Finnish engine maker Wärtsilä said it has signed a contract with Spain’s LaNaval shipyard for the design and supply of the LNG power and propulsion installation for a new RoRo passenger ferry. The ship is being built for Spanish owner Baleària, serving the Balearic Islands. There is also an option f
A dredging program is about to begin at the entrance to Kananook Creek with the aim of improving accessibility to boat users throughout the year. The maintenance dredging works are scheduled to begin tomorrow, October 15th with the completion date on November 2nd 2016, weather permitting. Scheduled
Italian oil company Eni has informed that the naming ceremony of the Armada Olombendo floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel was held on Friday in Singapore. The FPSO will operate in Block 15/06, offshore Angola, for the East Hub Development Project. The Italian oil company said on
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, together with the contractor, is continuing the Oceanside Harbor navigational dredging project, having removed approximately 38,580 cubic yards of material from the harbor’s entrance channels from October 6 through 12. Since operations began on
Caterpillar Marine dual fuel engines have been ordered for four new cruise ships currently under construction at Meyer Werft’s Papenburg (Germany) and Turku (Finland) shipyards.
Norwegian oil firm Statoil is stopping its efforts to find oil and gas in the Reinga Basin, offshore New Zealand. The company was awarded two exploration permits (PEP55781 and PEP57057) for the Reinga Basin in 2013 and 2014. The permits are located around 85 kilometers off the West Coast of Northlan
Huawei and PT.LEN Telekomunikasi Indonesia (LTI) have signed an agreement to design and construct a portion of the Palapa Ring Project in Indonesia. The Palapa Ring is a broadband network project that is led by Indonesian government for the purpose of increasing broadband penetration in the more rem
Technip has been awarded a subsea contract by Petronas, for the Samarang Redevelopment Project Phase 2 EOR, in Malaysia. Under this contract, Technip will manage the engineering, supply, construction, installation and commissioning (EPCIC) of flexible pipelines, with diameters ranging from 4” to 6”,
Team Van Oord (TVO) has started work on two schemes with a combined value of £4 million to provide improved protection against flooding for two communities in the Midlands. The contract for the works – at Selly Park in Birmingham and the Staffordshire town of Rugeley – has been awarded to TVO by the
BP executed an agreement with Cue Energy Resources to acquire equity in two North West Shelf exploration permits in the Carnarvon basin, offshore Western Australia.
Swan Hunter has awarded Motive Offshore Group a Letter of Intent (LoI) for the design and build of a basket carousel loading tower. Swan Hunter expects its modular basket carousel and tower lay spread to be available for cable, umbilical and flexible pipeline installations for the 2017 summer season
Maersk Oil has awarded a long-term contract to Lloyd’s Register for asset integrity services to support the development of Maersk Oil’s offshore operations. Lloyd’s Register will provide support in areas of operational risk – change management, contractor management, inspection plans and reporting,
CGG has been awarded a multi-client program by the Instituto Nacional de Petroleo (INP) to acquire seismic data offshore Mozambique. The program includes a 2D survey of over 6,550 km in the offshore Rovuma basin, including blocks R5-A, R5-B and R5-C, and a large 3D survey over the Beira High in the
Norwegian geophysical services company, EMGS, has entered into a data licensing agreement with an undisclosed client for the provision of 3D CSEM data from the multi-client data library in the Barents Sea. The Oslo-listed company said that this new deal has generated net revenue of USD 1 million, wh
