Malaysia’s offshore crane specialist Handal Resources has been awarded an offshore crane maintenance and service deal with ExxonMobil. Handal said in a Bursa Malaysia announcement on Thursday that it’s subsidiary Handal Offshore Services entered into a goods and services outline agreement with Exxon
JFD said it has successfully completed trials on its new COBRA (Compact Bailout Rebreathing Apparatus) system verifying its capability and performance to CE Mark status making it the only approved system of its kind. COBRA is the only commercial emergency rebreather system in the world to have been
Hydrex carried out removal and reinstallation of the bow thruster on a 82-meter offshore supply vessel while the vessel was at anchorage in Dampier, Australia. By carrying out both parts of the operation underwater the ship could stay on the project and did not have to go to drydock. Hydrex team wen
JDR has been awarded a contract by VBMS (UK) to supply intra-array cables for ScottishPower Renewables’ East Anglia One (EA1) offshore wind farm. The contract will see JDR design and manufacture 155 km of array cables including end terminations. JDR will also provide a cable management system at eac
Wartsila has been contracted to supply a comprehensive package of engines and propulsion machinery for a new cutter suction dredger (CSD) vessel. When delivered, the ‘Spartacus’, which is being built on behalf of Belgium based Dredging International (DEME), will be the world’s most powerful CSD and
Finnish engine maker Wärtsilä has secured a contract to supply a package of engines and propulsion machinery for a new cutter suction dredger, being built for Belgium’s DEME. The LNG-powered dredger named Spartacus will be the world’s most powerful CSD and the first ever to be fuelled by liquefied n
Ocean Networks and Ocean Specialists have entered into an agreement for the further development and implementation of the South America Pacific Link (SAPL) submarine cable network. The SAPL Network is being developed in two phases, with Phase-1 connecting Valparaiso (Chile), Manta (Ecuador), Balboa
Ooredoo’s Southeast-Middle East-Western Europe 5 (SEA-ME-WE 5) submarine cable system will be activated this year. Installed at its base station in Qalhat in the Governorate of Ash Sharqiyah South, the 20,000 kilometre cable has been developed as a multi-regional data superhighway that should improv
The phase 1 of the Beatrice offshore wind farm’s export cable campaign is scheduled to start on April 13 with the installation of horizontal cable pipes beneath Portgordon Beach. These pipes are installed using a micro-tunnelling machine pushed through the ground beneath the seabed. At the exit poin
Provider of remote communication and IT solutions SpeedCast International has won two new systems integration projects with an unnamed fabrication company working for the oil and gas industry. SpeedCast said on Wednesday that the company was named the telecoms systems integrator on both projects and
Seaproof Solutions has secured a contract from VBMS to supply cable protection systems (CPS) for Vattenfall’s Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm in Denmark. The contract covers the design and supply of cable protection systems for the installation of the 33kV inter-array cables for the 400MW offshore wi
Hansa Heavy Lift has transported two dozen reels as well as a range of subsea equipment for the Jangkrik Complex Project, off the coast of Indonesia. HHL Richards Bay picked up the cargo at three different ports: Rosyth, UK; Le Trait, France and Tanjung Langsat, Malaysia. Hansa Heavy Lift discharged
ConocoPhillips Skandinavia is said to intend to enter into a contract with Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) for the removal and disposal of platforms connected to the Ekofisk field in the North Sea. According to AF Gruppen, a subcontractor to HMC, the contract includes engineering, preparation, remo
NKT Cables has taken delivery of the cable-laying vessel from Norwegian shipbuilder Kleven. The build number 372, previously known as ABB Victoria, is part of the acquisition of ABB HV Cables business which was wrapped up in March 1, 2017. The 140 by 30 meters vessel, based on a 306 CLV design from
