Vessels
DEME charters floatel to pre-quarantine offshore crews
DEME Group has chartered a floatel which will serve for pre-quarantine for the company’s crews working on offshore wind and dredging vessels.
TenneT picks SeaRenergy for offshore cargo runs
Transmission system operator TenneT has selected SeaRenergy Offshore Holding GmbH to provide a DP2-compliant Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) for the supply runs of cargo to the offshore platforms in the German and Dutch North Sea. Under the contract, SeaRenergy will continuously provide and operate an
Sea Challenger loading first Borssele 1+2 turbine components in Esbjerg
DEME Group’s installation vessel Sea Challenger has started loading the first wind turbine components for the Borssele 1 + 2 offshore wind farm at the Port of Esbjerg in Denmark. Located some 23 kilometres off the coast of Zeeland in the Netherlands, the 752 MW Borssele 1 + 2 wind farm will feature
Lithuanian FSRU back online
Lithuanian floating storage and regasification unit Independence is now back in action following the completion of dredging works in the port of Klaipeda. To remind, Klaipėdos Nafta temporarily relocated the FSRU last week from its usual location near Kiaules Nugara Island while Klaipeda’s port wate
Island Victory on Barents subsea duty
Island Offshore’s deep water installation vessel Island Victory has secured more work in the Barents Sea this spring. The vessel has started a 60-90 days contract this month for Ocean Installer at Johan Castberg and Askeladd fields. “The vessel and its crew have already completed some heavy jobs in
Giant Pioneering Spirit vessel put in charge of removal and disposal at Valhall
Aker BP has awarded a call-off for removal and disposal of multiple installations in the Valhall area in the North Sea to Allseas.
Nova topside module ready for transport and installation in North Sea
Neptune Energy has reported that the load out of the 740-tonne topside module for the Nova brownfield project in the Norwegian North Sea has been completed ahead of the installation offshore with the world’s largest semi-sub crane vessel.
VTT to explore use of bio- and waste-based oils for ships, power plants
VTT, partners will assess how suitable fuel oils made from biomass and waste plastics are for ship diesel engines.
German gas carrier grounded due to underdeveloped ECDIS
A German gas carrier grounded off Indonesia in 2018 due to the not fully developed ECDIS, a report shows.
CEMEX Go Innovation Almost Ready for Delivery
The first of Damen’s new Marine Aggregate Dredgers, a 103.5 meter long CEMEX Go Innovation is almost ready for delivery to her new owner in the UK. Currently under construction for CEMEX at Damen Shipyards Galati (DSGa) in Romania, the delivery of this 3.500m³ aggregate dredger type MAD3500 is sched
Cold-stack ahead for EMGS vessel as BP cancels African survey
Norwegian seismic services company EMGS has noted an extremely low vessel utilization for the first quarter of 2020 due to project cancelations, which ensued following the recent oil price drop and the coronavirus pandemic. As a result, one of EMGS’ vessels is up for a cold-stack.
AET charters LNG-fueled VLCC pair to Total
Energy logistics provider AET signed an agreement with Total’s unit, Chartering and Shipping Services, for the time charter of two LNG dual-fuel VLCCs. The two newbuilds are scheduled to be delivered to AET, a unit of the Malaysian shipping giant MISC, from the first quarter of 2022, AET said in a s
PHOTO: DEME’s TSHDs Breydel and Scheldt River in Italy
DEME Group’s trailing suction hopper dredgers (TSHDs) Breydel and Scheldt River worked side by side recently to complete the first phase of the deepening works in the Port of Salerno in Italy. “This is a remarkable achievement considering the extremely difficult COVID-19 conditions of the past weeks
Shipping industry sees growth in remote surveys in times of coronavirus crisis
Remote ship surveys and inspections have become increasingly popular amid the coronavirus crisis.