Dutch shipbuilder and maritime equipment supplier, Royal IHC was contracted to design, build and deliver a 44,180 kW LNG-powered cutter suction dredger, for DEME.
Royal IHC and DEME have signed a contract for the design, construction and delivery of the 44,180kW self-propelled cutter suction dredger (CSD) SPARTACUS. The concept and basic design for this 164 meters long mega cutter was done in close cooperation with DEME, Vuyk Engineering Rotterdam and IHC. CS
James Fisher and Sons’ joint venture company, Wuhu Divex Diving Systems, has been awarded a contract by Shanghai Salvage to supply a mobile, 12 man saturation diving system. The system is due for delivery in the second half of 2018. Mobile systems can be deployed on several vessels in the Shanghai S
In little over three weeks’ time, the second edition of Flood and Coast conference and exhibition will gather key stakeholders from the flood and coastal erosion risk management (FCRM) community in the UK. This year’s conference – sponsored by Van Oord, VBA, CH2M, Aecom, HR Wallingford, Mackley and
The Palaszczuk Government is calling for tenders to undertake important dredging work ahead of the scuttling of the ex-HMAS Tobruk to create an artificial reef and world-class dive site in waters off Hervey Bay. Minister for National Parks and the Great Barrier Reef, Dr Steven Miles, said that the s
Investment funds managed by EIG Global Energy Partners acquired a 49 percent stake in the Kinder Morgan’s Elba Island LNG export project.
Royal Dutch Shell and Japanese Mitsui Oil Exploration have each taken the final investment decision to execute phase one of the Kaikias deepwater project in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The project is done through Shell’s subsidiary, Shell Offshore, and Mitsui’s wholly owned subsidiary, MOEX North Ameri
Following approvals by BP and BHP Billiton, Chevron has reached a final investment decision (FID) for the Mad Dog 2 project in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The final investment decision was reached in February 2017, Chevron said in an SEC filing last week. This project milestone was also confirmed by th
Subsea 7 said it has secured a contract between $50 million and $150 million with Cooper Energy for the Sole Development Project, offshore Australia The Sole gas field is located in the eastern part of the Gippsland Basin, approximately 40km offshore Victoria, Australia. The contract scope consists
Royal IHC has just released a photo of the trailing suction hopper dredger SHANTI SAGAR 17, being built at the company’s Krimpen aan den IJssel shipyard. The vessel is first of two IHC Beagle 8,000m³ TSHDs ordered by Adani Group of India. Earlier this month, at the same shipyard, IHC held a keel lay
Oil and gas company Octanex Limited has informed that a donor vessel has been secured for conversion into an FPSO for use on the Ophir field, offshore Malaysia. The conversion works on the oil tanker, Puteri Bangsa, will start shortly, the company said on Tuesday. MTC Engineering (MTCE), a Malaysian
Australian LNG player Woodside signed an agreement with GE to join forces of boosting the use of LNG as fuel in Western Australia.
TenneT is holding market consultation for grid connection concepts for IJmuiden Ver wind energy area, which is farther from the coast than currently developed areas. The company is consulting on HVDC platforms and an artificial island as potential solutions.
The Leeds Flood Alleviation Scheme (FAS), led by Leeds City Council in partnership with the Environment Agency, is split into two phases. Phase 1 began in January 2015 and is due to be completed in summer 2017. When complete, it will provide an increased level of protection from flooding from the Ri
