The US Coast Guard (USCG) announced on Monday it is suspending its search for the remaining missing Seacor Power liftboat crew members. The jack-up barge capsized in a hurricane eight miles south of the port...Read more
During an eight-month stay in Cadiz, Allseas has carried out a lifetime extension programme for its pipelay vessel Solitaire. The ship has been in operation since 1998 and is one of the largest pipelay vessels...Read more
PRESS RELEASE – Following the basic design contract in December 2020, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock has now contracted Ulstein to continue the project with the integration engineering for their new dynamically positioned rock installation...Read more
At least one person has been killed and twelve others are missing after a ship capsized in a hurricane south of the port of Port Fouchon, in the US state of Louisiana on Tuesday. It...Read more
PRESS RELEASE – Bakker Sliedrecht and RH Marine will upgrade Roll Group’s vessel BigRoll Bering with a Dynamic Positioning 2 system (DP2). This allows the 173-metre long module carrier to better maintain its position during...Read more
Boskalis has a record amount of work in the pipeline despite the impact of Covid-19. The value of the company’s order book stands at EUR 5.3 billion euros at the end of last year, reflecting...Read more
Jumbo has completed the transport part of its largest transport and installation job to date. Using its heavy lift vessels as well as subcontracted deck carriers forty monopiles, 120 monopile sections and forty transition pieces...Read more
Rotterdam Offshore Group (ROG) has charted an independent future after reacquiring a controlling 75 per cent stake previously held by shipbuilder Royal IHC. The move marks an important development for ROG, which comprises two divisions...Read more
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
The pipe layer Amazon of offshore contractor McDermott has been undergoing an upgrade in the port of Rotterdam for several months now. This week, Heerema’s mega crane vessel Sleipnir was called in to install the...Read more
PRESS RELEASE – Boskalis has acquired Rever Offshore’s subsea services business. Rever, formally known as Bibby Offshore, offers a broad range of solutions in the area of subsea construction, inspection, repair and maintenance.Read more
Construction on Spliethoff’s new B-Type heavy-lift vessels has begun with a steel cutting ceremony at the Mawei shipyard in Fuzhou, China. The vessels will combine DP2 station-keeping abilities with two 500-tonne heavy-lift cranes, making them...Read more
Jumbo Offshore has installed a 14-point FPSO mooring system at a depth of 1,760 metres, breaking its own deepwater record. The project was carried out in preparation for the installation of the first FPSO ever...Read more
PRESS RELEASE – Heerema Marine Contractor’s heavy lift vessel Aegir has transported and installed a 1650-metric-tonne water handling module for client Technip FMC. The module was installed on the Woodside operated Pluto Alpha platform.Read more
Crane vessel Thialf arrived next to the Sleipnir at the Landtong Rozenburg on Saturday 5 December. The semi-submersible crane ship is in the Netherlands for maintenance.Read more
Jumbo has completed the first of 2 contracts supporting Subsea 7 projects for Total in Angola. For the first time, the company has used augmented reality to determine the shim points on deck. Using Microsoft’s...Read more
Dutch shipbuilder Royal IHC is laying off 1,100 employees as part of a major restructuring In order to return to profitability, the company is returning to its core activities in the dredging and offshore market.Read more
New York-listed Pacific Drilling is the latest rig operator to file for a voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US to get out of a major debt. Several other rig operators have made a similar move...Read more
Blue Water Shipping has transported and assembled a 187-tonne hydraulic hammer and 175-tonne heavy ram weight for pile driving specialist MENCK. Read more
China Navigation is ramping its project cargo business by launching Swire Projects, a new business that will develop an “independent global strategy in the multipurpose & heavy-lift market”. The company has hired seasoned professionals from...Read more
