Project & Tenders
USPA and Novadeal Reach Agreement on Yuzhny Port
Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) and Novadeal LTD (subsidiary of the DEME Group, Belgium) have reached an agreement for the maintenance dredging of the internal water area and the internal approach channel of Yuzhny port. According to USPA, the works are necessary in order to maintain the depth
Giant vessel carrying world’s largest spar hull approaching Norway
The Dockwise Vaguard, the world’s largest heavy transportation vessel is set to reach Norway this weekend, delivering the hull of world’s largest spar platform – Statoil’s Aasta Hansteen. The vessel in April left South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries yard where the platform was built, carrying the
Killybegs Fishery Harbor Dredging Tender Online
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) recently advertised a tender for dredging works in the Killybegs Fishery Harbor, Ireland. The works will comprise environmental dredging of approx. 24,500m³ of contaminated marine sediments. The tender also includes stabilization of the dredge ma
Big Win for MAN Diesel & Turbo
In just four months, MAN Diesel & Turbo has won contracts for four Chinese dredger newbuildings. Chinese outfits CHECD, Jiangsu Haixin and Huanghua Port Bureau recently chose MAN medium-speed engines for the new trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD). CHECD CHECD (CHEC Dredging Company Ltd.) – a sub
Lukoil boosts output at Caspian Sea field with fifth well
Russian oil company Lukoil has completed the construction and commissioning of the fifth production well at Vladimir Filanovsky offshore field in the Caspian Sea and started the construction of the sixth well that is going to be used for water injection. The fifth well has a bilateral horizontal des
Elia Launches MOG Project UXO Survey Tender
Elia, the Belgian electricity transmission system operator, has invited tenders for unexploded explosive ordnance (UXO) survey, identification and removal on the cable route of the modular offshore grid (MOG) project in the Belgium sector of the North Sea. The modular offshore grid includes an offsh
Elia Issues UXO Call
Belgian transmission system operator Elia has invited tenders for unexploded ordnance (UXO) survey, identification and removal on the cable route of the Modular Offshore Grid (MOG) project in the Belgian sector of the North Sea.
Statoil Selects TechnipFMC for Visund Nord
TechnipFMC has been awarded an extension to its ongoing engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract from Statoil in the Norwegian North Sea. The ongoing EPC project covers the provision of subsea equipment including template structure, manifold and two subsea trees including wellheads a
Lukoil’s Caspian fields hit ten million tonnes of produced oil
Lukoil, Russia’s privately-held oil company, has reached ten million tonnes of oil produced at the Vladimir Filanovsky and Yuri Korchagin fields in the Caspian Sea. Lukoil said last week that the “most significant gain in production” was observed at V. Filanovsky field, where cumulative recovery exc
PHOTO: Peterhead Harbor Dredging in Full Swing
Boskalis Westminster is continuing dredging operations in Aberdeenshire under the £50 million Peterhead Inner Harbor Redevelopment Project. The scheme, largest development in the history of the port, was awarded to a joint venture partnership between civil engineering contractor, McLaughlin & Harvey
OvationData Secures PGS Service Contract Extension
OvationData Limited has secured an extension of their current trace management service agreement with PGS to 2023. In 2013 PGS sought a vendor capable of providing cloud data storage and specialized data services to manage PGS’ global seismic library. OvationData secured a five-year service agreemen
Sif to Build Trianel Windpark Borkum II Monopiles
Sif Holding has secured, in a joint venture with Smulders, the production of all monopiles and transition pieces for the Trianel Windpark Borkum II wind farm project. The JV was awarded the contract by EPCI-contractor Seaway Heavy Lifting. Sif will produce the monopiles and transition pieces in join
Rolls-Royce to put new LNG engines to test on Lake Constance
Rolls-Royce Power Systems signed a cooperation agreement with the City of Constance public utility to begin testing an inland waterway passenger vessel with new LNG propulsion technology.
Siemens and Marketex Offshore Constructions Ink Cooperation Agreement
Siemens AG has signed a framework cooperation agreement with Marketex Offshore Constructions, a subsidiary of the Tallinn-headquartered BLRT Grupp.