Subsea 7 issue further details of their cost reduction programme including an overall reduction in headcount of approx. 3,000 from the global workforce of 12,000, by the end of the second quarter 2021. It is anticipated that two-thirds of the reduction would affect the non-permanent workforce and one-third of the reduction
Offshore
Bokalift 2: Steel-Cutting Ceremony
Yesterday, a steel cutting ceremony took place at the shipyard Drydocks World in Dubai, a milestone in the conversion project of Boskalis's new crane vessel Bokalift 2. This marks the beginning of an important new phase in the modification of the vessel’s hull and deck. The conversion scope includes the fabrication
Investigation: Broken Hook Stem cause of Orion Crane Collapse
Heavylift and rigging specialist Ropeblock, the designer of the faulty crane hook that caused the Orion accident, has said that based on the information that is currently available, it seems that the hook’s stem broke. Ropeblock designed the lifting blocks and crane hook for the MV Orion’s heavy-lift crane which collapsed
Subsea 7 awarded contract offshore UK
Subsea 7 today announced the award of a sizeable (50 million -150 million USD) contract by Independent Oil and Gas (IOG) for the Blythe and Vulcan Satellites field development, located in the UK sector of the southern North Sea. The contract scope includes the project management, engineering, procurement, construction and installation
Vattenfall Awards Subsea 7 offshore contract in the Netherlands
Subsea 7 has announced the award of a substantial (150-300 million euro) contract by Vattenfall for the Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) 1-4 offshore wind farm project, off the Dutch coast in the North Sea. The contracted work scope includes the transport and installation of approximately 140 wind turbine monopile foundations and
Subsea 7 Awarded Wind farm contract by Innogy
Subsea 7 has been awarded a contract by Germany’s innogy for the Kaskasi offshore wind farm project, located in the German sector of the North Sea. The work scope includes the transport and installation of the offshore substation foundation, 38 wind turbine monopile foundations and 52km of inner array grid
XELLZ looking at Ireland for its offshore supply base operations
XELLZ Operations B.V., a Dutch private limited liability company has started investigating the potential of an offshore supply base location in the South and South-East of Ireland to open-up an operation to serve the future offshore renewable wind energy endeavors. “We already started discussions with ports and landowners to ensure
Prysmian Lays Keel
Italian cable specialist Prysmian has announced the start of keel laying work for the cable-laying (CLV) vessel Leonardo da Vinci at Vard’s shipyard in Tulcea, Romania. Ordered in April 2018, the new cable-layer is expected to be operational by the second quarter of 2021. “The acquisition of €700 million Viking
24shore a new offshore services from XELLZ
XELLZ is pleased to announce that it has extended its operational services to offshore logistics management, 24shore(TM). The offshore has been for long now being in development of not only Oil&Gas but more so in the renewable energy, wind. With this “new” industry the demand for project logistics management has become increasingly needed in
