Project & Tenders
ESB Pre-Qualifying for Ecological Consultancy Tender
Electricity Supply Board (ESB), Ireland’s state owned electricity company, has issued a pre-qualification call for the provision of renewable energy ecological consultancy services related to offshore wind farms.
VBMS Selected for Triton Knoll Cabling
VBMS a subsidiary of Boskalis has signed a ‘Preferred Supplier and Early Works Agreement’ for the supply and installation of the export and inter-array cables for the Triton Knoll offshore wind farm (OWF), UK. The project will be executed in consortium with NKT Cables. The likely contract value for
Plexus Bags Order from Centrica
Plexus Holdings has been awarded a contract with Centrica to supply its POS-GRIP “HG” 10,000 psi adjustable production wellhead for a gas production well in the UK Southern North Sea. The contract represents the first order awarded by Centrica for a production well, Plexus noted. Under the terms of
GC Rieber’s Polar Queen Gets More Time with Senvion
Norwegian shipping company GC Rieber Shipping said that Germany-based wind turbine manufacturer Senvion has decided to extend the firm period of charter for the construction support vessel (CSV) Polar Queen until December 6, 2017. In addition, Senvion has the option to extend the charter further by
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (September 18 – September 24). TechnipFMC has been awarded an Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (EPCI) contract from Hurricane Energy. The contract covers the provision of subsea
50Hertz Looking for Baltic Sea Rescue Helicopter
German transmission system operator 50Hertz has invited tenders for the provision of a helicopter, including aeronautical and medical crew, for potential emergency and rescue situations involving employees on offshore platforms, wind turbines and vessels located in the Baltic Sea.
Sund & Bælt to Sell Sprogø Offshore Wind Farm
Sund & Bælt has launched the sales process for its 21MW Sprogø offshore wind farm in the Great Belt strait between the islands of Zealand and Funen in Denmark.
VIDEO: Xblocs, Key to Success in Calais
Bouygues recently released a video about the Calais Port 2015, one of the decades most important French infrastructure project. One of the main features of this capital development project is creation of a new 3 kilometer seawall. In the video, Bouygues, the main contractor for this project, identif
Vattenfall Seeks Monopile Manufacturers for Three Projects
Vattenfall has invited foundation manufacturers to pre-qualify to be able to participate in the tender for the delivery of monopile foundations for three projects in Denmark: Kriegers Flak and Vesterhav Nord and Vesterhav Syd nearshore wind farms.
Matrix bags risk training job in Mozambique for Anadarko
Incident investigation specialist Matrix Risk Control (Matrix) has secured a contract to deliver training in Mozambique for Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (Anadarko).
Big Bend Dredging Tender Expected in Early 2018
Port Tampa Bay has approved a public-private partnership agreement with four other entities to divvy up who will pay for a $60 million widening and extension of the Big Bend Channel. The strategic partners include the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), Tam
IJmuiden Sea Lock Project – September Update
Construction work on the IJmuiden Sea Lock Project has continued during the summer holidays, reports the Port of Amsterdam. According to the port, OpenIJ has worked hard in August, placing reinforcement steel for the lock gate recesses in order to start concreting in September. “Concreting of the fl
Construction of the Custom-Built TSHD ARZANA (VIDEO)
National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC) has just released a 60-second video of the construction process of the 6,000m³ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) ARZANA. The newbuild was launched two days ago, September 20, at Royal IHC’s shipyard in Kinderdijk, The Netherlands. The TSHD Arzana is the f
First Offshore Windfarm Project of India Reports a Busy October
A Fugro vessel will start a geophysical survey at the site of the 200MW First Offshore Windfarm Project of India (FOWPI) located some 25 kilomeres off the shore of Gujarat, India, in early October, COWI A/S, the project manager, said.