Project & Tenders
Angola heli crash: One worker still missing
U.S. oil company Chevron is still searching for a worker who went missing after the helicopter carrying six people crashed offshore Angola over a week ago. Five bodies have been recovered so far. The helicopter was carrying five passengers and a pilot to Chevron’s Tombua Landana platform off Angola,
Krasnoye Sormovo Launches TSHD Kadosh
Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard together with the Federal State Unitary Enterprise “Rosmorport” today held a launching ceremony for the third 1000m³ trailing suction hopper dredger Kadosh, reports IAA PortNews. The ship was named after the cape in the Black Sea, near Tuapse. The Kadosh is the last ship in
MPA, Singapore LNG to develop truck loading facility
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) on Wednesday said it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Singapore LNG Corporation to collaborate on an interim truck loading facility, which will be used to service LNG bunkering.
German giant Volkswagen charters LNG-fueled car carriers
The Volkswagen Group, one of the world’s largest car manufacturers, on Wednesday, said that from 2019 onwards it will use two LNG-fueled vessels chartered from Siem Car Carriers to transport vehicles between Europe and North America.
RTS Shearing Wins Marsh Lake Restoration Project
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, recently awarded a $5.9 million to RTS Shearing, LLC, of Jamestown, North Dakota, to complete Phase 1 of the Marsh Lake Ecosystem Restoration Project. Marsh Lake is on the Minnesota River between Swift and Lac qui Parle counties near Ortonville, M
Total-led consortium to build LNG terminal in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast on Tuesday signed a contract to set up a consortium led by Total in order to build an FSRU-based LNG import terminal to cover the demand for electricity generation.
Pacific Islands Project Takes Out Top Award
An aid project delivered in Tuvalu by Australian-owned dredging and civil construction company Hall Pacific in conjunction with New Zealand’s Calibre Consulting has taken out a prestigious Gold Award as part of the 2016 Innovate Awards of Excellence held in New Zealand in September. The awards recog
Keppel wins dual-fuel tugs order, pens LNG MoU with Shell
Keppel Offshore & Marine on Monday said it has secured contracts to build its first LNG-fuelled tugs, and signed a memorandum of understanding with Shell to jointly explore opportunities in using LNG as fuel.
Searcher wraps up new 2D seismic shoot off Mexico
Searcher Seismic, an independent multi-client company, has completed the acquisition of the Buscador Near-Shore 2D seismic survey offshore Mexico. Searcher said on Wednesday that the Buscador Near-Shore 2D seismic survey was acquired by its project partner, BGP. The survey data comprises 11,200 km o
Subsea in September
Subsea World News has gathered all the highlights to bring you a summarized version of the most popular articles from the previous month. The most attention from our industry readers was reserved for the recently launched company, Rovco. The Bristol-based firm, focused on underwater integrity, remot
Mozambique, Eni ink LNG supply deal with BP
Italy’s Eni and Mozambique have signed a 20-year deal with UK-based BP for the supply of liquefied natural gas from the Coral FLNG project, moving the project further forward.
Aibel Grabs Dvalin Contract
Aibel has secured a modification contract to ready the Heidrun platform to receive the production from the Dvalin field, located in PL435, blocks 6507/7/9 and 6507/8 off Norway. The Dvalin field, formerly named Zidane, will be developed as a subsea tieback to the Heidrun platform in the Norwegian Se
Ongoing Dispute Over Cleveland Harbor Dredging Project
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ navigation mission is to provide safe, reliable, efficient and environmentally sustainable waterborne transportation systems (channels, harbors and waterways) for the movement of commerce, national security needs, and recreation. The Corps operates and maintains 140
Seatools Nets Seaway Heavy Lifting Contract for Beatrice OWF
Seaway Heavy Lifting has awarded Dutch subsea technology company Seatools the contract for the design and delivery of a piling template instrumentation and control system. The system will be used for the offshore pile installation operations that are part of the construction of the Beatrice offshore