Project & Tenders
PMR Wins Ostwind 2 Boulder Clearance Work
Danish marine contractor Peter Madsen Rederi (PMR) has been awarded a contract for boulder clearance at the Ostwind 2 grid connection project in the German Baltic Sea. The contract was awarded by German transmission system operator 50Hertz. The project comprises boulder clearance and survey works at
TenneT and Vattenfall Pen Hollandse Kust Zuid Grid Agreements
Grid operator TenneT and wind farm developer Vattenfall have signed agreements for the offshore grid connection for the Hollandse Kust Zuid I and II wind farms in the Dutch North Sea. The agreements relate to the realisation of the connection and the transmission of electricity between Vattenfall’s
Utility ROV Services Wins Moray East Deal
Utility ROV Services (URS) has won a contract to provide boulder relocation services on the 950MW Moray East offshore wind farm in the Scottish waters. The Fife-headquartered company plans to begin the work in the first quarter of the year using its load bearing ROV system UTROV. “This contract is a
Utility ROV Services Gets Moray East Job
Utility ROV Services (URS) has been contracted by Moray Offshore Windfarm (East) to provide boulder relocation services on the Moray East Offshore Windfarm, located 22 km from the coast of Scotland. Utility ROV are the latest local Scottish contractor to be awarded a contract by Moray East on the of
Hopper Dredger Ecodelta Christened in Rotterdam
Van der Kamp’s new trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Ecodelta was christened last Friday (January 11) in Rotterdam. According to the Port of Rotterdam, this is one of the few LNG powered trailing suction hopper dredgers in the Netherlands. The ship is a key component of the new contract entered
Østensjø Rederi Renames Sun Enabler Ahead of Fugro Campaign
Norwegian offshore company Østensjø Rederi has decided to rename the survey/research vessel Sun Enabler before the start of the new Fugro contract in March. The vessels’ new name will be “Edda Sun”, in line with the rest of the Edda-fleet and Østensjø Rederi’s tradition. The first Edda Sun was an an
Premier Oil kicks off Tolmount platform construction
Premier Oil has begun platform construction for the Tolmount Main gas project in the Southern North Sea.
Hull’s £42 Million Flood Scheme Gets Green Light
Construction of a multi-million pound scheme to protect thousands of homes and businesses in Hull from flooding from the Humber has been given the go ahead, informs the Environment Agency. The £42 million flood alleviation scheme, approved by Hull’s planning committee earlier this month, has now had
Optime Subsea Wins with Aker BP
Aker BP has selected Optime Subsea as a provider of well access system and services on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) for the next 2 years, with extension options. Optime Subsea will provide its “Subsea Controls and Intervention Light System” (SCILS) well access system for the work. Optime Su
France’s GTT scores LNG tanks order from Samsung Heavy
French LNG containment specialist GTT said Wednesday it received an order from the Korean shipyard Samsung Heavy Industries for the tank design of two new 174,000-cbm liquefied natural gas carriers. These two LNG vessels will be built on behalf of the Japanese shipping giant NYK. GTT said in a state
Solstad Keeps Its CSVs Busy
Solstad Offshore has secured contracts for two of its construction support vessels, the Normand Jarstein and the Normand Clipper. Solstad entered into a contract with DeepOcean for the CSV Normand Jarstein. The contract will start in March for the 2019 season, with further options for 2020 and 2021.
World’s First Floating Wind Turbine Finds New Calling
Equinor has entered into an agreement with Unitech Offshore for the takeover of its Hywind Demo floating wind turbine in Norway. The turbine will be renamed to UNITECH Zefyros at Hywind Technology from 1 February and will be used as an infrastructure for research and technology projects in Metcentre
World’s First Floating Wind Turbine Finds New Calling
Equinor has entered into an agreement with Unitech Offshore for the takeover of its Hywind Demo floating wind turbine in Norway. The turbine will be renamed to UNITECH Zefyros at Hywind Technology from 1 February and will be used as an infrastructure for research and technology projects in Metcentre
Shell preparing to spud offshore Bulgaria well using Noble Corp. drillship
Oil giant Shell is getting ready to start drilling an offshore well in Bulgaria using a Noble Corporation drillship.