Project & Tenders
Cairn finishes off Senegal drilling campaign with new discovery
London-listed Cairn Energy has found oil and gas in the SNE North-1 exploration well off Senegal. With this well finished, Cairn has completed its exploration drilling campaign for the year. The company announced the results of the SNE North-1 exploration well on Monday, saying that the well encount
Shelf Subsea Charters DSV Nusantara from MEO
Miclyn Express Offshore (MEO) has reached an agreement with Shelf Subsea to charter Nusantara, an Indonesian flagged dive support vessel, for a period of 2 years with options to extend. Shelf intends to use the vessel to provide integrated diving and ROV services to clients across Asia Pacific. “We
CGG begins Gippsland Basin reprocessing project
French geophysical player CGG has announced the start of its Gippsland ReGeneration 3D reprocessing project in the Gippsland Basin, in South-East Australia. Historically, imaging the Gippsland Basin’s shelf break and numerous submarine channels has proven extremely challenging, CGG said on Monday. A
Highlights of the Week
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (July 31–August 6, 2017). USACE Awards Final Contract for Delaware River Dredging The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded final contract for Delaware River deepening project – Upper Reach B – to Norfolk Dredg
Martek Marine tech ordered for LNG-fueled Aframax quartet
Martek Marine has been contracted to provide emissions monitoring systems for the world’s first LNG-fueled Aframax tankers being built by Hyundai Heavy Industries for Russia’s Sovcomflot.
Website Launched for Aberdeen Harbor Development Project
Aberdeen Harbor Board’s principal contractor for their £350 million Expansion Project, Dragados UK, has launched a website dedicated to the project. The site includes project news, construction updates, and information on their program of Community Benefits. The £350 million project that will expand
South Forty Foot Drain Dredging VIDEO
Association of Drainage Authorities announced yesterday that the Black Sluice IDB has just completed initial works with the Environment Agency using a small scale cutter suction dredger provided by Smals Dredging UK Ltd to carefully remove silt deposits from the bed of the South Forty Foot Drain, ne
Gardline Bags £6M Deal from ScottishPower Renewables
Gardline has been awarded contracts worth over £6 million by ScottishPower Renewables to carry out a range of pre-construction surveys across the East Anglia ONE, ONE North and TWO offshore wind farm sites. The work is underway, and is due to run until September, with support from various vessels fr
Aibel kicks off construction of first Dvalin module
Norwegian oil services company Aibel has started construction of the first of two modules for the DEA-operated Dvalin project, formerly known as Zidane, located in the Norwegian Sea. The two modules will enable the Statoil-operated Heidrun platform to receive production from Dvalin. DEA, the operato
Western Marine Wins Thomas Basin Dredging Contract
Thomas Basin Harbor in Ketchikan, Alaska, is to be dredged by the end of this year, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. A few days ago, the Federal Business Opportunities site announced that the $2.46 million Thomas Basin Maintenance Dredging contract was awarded to Seattle based contract
Forland Subsea Secures Work for ‘Inspector’
Forland Subsea has entered into a time charter with an undisclosed client for the vessel Forland Inspector. The vessel, previously known as the Lewek Inspector, will be used for subsea operations, including ROV support and crane work. The company which recently re-flagged the vessel to sail under Ma
Reach Subsea and MMT Win Allseas Job
Norwegian contractor Reach Subsea said it has finalised a deal with Allseas, following a letter of intent in June this year. According to the company, estimated start-up is early August. Duration of the firm scope of the contract is approximately four months including transit to Turkey. The project
Buxton Beach Nourishment Resumes
The Buxton Beach nourishment project resumed yesterday just around 4:00 p.m. after brief shut down, reports the County of Dare. The beach operations were closed on Friday morning, July 29, due to rough sea conditions. According to Weeks Marine, construction is now moving to the south and has approac
E.ON Wins Robin Rigg Dispute Against MT Højgaard
The UK Supreme Court has ruled against MT Højgaard (MTH) in the Robin Rigg offshore wind farm dispute and in favour of E.ON Climate and Renewables.