Off the shores of Cleveland Harbor, rising out of Lake Erie like a wave of concrete and stones, sits the Cleveland Breakwater offering 24,570 feet of safe navigation and protection for the harbor. The first pieces of the breakwater were built in 1827. Over the years, Lake Erie ice and wave action ha
Following a 2-day colloquium on Ecosystem Services ‒ Challenges and opportunities in managing flowing waters of the German Federal Institute of Hydrology, PIANC will organize a Seminar on Ecosystem Goods and Services with the theme: “Identification, Assessment and Benefits for Navigation Infrastruct
Subsea 7 has been awarded a two-year extension to two Underwater Services Contracts (USCs) by Shell Upstream International Europe, worth approximately US$240 million. Under these Life of Field contract extensions for Diving Support Vessel (DSV) and Remotely Operated Vehicle Support Vessel (ROVSV) se
DeepOcean Brasil Servicos has been awarded a one year extension of contract for the provision of flexible repair and IMR services from Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. using the Deep Endeavour. Deep Endeavour is a multi-purpose subsea support construction and cable-lay vessel, with work class ROV, riser rec
Offshore vessel operator Olympic Ship AS has secured a new contract for its M/V Olympic Taurus. According to Olympic, the charter is with an international customer for doing construction work in Argentina for 4+1 months. The Marin Teknikk MT6015-design Multipurpose Offshore Vessel is on the contract
Tullow Oil, an independent oil company with oil fields offshore W. Africa, has been informed by the Government of Ghana that Côte d’Ivoire has applied for provisional measures to be ordered in Ghana’s maritime boundary dispute with Côte d’Ivoire which is in arbitration before a Special Chamber of th
Somerset County Council Leader John Osman was elected chairman of the Somerset Rivers Authority (SRA) Board at its first meeting that was held on Friday, 27 February. Cllr Osman, who has been Chair of the Flood Action Plan Leaders Implementation Group, was elected by fellow board members and Tony Br
Norway’s Statoil has signed a contract with Allseas for installation of three platform topsides on the Johan Sverdrup field. The «Pioneering Spirit», the world’s largest heavy-lift vessel, formerly known as the Pieter Schelte, will be installing the topsides for the drilling, processing and living q
Maersk Drilling has been awarded a contract from Eni Ghana Exploration and Production for employment of the newbuild drillship Maersk Voyager. The firm contract period is 3.5 years with an option to extend by one year. The total estimated revenue from the firm contract is USD 545m including mobilisa
Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has signed a Letter of Intent with ABB, the leading firm within power and automation technologies, for a seabed clearance and trenching project in the north of Scotland. The Aberdeenshire-based subsea technology firm will prepare the route for the 100-mile interconnector
Litgas, part of the Lithuanian state-controlled Lietuvos Energija energy company group, signed a master trade agreement to enable purchases of LNG from Cheniere Marketing, a unit Cheniere Energy.
Litgas, part of the Lithuanian state-controlled Lietuvos Energija energy company group, signed a master trade agreement to enable purchases of LNG from Cheniere Marketing, a unit Cheniere Energy.
Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has signed a Letter of Intent with ABB for a seabed clearance and trenching project in the north of Scotland. The Aberdeenshire-based subsea technology firm will prepare the route for the 100-mile interconnector cable at the centre of SHE Transmission’s £1.2 billion Caith
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, and Port Everglades have received unanimous approval from the Corps’ Civil Works Review Board for the Port Everglades Harbor Feasibility Study following their presentation in Washington, D.C. The board unanimously recommended that the Corps mo
