The Zaandam-based offshore lifting equipment provider KenzFigee, and CMIC Ocean En-Tech (CMIC), a global product and service provider for the onshore, offshore oil and gas, offshore wind and hydrogen sectors, signed a strategic cooperation agreement....Read more
Huisman, and the Denmark-based, BMS Heavy Cranes, inaugurated the manufacturing of their 3,000mt Ringer Crane with a ceremony at Huisman’s Czech production facilities. Delivery is scheduled for the second half of 2023.Read more
Steelwind Nordenham, a Dillinger Group company, has signed an agreement to build and deliver 64 steel monopile foundations for the He Dreiht offshore wind farm, under development by Energie Baden-Württemberg (EnBW). The contract between the...Read more
The global logistics provider to the energy industries, Pentagon Freight Services, has purchased the United-Kingdom based Carlbom Shipping, the leading specialist ships agent on the Humber estuary, in Northern England. Read more
The Dutch Machinery industry company Huisman has been awarded a contract by the China Ocean Shipping Offshore Company (COSCO), to design and build a Leg Encircling Crane (LEC). This LEC will be installed on the ...Read more
Danser Group, a Dutch multimodal operator and logistics solution provider, and Lubbers Logistics, a transportation and logistics group, have partnered on a delivery, to the DEME Sea Installer via the MS Tormenta.Read more
Oil & GasHeerema’s heavy lift vessel Sleipnir installed the 12,050-metric-tonne Johan Sverdrup processing platform (P2) jacket on 18 June. This has set a new record for the heaviest lift jacket installation. Before this, the Sleipnir had already...Read more
PRESS RELEASE – For the very first time in history, the island of Crete has been connected to the Greek mainland by means of a subsea electricity link. Jan De Nul Group installed the 135-km...Read more
According to Allseas, daily production rates on the Pioneering Spirit exceed expectation with the vessel able to install more than five kilometres of the Baltic gas pipeline every day. The 105-kilometre-long 32-inch Baltic Pipe is...Read more
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
In a recent report, IHS Markit stated that none of the existing wind turbine installation vessels can install next-generation 15+ MW turbines. This is incorrect, says Heerema Marine Contractors’ CEO Koos-Jan van Brouwershaven. ‘Our vessels...Read more
PRESS RELEASE – Deme’s French subsidiary SDI has won a contract for the Leucate Floating Offshore Wind Farm. Once completed, it will be one of the largest offshore floating wind farms in France. In a...Read more
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
ShippingPRESS 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
OffshoreBoskalis 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