Project & Tenders
Bids Invited for Koper Dredging
The Port of Koper, Slovenia, has released a tender for the second phase of dredging works in order to deepen the navigable channel and basin in the northern section of the harbor. The tender also includes supply and installation of rubber fenders. Last year, Dutch dredging contractor Van Oord succes
Picture of the Day: Canal Works in Full Swing
The Panama Canal Expansion Program, largest infrastructure project since the waterway’s original construction, is nearly 90% complete and on track for 2016 opening. At the moment, the Pacific Entrance and Atlantic Entrance dredging works are fully completed with Gatun Lake and Culebra Cut dredging p
Turkish Stream to start gas supplies in December 2016
Ankara yesterday hosted a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom and Taner Yildiz, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Turkey. Alexey Miller and Taner Yildiz addressed the issues of Russian gas supplies to Turkey, upgrade of the Blue Stream gas pipeline and execution
Gazprom: Turkish Stream Online in Dec 2016
Ankara has hosted a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Taner Yildiz, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of the Turkish Republic. Alexey Miller and Taner Yildiz addressed the issues of Russian gas supplies to Turkey, upgrade of the Blue Strea
Plexus Wins Another Delivery for Maersk
Plexus has secured an additional purchase order with Maersk Oil’s Danish business unit to supply its wellhead system and mudline services for a well offshore in the Danish sector of the North Sea. According to Plexus, the value of the order is estimated at approximately £1.25 million with revenues s
Mooring works kick off at Ichthys project (Australia)
Mooring installation works have begun at the Ichthys Field in the Browse Basin about 220 kilometres offshore Western Australia as part of the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project’s ongoing offshore installation campaign. The first of 49 foundation piles was deployed and driven into the seabed on Wedne
Tullow to drill well in Zumba prospect (Norway)
Tullow Oil Norge AS has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway for exploration drilling of well 6507/11-11 in the Norwegian Sea with the Leiv Eiriksson drilling rig. Tullow is the operator for production licence 591 in block 6507/11 in the Norwegian Sea. The company has ap
Goliat FPSO on its way to Barents Sea location
The Goliat oil platform, recently delivered from South Korea to Norway, is now being towed from Hammerfest in Finnmark to the field location in the Barents Sea. The cylindrical FPSO facility, operated by Eni Norge, has been lying in the fjord at Ersvika outside Hammerfest for just over two weeks und
New Era for Barbours Cut
Four new Super Post-Panamax wharf cranes that are part of a significant upgrade of the Barbours Cut Container Terminal arrived yesterday at the Port of Houston. The cranes, largest ever built by Konecranes, come as a part of the Port Authority overall plan to undertake significant infrastructure imp
Hokuriku Electric signs first LNG supply deal
Japanese utility, Hokuriku Electric Power informed it has signed its first agreement to purchase LNG for future use in power generation.
Hokuriku Electric signs first LNG supply deal
Japanese utility, Hokuriku Electric Power informed it has signed its first agreement to purchase LNG for future use in power generation.
Grontmij, Pondera to Prepare Borssele III and IV for Tendering
Grontmij and Pondera Consult will carry out preparatory studies for the call for tender by the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs for allotments III and IV of the Borssele offshore wind farm. When completed, Borssele will deliver sustainable energy to 1.4 million households and will be one of the wo
iSURVEY Supports Norce Endeavour in Thailand
iSURVEY Pte Ltd, Singapore, which was launched in 2012, was recently awarded a marine construction contract in the Asia Pacific region by Solstad Offshore. This work will see iSURVEY provide positioning and survey support for Solstad Offshore’s 2015 platform installation programme in Thailand, on bo
ISA and German BGR Ink Exploration Agreement
The International Seabed Authority and the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources of Germany (BGR) have signed a 15-year contract for exploration for polymetallic sulphides in the Central Indian Ocean in the presence of Mathias Machnig, State Secretary at Federal Ministry of Economi