Equipment
HR Wallingford Supports DONG in Foundations Design
HR Wallingford is working with DONG Energy as part of a project to develop a new type of wind turbine foundations. Work underway in HR Wallingford’s Fast Flow Facility will help inform the design of a novel suction bucket foundation, and will ultimately lead to more cost effective seabed foundation
EU funds Cryoshelter LNG tank’s commercialization
Cryoshelter said that the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 program has recognized its new LNG tank technology by awarding a €1.7 million grant to complete the required testing for full certification and commercialization.
EU funds Cryoshelter LNG tank’s commercialization
Cryoshelter said that the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 program has recognized its new LNG tank technology by awarding a €1.7 million grant to complete the required testing for full certification and commercialization.
Van Oord Nabs Deira Islands Contract
Nakheel, a Dubai-based real estate developer, has appointed marine engineering contractor Van Oord to deliver 23.5 km of coastline and breakwaters at Deira Islands, its new 15.3 sq km waterfront city in Dubai. The AED387 million (around $105 million) contract, signed today with Van Oord Middle East
VIDEO: Alexandra Dock Development
Associated British Ports (ABP) has just posted the latest drone footage of the Alexandra Dock development at the Port of Hull, as ABP & Siemens work together to transform this massive site into UK’s biggest offshore wind manufacturing, installation and service facility. It is a project with its root
VIDEO: Mating ceremony for Frigstad’s semi-sub
Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore Ltd has completed the mating of the upper hull & topsides to the lower hull of the Frigstad Deepwater Rig Alfa, which is the first of two Ultra Deepwater semi-submersible drilling units which were ordered by Frigstad Deepwater Ltd in December 2012. The operation was mark
Kentish Flats Extension Export Cable Setup Underway
The foreshore cabling works are being carried out for the Kentish Flats Extension project. The work started on Sunday June 28 and will be performed today as well. As a result of this work, the foreshore area immediately to the East of Hampton Pier will be restricted to the general public for a perio
Johan Sverdrup Construction Kicks Off
Production of the first elements on the Johan Sverdrup project has begun at Kværner in Verdal. On Monday June 29, Kværner metal worker Stian Myrvold Green started up the machine that will cut the steel for the riser platform jacket on the Johan Sverdrup field, Statoil wrote in a press release. “This
Carnegie Sets Up Cornwall Base
Carnegie Wave Energy has created a base in Cornwall having secured a berth at Wave Hub and due to the region’s infrastructure, supply chain and suitability for the deployment of the company’s CETO 6 wave technology. Following research and development in Australia, Carnegie is bringing the CETO solut
Dolphin Drilling picks training solutions by Atlas Knowledge
Dolphin Drilling has selected learning technologies provider Atlas Knowledge to deliver a new system to manage the competence and training of its workforce in the UK. According to the agreement, Atlas Knowledge will oversee the installation and development of the Competence Assurance Management Solu
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (June 22 – June 28). Technip UK has been fined £160,000 by Aberdeen Sheriff Court after admitting a breach of regulations covering health and safety of workers. Namely, in March 2009, David Stephenson
Highlights of the Week – Readers’ Choice
Panama Canal Expansion – June 2015 (VIDEO) A new video has just been released on the Panama Canal Expansion Program, the largest infrastructure project since the waterway’s original construction. Long-Term Dredging Deal for DEME Ok Tedi Mining Ltd. (OTML) has awarded to Dredging International, mem
GC Rieber Shipping refinances vessel loans
GC Rieber Shipping, a Norwegian company owning a fleet of vessels supporting offshore oil and gas industry activities, has entered into an agreement with DNB Bank ASA, DVB Bank SE and Sparebank 1 SR-Bank for the refinancing of existing loans on the vessels «Polar Duke», «Polar Duchess» and «Polar Ma
VIDEO: Launching Ceremony of ILEMBE
Royal IHC has just released this video of the naming and launch ceremony of the 5,500m³ trailing suction hopper dredger ILEMBE, which took place on Saturday, 9 May, 2015 at Royal IHC’s shipyard in Kinderdijk, the Netherlands. The dredger is being built for Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA), t