Equipment
VIDEO: North Sea Giant Preps for Asgard Ops
A privately owned company, founded by the Andersen family in 1916, Fayard, assisted Technip Norge AS and Statoil in the Module Handling System (MHS) and Special Handling System (SHS) heavy installations on board the North Sea Giant. It’s a purpose-built system for installation and recovery of heavy
Corps to Hold Meeting on Indiana Dredging Plan
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Indiana Harbor and Canal (IHC) dredging contractors, Kokosing Construction Co. and O’Brien & Gere, will hold a public meeting March 18, 2015, to present the IHC 2015 dredging schedule and activities. Dredging first began in the fall of 2012 and to date the Contra
Dunmore East Dredging Announced
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD, today announced the full details of a €17.8m Capital Investment Package for the ongoing development of Ireland’s publicly owned fishery harbors and local harbor network. In announcing the initiative the Minister said: “I have set a
DRAGFLOW and the High Depth Dredging
Environmental dredging and high depth dredging are emerging trends in the dredging market. DRAGFLOW has developed a full line of hydraulic/electric pumps and cutters for high depth applications that have been used for environmental dredging. A perfect example of this is a dam cleaning dredging proje
IMES Expands to New Portsmouth Office
IMES, a marine and subsea specialist, has moved to new premises in Portsmouth as the company targets further strategic growth. The new 5,500 sqft premises, based at Voyager Park on Portfield Road, Portsmouth, feature a load testing area for lifting equipment, a component assembly area and purpose-bu
Bell Introduces A-Frame Dredger
Bell Dredging Pumps, a Dutch company highly specialized in manufacturing and engineering of dredging equipment, has developed a new range of dredger called the Bell A-frame dredger. This piece of equipment can be used in shallow and deep waters as well. The A-frame dredger is engineered by using the
Fugro in pipe inspection for Statoil, Gassco
Statoil Petroleum AS and Gassco AS have awarded the 2015 annual pipeline inspection contract to Fugro. The contract covers inspection of defined sections of subsea pipelines between Norway and continental Europe: Europipe 1, Europipe 2, Franpipe, Zeepipe and Norpipe. Furthermore, inspection of pipel
VIDEO: Panama Canal Expansion – March 2015
The largest infrastructure project since the waterway’s original construction, the Panama Canal Expansion Program will create a new lane of traffic along the Canal through the construction of a new set of locks. The new locks will have three chambers, water-saving basins, lateral filling and emptyin
DOF Subsea Lands More Work
DOF Subsea has been awarded several contracts in the Atlantic region. According to the company, the award will include work on both the Norwegian and UK sector. The work scope includes, among other, installation of flexible flow lines and umbilicals on the Corrib field, operated by Shell Ireland. Fu
USACE Develops START Program
As part of the Great Lakes Tributary Modeling Program, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Buffalo District, has developed the Sediment Transport Analysis and Regional Training (START) program to help stakeholders across the Great Lakes better understand the watershed they live in. The START p
VIDEO: Damen Introduces DOP 200
Damen Shipyards, an international shipbuilding group, has just released a video about their DOP Submersible Dredge Pump 200. The Waterking excavator, as shown in this video, or the excavator available locally, can be turned into an instant dredger by connecting a DOP submersible dredge pump. The DOP
Wärtsilä to equip two NPCC’s jack-up barges
Two new jack-up barges ordered by the National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC), based in the United Arab Emirates, will feature fully integrated Wärtsilä power generation and electrical and automation (E&A) solutions. The SEP 650 and SEP 750 vessels are being built at the Shanghai Zhenhua Heav
New Line-Up for Hydrographic Committee
NOAA administrator Kathryn Sullivan, Ph.D., has appointed six members to the Hydrographic Services Review Panel, a federal advisory committee that gives NOAA independent advice for improving a range of services and products that support navigation and coastal resilience. “Providing coastal communiti
Wood Group nets Kollsnes plant work from Statoil
Wood Group has been awarded a contract by Statoil, on behalf of Gassco, for engineering modifications and upgrades to its Kollsnes process plant, west of Bergen, Norway, which processes gas from the North Sea fields. Estimated value of the contract, including options and procurement, is more than NO