Russia’s Rosneft has reported that as part of a large-scale summer Arctic research expedition “Kara-Summer – 2014” a meteorological station was installed on the island of Uedinenie. Thus, the expedition organized by the “Arctic Research and Development Center” (a joint venture of “Rosneft” and Exxon
Work on the new Cowes breakwater progresses extremely well with CHC’s contractors Boskalis Westminster currently on stage 4 of the 2014 programme, the installation of the breakwater’s gravel core up to approximately 4 meters above chart datum. The dredger Sospan Dau delivers up to to five loads of g
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has signed a long-term Technical Management Agreement with Harvey Gulf International Marine LLC (Harvey Gulf). This five-year agreement was signed in August 2014 and it covers Condition Based Maintenance and Dynamic Maintenance
Wärtsilä has signed a long-term technical management agreement with Harvey Gulf International Marine. This five-year agreement covers condition based maintenance and dynamic maintenance planning for eight new offshore supply and multi-purpose support vessels – six liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuelled
Norshore Atlantic, Norshore’s first versatile drilling vessel, is now ready to start operation for Sabah Shell Petroleum Company Ltd on the Malikai field in Malaysia. After finalising the previous contract with Blue Sky in Indonesia on 13 July, the vessel has been in Batam where preparation for the
Pacific Drilling S.A. announced that its ultra-deepwater drillship the Pacific Sharav commenced its drilling contract in U.S. Gulf of Mexico yesterday. Pacific Sharav will work for California-based oil major Chevron under a five-year contract. Pacific Sharav was delivered in May 2014 from Samsung
The Augustine Beach Boat Ramp near Port Penn and adjacent intertidal beach located on the south side of the existing groin, which has been closed for maintenance dredging of the boat ramp access channel, will be open for the long Labor Day weekend. The boat ramp, closed Monday through Thursday each
Teledyne RESON A/S announce that its subsidiary, Teledyne RESON GmbH, has acquired assets of ATLAS HYDROGRAPHIC GmbH and that the business, product lines and a number of employees from ATLAS HYDROGRAPHIC GmbH are now part of the Teledyne Marine Acoustics Imaging group. ATLAS HYDROGRAPHIC specializes
Denmark’s DONG Energy has revealed today that production from its $2.2 billion Hejre development in the Danish North Sea will begin later that originally expected. In its first half 2014 report, the Danish energy giant said that the work on the upper part of the Hejre field platform is challenged by
Jutal Offshore Oil Services said that its associated company, Penglai Jutal Offshore Engineering Heavy Industries has entered into a construction contract with Yamgaz, the general contractor to build modules for Yamal LNG project. The part awarded to PJOE is package 3 involving total 140,000 tons of
In July, DONG Energy and the Nexans signed a framework contract for the delivery of up to 1,750 kilometers of submarine cable for wind farms off the UK coast. The cables are used for the inter connection of the wind turbines and for their connection to an offshore transformer platform. The framework
Hydro Group plc, a global design and manufacturer of underwater cables and connectors for subsea, underwater, topside and onshore applications, has secured a contract with BAE Systems, valued at approximately £2million, for work to be delivered over the next two years. Hydro Group has been selected
Rocks are being delivered as work starts on the £30m scheme to protect 1,400 properties at Broomhill Sands Coastal Defense Scheme in Kent. The Environment Agency has appointed Team Van Oord to construct the scheme, which will cover 2.4km of beach from the Suttons, Camber to the western boundary of L
Jacksonville District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, has received unanimous approval by a senior government panel to move forward with the final state and agency review on the Flagler County, Fla., Hurricane and Storm Damage Reduction (HSDR) Project. The Civil Works Review Board, which convened in W
