Boskalis, Saipem and Bouygues win EUR 552M offshore wind contract
Boskalis, Saipem and Bouygues Travaux Publics together have won a contract to design, build and install 71 concrete Gravity-Based Structures (GBS) as foundation for the Fécamp offshore wind farm in Normandy, France. The contract was awarded...Read more
Offshore contractor Allseas to significantly cut crew headcount
Offshore contractor Allseas will reduce its workforce by a few hundred in the course of 2020, which will mostly impact its vessels’ crews. The company says it is forced to do so due to the...Read more
Seaway Heavy Lifting not impacted by cost reductions at Subsea 7
Last week, Subsea 7 announced it would cut 3000 of the 12000 jobs it provides worldwide. According to a spokeswoman, its Dutch/German subsidiary Seaway Heavy Lifting will not be affected by these cost-cutting measures. ‘Faced with...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. Maersk Supply Service will remove four 30 feet jacket-mounted drilling conductors...Read more
Niestern Sander and Wagenborg to build ice-breaking W2W vessel
Together, shipyard Royal Niestern Sander and Wagenborg Offshore will realise a world first by building a shallow draft ice-breaking Walk-to-Work vessel. After delivery in December 2021, Mercury Sakhalin will operate the vessel on the east...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
Subsea 7 to lay off quarter of its workforce
The slump in the oil and gas market is taking its toll on Subsea 7. The offshore service provider plans to reduce its workforce of 12,000 by approximately 3000 by the end of the second...Read more
Conversion of Boskalis’ new crane vessel BokaLift 2 underway
A steel cutting ceremony at Drydocks World in Dubai has kicked off the hull modification of Boskalis’ BokaLift 2. The conversion scope includes the fabrication and installation of 9000 tonnes of steel blocks on both...Read more
Offshore staff should be considered key workers to ease crew changes
A lobby has started to get the IMO to support a recommendation for Governments to facilitate the movement of offshore energy sector personnel during the Covid-19 pandemic. They should be considered “key workers” to enable...Read more
Marine contractor Boskalis seems a little immune to corona
For the time being, Boskalis seems to be escaping the corona crisis. The contractor reports in a trading update that the first quarter has been better than expected financially, without mentioning any concrete results. However, the...Read more
Van Oord’s Svanen to start work at Danish offshore wind farm
Van Oord’s heavy lift installation vessel Svanen has arrived at the Danish Kriegers Flak Offshore Wind field in the Baltic Sea. The Svanen will commence installation works for the foundations for the offshore wind farm. Van...Read more
Van Oord wins Sarint-Brieuc Offshore Wind Farm contract
Ailes Marines is in charge of the development, construction, installation and operation of the offshore wind farm in the bay of Saint-Brieuc. The company has selected Dutch marine contractor Van Oord to transport and install...Read more
Bakker Sliedrecht upgrades offshore power hub for Vattenfall wind farm
System integrator Bakker Sliedrecht has upgraded the automation system at the offshore energy substation of Vattenfall’s DanTysk wind farm in the North Sea without downtime. On this platform, the power generated by wind turbines is...Read more
Video: 5000-tonne crane of new DEME vessel collapses
The 5000-tonne heavy-lift crane of DEME’s new installation vessel Orion 1 has collapsed while undergoing load tests at Liebherr’s construction yard in Rostock. Five people sustained minor injuries and vessel and crane have suffered damage....Read more
Huisman develops quick connector for safer offshore installations
Huisman and Jan De Nul Group have joined forces for the heavy lift equipment on board of the latter’s new offshore installation vessels Les Alizés and Voltaire. One of the outcomes of this cooperation is...Read more
Van Oord installs world’s first submerged slip joint
Van Oord has managed to install the slip joint foundation at the Borssele Wind Farm Site V. It is the first time anywhere that a submerged slip joint was used on a full-sized offshore wind...Read more
Van Oord’s Aeolus installs last foundation for Borssele wind farms
Van Oord’s offshore installation vessel Aeolus has completed the installation of 77 foundations for the Borssele III and IV wind farm. For the last six months, the Aeolus has been deployed for the transport and...Read more
Subsea7 wins Dutch monopile installation contract
Vattenfall has selected Subsea7 for the transport and installation of 140 monopiles and array cables for the Dutch offshore wind farm Hollandse Kust Zuid. In total, the contracted work scope includes the transport and installation of...Read more