Equipment
VIDEO: Corozal Port to Enhance Pacific Side Capacity
Panama Canal Expansion, the largest project at the Canal since its original construction, will create a new lane of traffic along the Canal through the construction of a new set of locks, doubling the waterway’s capacity. To offer an enhanced service to the maritime industry, the Panama Canal is wor
Ennsub Builds Ceona Amazon LARS
Ennsub has completed the design and manufacture of two innovative workclass remotely operated vehicle (WROV) deployment systems which have been designed and manufactured for ROVOP and are due to be installed into a new build, tier one pipelay vessel Ceona Amazon early in 2015. The company demonstrat
VIDEO: Massive Steel Gate Installation at Panama Canal
The installation of the gates for the new locks of the Panama Canal has successfully began on the Atlantic side of the waterway. The gate will be located in lock head two in the new locks on the Atlantic side. The steel gates are moved using self-propelled motorized wheel transporters (SPMTs) with m
Picture of the Day: Easydredge 2700
The first Easydredge® 2700, built for Royal IHC, was successfully launched at MTG Dolphin Shipyard on 16th December 2014. The new vessel will be supplied with a “world-dredging package”, which includes bottom doors, a bow coupling and a dredging depth of 25m. This makes her suitable for a wide range
Deep C Blower Completes Project in the Black Sea
Deep C has completed a mass flow excavation and dredging contract in the Black Sea utilizing their in house designed Deep C Blower. The Deep C Blower is an electrically powered mass flow excavation solution with unique capabilities and the ability to be used at considerable water depths. The project
Schlumberger in Mariner drilling, well services award (UK)
Statoil has on behalf of the Mariner co-venturers awarded the contract for integrated drilling and well services on the Mariner field on the UK continental shelf (UKCS) to Schlumberger Oilfield UK Plc. “This is a very significant agreement for the Mariner project, and the result of an innovative, ne
Wasa Scores Sommarøy Dredging Gig
Wasa Dredging, a marine offshore and inland water construction company operating mainly in Scandinavia and the Baltic region, and the Norwegian Coastal Administration (Kystverket) have signed a contract for the Sommarøy channel dredging works. The project consists of underwater rock blasting (40.000
Rem Offshore Puts Off Newbuild Delivery
Norway’s Rem Offshore and Vard Group have agreed to postpone delivery of the OCV (Offshore Construction Vessel). Namely, in June 2014, Rem Offshore entered into a newbuilding contract with Vard for delivery in the first quarter of 2016. However, under the new agreement, delivery of the vessel is sch
Gallery: SAL Heavy Lift’s MV Frauke wraps up offshore gig
SAL Heavy Lift has informed that the vessel MV Frauke has finalized its long-term engagement for offshore project. The vessel MV Frauke of Type 176 finalized its latest project, for which it had been engaged since July 2014, at the beginning of December 2014. The project consisted of seven phases: –
EU backs LNG use in Mediterranean
The EU’s TEN-T Programme will co-finance with over EUR 2.5 million (USD 3m) studies to support the use of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as marine fuel in the eastern Mediterranean. EU believes that the economically attractive LNG could help decrease the sulphur content in marine fuels from 3.5% to 0.5
Polarcus Wins WA Shoot for Parenco
Oslo-listed seismic player Polarcus has inked a a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Perenco Oil & Gas Gabon for a 3D marine seismic acquisition project offshore West Africa. The survey will be acquired by the company’s 12 streamer 3D/4D seismic vessel Polarcus Nadia. The 88.8 meters long, ULSTEIN SX124 de
Quantum delivers Q-Lite tank systems
NASDAQ-listed Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc., provider of natural gas storage systems, integration and vehicle system technologies, has delivered its initial 21-inch diameter Q-Lite tank systems that were developed under a commercial alliance with Mainstay Fuel Technologies announ
FMC Technologies wins subsea system order from Eni
FMC Technologies has received an order from Eni Angola to supply subsea production systems for its deepwater Block 15/06 East Hub development, off Angola. The order has an estimated value of $393 million in revenue. “We are pleased to have been awarded the subsea production systems contract for Eni’
Maven Backs Subsea Firm Fathom Systems
Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has led the management buy-out of subsea technology company, Fathom Systems Limited. The £4.25 million investment by Maven in the Aberdeenshire business represents the private equity firm’s 15th portfolio company investment in the energy service sector. In the past twe