Project & Tenders
DEME and Eiffage Grab Saint-Nazaire Foundations Prize
A consortium including DEME and Eiffage Métal has been awarded a €500-million contract for 80 foundations at the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm in France. The scope includes the design, fabrication and installation of the steel foundations. The 480 MW Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm, owned by EDF
Mayflower Wind Joins Massachusetts Offshore Wind Race
Mayflower Wind, a joint venture between Shell New Energies and EDPR Offshore North America, is participating in the latest round of Request for Proposals (RFP) for long-term contracts for offshore wind energy projects in Massachusetts. The information was confirmed to Offshore WIND by a spokesperson
Mayflower Wind Joins Massachusetts Offshore Wind Race
Mayflower Wind, a joint venture between Shell New Energies and EDPR Offshore North America, is participating in the latest round of Request for Proposals (RFP) for long-term contracts for offshore wind energy projects in Massachusetts. The information was confirmed to Offshore WIND by a spokesperson
PHOTO Update of the MCR North Jetty Project
J.E. McAmis has just released a couple of photos from the Mouth of the Columbia River North Jetty (MCR North Jetty) project. The new photos show the progress made in building the MCR North Jetty. According to the company, McAmis crews are completing the jetty terminus and will have placed 185,000 th
Spliethoff to build seven LNG-fuelled vessels for UPM charter
Finnish forest industry company UPM has entered into a long-term charter agreement with two affiliates of the Dutch Spliethoff Group for seven LNG-fuelled vessels.
Charter Extension for Bourbon Oceanteam 101
Oceanteam and Bourbon charter contract for the vessel Bourbon Oceanteam 101 has been extended. The initial charter for the 2007-built subsea construction support/flexible product installation vessel started in 2016. Over the past period the CSV BO 101 has assisted in installing jumpers and X-mas tre
Petrofac Bags Hess Decommissioning Contract
Petrofac has secured a well plugging and abandonment contract from Hess Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hess Corporation. The agreement includes provision of well operator and well engineering project management services for four wells within the Rubie and Renee fields, 200 km north east of Ab
Contract Awarded for New Dragline Machine
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Memphis District recently awarded a $15 million contract to construct a new dragline machine to Seatrax, Inc., of Houston, Texas. Procurement of this new machine represents Phase I of a project to replace the current dragline machine. Workers will eventually mount t
NYK orders heavylift vessels for wind and LNG markets
NYK Bulk & Projects Carriers, an NYK Group company, has signed the contract with Nanjing Jinling Shipyard for the construction of two next-generation heavy-lift vessels.
Entering the Final Stage of the Cairns Development Project
The Port of Cairns’ wharves are set for a major makeover, paving the way for cruise ships up to 300m in length to dock at the far north shipping hub. Transport and Main Roads Minister Mark Bailey and Member for Cairns Michael Healy today announced a $20 million contract to modernize the port’s six w
AGS Enters Brazilian OBN Market with SAExploration Contract Award
Norway-based Axxis Geo Solutions (AGS) has entered into Brazilian Ocean Bottom Node (OBN) market with a USD 4 million contract award for the source work with SAExploration. The initial contract is minimum three vessel months including mobilization and demobilization which is compensated for, the com
Polarcus Nets XArray Project in South East Asia
Polarcus has received an award for an XArray marine seismic acquisition project in South East Asia. According to the company the project will start in Q4. The project will have an approximate duration of 40 days. Polarcus XArray is an innovative acquisition configuration developed by Polarcus to del
Teledyne Lands U.S. Navy AUV Deal
Teledyne Technologies’ subsidiary, Teledyne Instruments, has been awarded an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract by the U.S. Naval Undersea Warfare Center to supply autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) and related monitoring and communications acoustic systems. The initial 2019
Better Risk Provides Triton Knoll UXO Support
UK-based Better Risk has been contracted to provide specialist unexploded ordnance (UXO) risk management support for the Triton Knoll offshore wind farm. The company has led on industry best-practice for dealing with UXO in the marine environment and provides operational response training support to