Equipment
N-KOM Successful in Repairing Dredger
One of the world’s largest suction hopper dredger, Jan de Nul’s Leiv Eiriksson, was successfully dry-docked at Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine (N-KOM) recently. Capable of dredging up to a depth of 155m, the 78,000dwt vessel has a 46,000m3 hopper capacity and a total trailing pump power of 13,000kW
Very Busy 2015 for DEME
DEME reported another particularly active first half-year in 2015. A net profit of 119.8 million euros (1H14: 62.6 million euros) was realized on an (economic) turnover of 1,218.7 million euros. Besides the many ongoing projects on all continents, several largescale projects in Australia (Wheatstone
Navy Installs Cables for Subsea Warfare Training
The Navy installed ocean cables under the seafloor off the coast of Naval Station Mayport, Florida, to complete another major step in delivering the Undersea Warfare Training Range. “Our team worked with multiple government and industry counterparts to install 6.8 miles of undersea trunk cable July
Bakker Sliedrecht Upgrades NMDC Dredger
Bakker Sliedrecht has won a contract to upgrade obsolete inverter units, both the cutter and the winches, on board the National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC) cutter dredger Umm al Anbar in Abu Dhabi. A team of Bakker’s engineers will use their knowledge and expertise from previous dredging projects
VIDEO: DSV Swordfish After Upgrade
Harkand has recently completed the $10.5-million upgrade of its Gulf of Mexico-based dive support vessel (DSV) Swordfish. The video shows the newly upgraded vessel featuring a 15-man saturation diving system with a three-man bell along with a new 165’ surface diving system. The MT 6016 L vessel is d
Oceaneering Launches ROV-Mounted Subsea PA Probe
Oceaneering has introduced its most recent innovation, a deepwater Phased Array ultrasonic inspection capability for subsea applications down to 3000m (10,000 feet). According to Oceaneering, the new system is already validated for use by a number of operators following trials carried out in Houston
McDermott Bags Historical Aramco Award
McDermott has been awarded a lump sum contract by Saudi Aramco for brownfield work in various fields offshore Saudi Arabia. Work on the contract is expected to be executed through the second quarter of 2018. The award follows the June 2015 signing of a second Long Term Agreement (LTA) between McDerm
OceanflORE at Deep Sea Mining Summit
OceanflORE, a joint venture between Royal IHC and DEME, will be present at the Asia-Pacific Deep Sea Mining Summit in Singapore on 29-30 September. General Manager at OceanflORE, John Feenan, will talk about de-risking offshore mining operations, and highlight OceanflORE’s expertise, cost-per-tonne
DHI Takes Part in Port of Geraldton Workshop
Agitation by long waves often causes mooring lines in the Port of Geraldton to break, endangering both staff and vessels. The Geraldton Port Authority (GPA), now known as Mid West Ports Authority, organized a workshop with national and international experts to find ways to address this problem. Seve
VIDEO: Elastocoast System Introduced
BASF, a German chemical company, has just released a video about Elastocoast®, an innovative and sustainable system to protect coastal dykes, shores and river beds. The term Elastocoast means a bonding system that reinforces hydraulic gravel at their contact surfaces permanently by means of the 2-co
JULONG Delivers Dredger to France
JULONG, a Chinese manufacturer of various water engineering ships and platforms, has completed delivery of a cutter suction dredger CSD250 to a customer in France. The JULONG CSD250 has been delivered as a complete dredging package, including floating and land HDPE pipe lines, tools and spares packa
New Equipment for PCE Terminal
As part of the plan to become one of the largest container terminals in Chile, Puerto Central S.A (PCE) in San Antonio is building a new multipurpose terminal with a 15m draft, allowing the port to handle Post-Panamax ships. Regarding this, Kalmar, part of Cargotec, said that they have received an o
Danos nets Appomattox deal with Shell, creates new jobs
Danos, a Louisiana-based oil and gas service company, has been selected by Shell to fabricate three boarding valve skid assemblies for Shell’s deep-water Appomattox project in the Gulf of Mexico. According to Danos, the project will engage its coatings, fabrication, instrumentation and electrical, p
Construction of Ostwind 1 Offshore Connection Starts
Recently, 50Hertz held a starting ceremony for the Ostwind 1 offshore cable construction project. “At over one billion euros, the grid connection of the offshore wind farm in the Westlich Adlergrund Cluster (CWA) is the largest investment of our company to date,” said Boris Schucht, CEO of 50Hertz.