iSurvey has secured a framework contract with Total E&P UK Limited for the provision of rig move navigation and positioning services. According to iSurvey, the framework contract with an effective date of October 12, 2015, is for three years. Under the contract, iSurvey will provide platform, rig an
The mission of dredging harbors and connecting federal navigation channels along Lake Erie and Lake Ontario is the responsibility of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Buffalo District, and is vital to the functionality of the Great Lakes Navigation System (GLNS) and the overall U.S. economy.
Advances in technology will keep energy supplies plentiful and affordable – enough to meet projected demand many times over – and help pave the way to a lower carbon energy mix, according to data published on Monday in the BP Technology Outlook. According to BP, its Technology Outlook shows how tech
Digital Realty Trust, a provider of data center solutions, is partnering with AquaComms, a provider of scalable, subsea capacity-based network solutions, in deploying its new transatlantic fiber optic system, America Europe Connect (AEConnect). Spanning more than 5,400 kilometers across the Atlantic
Houston-based MRC Global Inc. has been awarded contracts through its Norwegian subsidiaries to support Statoil’s Johan Sverdrup project in the North Sea. Johan Sverdrup development will include four platforms: a utility and accommodation platform, a processing platform, a drilling platform and a ris
Royal IHC has expanded its activities with the acquisition of Robbins Technology Group (RTG) in Brisbane, Australia, and Fraser Hydraulic Power (FHP) in the UK. With these latest acquisitions, IHC has expanded its offshore rental fleet and gained a stronger foothold in the mining market respectively
Global integrated drilling waste management and environmental services firm, TWMA, has been awarded two contracts by Maersk Oil for the work in the UK North Sea. TWMA says the projects are led by its Aberdeen-based team. One contract involves work on the Culzean development, one of the largest gas d
Royal IHC has expanded its offshore rental fleet with the acquisition of Fraser Hydraulic Power (FHP) in the UK. Fraser Hydraulic Power (FHP) designs and builds systems for laying subsea cables and umbilicals with tracked engines and tensioners, cable carousels, and drum handling systems in its prod
Forum Subsea Rentals (FSR) has strengthened its senior management team with the promotion of Nicki Nicholls to the role of global business director. Nicholls joined Forum in 2008 as part of the Technical Sales team before taking on the roles of sales manager, operations manager and then commercial m
The Canal de Panamá has just released this amazing video which shows the backhoe dredger Alberto Aleman Zubieta during its deepening work on the Panama Canal Expansion Project. Royal IHC delivered the giant to Autoridad del Canal de Panama (ACP) in 2013. The vessel is equipped with three spud hoist
Royal IHC (IHC) – a Dutch maritime group focused on the design and construction of vessels and services for the offshore, dredging and wet mining markets – has just posted this Cutter Pump photo on its facebook page. The picture shows three brand new CutterSpecial® pumps with Curve® impeller ready t
KBR, a U.S. engineering and construction firm, on Monday reported a rise in its 3Q net income. Net income for the quarter stood at $55 million, compared to net income of $30 million in the third quarter of 2014. Consolidated revenue for the period was $1.2 billion compared to $1.7 billion in the thi
The Dutch fishing cooperative YE 118 Noordland BV has taken delivery of its new shellfish dredger from Damen Maaskant Shipyards Stellendam. The new vessel, called YE 118 Noordland, has fishing gear specially designed for dredging razor shells. It comprises a 5.5-tonne basket that is lowered over the
The Cebu City Government has bought five brand new heavy equipment units which will be used for the road repair schemes and the waterway dredging projects. Engineer Jose Marie Poblete, Department of Engineering and Public Works (DEPW) chief, said that the equipment turned over to them by the supplie
