Wahkiakum County is about to receive the necessary permit to finish the berth and channel improvements for its new Columbia River ferry. The announcement was welcomed by Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler and Senator Patty Murray, who teamed up when Wahkiakum County asked for help in obtaining the
A major repair project of the north jetty at Barnegat Inlet, which creates a more resilient navigational channel and safeguards the southern tip of state-owned Island Beach State Park in Ocean County, is now complete, announced the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Bob Martin
BMT Scientific Marine Services (BMT) has been selected by Esso Angola to provide maintenance services for systems installed on the two Kizomba Tension Leg Platforms (TLP) offshore Angola. BMT previously installed integrated marine monitoring systems (IMMS) on the TLP and Floating Production Storage
Engineering company Monadelphous won a contract from APLNG for the construction of a pipeline compression facility.
Afren and its partner, Oriental Energy Resources Limited (Oriental), have informed that the jacket for the Ebok Central Fault Block Extension (CFBx) platform, offshore Nigeria, has now been installed. The installation of the decks and bridge will complete in early January 2015 once the wellhead jack
During meetings held at the China International Diving, Salvage and Offshore Summit 2014, a Cooperation Framework Agreement was signed between the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA), the Association of Diving Contractors International (ADCI), and the China Diving & Salvage Contracto
CAMAC Energy Inc. has announced it will bring online Oyo-7 and Oyo-8 wells, off Nigeria, by year-end and in early 2015, respectively. Oyo-8 was successfully drilled to a total depth of 6,059 feet, and encountered four new oil and gas reservoirs with a total gross hydrocarbon thickness of 112 feet, b
Kongsberg Maritime has unveiled its latest generation ship’s bridge simulator, K-Sim Navigation. The company says that the bridge simulator meets the requirements of the most demanding navigation training for merchant, offshore and naval vessels. Designed for the future of advanced and integrated si
Ceona, SURF contractor with heavy subsea construction capabilities, has been awarded two new contracts in Nigeria, along with its local strategic partner Marine Platforms Limited (MPL). The contracts, which are worth a total of more than $30 million, will see Ceona providing vessels from its first-c
Andritz Hydro Hammerfest, part of international technology Group ANDRITZ, has received an order from MeyGen Ltd. to supply three 1.5-megawatt tidal current turbines to the planned tidal array in the Inner Sound of the Pentland Firth, Scotland. Tidal current turbines are anchored to the sea bed in co
Conductor Installation Services Ltd (CIS), an Acteon company that provides hammer services to install conductors and drive piles, announced that it has entered into a global master services agreement with Weatherford International. The agreement requires CIS to supply conductor and pile installation
Denmark has completed the geotechnical surveys for the upcoming 350 MW nearshore wind tender. Danish TSO, Energinet.dk, was in charge of conducting the surveys, while the Danish Energy Agency will present the findings on 27 November. Energinet.dk has also released the cost projections for the prelim
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) is inviting local people to come along to a public drop in session to find out more about proposals for a new scheme which could improve flood protection for more than 660 properties in Crindau, Newport. An assessment by NRW has shown that the existing flood defenses at
As a partner in the WA-424-P Joint Venture, IPB Petroleum has received notification that the Stena Clyde semi-submersible drilling rig arrived at the Pryderi-1 location in WA-424-P, offshore W. Australia, late evening on November 6, 2014. IPB Petroleum has informed last week that the rig is en route
