Satellite Buoy (KT-800D, KT-690S) & Satellite Echo Sounder Buoy (KT-690SF) Satellite buoy is specifically designed for the purse seine fishing fleets and long-line fishing vessels to promote sustainable and effective tuna fishing. KT-690 is built-in SkyWave’s newest Isatdata Pro terminal and scientific echo-sounder, which can provide reliable data massages via Inmarsat IDP global satellite network with […]
DREDGING TO REMOVE HEAVILY POLLUTED SLUDGE AT PORT OF ANTWERP The Port of Antwerp, the Flemish government, and contractor Sereant, a partnership between Jan De Nul Group and DEME Group, will begin dredging and processing the most polluted dredging sludge at the port later this month. The dredging will focus on the removal of sludge […]
AZOV-BLACK SEA BRANCH ADDS TSHD SOMMERS TO ITS FLEET The trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Sommers was recently handed over to the AzovChernomorsky Basin Branch of FSUE Rosmorport. Previously, the dredger was operated by its North-Western Basin Branch for dredging in the seaport of Ust-Luga, Rosmorport said. TSHD Sommers is the lead vessel of a […]
NASH MARITIME WINS CONSULTANCY CONTRACT FOR WELSH FLOATER NASH Maritime has been selected as the shipping and navigation consultant for the 96 MW Erebus floating wind project in the Celtic Sea offshore Wales, UK. NASH Maritime’s scope includes the delivery of radar vessel traffic surveys, which commenced this month, a Navigation Risk Assessment (NRA) and […]
STRIL EXPLORER SETS SAIL TO BEACON WIND OWF SITE MMT’s DP2 multipurpose support vessel Stril Explorer is on its way to the Beacon Wind project site offshore Massachusetts, where MMT will carry out geophysical survey. In April, Equinor Wind US awarded MMT US with a contract for survey work at its offshore wind lease area […]
VENTUS MARINE TAKES DELIVERY OF FORMOSA 1 CT Ventus Marine has taken delivery of crew transfer vessel (CTV) Ventus Lugang which will service the Formosa 1 offshore wind project in Taiwan. Ventus-Marine-TakesDelivery-of-Formosa-1- CTVVentus-Marine-TakesDelivery-of-Formosa-1-CTV Ventus Lugang was delivered on 1 August at the Port of Kaohsiung and will join its sisters CTV Ventus Beigang and service […]
FUGRO NETS HOLLANDSE KUST (NOORD) SITE SURVEY WORK The CrossWind consortium of Shell and Eneco has awarded Fugro a geotechnical site investigation contract for the Hollandse Kust (noord) offshore wind farm. The work will comprise an unexploded ordnance (UXO) site clearance survey followed by a seabed cone penetration test (CPT) investigation. For the UXO clearance […]
Offshore oil and gas projects in the Asia Pacific MORE AUSTRALIAN IMR WORK FOR DOF SUBSEA Norwegian OSV owner DOF Subsea secured two contracts to support offshore oil and gas projects in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, including an inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) contract with Chevron Australia. DOF Subsea was awarded an IMR services […]
SHELL UPDATING INTERPRETATION OF NORTH SEA PROSPECT FOLLOWING DELIVERY OF NEW SEISMIC DATA Oil major Shell has delivered the processed 3D seismic data over the Pensacola Zechstein Reef prospect located in the UK sector of the Southern North Sea ahead of drilling a well which is expected in 2H 2021. The Pensacola prospect is located […]
CRANE VESSEL SLEIPNIR SETS NEW RECORD FOR PLATFORM JACKET LIFT The world’s largest crane vessel, Heerema’s Sleipnir, has lifted and removed the steel jacket of the iconic Brent Alpha platform in the UK North Sea. The 10,100 tonne single lift breaks the vessel’s previous record for a jacket, the 8,100 tonne lift to remove the […]