Project & Tenders
Anadarko moves Mozambique offshore gas closer to development
Anadarko Petroleum, an independent, U.S.-based oil and gas company, have moved a step closer to bringing its offshore gas reserves in Mozambique to production. Namely, the company, together with its partners in Mozambique’s Offshore Area 1, has selected consortium consisting of CB&I, Chiyoda Corpora
T2 Groundbreaking Ceremony Held in Poland
Janusz Piechocinski, Deputy Prime Minister of Poland, has officially inaugurated the construction of the second deep-water berth in DCT Gdansk (T2). The T2 groundbreaking ceremony took place on Friday, 15th of May, 2015. The inauguration of the construction works was preceded by the round table disc
Highlights of the Week – Readers’ Choice
Isla Grande Terminal Dredging Contract Inked Crowley Puerto Rico Services, Inc. has further solidified its commitment to Puerto Rico with the execution of a $48.5 million construction contract for a new pier at its Isla Grande Terminal in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Boskalis Reports Good First Quarter [&
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (May 11 – May 17). Subsea 7 has informed that a programme of cost reduction measures will be implemented including a re-sizing of the fleet and workforce, and the restructuring of its corporate organis
Mermaid Maritime Swings to Loss
Mermaid Maritime, a provider of subsea and drilling services to the offshore oil and gas industry, has recorded a net loss $15.9 million for the three months period ended 31 March 2015. Compared to the last year, the Group’s net profit decreased for US$21.1 million from net profits of US$5.2 million
VIDEO: NewPriok Development on the Way
Construction works on a new container terminal at Tanjung Priok Port, Jakarta, Indonesia, are progressing according to schedule and within the budget. The NewPriok Project is expected to greatly increase Jakarta’s port capacity through increasing the port’s water depth to 20 meters in order to accom
Picture of the Day: VOLVOX ASIA at New Suez
Van Oord, a Dutch contracting company that specializes in dredging and land reclamation, in early April deployed its Trailing suction hopper dredger VOLVOX ASIA to the New Suez Canal project. The vessel has hopper capacity of 10,834m³, and along with three stationary cutter suction dredgers and a la
Saipem Greenlights ShawCor’s South Stream Contract
ShawCor informed that its Canusa-CPS division has received notification from Saipem SpA that the suspension of the work on the Saipem contract in relation to South Stream Pipeline has been lifted with immediate effect and that work on this contract is to be resumed. The notification follows Saipem’s
Seatronics Delivers Predator ROVs to Great Eastern Group
Seatronics, an Acteon company, announced that (GEG) has taken delivery of two Predator inspection-class ROV systems integrated with SeeByte’s SeeTrack CoPilot. Great Eastern Group will use the Predators to provide enhanced capabilities for their survey and inspection tasks. SeeTrack CoPilot will all
Swiber Profit Dips to $70K
Singapore-listed EPIC contractor, Swiber, has just barely remained in black for the three months ended March 31, 2015 (1QFY15) as it prepares for a business recovery in the coming months. In the first quarter 2015, Swiber recorded net profit of US$70,000 compared to US$52.8 million in 1Q2014. The co
Bids Invited for Azov-Don Canal Dredging
FSUE Rosmorport, major owner of the country’s port assets, yesterday released a tender for maintenance dredging works on the Azov-Don Sea Canal. According to the company’s press center, Azov Basin Branch announced an open tender to select a contractor for 2015 maintenance dredging of the waterway. I
Drydocks World to Build Turret for FPSO Layang
Drydocks World has secured a contract from Orwell Offshore to fabricate an external Turret for FPSO Layang. The external turret for Orwell Offshore will enable Layang FPSO operations in water depths of up to 90m. “Constructing this turret for Orwell offshore is a milestone in marking the next phase
VIDEO: Lae Port Development Project
When fully finished, the Lae port development project will be a significant addition to Papua New Guinea’s transport infrastructure. New Lae Port will revolutionize operations, improve efficiencies and service levels for port users. It will serve as the central port for big ships travelling to the c
Atkins in Decommissioning Contract with Centrica
Atkins has been awarded a multidisciplinary pre-FEED (Front End Engineering Design) decommissioning contract with Centrica Energy. The agreement applies to any fields Centrica decides to decommission in the UK or Netherlands during the contract period. Alex Campbell, managing director of Atkins’ oil