The Siemens Gamesa turbine components destined for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) demonstration project are being loaded onto Jan De Nul’s jack-up vessel Vole au vent in the Port of Halifax, Canada. Source: Siemens Gamesa The vessel first departed from Canada to the project site offshore Virginia on 20 May, carrying the monopiles and transition pieces. After installing …

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The Port of Los Angeles, North America’s leading container seaport, has adopted a $1.5 billion budget for Fiscal Year 2020/21. The port said the budget was based on expectations of slower cargo volumes in the near term and a continued slowdown in the worldwide economy, due to market uncertainties related to the COVID-19 pandemic and …

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Oil and gas company Aker Energy is looking to revive its Pecan field development, located offshore Ghana, after postponing the final investment decision and terminating its agreement with Yinson for the provision of an FPSO for the project. Aker Energy said on Friday that its Ghana entity was trying to find a solution that would …

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Jan De Nul has kicked off construction works in Taiwan for the 376 MW Formosa 2 offshore wind farm. Nearshore and onshore construction works have started at the landfall site in Miaoli County and Taichung port, Jan De Nul said. Offshore installation works will commence later this year. Source: Jan De Nul At the landfall …

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• 6 millones de ciudadanos se encontraban en la antesala de la exclusión antes de la pandemia. Hoy, ante una crisis sanitaria, económica y social de dimensiones desconocidas, podrían sumarse a los 8,5 millones de personas en riesgo de exclusión que ya se contabilizaban en la era pre-COVID-19 (un 18,4% que se incrementaría hasta el …

La era COVID-19 podría elevar la exclusión social al 31% y afectar a más de 14 millones de personas Read More »

An ROV is a remotely operated underwater vehicle, also sometimes known as an underwater drone or underwater robot. ROVs can explore the subsea world while the operator, commonly known as the pilot, remains comfortably at the surface.The communication between the operator and the vehicle is controlled by an umbilical/tether cable. The main purpose of th[…] …

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Offshore geotechnical player TDI-Brooks has entered into an agreement to acquire Gregg Drilling’s CPT cone manufacturing capability in Nacogdoches, Texas. The acquisition includes offices, laboratory, machine shop and warehouse space of Gregg Drilling’s cone penetrometers. TDI-Brooks has also purchased assets houses there, including machinery, test equipment, and inventory to manufacture these cones. This acquisition provides …

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The worldwide offshore rig count in May 2020 dropped by 54 rigs year-over-year and 37 rigs sequentially, according to a report by Baker Hughes. Baker Hughes splits its report into an international and North America one, which combine into a worldwide rig count. The international rig count for May 2020 was 805 down 110 from …

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