After completion of an emergency dredging operation, the Wheatland Ferry is now open and operational, moving people, vehicles and equipment across the Willamette River north of Salem, Oregon. Dredging work on the waterway, aimed to remove rock deposits left behind by high river flows, was successful
InterMoor has signed a contract with COOEC, a subsidiary of China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), to install deepwater mooring systems for the Liuhua 16-2 and Lingshui 17-2 floating production facilities in the South China Sea. The Liuhua 16-2 turret-moored floating production and storage
TenneT Holding B.V. has launched and priced another Green Bond issue of EUR 1.25 billion, with proceeds set to be used for investing in offshore wind. The green bond is split into a tranche of EUR 500 million, under an 11-year term and a coupon of 0.875%, and EUR 750 million, under a 20-year term an
TGS-NOPEC Geophysical (TGS) and Spectrum’s boards of directors have unanimously approved and decided upon a final merger agreement and merger plan between the companies. The companies announced the statutory merger at the beginning of May. The merger plan is now to be submitted to and registered by
Manson Construction, a Seattle based provider of heavy marine construction and dredging services, has successfully completed its dredging work on the Oceanside Harbor entrance area in California. According to the City of Oceanside Harbor’s latest project update, Manson is now in the process of de-mo
The chairman of the board of directors of Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS), Eystein Eriksrud, has notified the company that he will not seek re-election at the end of his current service period. The company has further been informed that Anne Øian, a member of the board of directors of EMGS, will
Fugro has recently contributed more than 110,000 square kilometers of high-resolution bathymetry data in the North Atlantic Ocean to help improve the quality and coverage of seabed mapping in the region. The dataset, which covers an area the size of Iceland, was delivered to two complementary progra
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, awarded an $249,218 contract yesterday to close a breach in the L594 levee along the Missouri River southwest of Bartlett, in Mills County, Iowa. USACE awarded the contract to Diamond Group Engineering of Santa Ana, California. The breach closure is
Shearwater GeoServices has been awarded a 3D seismic acquisition contract over the SNE field offshore Senegal by Woodside Energy, operator of the SNE Field development joint venture. The contract covers the Sangomar, Sangomar Deep and Rufisque Offshore blocks, which include the SNE discovery. The wo
Hamburg Süd christens its latest Polar-class containership, Polar Ecuador.
On the shores of Lake Victoria in Kenya, a jetty has been built to accommodate vessels such as fuel barges. The complete project included a 95 m long jetty, an approach road and 237 m long bridge and the embankment. A Damen’s DOP200 submersible dredge pump was used before and after the project to pr
The Duval County Shore Protection Project was recognized yesterday by the American Shore and Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) as one of the nation’s best restored beaches for 2019. Actually, the project includes four county beaches that were recognized: Atlantic, Neptune and Jacksonville beach
Shearwater GeoServices has confirmed the award of a high-density multi-azimuth 3D seismic acquisition contract over the SNE field offshore Senegal by Woodside.
Norwegian oil company Equinor has awarded Kaefer Energy a contract for insulation, scaffolding and surface treatment (ISO) on the Johan Sverdrup field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.
