The first two jackets required for North Field Expansion (NFE) project have been completed, Qatar Petroleum said on Wednesday. The NFE project’s engineering, procurement, construction and installation contract for the eight jackets was awarded to McDermott in April 2019. McDermott was also awarded t
Jan De Nul Group has ordered a floating installation crane vessel, Les Alizés, from the CMHI Haimen shipyard in China. The order comes just six months after the investment in the offshore installation vessel Voltaire. Together with the Voltaire, the new vessel will be capable of building the newest
Trelleborg has won a contract from Ørsted to provide NjordGuard cable protection system, for the Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind farms in Taiwan. The company will provide 235 NjordGuard cable protection systems and bellmouths, which will protect all inter-array and export cables on the project
Damen Shipyards Group and Bakker Sliedrecht have joined forces in the construction of a new complex offshore diamond mining vessel for De Beers Marine Namibia. The two companies signed a cooperation agreement for the project Additional Mining Vessel 3 (AMV 3) in Rotterdam. The e-integrator and shipb
Rever Offshore has extended a charter of the multi-role diving support vessel (DSV) Rever Topaz for three-years. The contract will see Rever Offshore secure exclusive and uninterrupted access to this asset from long-term partner Volstad Maritime until December 2022, with flexible options to further
Fugro has extended the firm period of hire for the Skandi Carla time charter contract until end October 2020, the Oslo-listed DOF Subsea said on Tuesday. Skandi Carla is a purpose-designed and built ROV survey, IRM and construction support vessel. The 84 meters long vessel with accommodation for 80
Vår Energi has signed frame agreements with Apply Sørco and Aker Solutions for modifications and maintenance support for the company’s operated assets. The frame agreements, which cover operation, maintenance, modification and engineering services, have a duration of three years with options for a t
Xodus Group is set to almost double its global environment division with recent appointment of two new recruits in Aberdeen. Jonathan Ashburner has joined as cables and interconnectors lead while Gill Rodger returns to Xodus as the head of governance and assurance. Qualifying as a marine mammal biol
Nexans Skagerrak, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nexans Norway, has declared a charter extension for the CSV Polar King with GC Rieber Shipping. The five-month extension makes the charter firm until July 2020. This comes after the previous charter extension by four months, announced in October. The ex
The N-Sea-BODAC joint venture has made an investment in the further development of its specialist UXO provision. Formed in 2016, the joint venture (JV) has demonstrated year-on-year commercial growth. In that time, it has built a formidable track record in UXO survey, identification and disposal, co
Boskalis has acquired the remaining 37.5% in the UAE-based survey specialist Horizon. The acquisition follows the deal from earlier this year when Boskalis acquired 62.5% of the shares in Horizon. The 2019 revenue is expected to exceed USD 100 million and the activities will be consolidated as of 20
Shearwater GeoServices has secured a seismic acquisition contract by Royal Dutch Shell (Shell) in the Black Sea. The survey covers an area of approximately 600 sqkm in the western Black Sea. The one-month project will start in Q4 2019 and will be conducted by the Polar Empress. “We are very pleased
2G Robotics has released a Data Module for their ViewLS software which enables the automatic enhancement of laser point cloud and stills image data. The ViewLS Data Module combines raw laser data with navigational data from industry standard sensors to create geo-referenced laser models. The resulti
Weatherford International has appointed Christian Garcia as executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective January 06, 2020. He will take over from Christoph Bausch who will step down as executive vice president and chief financial officer on November 14, 2019 to pursue other opport
