Hall Contracting, an Australian dredging and civil construction company, has acquired a new backhoe dredger. The giant – a Backacter (BA) 900 christened Woomera – is now the largest Australian-owned backhoe dredger, and is capable of excavating hard rock and clay in confined locations. Commenting th
Qatar’s Ministry of Transportation and Communication (MOTC) has completed the dredging works at Doha Port as part of its redevelopment project. The Doha Port dredging and expansion project was awarded to a consortium that includes the Middle East Dredging Co. (MEDCO). According to MOTC, up to 3.5 mi
Spanish oil firm Repsol has hired a Maersk Drilling drillship for offshore drilling in Mexico.
Geoservices company Shearwater GeoServices has been awarded a contract for 4D surveys over Total’s Tyra and Roar fields in Denmark.
Tanker Al Sheehaniya delivered the largest LNG cargo to the expanded Marmara LNG Terminal in Turkey.
Shell’s inland-waterway LNG bunker vessel performed its first bunkering operations in Rotterdam.
German shipbuilder Meyer Werft hands over Spirit of Discovery to the British cruise company Saga Cruises.
ExxonMobil is reportedly looking to sell all off its assets in Norway. The move has the potential to be Norway’s biggest sale since 2006, according to energy intelligence group Wood Mackenzie.
The RRS Discovery departed Southampton for this year’s annual research expedition to the Porcupine Abyssal Plain sustained ocean observatory (PAP-SO) in the northeast Atlantic. These expeditions aim to answer questions about how environmental and ecological stressors are influencing the open ocean,
The North Carolina Towns of Pine Knoll Shores, Emerald Isle, and Indian Beach have applied for Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Public Assistance funding through the North Carolina Emergency Management Agency (NCEMA) as sub-recipients. “Under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), f
ENGIE Fabricom is upgrading its site in Hoboken, Belgium, where Offshore High Voltage Stations (OHVS) are built and assembled for offshore wind farms. Due to a strong growth of these activities, ENGIE Fabricom is now investing EUR 5 million in the site, the company said. A new office building with a
McDermott defines a large contract as between $50 million and $250 million.
Incat Crowther secures a contract to design a catamaran passenger ferry for operation in Korea.
McDermott has been awarded a contract from Saudi Aramco for engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) services in the Marjan and Zuluf fields, offshore Saudi Arabia. The contract includes the full suite of EPCI services for the relocation of Control Rooms in Zuluf GOSP-4, Marjan
