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 with elevated organotin concentrations or tributylin (TBT), a compound used […]
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 series of three vessels of the TSHD 1000 project, […]
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 input to the offshore Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), […]
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 off New England. The contract includes high resolution geophysical, […]
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 […]
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 contract to support Chevron’s North West Shelf and nearshore […]
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 in Licence P2252 where Shell is the operator with a 70 per cent […]
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 base of the Jotun B platform. For the Brent Alpha […]
Faced with the prolonged downturn in the offshore market combined the 2020 impact of COVID-19, Hermitage Offshore Services announced that it has filed for reorganizational bankruptcy. The company said the step had become necessary when it was unable to reach a consensual agreement with its lenders. Hermitage said it took this action following a prolonged […]