Project & Tenders
Rolls-Royce to Equip UK’s New Polar Research Vessel
Cammell Laird has selected a Rolls-Royce design for the UK’s new £200 million polar research ship. Rolls-Royce will also supply machinery and equipment for the vessel in a deal worth £30 million ($43.2 million). The 128 meter long ship, which will be named RRS Sir David Attenborough, will be built a
Bibby Offshore in Further Contract Wins
Bibby Offshore has won two contracts with a multi-million pound combined value. The first contract win is a DSV IRM campaign at two unnamed fields in the UKCS, Northern North Sea. The scope of work includes performing barrier testing, reconfiguring flexible pipelines, installing a new production spo
Glomar Offshore and GEOxyz Team Up
Dutch company Glomar Offshore has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Belgium-based GEOxyz. Under the agreement, the companies will offer several services including: cable and trenching operations; offshore support vessel operations; guard/chase vessel support; survey operations; drone sup
Sevan Marine keeps on working on cylindrical FLNG
Norwegian offshore facilities designed Sevan Marine will keep on working on a design for a cylindrical Floating LNG unit. The company on Tuesday said, referring to the paid FLNG feasibility study announced in Q3 2015 for the use of Sevan Marine’s cylindrical hull for a specific FLNG development, tha
Sevan wins FLNG study extension for US oil major
Sevan Marine of Norway on Tuesday said it has been awarded a follow-up study by a US oil major to continue the exploration of the use of its cylindrical hull for a specific FLNG development.
United Cable Company to Market C-Lion1
Finland-based Cinia Group signed up David Ross Group (DRG) to provide asset and capacity sales for C-Lion1, the new subsea fiber optic cable running under the Baltic Sea connecting Finland and Germany. The David Ross Group affiliate, United Cable Company (UCC), should provide Cinia with a presence o
PDL to Support Viking SeaTech’s North Sea Engineering Team
PDL Solutions, the engineering design and analysis consultancy based in the North East of England, has secured a two-year framework agreement with specialist marine service provider, Viking SeaTech. The framework agreement will see PDL engineers providing advanced structural engineering design, Fini
Hat Trick for Pevensey Bay Sea Defense Scheme
The Pevensey Bay Sea Defense scheme has received a Gold National Site Award from the Considerate Constructors Scheme for a third consecutive year. The defense scheme is a 25-year project on the East Sussex coast to improve and maintain 9km long shingle embankment between Eastbourne and Bexhill-on-Se
HAM 316 Kicks Off Annual Lincshore Scheme
The Environment Agency announced last Friday (May 6) that a major annual scheme to replenish Lincolnshire beaches is underway now at Boygrift. Over the next 6 weeks, beaches at Sutton on Sea, Trusthorpe, Mablethorpe, Ingoldmells, Trunch Lane, Walla Bank, Chapel Six Marshes and Huttoft will be replen
Bibby Offshore Scoops North Sea Subsea Gig
Bibby Offshore secured a contract with an undisclosed energy company to provide first gas and construction support on its assets in the Southern North Sea. The contract, due to be executed between Q3 and Q4 2016, will see Bibby Offshore’s construction support vessel Olympic Ares, and its diving supp
Vard Could Be Stuck with Harkand’s Newbuild
Following the financial crash of Harkand Group, that saw four charter deals terminated and over 170 jobs lost, it remains to be seen what the future holds for the newbuild DP3 dive support vessel the Harkand Haldane, which was scheduled for delivery in Q2 2016. Namely, the vessel is in an advanced s
Wartsila wins propulsion packages order for CMAL’s dual-fuel vessels
Wärtsilä on Monday said it has been selected to provide its propulsion machinery packages for two dual-fuel ro-ro passenger ferries being built for Caledonian Maritime Assets of Scotland.
Siem Cancels Harkand Vessel Deal
Norwegian shipowner Siem Offshore has terminated the charter party for the offshore subsea construction vessel (OSCV) Siem Spearfish, due to non-performance of the charterer’s obligation, the company said on Monday. In November 2013, Harkand had entered into a charter agreement with Siem Offshore fo
Reach Subsea Gets MarMine Contract in Norway
Reach Subsea has entered into a firm contract with Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) for the MarMine project, the first project in Norway focused on the resource potential and technological aspects related to seabed minerals and mining. Reach has been tasked to complete a scienti