Pioneering Spirit lifts 14,200-tonne Ninian Northern platform
PRESS 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
Maersk Supply Service awarded North Sea decommissioning contract
Maersk 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
Coronavirus likely to spur decommissioning frenzy
With 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
World’s largest crane vessel to arrive in Rotterdam
PRESS 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
Meriaura adds coaster to fleet
PRESS RELEASE – Meriaura Shipping has added a new ship to its fleet, the 4,450 dwt M/V Friendland. According to the company, the vessel has a favourable dead weight/volume ratio (7200 m3) and is, therefore,...Read more
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier completes first-ever decommissioning contract
Fred. 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
Maersk’s new decommissioning business lands first gig
Maersk’s new offshore decommissioning business, Maersk Decom, has secured its first commercial contract. Perenco has booked the company to remove and recycle the subsea infrastructure of its Thames field in the UK North Sea. The project...Read more
Wallenius starts new forest products JV with SOL
Swedish ro-ro experts Wallenius and Swedish Orient Lines (SOL) have formed a new shipping company to ship forest products and other goods on the North Sea, Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Bothnia. The new...Read moreJumbo wins decommissioning contract in North Sea
Jumbo has been awarded an offshore decommissioning project in the North Sea by TAQA Energy, involving the removal, transportation and disposal of three subsea protection domes and piles. The removal operation will take place in the...Read more
First floating wind turbine on the North Sea
The French offshore group Bourbon has installed the first floating wind turbine on the North Sea. The wind turbine was positioned at the Kincardine wind farm, fifteen kilometres off the coast of Aberdeen. This reports the...Read more
Deme, Shell and Quadran join forces for offshore project Dunkirk
Shell, Deme and Quadran Energies Marines from France will join forces for the tender for the construction, operation and maintenance of a new offshore wind farm in the French section of the North Sea. To this...Read more
Damen: upgrade ‘Stena Don’ is a sign of recovery offshore
Damen Verolme Rotterdam (DVR) has been commissioned by Stena Drilling to perform an upgrade of the semi-submersible drilling rig ‘Stena Don’. The colossal rig (96 by 67 metres) needs to be fitted with an eight-point mooring...Read more
First decommissioning job for new Apollo
GeoSea, a subsidiary of Belgian dredging and marine engineering group company DEME, has taken delivery of the self-propelled jack-up vessel Apollo, that was built in Croatia. In Flushing (Vlissingen) it has been mobilised for its...Read more