Finnish engine maker Wärtsilä has been awarded a contract covering four newbuild LNG fuelled tanker vessels. The ships are to be built at the Avic Dingheng shipyard in China, on behalf of three Swedish owners; Furetank (2 vessels), Älvtank, and Thun Tankers, a fully owned subsidiary of Thunbolagen.
Chinese oil company CNOOC Limited has informed that the Weizhou 6-9/6-10 comprehensive adjustment project in the South China Sea has started production. The Weizhou 6-9/6-10 oilfield is located in Beibu Gulf in the South China Sea with an average water depth of approximately 35 meters. In addition t
Australian oil and gas exploration company MEO Australia is in talks with four companies over the farmout process for its WA-488-P block offshore W. Australia, containing the giant Beehive prospect. MEO started a farmout process to secure funding partners to progress the technical assessment of, and
James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS) has been granted preferred supplier status for a 5-year period in connection with the operations and maintenance (O&M) of the MeyGen Phase 1A tidal turbines. Three turbines have been supplied by Andritz Hydro Hammerfest, and the fourth by Atlantis, each with a rat
Subsea World News has gathered all the highlights to bring you a summarized version of the most popular articles from the previous month. Allseas’ single-lift installation / decommissioning and pipelay vessel “Pioneering Spirit” was in the spotlight last month having executed its maiden heavy lift p
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (September 5-11 2016). Boskalis-Middle East Wins NPP Dredging Deal Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd and Boskalis-Middle East recently won a multi-million dredging contract for the New Port Project (NPP)
Huawei Marine has been selected by Super Sea Cable Networks to deploy 0, a subsea cable system connecting the Eastern seaboard of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. Known as SEA Cable Exchange-1 (SeaX-1), the system comprises a 250 km, 24-fibre pair undersea fiber optic cable that will co
Van Oord is currently working on the construction of Kaohsiung Intercontinental Container Center Phase II in Taiwan. The Port of Kaohsiung, largest and most important port in Taiwan, each year welcomes more than 10 million containers, which are transshipped through this port. But the existing port a
Lloyd’s Register (LR) and QinetiQ said they have launched a pilot project with Monaco-based LNG shipper GasLog to increase the level of security of cyber-enabled ships. Cyber-attacks have become more frequent and more sophisticated, with the threat becoming a board level preoccupation for the marine
In just a few months, the first ever Dredging School in Africa will be launched at the Maritime School of Excellence, Durban. The announcement was made by Nonkululeko Sishi, Chief Human Resources Officer at Transnet, during the recent launch of the IHC Dredging Simulator in Durban. Ms Nonkululeko Si
Solstad Offshore (SOFF), REM Offshore (REM) and Solship Invest 1 AS (Solship Invest), have entered into a merger plan regarding the merger of REM with Solship Invest. Solship Invest is currently a wholly owned subsidiary of SOFF. The merger will be completed as a statutory triangular merger, whereby
The Inpex-led Ichthys LNG Project has reached a milestone with both its Central Processing Facility (CPF) and Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) unit starting up their main power generators in the South Korean shipyards where they are being constructed. Inpex informed on Friday that,
Quadrant Energy’s Roc-2 well being drilled offshore W. Australia has confirmed a hydrocarbon-bearing reservoir, in good quality rock, within the Caley section, its primary target. The Roc-2 well is located within the WA-437-P exploration permit in the North West Shelf of Australia where Quadrant is
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) and GoodFuels Marine have performed successful live tests on a sustainable wood-based drop-in biofuel called UPM BioVerno. The tests were conducted on a vessel working on the Dutch Marker Wadden nature restoration project in the middle of the Markermeer lak
