Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has awarded Genesis a contract to undertake the front end engineering design (FEED) for the deepwater development of MJ field in the Bay of Bengal. The MJ field is a part of the Block KG-DWN-98/3, also known as KG D6, located in the Krishna Godavari Basin, off the E
Work on the Underwood Creek natural habitat restoration project in the City of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, is in full swing, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District. The project consists of the removal of approximately 4,000 linear feet of concrete channel along the lower end of Un
Gazprom Export signed an agreement with a Georgian company regarding terms of Russian gas transit to Armenia through Georgia.
A few days ago, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, captured this unique view of the dredge working in the Ferry Bar Channel. With the city skyline in the background, Great Lakes Dredge and Dock (GLDD) is performing maintenance dredging operations to ensure continued safe navigatio
The $4.37 million Morro Bay Harbor dredging project is well underway, reports the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District. Under this project, which USACE awarded to Ahtna Design-build Corporation earlier in 2016, crews will remove approximately 240,000 cubic yards of clean sand and grave
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (February 06– February 12). Ezra Holdings has received a statutory demand from the solicitors of Forland Subsea for payment of a charter that is due and owing by EMAS-AMC AS for the vessel Lewek Inspec
Next week, Media-Group PortNews in partnership with FSUE Rosmorport and International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) will organize the Fourth International Forum of Dredging Companies in Moscow. This year’s conference will take place on 15 February 2017 at the Radisson Royal Hotel. The For
The Port of Hanstholm, Denmark, has decided to announce a public tender for the expansion and development of the port. The tender documents concerning expansion of the port were released last week, following the approval of the Hanstholm Havn Board in late January. The expansion project includes dev
RTE (Réseau de Transport d’Électricité) is looking for Marine Warranty Surveyor services for the offshore connections of which the French transmission system operator is in charge.
Norwegian provider of subsea services, DOF Subsea has received a Letter of Award (LoA) for one of its subsea vessels in the Atlantic region. The duration of the contract is over a year and will begin in Q1 2017, DOF informed. The value of the contract, awarded by according to DOF an oil major, has n
FSUE Rosmorport has just announced its plans for the maintenance dredging of the Port of Makhachkala for 2017. According to the company, the scope of maintenance dredging planned for this year will total 420,000 cbm. Rosmorport also said that the main target of the works is to ensure design dimensio
After years of discussions, the Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig has finally announced its decision on the Elbe River deepening project. Commenting on the court’s decision for the fairway adjustment of the Lower and Outer Elbe, CEO of Hamburg Port Authority, Jens Meier, yesterday said that th
Marine geophysical company Polarcus has been awarded a contract for a 4D marine seismic acquisition project offshore West Africa. According to the company’s Oslo filing, the project will start in the second quarter of 2017 and will run for approximately one month. Polarcus did not disclose the clien
The clamshell dredge Peter de Jong is currently completing maintenance dredging in the lower section of Charleston Harbor. The Corps has maintained Charleston Harbor for more than 140 years, dredging it every year in order to ensure the channel is at the required federal project depth. During that t
