Dredging of the Port Hope harbour will begin this month as part of the Municipality’s annual maintenance program to allow safe access for boaters during the summer. In accordance with the Municipality’s Sediment Management and Dredging Strategy in October 2012, the dredging will remove 5000m3 of sed
Wood Group Kenny (WGK) has been awarded a $60 million call-off contract, for 2014, with BP Azerbaijan under their 2007 Global Agreement. The contract will cover engineering and project management services for the Shah Deniz 2 Subsea Execute phase. WGK has worked with BP on the Shah Deniz project sin
Plexus Holdings PLC has announced that further to the Company’s first time contract win with Maersk Oil Danish Business Unit totalling £1.1 million announced on 12 February 2014, the option granted under the contract has now been converted to a firm order to supply Maersk Oil Danish Business Unit it
Bowleven, the Africa focused oil and gas exploration group traded on AIM, today said that a significant milestone has been achieved in the development of the Etinde Permit, offshore Cameroon. Following a Special Operating Committee Meeting (OCM), held between the Cameroon State and the Contractor
Bureau Veritas has acquired DTI DiversiTech, Inc., a US company specialized in inspection and audit services for the oil and gas sector. Founded in 1989 and based in Texas, DTI is the US leader in inspection of offshore subsea and completion equipment used in drilling operations, a market estimated
Beach nourishment on Cyprus’ Paphos beaches has started after they were damadged following the earthquake on the Turkish coast last year. According to the government official, the nourishment of the beach next to Latsi port has been completed, and the Polis project is ready to start. At the Latsi si
Since the Atlantic Hurricane Season began on Sunday, the Brevard County announced that it has spent millions of dollars to prepare for it. For more than five months the County conducted a beach renourishment project to get Space Coast ready for a potential storm. MyNews13 quoted Mike McGarry, Brevar
Cheniere Energy’s unit Corpus Christi Liquefaction has entered into an LNG sale and purchase agreement (SPA) with Gas Natural Fenosa under which GNF has agreed to purchase approximately 1.5 mtpa of LNG upon the commencement of operations of Train 2 from the LNG export facility being developed near C
The deepening and widening of the Lake Worth Inlet, a part of the recently approved bill, is concerning officials of the Port of Palm Beach. Along with the officials, environmental advocates are also concerned over the impact of dredging on sea grass and reefs as well as endangered manatees, the Sun
The strong winds which create waves over eight feet tall are having a large impact on the Folly Beach renourishment project. The project which began in January is expected to be finalized by the end of June, News2 reports. 1.5 million cubic yards of sand will be dredged from the seafloor and placed
Sembcorp Marine has entered into an agreement to acquire a 12% stake in GraviFloat AS for $4 million, with a right to increase its stake up to 20% by further equity injection. GraviFloat was formed to design, deliver and operate re-deployable, gravity-based, modularised LNG and LPG Terminals for ins
The contract for dredging of the northern arm of Visakhapatnam Port has been awarded to the Dredging Corporation of India (DCI). According to The Times of India, this represents the last of three projects that Visakhapatnam Port Trust (VPT) is conducting to increase the navigable depths at the major
Rem Offshore ASA has entered into a charter agreement with Micoperi Srl for the OSV vessel “Rem Pioneer”. The vessel is of MT 6022 L design, and will be delivered from yard 5(th) of June 2014. The charter has a duration of 10 months firm with further two yearly options. Start of the contract is afte
The Port of Oswego dredging project has experienced some delays in start up. Instead of its scheduled start on June 01, the project will begin in the middle of June, LocalSYR reported. The dredging project at the Port of Oswego should last for a month, and the aim of the project is to allow more [&h
