system for routine maintenance works. The maintenance shutdown, scheduled from 16 July to 30 July 2019, is part of the pipeline’s annual inspection cycle and will take place for the seventh time. The annual maintenance wor
TSOs Start COBRAcable Flows
Dutch and Danish national transmission system operators (TSOs) Tennet and Energinet are testing the COBRAcable, a high-voltage direct current submarine cable that will interconnect the electricity grids of the two countries. The testing is planned to take place between 03 July 2019 and 06 September
Hapag-Lloyd Testing Ship-Painting Robots
Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd is currently testing ship-painting robots with nine of its ships.
Port Authority of Douala Expands Dredging Fleet with New Vessels
The Port Authority of Douala, Cameroon, is about to receive new dredging equipment including an IHC Beaver 50 cutter suction dredger, the company reports. According to the port, the new dredger will arrive in Douala in the next couple of days. IHC Beaver CSDs are reliable, fuel efficient, have low m