Equipment
Van Oord’s jack-up equipped with monopile gripper frame
Temporary Works Design (TWD) has announced that the company has completed the design and assisted in the fabrication of a monopile gripper frame for Van Oord. The gripper is designed to keep the monopiles in the correct position and inclination, while counteracting the wave, wind, and current loads
Boskalis Consortium Bags Singapore Port Expansion Contract
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has in consortium been awarded work associated with the expansion of the Singapore Tuas Mega Port development. Jurong Town Corporation awarded the reclamation project of Tuas Finger One to the consortium, comprising of Hyundai, Samsung, Penta Ocean, Boskali
Croatia: Viktor Lenac Needs More Workers for ‘Cable Enterprise’ Conversion
Croatian shipyard Viktor Lenac announced its plans to expand workforce by hiring workers from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro to conduct the modification work on the cable laying vessel “Cable Enterprise”. Viktor Lenac secured the EUR 20 million worth contract from Prysmian Group to convert “C
EU Shipowners Advocate Greater Market Access for Dredging
EU and US negotiators are meeting this week in the context of the sixth Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations round. Negotiators from both sides are debating an ambitious agenda that should, in the event of an agreement, not only remove trade barriers in a wide range of
RWE: Leiv Eiriksson approved for Titan drilling
RWE-DEA Norge AS has received consent to carry out exploration drilling of well 35/9-X S Atlas in Titan production licence 420 in the North Sea using the Leiv Eiriksson mobile drilling rig. Water depth at the site is around 358 metres and it is around 81 kilometres south-west of Florø. Drilling is p
Yokogawa developing Yamal LNG systems
Yokogawa is currently developing control and safety systems for the Novatek-operated Yamal LNG project in Russia, Yokogawa Europe’s business development manager for upstream oil and gas Martin te Lintelo told LNG World News in an interview. In January this year Yokogawa secured a contract by Yamgaz,
Total to conduct manned underwater operations on Martin Linge
Total E&P Norge AS has received consent to conduct manned underwater operations on the Martin Linge Project. The Martin Linge field is close to the boundary with the UK sector, around 42 kilometres west of Oseberg. Water depth at the site is 100-120 metres. Scheduled start-up is 10 August 2014. The
AIS launches offshore survival training centre (UK)
AIS has opened a brand new £2.5m state-of-the-art offshore survival training centre on North Tyneside. The new 20,000 sq ft centre is located beside existing 120,000 sq ft training village in North Shields, comprising of 11 bespoke centres. Approved by industry bodies including OPITO (Offshore Petro
Georgia Invites Bids for Anaklia Port Project
The Georgian government has announced a call for expressions of interest in the construction, design and operation of a deep-sea port in Anaklia. Irakli Garibashvili, Prime Minister of Georgia, together with other government members attended the Anaklia Sea Port project presentation. “I do believe t
4 LNG newbuilds to get GTT technology
GTT, specialist in the design of membrane containment systems for the maritime transportation and storage of LNG, announced the notification of four LNGCs which will be built by the Chinese shipbuilding company Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding. The new ships will be jointly owned by Teekay, the third la
DolWin Beta En Route to Norway
DolWin Beta, the biggest offshore HVDC converter platform of the world (900MW), has left the Drydocks World yard in Dubai and is en route to Haugesund in Norway for final adjustments. The platform is one of the main components of TenneT’s DolWin2 offshore grid connection for the North Sea wind farm
VideoRay ROVs Assist in Costa Concordia Salvage
After two and a half years and the most complicated and largest ship salvage operation in history, the Costa Concordia was refloated Monday morning and should soon be on its way to Genoa, Italy for a lengthy scrapping process. VideoRay Pro 4 Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) played a crucial role in
The Philippines: Dutch Expertise for Flood Problems
Five experts from the ‘Dutch Risk Reduction Team’, which includes Deltares, are visiting the Philippines right now. They are looking at what is needed to make the country more resilient so it can cope with the forces of nature in the future. The island country is working hard on reconstruction work
The Netherlands: Matecs Hands Over HD Shore Valves
In July 2014 Matecs B.V. from Roosendaal successfully delivered over 20 heavy duty shore valves (40 bars water pressure) to some global dredging companies. The HD valves Ø 1000 mm were engineered in-house, at the Roosendaal premises (by Matecs’ sister company Wear & Tear Solutions) and were fully co