Equipment
Largest Dragflow Dredge Pump Delivered to Africa
Cape Mining Supplies (CMS) Ltd recently completed delivery of the largest Dragflow hydraulically driven submersible dredge pump ever supplied to the African market. The order was received from Southern Oceaneering who was awarded dredging and sand bypass maintenance contract for the Port of Ngqura.
Prysmian Wins More Work in Venetian Lagoon
Prysmian said it has secured a series of addition work with Terna Rete Italia — originally included as option — to be added to the Venetian Lagoon submarine power cable links project. The initial €34 million contract for two 14 km and 6 km long high voltage alternate current (HVAC) 132 kV cable link
DNV GL Revises RP for Free Spanning Pipelines
DNV GL has updated its recommended practice (RP) on free spanning pipelines with project and research experience from the last decade on free span dynamic response, particularly on structural modelling. The DNVGL-RP-F105 is said to enable significant costs savings, both in the newbuilding and operat
Wood Group Scoops Alexandroupolis FEED
Wood Group has secured a new front end engineering design (FEED) contract with Gastrade S.A. for the Alexandroupolis Independent Natural Gas System (INGS) offshore Greece. The project, to develop a floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving, storage and regasification unit (FSRU), should create
Briggs Boosts Subsea Portfolio
Marine contractor Briggs Marine has invested more than £1 million into its subsea services division over recent months. The company said it has enhanced its subsea cable repair and installation capabilities with the addition of two new 15Te tracked cable tensioners. The tensioners were employed imme
MTG at Dredging Summit in Vancouver
MTG, an international company specialized in the design and production of systems for earth moving machinery, will take part in the Dredging Summit & Expo’17 in Vancouver (June 26-29), introducing its latest developments for the dredging sector. This technical conference, organized by the Western Dr
GeoSea to Set Up Albatros Foundations
DEME’s offshore marine engineering subsidiary GeoSea has received the ‘Notice to Proceed’ for fabrication and offshore installation of 16 wind turbine foundations and 1 offshore transformer module (OTM) for the EnBW Albatros offshore wind farm. The Albatros offshore wind farm is located in the so-ca
Thalassa in talks to sell marine seismic subsidiary
Thalassa Holdings, a London-listed company, has received what is says is an indication of interest from a party looking to buy its subsidiary WGP Holdings. In a statement on Monday, Thalassa said the interested party, aiming to take a 100 percent of WGP, had started preliminary due diligence and the
Coral South FLNG contract goes to Aker Solutions
Aker Solutions of Norway has secured a contract for Eni’s multi-billion Coral South FLNG project, Mozambique’s first offshore field development. The work scope includes three steel tube umbilicals that would total more than 19 kilometers in length and connect the Coral South floating liquefied natur
Thalassa Could Dispose of WGP
Thalassa Holdings said it has received an indication of interest from an undisclosed industry participant for the potential acquisition of 100% of the business and assets of a marine geophysical services company WGP Group. The interested party has begun preliminary due diligence and the on-going dis
Christening of the World’s First LNG Powered Dredger in Zeebrugge
The naming ceremony of DEME’s 3.500m³ LNG-powered trailing suction dredger Minerva took place today in Zeebrugge, Belgium. The dredger was named by Mrs Marijke Verboven, the wife of Mr Ben Weyts, the Flemish Minister of mobility, public works, Flemish periphery, tourism and animal welfare. During th
Royal IHC’s Hi-Traq Trencher Goes onto Further Trials
Royal IHC has informed that Hi-Traq trencher has completed its commissioning at the Port of Blyth in UK and is now moving onto land trials. “The testing has highlighted just how exceptional this vehicle is,” Royal IHC said in its social media update. Hi-Traq is the 4-tracked subsea vehicle with full
Kvaerner Completes First Johan Sverdrup Jacket
Kvaerner has completed and named riser platform (RP) jacket for the Johan Sverdrup development which will be ready for delivery in July. The RP jacket was given the name Aegir at a ceremony held at Kvaerner’s yard at Verdal, the company informed. The jacket is the first major structure for the Johan
DONG Energy Selects Monopiles for All Hornsea Project One Foundations
DONG Energy has decided to use monopile foundations on the remaining 58 foundations for the Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm. In November 2016 DONG Energy announced that EEW SPC would provide 116 monopile foundations for Hornsea Project One. In addition, in early 2017 the company informed that