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Largest decom job for Port of Blyth starts
With a combined weight of 7,000 tons, several topsides and jackets for the North Sea offshore oil and gas platforms were delivered to the Port of Blyth for decommissioning. It is the port’s largest oil...Read more![OS 35 arrives at DECOM Amsterdam for dismantling](https://www.projectcargojournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/OS-35-arrives-at-DECOM-Amsterdam-for-dismantling-128x128.jpeg)
OS 35 arrives at DECOM Amsterdam for dismantling
After keeping the final destination of the battered and dismantled bulker OS 35 undisclosed, Koole Contractors have brought it to DECOM Amsterdam.Read more![](https://www.projectcargojournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Balder-Morpeth-TLP-2-128x128.jpg)
Heerema’s Balder completes offshore removal of Morpeth TLP
Last month, Heerema’s deepwater construction vessel Balder completed the offshore removal of the Morpeth tension-leg platform (TLP) on behalf of Eni US Operating Company. The removal consisted of the 2650-short-tonne topside, 2500-short-tonne hull, and 1300...Read more![](https://www.projectcargojournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/05-TEA-topsides-removal_moving-away-from-jacket-128x128.jpg)
[VIDEO] How the Pioneering Spirit removed 27,000 tonnes of steel from Danish waters
During last summer, Allseas sent its mega heavy lift vessel Pioneering Spirit into the Danish part of the North Sea for a processing and accommodation topsides and flare jackets removal campaign. In total, 27,000 tonnes...Read more![](https://www.projectcargojournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/02-Pioneering-Spirit-moving-in-around-the-Alpha-platform_02-128x128.jpg)
Pioneering Spirit to remove two platforms in the Irish Sea
DecommissioningPRESS RELEASE – Allseas’ Pioneering Spirit will travel to the Irish Sea this year to remove two normally unmanned installations in the East Irish Sea. The 11,000-tonne platforms owned by Spirit Energy are used to...Read more![](https://www.projectcargojournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/JBON6107-1024x576-1-128x128.jpg)
Pioneering Spirit lifts 14,200-tonne Ninian Northern platform
OffshorePRESS Release – Allseas’ heavy lift vessel Pioneering Spirit has completed her third and final decommissioning job of 2020, a single-lift removal of the North Sea’s 14,200-tonne Ninian Northern topsides for CNR International (CNRI). Read more![](https://www.projectcargojournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/05-TEA-topsides-removal_moving-away-from-jacket-128x128.jpg)
Allseas removes 27,000 tonnes of topsides and jackets from North Sea
DecommissioningPRESS RELEASE – Allseas’ heavy lift vessel Pioneering Spirit has completed a processing and accommodation topsides and flare jackets removal campaign as part of the Tyra Redevelopment Project for Total E&P Denmark.Read more![](https://www.projectcargojournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Sleipnir-Jotun-128x128.jpg)
Sleipnir performs its largest single lift jacket removal to date
Heerema’s semi-submersible crane vessel Sleipnir has removed the 8100-metric-tonne Jotun-B jacket in the Norwegian North Sea for Vår Energi. During this project, skirt piles with diameters of 2.7 meters and 80 millimeters wall thickness were...Read more![](https://www.projectcargojournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/05-Moving-away-from-the-jacket_04-128x128.jpg)
Allseas removes third platform from Brent field
DecommissioningPRESS RELEASE – Allseas’ heavy lift vessel Pioneering Spirit has completed its first decommissioning job of this summer, the single-lift removal of Shell UK’s Brent Alpha platform from the North Sea. Read more![](https://www.projectcargojournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Maersk-Involver-I-class-vessel-128x128.jpg)
Maersk Supply Service awarded North Sea decommissioning contract
DecommissioningMaersk Supply Service has been awarded a contract by Fairfield Betula Limited for the removal of the Dunlin Alpha platform’s subsea conductors and guide frames.Read more![](https://www.projectcargojournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/fairplayer-helideck-128x128.jpg)
Coronavirus likely to spur decommissioning frenzy
DecommissioningWith few profitable investment opportunities left as a result of the coronavirus, oil companies will likely increase their spending on decommissioning contracts. Global projects through 2024 could reach a value of 42 billion dollars, say...Read more![](https://www.projectcargojournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Allseas-Aker-BP-Valhall-128x128.jpg)
Allseas to remove 35,300 tonnes of topsides and jackets from North Sea
DecommissioningPRESS RELEASE – Allseas has been contracted to remove a total of 35,300 tonnes in topsides and jackets from the Norwegian North Sea. Platform preparations are scheduled to commence later this year and part of...Read more![](https://www.projectcargojournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Sleipnir-2-128x128.jpg)
World’s largest crane vessel to arrive in Rotterdam
OffshorePRESS RELEASE – The world’s largest semi-submersible crane vessel, Heerema’s Sleipnir, will arrive in the Port of Rotterdam for the first time on Saturday, March 21. The vessel arrives to prepare for future decommissioning work...Read more![](https://www.projectcargojournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Allseas-new-5000-tonne-crane-128x128.jpg)
Pioneering Spirit tests new 5,000-tonne crane
OffshorePRESS RELEASE – Allseas is ramping up the final performance tests of Pioneering Spirit’s new 5000-tonne crane as the final phase of commissioning nears conclusion in Rotterdam’s Alexiahaven. This week, the main hoist overload test...Read more![](https://www.projectcargojournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Kenzfigee-IRO-128x128.jpg)
KenzFigee expands into UK market
EquipmentPRESS RELEASE – Following a growing demand for offshore equipment and support in the emerging markets such as decommissioning and wind energy, KenzFigee has now expanded its services to the UK. Clients in the UK...Read more![](https://www.projectcargojournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Allseas-new-jacket-lift-system-128x128.jpg)
Video: Pioneering Spirit’s new Jacket Lift System explained
Heavy-liftingAllseas’ record-breaking construction vessel Pioneering Spirit will soon be able to remove and install jackets weighing up to 20,000 tonnes in a single lift. Systems and parts of the new Jacket Lift System are taking...Read more![](https://www.projectcargojournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Maersk-Decom-Maersk-Decom-128x128.jpg)
Maersk Decom wins first “end-to-end” decommissioning contract
DecommissioningPRESS RELEASE – Maersk Decom has won its first complete end-to-end plugging and abandonment decommissioning contract since the joint venture was established in 2018. The contract was awarded by Tullow Oil and concerns the Banda...Read more![](https://www.projectcargojournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Fred_Olsen-Windcarrier-Decomm-128x128.jpeg)
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier completes first-ever decommissioning contract
DecommissioningFred. Olsen WIndcarrier has completed its first-ever decommissioning contract with the removal of Perenco UK’s Tyne and Guinevere gas platforms, which were stationed in the Southern North Sea. The offshore work commenced in December 2019 and...Read more![](https://www.projectcargojournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Ardent-wreck-removal-Ardent-Global-128x128.jpg)