Equipment
VIDEO: DEME’s TSHD Pallieter on Display
DEME recently took part in the Open Site Day, the annual public event of the construction industry organized by the Belgian Construction Federation. As DEME’s sites are mainly on open sea, the Belgian dredging, environmental and marine engineering group brought two vessels to the head office in Zwij
Havyard to Design New Esvagt Ship
Havyard Design & Solutions has secured a contract for delivery of design and equipment for the construction of a Havyard 832 multi-purpose vessel. Havyard 832 MPV is going to be constructed at the Cemre Shipyard in Turkey for the ship owner Esvagt, and will be in operation for the American oil compa
Nexans Completes Submarine Cable System for BKK Nett
Nexans has completed a project to install the “world’s longest and deepest” 420 kV XLPE (cross-linked polyethylene) insulated submarine cable system. The subsea power link will be operated by Bergen based BKK Nett AS. In a turnkey project worth around 75 million euros to reinforce the grid in wester
PT.OSI Kicks Off ONWJ Campaign
PT.OSI (Offshore Services Indonesia) has started phase 1 of the 3-year technical services contract, awarded by oil & gas company Pertamina ONWJ, for the provision of DP II saturation diving DSV and all associated services. The diving support vessel (DSV) Crest Odyssey 1 has departed Jakarta after co
Aker Solutions’ ‘Longest-Ever’ Umbilicals System for Zohr Field
Aker Solutions has won a contract to deliver its “longest-ever” umbilicals system at the Zohr offshore gas field in the Egyptian part of the Mediterranean Sea. The agreement with Petrobel in Egypt is worth more than NOK 1 billion and will be booked in the second quarter, the company said. It stipula
Aker Solutions to deliver its ‘longest-ever umbilicals’ for Zohr field
Aker Solutions has won a contract to deliver what is says is ‘its longest-ever umbilicals system’ at the Zohr offshore gas field in the Egyptian part of the Mediterranean Sea. The agreement with Petrobel in Egypt is worth more than NOK 1 billion ($122.2M) and will be booked in the second quarter. It
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (May 30 – June 05). Technip has been awarded a “major” contract to develop the Bahr Essalam Phase II development in the Central Mediterranean Sea. For Technip, a “major” subsea contract is ranging from
Highlights of the Week
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (May 30-June 5, 2016). Boskalis and Van Oord Sign Fehmarnbelt Contracts Femern A/S, a subsidiary of the Danish state-owned Sund & Bælt Holding A/S, and the Fehmarn Belt Contractors joint venture, consisting of Bos
Prysmian Starts Ostwind 1 Cable Laying Ops
The laying of the first kilometers of the subsea cable for the Ostwind 1 project has officially kicked off, German transmission system operator 50Hertz informed on Friday. The Ostwind 1 project is part of the grid connection of the Westlich Adlergrund cluster and includes the connection of the Wikin
ABB to Cut Norway Workforce
ABB in Norway is forced to make further capacity adjustments due to lower activity levels in the market. The staff within the unit oil, gas and chemistry was informed on Thursday that the company plans to reduce its workforce by up to 120 employees. The capacity adjustment is in addition to the one
Diving Helmets Get ‘Futuristic’ Upgrade
U.S. Navy engineers at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division are developing, what is being described as a “next-generation” and “futuristic” system for the diving community, known as the Divers Augmented Vision Display, or DAVD. The DAVD is a high-resolution, see-through head-up disp
Rosenberg WorleyParsons to build Johan Sverdrup bridges, flare towers
Statoil has awarded Rosenberg WorleyParsons a contract for fabrication of three bridges and two flare towers for the Johan Sverdrup development project, offshore Norway. The contract value is close to NOK 600 million ($72 million). The fabrication and assembly will mainly be carried out in Stavanger
James Fisher Snaps Up R2S as SeaEnergy Enters Administration
UK-based provider of marine engineering services, James Fisher, has acquired Return to Scene Limited (R2S) as its previous holding company SeaEnergy was placed into administration. SeaEnergy was the holding company two principal trading entities: Return to Scene Limited (R2S) and SE Innovation Limit
Djibouti to Build New Submarine Cable System
Seven telecom service providers from the Horn of Africa, East Africa and Middle East have signed a construction and maintenance agreement to build the Djibouti Africa Regional Express (DARE) submarine cable system. The regional submarine cable system is expected to be completed by May 2018. The DARE