Gazprom handed Eni subsidiary Saipem a termination notice for the South Stream pipeline project to transport gas via a pipeline in the Black Sea. Image of South Stream pipelay. Images from Gazprom…
The graph created in MS Excel demonstrates the MTV for rolling changes in the pipeline. It is possible to locate the places where it changes significantly and to calculate how much velocity is required to transport particles at specific sections along the pipeline route…
Boskalis-subsidiary Dockwise loaded the first ship-shaped floating, production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) onto the largest semisubmersible heavy transport vessel in the world. The Armada Intrepid FPSO was loaded onto the Dockwise Vanguard in the Caland canal…
Blue Water Shipping signed a contract with Baku Shipyard covering the transport of two hull sections from Singapore to the newly established Baku Shipyard in Azerbaijan. Map from Blue Water…
Boskalis announced that the Dockwise vessel White Marlin was named and christened during a festive ceremony in Guangzhou, China. Following the ceremony, the semisubmersible heavy transport vessel will be mobilized to Singapore for its maiden…
Gazprom has agreed to buyout its South Stream Transport partners Eni, Wintershall and EDF just weeks after the project, which was already in construction phase, was cancelled. South Stream Transport was owned 50% by Gazprom, with Eni holding 20%…
South Stream Transport, the company charged with overseeing the planning, construction and operation of the South Stream pipeline is ready to start construction on the most complicated part of the project, Gazprom says. Once built, South…
Classification society ClassNK has given approval in principle to a new H2/CO2 floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) to a new design developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Chiyoda Corporation. FPSOs are used by…
The living quarters platform (LQP-1) topside for the Vladimir Filanovsky field has arrived at its north Caspian Sea destination from Krasnye Barrikady shipyard in Russia’s Astrakhan region, the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) announced on 5 August…
Frank Verhoeven Boskalis is eyeing an increasing role in offshore oil and gas and renewables projects—including the potential to dry dock floating production vessels at sea. Elaine Maslin found out more…
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) is to buy Fairmount Marine B.V. and Fairmount Ocean Towage Company B.V. (Fairmount) from the French group Louis Dreyfus Armateurs. Fairmount is a global provider of long-distance ocean towage services operating five…
Transport Malta will collaborate with the Norwegian Coastal Administration to strengthen the country's maritime pollution response. During the launching of the project “Oil / HNS Spill Response Capacity Building For The Protection Of Malta’s Seas…
Dockwise has been awarded a US$275 million contract by Bechtel for Module Transport Services regarding the Chevron-operated Wheatstone Project in Western Australia. Work is expected to begin early 2014. The contract's scope includes logistical…
Production has started from the southern North Sea Orca gas field, operator GDF SUEZ has announced. The field straddles the UK and Dutch sectors of the North Sea, making it the second such cross-border gas development between these two countries (the other being Markham)…
Royal Boskalis Westminster subsidiary Dockwise has completed a dry dock project using its new transport vessel Dockwise Vanguard. The project was to assist with the repair and maintenance of a semisubmersible drilling rig in the Mediterranean…
