Equipment
Seaproof Solutions’ Cable Protection for Hornsea Project One OWF
Seaproof Solutions has secured a contract to supply cable protection systems (CPS) for DONG Energy’s 1.2 GW Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm in UK. The contract, awarded by DONG Energy Wind Power, covers the design and supply of 248 cable protection systems for the inner array grid submarine c
Atlantis Subsea Farming Concept Reduced to Two Development Licenses
The Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries has awarded development licenses to Atlantis Subsea Farming concept, but limiting the project to 2 licenses out of 6 the company applied for back in January 2016. Atlantis Subsea Farming was established last year after Norwegian company AKVA group teamed up wit
Ashtead Grows Inspection Tools Portfolio
Ashtead Technology has expanded its equipment rental pool with the latest Pulsed Eddy Current (PEC) technology for asset integrity inspections. Namely, Ashtead will now supply the Eddyfi Lyft, an inspection tool for identifying corrosion under insulation (CUI), an asset integrity issue for the oil a
Volvox Terranova Repairs Completed
An European engineering company, Bakker Sliedrecht, has completed the electrical restoration of trailing suction hopper dredger Volvox Terranova. The dredger Volvox Terranova was heavily damaged by an old sea mine while working on a project in Indonesia. Bakker Sliedrecht reported that during the re
Seatools Solutions for SHL’s Pile Installation Frame
Subsea technology company Seatools completed the development, manufacturing, and installation of a piling instrumentation and control system for Seaway Heavy Lifting’s pile installation frame which will be used for the construction of offshore wind farm. For this project, Seatools’ scope of supply c
Highlights of the Week
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (March 6-12, 2017). Neptune Builds Van Oord’s First LNG-Powered Vessel Van Oord, a Rotterdam based company specializing in dredging, marine engineering and offshore projects, has ordered the construction of a new
Prysmian Inter-Array Cables for Two Offshore Wind Farms
Prysmian Group has secured two new contracts for offshore wind farms in Germany and Denmark. The contracts are for the development of inter-array cable systems to link among the turbines composing the Merkur offshore wind farm in Germany and Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm in Denmark. The contract fo
Paradigm Flow Services Marks Good Start in 2017
Paradigm Flow Services has secured work worth in excess of £5 million since the beginning of this year, and is said to be seeking to grow its team as the upward trend looks set to continue. The Aberdeenshire-based oil and gas services provider has, since the start of 2017, seen the award of contract
Neptune Builds Van Oord’s First LNG-Powered Vessel
Van Oord, a Rotterdam based company specializing in dredging, marine engineering and offshore projects, has ordered the construction of a new crane vessel. This vessel, which will be named Werkendam, will be Van Oord’s first LNG-powered vessel. It will generally be deployed to Netherlands-based proj
Fugro Inspects Viking Link Route
Fugro has completed a seabed survey for the Viking Link, one of the longest DC electricity interconnectors that will link the UK and Danish electricity supplies. The Viking Link, a joint venture between the UK’s National Grid and Denmark’s Energinet, is a proposed 1,400-megawatt high voltage direct
FairfieldNodal to run two North Sea seismic surveys
U.S.-based geophysical company FairfieldNodal will conduct back-to-back surveys in the UK and the Norwegian part of the North Sea. The company said on Thursday that the two campaigns would begin in early April 2017. Due to the specific conditions of the North Sea, FairfieldNodal will be employing it
Culture change key to digital’s success in the oil and gas industry
Digital is hot. It’s not new though, so what has changed that everybody is talking about it now? A panel convened during CERAWeek by IHS Markit comprising speakers from BP, ADNOC, Siemens and Accenture discussed developments in digitalization, its proven and potential gains and ultimately: how cultu
Our New Dredging Vessel Directory Available!
Our new Dredging Vessel Directory (DVD), featuring more cutter suction dredgers (CSD) than the last year’s edition, is now finished and available online! Being introduced for the first time today at the IRO-CEDA meeting in Voorschoten, the new directory, which will provide the dredging industry with
Motive Offshore Sets Up Quayside Facility in Dundee
Motive Offshore has launched Motive Fabrication in Dundee after negotiating with the port to take over the site, which boasts a deep water quay side facility, alongside a 12,000 sq ft workshop and 2,000 sq ft office block. The base allows Motive Fabrication to reinstate the fabrication service at th