The U.S Army Corps of Engineers and Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company are working together to assemble a low-draft dredge at a staging area near Hwy 59/69 Bridge and the San Jacinto River. Over 200 semi-trucks have delivered two disassembled dredges and hundreds of dredging pipes, reported the Army
Saipem has secured a contract for Phase 2 of the ExxonMobil-led Liza development offshore Guyana, awarded by Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL), an affiliate of ExxonMobil. This contract follows from the contract awarded to Saipem in 2017 for Liza Phase 1. Following engineering a
Shearwater GeoServices has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the marine seismic acquisition assets and operations of WesternGeco, the geophysical services product line of Schlumberger. Shearwater will own and operate a fleet of 14 seismic vessels offering a full range of acquisition ser
Subsea equipment designer and manufacturer Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD) has signed a contract to supply a QTrencher 500 cable maintenance ROV to TE SubCom. The QTrencher 500 will be delivered in Q1 2019. The vehicle will come equipped with SMD’s latest surface control and power cabin layout. SMD’s De
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has awarded Wiking Helikopter Service with a multi-year contract to support maintenance operations at the Beatrice offshore wind farm in Scotland, which will comprise 84 Siemens Gamesa 7MW turbines.
OceanGate Expeditions has selected Island Offshore as its preferred partner for deep sea exploration. As part of the agreement, a vessel from Island Offshore’s fleet of subsea construction and accommodation vessels will be used as the primary topside support vessel for the 2019 Titanic Survey Expedi
Palfinger Marine has signed contract for deck equipment package with Ulstein Verft for Nexans new cable laying vessel (CLV) Aurora. Ulstein will construct the vessel, designed by Skipsteknisk in Ålesund, and prepare for the topside equipment. The CLV is 31 m wide, 149.9 m long, with a deadweight of
After being selected as the preferred turbine supplier for the Moray East offshore wind project in October 2017, MHI Vestas today (21 August) signed a conditional agreement with Moray Offshore Windfarm (East) Limited for the supply and installation of one hundred of its V164-9.5 MW offshore wind tur
The Australian-led consortium, Australian Industrial Energy signed a deal with Norway’s Höegh LNG for the supply of a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) for the proposed Port Kembla Gas Terminal (PKGT).
Ulstein Verft has contracted Palfinger Marine to provide a major deck equipment package for Nexans’ new cable laying vessel Aurora.
Jackson has been awarded the £3.9 million Clacton Slope Stabilization Scheme on behalf Tendring District Council. The Council has a coastline of 60km and maintains the sea defense structures along 18.5km of this frontage. With this coastline, Jackson will install a new access ramp down the cliff, a
The Long Beach community along the south shore of Long Island, N.Y. like so many others, experienced beach erosion as a result of Hurricane Sandy. The Army Corps’ New York District, together with Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company, is now in the process of increasing resiliency at the Coastal Storm
During this month, OpenIJ will – under the New IJmuiden Sea Lock project – continue working on the walls of the inner lock head and on the flood defenses. Near the outer lock head, OpenIJ is carrying out excavation work for the lock sill cofferdam, reported the Port of Amsterdam. At the inner lock h
Energinet wants to purchase UXO consultancy related to a risk mitigation program for the Baltic Pipe project. The scope includes preparation of reactive measures, analysis of existing survey data, consultancy related to UXO survey and inspection, UXO risk sign-off documentation and possible addition
