Equipment
Damen Starts Work on New Dredger for Cemex
Damen has begun work on the construction of an innovative dredging system for the first Marine Aggregate Dredger (MAD). “This vessel, which is being built at Damen Shipyards Galati in Romania, is designed to extract sand and gravel from the sea bed at depths of up to -55 meters, including in the cha
Profits Rise for Aker Solutions
Aker Solutions has seen its profit go up in the second-quarter 2018 at NOK 117 million, or NOK 0.42 per share, versus net income of NOK 33 million, or NOK 0.08 same time last year. The market activity boost allowed the Norwegian services company to generate quarterly revenue of NOK 6.3 billion ($778
VIDEO: Land Reclamation with BELL 300 Dredging Pump
In a lake close to Amsterdam, land is being reclaimed to make room for 8000 new homes along with a large public beach. The new island, covering 150 hectares, is the fifth one to be formed in the lake IJmeer. The BELL 300 dredging pump, powered by an ICE 600 hydraulic power pack, is being […]
Sif Joins Dragados in Tyra Jackets Project
Dragados Offshore and Sif Netherlands have signed a contract for the supply of legs, caissons, and piles for the two jackets of the Tyra future development project. Earlier this year, Dragados Offshore won a contract from Mærsk Oil and Gas for the Tyra East G & Tyra East H jackets. Dragados Offshore
Atlantis to Retrieve Two MeyGen Tidal Turbines
Atlantis, the majority shareholder of MeyGen tidal power project, plans to retrieve two of the Andritz Hydro Hammerfest (AHH) turbines for the inspection and maintenance by the turbine supplier. The decision comes following the diagnosis of a generator fault by the onboard monitoring systems, Atlant
Hengtong Secures WindFloat Atlantic Export Cables Contract
Hengtong has been awarded a contract to design, manufacture and install the submarine power cable systems for the first pre-commercial floating offshore wind farm in Port. The Shanghai-listed energy and telecom cable systems specialist secured the contract from REN – Rede Electrica Nacional, the ope
WGP Group Wins Sverdrup PRM Acquisition Job
WGP Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of Fairfield Geotechnologies, has been awarded the permanent reservoir monitoring acquisition contract for Johan Sverdrup field. The two-part contract includes the design, build and commission of a containerised source system and a 5-year framework agreement to o
Damen: DOP, Waterking Form Powerful Team
The Damen’s DOP200 dredge pump, together with a cutter unit and sand mining head, were recently delivered to Hungary. “To start the maintenance in neglected areas, the cutter unit is used to break up hardened soils. The production soars as the soil is loosened right at the suction mouth of the DOP d
Petrofac Nets Hollandse Kust Zuid Deal from TenneT
Petrofac has been awarded a contract by TenneT, the Dutch-German transmission grid operator, for the Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) offshore grid connection, more specifically for the Alpha and optional Beta HVAC substations in the North Sea. The Dutch government is targeting a total of 3.5 gigawatt of w
Jan De Nul Lands Northwester 2 Deal
Jan De Nul has signed a contract for constructing Northwester 2, the seventh wind farm off the Belgian coast. The deal marks the third time Jand De Nul has entered into a partnership with wind farm developer Parkwind, a branch establishment of Colruyt. Jan De Nul will be responsible for the design,
M2 Subsea Nets £10M in Six Months
ROV services provider M2 Subsea has secured contracts worth more than £10 million over the past six months. The company, which has bases in Aberdeen, UK and Houston, Texas, said it has successfully conducted more than ten projects across the oil and gas and renewable markets. M2 Subsea’s fleet of RO
XblocPlus to Reinforce Afsluitdijk
The first project for XblocPlus has just been awarded, and as part of this contract, XblocPlus will be used as reinforcement of the 32 km long Afsluitdijk. For this first work with XblocPlus, the blocks will be referred to as ‘Levvel blocs’, named after the Levvel consortium which comprises Van Oord
Kongsberg buying Rolls-Royce Commercial Marine for $660 million
Norway’s Kongsberg Group is set to buy Rolls-Royce Commercial Marine for half a billion British pounds, or around $661,4 million.
MAATS Tech Provides Deck Spread for Nexans’ New Cable Layer
UK-based MAATS Tech has been awarded a contract to supply a deck spread for Nexans’ newbuild cable lay vessel the ‘Nexans Aurora’ scheduled for delivery in Q2 2021. The main item is a 10,000te cable carousel, which will be a concentric ‘carousel in a carousel’ design and therefore able to process tw