Two more of the UK’s most technically advanced quay cranes were brought up the River Thames earlier this week. The cranes completed the long sea voyage from China on vessel Zhen Hua 10 via the Cape of Good Hope to arrive at DP World London Gateway Port, just 25 miles from Central London. When instal
Hilong Petroleum Offshore Engineering has won a contract from TIMAS to provide a “Hilong 106”pipe-laying derrick barge to install jackets for the HCML Madura MDA – MBH offshore gas field development project jointly funded by China National Offshore Oil Corporation and Husky. This is Hilong’s first o
VBMS has completed cable installation and post-lay burial for Vattenfall’s Sandbank offshore wind farm. A total of 76 inter-array cables were installed and post-lay buried within a limited time frame of approximately two and a half months. VBMS deployed its multipurpose vessels Ndurance and Ndeavor
The European Commission has approved the acquisition of VolkerWessels Offshore by Boskalis. The Commission concluded that the proposed acquisition would raise no competition concerns, because it would not significantly change the market structure. A Letter of Intent (LoI) to acquire offshore activit
Oslo-listed MultiClient Geophysical (MCG) said it has reduced employee compensation by close to 30% compared to 2015 as part of the company’s cost cutting measures in order to improve its position in a challenging market environment. The cost saving exercise has been carried out through voluntary sa
LDD, an Acteon company, has collaborated with UTEC and MENCK to deliver a total foundation solution, including a subsea pre-piling template (PPT), to Offshore WindForce WIK (OWF). OWF, a joint venture between Boskalis and Volker Stevin International, is contracted by Iberdrola Renewables Offshore De
France’s Technip and U.S. FMC Technologies, Inc. executed a Business Combination Agreement (BCA) on June 14, 2016 regarding their proposed merger announced on May 19, 2016. The execution of the BCA follows conclusion of the required work council consultation process in Europe. “With the signing of t
Hughes SSE has acquired a survey vessel MV Line to support its survey capabilities. After a short refit the MV Line will be re-named MV Cerys Line and will be working on a number of Hughes SSE’s current and forthcoming projects. Hughes SSE said it will regain the vessels current crew, and they will
French offshore vessel provider Bourbon has informed that a naming ceremony was held this week for its Arctic-ready anchor handler. The vessel named the Bourbon Arctic was named in Fosnavag, Norway on Wednesday in the presence of its Godmother Kristin Færøvik, CEO of Lundin Petroleum Norway. The ves
Sheffield Forgemasters International has produced subsea emergency repair clamp bodies for use on the world’s longest subsea gas pipeline. Designed by Oil States Industries in Houston, the hydro-clamp is designed to provide risk mitigation in the event of a breach in a subsea pipeline. Sheffield For
Moray Council, the only authority in Scotland to own a dredger, invited Liebherr-Great Britain to design and supply an excavator for direct mounting on its new £2.5 million dredger, MV (Marine Vessel) Selkie. The R 936 excavator, supplied with marine specification and two excavation buckets, was sel
Sif Holding, a manufacturer of steel tubulars used as foundation components for the offshore wind and oil & gas markets, has been awarded the production of pin piles for the Beatrice offshore wind farm. The Beatrice offshore wind farm will be located in the Outer Moray Firth in Scotland. The 588 MW
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has launched a fibre-rope retrofit option for its subsea cranes. According to MacGregor, the modular upgrade replaces the crane’s original steel wire rope with synthetic fibre rope, using the same technology as MacGregor’s fibre-rope crane, the FibreTrac 1500, which was
MacArtney Singapore has entered into a distributorship agreement with Jessn Marine Equipment Company to cover the ocean science industry for the Chinese market. MacArtney Singapore, Asia Pacific Operations, recently established a MacArtney base in China located in ZhuHai. “The many years of experien
