Project & Tenders
Brazos Dredging Starts Soon
The recently awarded maintenance dredging project for the Brazos Island Harbor (BIH) Jetty and Entrance channels in South Texas is about to begin, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District. Weeks Marine Inc. won this $6.5 million contract and will perform maintenance dredging
MARAD, TOTE to advance studies on LNG conversion
The Maritime Administration (MARAD) has revealed a $900,000 cooperative agreement with Totem Ocean Trailer Express (TOTE) to further develop knowledge regarding the costs and benefits of vessel conversions to LNG propulsion.
DOF Subsea’s Skandi Africa Begins Technip Charter
DOF Subsea has completed the outfitting of its vessel Skandi Africa and the vessel started on a five-year time charter contract to Technip. Skandi Africa was awarded “Ship of the year 2015”, and it is designed for harsh environment and deepwater subsea construction and flexlay operations, down to 30
Largest Cleanup Project in the US Completed
One of the largest cleanup projects ever undertaken in the United States, dredging of New York’s Upper Hudson River, is finally finished, announced GE in a release. According to the release, since 2009, GE has removed the majority of PCBs from the Upper Hudson River. The U.S. Environmental Protectio
Shell: Gas production starts from new Malampaya platform
Gas production has started from the new platform at the Malampaya field offshore Palawan in the Philippines. Malampaya Deep Water Gas-to-Power project joint venture partners – Shell Philippines Exploration, B.V. (SPEX), Chevron Malampaya LLC (Chevron) and the Philippine National Oil Company- Explora
Another Exemplar Award for Team Van Oord
A £20 million scheme being delivered by Team Van Oord in East Sussex has been presented with the 2015 Environment Agency Exemplar Award. The Environment Agency Exemplar Award is presented annually to recognize outstanding health, safety and environmental performance in the delivery of its projects.
MOL agrees to continue FSRU project in Uruguay
Mitsui OSK Lines informed that it has reached an agreement with Gas Sayago of Uruguay to continue working on the country’s floating storage and regasification unit project.
Australia: Civmec unit scores two LNG contracts
Australia-based Civmec said that its new division offering refractory maintenance services has secured contracts for two LNG projects. For the first, awarded by joint venture partners Sydney-based UGL Resources and London-listed engineer Kentz, Civmec will send a project team to Darwin to provide re
USACE Awards Slack Brook Contract
The Slack Brook Section 14 Emergency Riverbank Erosion Protection project in Leominster, Mass., will be completed under the terms of a $372,316.00 contract recently awarded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District. Work will be accomplished by Gordon Contracting, Inc., of Sangervill
GC Rieber Amends Dolphin Deal
Norway’s GC Rieber Shipping has entered into an agreement with Dolphin Geophysical, as part of an overall restructuring agreement, to improve Dolphin’s competitiveness in a challenging market. Namely, GC Rieber Shipping will take early redelivery of the vessel Polar Duke, representing approx. USD 16
Erin Energy encouraged by ESWT Block resource evaluation (Ghana)
Erin Energy Corporation, previously known as CAMAC Energy, on Monday announced that the resource volume assessment of the three previously discovered fields (Tano North, Tano West, and Tano South) has been completed in the Expanded Shallow Water Tano (ESWT) Block, located offshore Ghana. The ESWT bl
Shell kicks off production from Bonga Phase 3 (Nigeria)
Shell has announced the start-up of production from the Bonga Phase 3 project, offshore Nigeria. Andrew Brown, Shell’s Upstream International Director, said: “This new start up is another important milestone for Bonga, adding valuable new production to this major facility.” Bonga Phase 3 is an expan
BMS, Kotug to deploy LNG hybrid barge in Port of Rotterdam
Becker Marine Systems and Kotug signed a memorandum of understanding to launch the LNG Hybrid Barge in the Port of Rotterdam with effect from June 2017.
Public Exhibition Set for Dawlish Warren Scheme
The Environment Agency and Teignbridge District Council (TDC) are continuing work on the £14 million Dawlish Warren beach management scheme. Following a number of surveys conducted, between May and August 2015, the Environment Agency continues with the sampling of the seabed. The teams collected ‘co