Raytheon has been awarded a $42.5 million contract for the manufacture and delivery of AN/AQS-22 Airborne Low Frequency Sonar spares for the Royal Australian Navy. The AN/AQS-22 Airborne Low Frequency Sonar (ALFS) is the primary undersea warfare (USW) sensor of the MH-60R multi-mission helicopter. T
BT Group, UK-based communications services company, has awarded three firms a £26.9 million (circa USD 44.1 million) contract for an ambitious subsea cabling project which will help deliver fast, fibre broadband to the Highlands and Islands. The selected companies are: Chelmsford-based Global Marine
GC Rieber Shipping announces today that Boa Marine Services Inc. has exercised its second option to extend the charter party for the subsea vessel “Polar Queen” with one year, until April 2015. The vessel has been on charter with Boa Marine Services since October 2012. The Polar Queen is a purpose-b
The Cygnus project, which will develop the largest gas discovery in the Southern North Sea in the last 25 years has reached a milestone. Construction of the Cygnus Alpha Platform, the first of four platforms for the Cygnus field, is nearing completion at Heerema’s fabrication yard in Hartlepool. The
Presenting the Global LNG Fleet (Vol. 1) As the global liquefied natural gas market expands rapidly, the fleet of LNG tankers continues to experience tremendous growth. According to the International Gas Union, at the end of 2012, the LNG fleet consisted of 362 vessels of all types. VIDEO: GE Transp
Statoil and partners have awarded Aker Solutions the engineering framework agreement for the Johan Sverdrup field in the North Sea, where the first call off will be the front-end engineering design (FEED) of the field centre. The Johan Sverdrup field is one of the largest oil discoveries on the Norw
Chart Industries announced that Chart Ferox has been awarded a contract by Hybrid Port Energy, a subsidiary of Becker Marine Systems, to provide LNG fuel storage and processing equipment for an LNG – Hybrid Barge, which will operate in Hamburg’s HafenCity. The LNG-Hybrid Barge is a unique project be
Fugro has been awarded a contract by Subsea 7 Australia Contracting Pty Ltd to provide survey services to support its Heavy Lift and Tie-Ins contract on the Chevron-operated Gorgon Project, off the northwest coast of Western Australia. The contract involves the provision of a DP2 survey vessel, comp
Giovenco / Insulations International JV announced that it has signed a contract with Bechtel to perform painting, insulation and fireproofing services on the Chevron-operated Wheatstone Project in Western Australia. The contract, valued at over AU$105 million, is expected to create over 200 jobs loc
Fugro has been awarded a contract by Subsea 7 Australia Contracting to provide survey services to support its Heavy Lift and Tie-Ins contract on the Chevron-operated Gorgon Project, off the northwest coast of Western Australia. The contract involves the provision of a DP2 survey vessel, complete wit
Lundin Petroleum has completed the drilling of appraisal well 16/5-5 in PL410, in the North Sea, offshore Norway. The well targeted a possible southern extension of the Luno II discovery. The main objective of well 16/5-5 was to prove the southernmost extension of the Luno II discovery in PL410 with
SeaBird Exploration Plc announces that is has extended the bareboat charter for the Munin Explorer from 1 November 2014 to 31 October 2019. In connection with the bareboat extension, the charter rate is being reduced from USD 20,271 per day currently to USD 12,000 per day, commencing 1 February 2014
DOF has been awarded a new 3 year contract from Fugro Subsea Services Ltd. for Skandi Olympia. The contract will commence in March 2014. Fugro Subsea Services Ltd. has the right to extend the contract with 2 additional years in addition to the 3 year firm period. DOF has signed two one year contract
Skangass expands their portfolio and delivers LNG as fuel to two new Norwegian ferries. The two ferries, belonging to the ship owner Norled, are among the world’s first ferries utilizing only LNG as fuel. LNG is used both for the machinery and supporting functions, for electricity and heating on boa
