Maritime News

Neart na Gaoithe O&M facility gets OK

Posted On: 07-09-2020

Scottish Borders Council’s (SBC) planning committee has approved plans for the operations and maintenance (O&M) building in Eyemouth for the Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm. The planning permission is for a new, three-story 1,040m2 main building and a two-story 538m2 storage warehouse. The O&M building, designed by Corstorphine + Wright Architects, will house the office, warehousing an..readmore

Ørsted hires Solstad construction support vessel for Taiwanese work

Posted On: 07-09-2020

Solstad Offshore has signed an agreement with Ørsted to deploy construction support vessel (CSV) Normand Jarl on the Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind project in Taiwan.Normand Jarl is scheduled to begin working offshore Taiwan in the second quarter of 2021. The firm period on the contract is 15 months with options to extend five times per one month. “It is very encouraging, within a short ..readmore

Development of the world’s 1st zero emissions, autonomous feeder halted due to COVID-19

Posted On: 24-08-2020

The development of the world’s first autonomous and electric container vessel Yara Birkeland has been paused due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the changed global outlook, Norwegian company Yara informed. The hull of the Yara Birkeland vessel was launched to sea at Vard Braila in Romania in February 2020 and is expected to arrive at Vard Brevik in Norway in May where she will be fitted with variou..readmore

Borssele 1+2 construction team not skipping a beat

Posted On: 23-08-2020

Ørsted has provided an update on the ongoing offshore construction work at the 752 MW Borssele 1 + 2 offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea, saying that all activities are going according to plans. So far, DEME’s installation vessel Innovation has installed 73 out of the 94 monopile foundations at the site some 23 kilometres off the coast of Zeeland. The installation of the Nexans inter-arra..readmore

Valaris declares Chapter 11 bankruptcy

Posted On: 19-08-2020

Valaris, offshore drilling contractor with the world’s largest fleet, has filed for bankruptcy protection in an attempt to restructure its debt. Valaris said on Wednesday that it voluntarily filed for a Chapter 11 financial restructuring in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. According to the offshore driller, it aims to pursue an efficient restructuring proces..readmore

DP World’s H1 profit takes a massive hit

Posted On: 19-08-2020

Dubai-based port and terminal operator DP World reported a profit attributable to owners of $313 million for the first half of 2020, a decrease of 58.5 % from the last year’s equivalent of $753 million. However, the company reported a revenue growth of 17.7 % on a reported basis having booked $4.07 billion in revenue for the period. Like-for-like revenue decreased by 11.6% and down 3.4% excludin..readmore

Santos to launch Dorado FEED program in second half of 2020

Posted On: 18-08-2020

Australia’s Santos expects to begin the front-end engineering design (FEED) program for the Dorado oil and gas project offshore Australia in the second half of 2020. Carnarvon, a partner in the project, said on Thursday that the pre-FEED competition for the supply of floating production storage and offtake vessel (FPSO) for the Dorado project was well advanced with BW Offshore, Modec, and Altera..readmore

Benthic to provide Mero field geotechnical site investigation

Posted On: 18-08-2020

Benthic, a global geosciences company and part of Acteon, has signed a contract with Petrobras to provide geotechnical site investigation services at the Mero field offshore Brazil. The work includes in-situ testing, sampling and seismic cone testing at 26 locations in water depths to 2200 meters. The deepwater offshore operations will take place this year, despite the COVID-19 pandemic and curren..readmore

GMS Endeavour to support Moray East OTM commissioning

Posted On: 17-08-2020

Gulf Marine Services’ jack-up vessel GMS Endeavour is set to be deployed at the Moray East offshore wind farm site to support the commissioning of the project’s offshore transformer platforms. The vessel will arrive at the project site on or around 19 August, from when it will provide accommodation for workers carrying out commissioning works on the OSP1, OSP2 and OSP3 offshore transformer mod..readmore

JFD delivers 100th COBRA system

Posted On: 17-08-2020

FD, a part of James Fisher and Sons, has produced and delivered its 100th Compact Bailout Rebreathing Apparatus (COBRA) system. The COBRA system was developed to provide a simple and reliable breathing system, offering a diver up to 50 minutes of fully independent breathing gas to return to the safety of the diving bell. As a direct comparison COBRA provides a supply of up to 33 minutes at a depth..readmore

OceanTools bags Seatronics order

Posted On: 13-08-2020

OceanTools has secured £50,000 contract from Seatronics to supply the newly launched PowerLOG combined datalogger with integral battery packs. Seatronics will be supplying the OceanTools technology to its client, a major subsea contractor. The packaged OceanTools order contains the PowerLOG units along with an OceanDISP subsea data display. The supplied solution allows the user to view pressure s..readmore

Total nears South African well spud

Posted On: 13-08-2020

French oil major Total expects to spud the Luiperd-1 well located in Block 11B/12B offshore South Africa by the end of this month. Total hired the Deepsea Stavanger rig for operations in its operated Block 11B/12B last year. The rig was mobilized from Norway to South Africa for Total’s drilling campaign back in early July. Africa Energy, one of Total’s partners in the block, said on Thursday t..readmore

Norwegian operator gets rid of two vessels

Posted On: 11-08-2020

DOF, a Norwegian offshore vessel operator, has sold two of its vessels, one to an unnamed buyer and the other to a recycling yard in Turkey. DOF Rederi, a wholly-owned subsidiary of DOF ASA, has completed the sale of the AHTS Skandi Giant to an international buyer. The Skandi Giant is an anchor handling tug and supply vessel of a VS 480 design built in 2002. The company has also entered into a sal..readmore

Orbital decommissions SR2000 unit

Posted On: 11-08-2020

Orbital Marine Power, working with Thompsons of Prudhoe and Port of Blyth, has decommissioned its 2MW SR2000 floating tidal turbine.mHeavy lifter Mammoet managed the tandem lift of the 516-tonne structure out of the water and onto the Blyth quayside. It was also the port’s largest heavy lift to date. Orbital are reclaiming key components and elements of the turbine to carry out engineering inspe..readmore

Port of Los Angeles employs zero-emission top handlers

Posted On: 09-08-2020

The Port of Los Angeles has started using first zero-emissions top handlers in daily operations at the Everport Container Terminal as part of a pre-commercial demonstration project. “We are pleased with performance results that we are receiving from drivers, mechanics and Everport management as the equipment is tested daily in real-world conditions,” said Port of Los Angeles Executive Direct..readmore

Borssele III & IV produces first power

Posted On: 09-08-2020

The Borssele III & IV offshore wind farm produced first power early in the morning on 7 August, the Blauwwind consortium informs. “This marks a key milestone in the construction of the project as the first turbine is now generating power and delivering renewable electricity into the Dutch grid”, the developer said. The first of 77 MHI Vestas 9.5 MW wind turbines was installed at the project si..readmore

Hollandse Kust Noord to add floating solar panels in 2025

Posted On: 03-08-2020

A floating solar demonstration project to be installed within the Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm site will be constructed in 2025, according to TNO, the Dutch organization for applied scientific research. TNO will work on research and demonstration of offshore solar energy in the new offshore wind farm together with CrossWind, a Shell-Eneco consortium that won the tender to build the Holl..readmore

McMenon appoints regional general manager for Middle East and Asia-Pacific

Posted On: 03-08-2020

McMenon Engineering Services has appointed Bipin Nair, who has over 20 years’ industry experience, as regional general manager for the Middle East and Asia-Pacific regions. He was previously with Wika Group in the Middle East for ten years, rising to the position of regional marketing manager. Bipin has been tasked with communicating McMenon’s product quality, service and commitment to excelle..readmore

Greek-owned bulker banned from Australia for underpaying crew

Posted On: 27-07-2020

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has today banned the Liberian-flagged bulk carrier Agia Sofia from Australian ports for six months. The 82,000 dwt Agia Sofia, previously known as Trade Spirit, is owned and operated by Greek company Marmaras Navigation, according to data provided by VesselsValue. As informed, AMSA inspected the ship at Hay Point in Mackay on 25 July 2020 after recei..readmore

Ørsted to use BareFLEET system to track CTV ops

Posted On: 27-07-2020

Ørsted will use Reygar’s BareFLEET remote monitoring and reporting platform to track and analyse the performance of its chartered fleet of offshore wind crew transfer vessels (CTVs) in Europe. The system will log vessel motion, fuel consumption, and PAX movements, providing an accurate record of events, including transit, push on, transfer, and crane lifts, according to Reygar. This will allow ..readmore