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AsstrA moves an 827-ton wash tower from Spain to Poland
An 827-ton wash tower needed to be moved from Spain to an oil and gas project in Poland, on a tight schedule. AsstrA Industrial Project…
Oil & Gas
Heerema’s Sleipnir breaks lift records on Johan Sverdrup Phase 2 project
Heerema’s heavy lift vessel Sleipnir installed the 12,050-metric-tonne Johan Sverdrup processing platform (P2) jacket on 18 June. This has set a new record for the…
Air freight
Deugro delivers time-critical petrochemical equipment
Deugro successfully delivered 21 tonnes of petrochemical equipment by air freight charter from Shanghai, China to Singapore. The 225 cubic meters of extremely urgent and…
Oil & Gas
Heerema’s Sleipnir lifts modules for Johan Sverdrup platform
On behalf of Aibel, Heerema’s heavy lift vessel Sleipnir has executed the inshore integration lifts for Equinor’s Johan Sverdrup P2 topsides at the GMC yard…
Project logistics
M-Star ships heavy modules to the Netherlands
M-Star Projects recently handled another shipment as part of the Perenco Southern Hub Area Rationalisation Project (SHARP). This time, three types of oversized gas modules…
One dead and twelve missing after liftboat capsizes off Louisiana coast
At least one person has been killed and twelve others are missing after a ship capsized in a hurricane south of the port of Port…
Project logistics
Bertling appoints United Logistics as agent in Qatar
Bertling has appointed the Qatari freight forwarder United Logistics as the company’s dedicated network agent in the country. The companies say they have teamed up…
Offshore
Boskalis’ order book reaches record high
Boskalis has a record amount of work in the pipeline despite the impact of Covid-19. The value of the company’s order book stands at EUR…
Offshore drilling giant Seadrill granted moratorium again
Less than three years after its previous moratorium, offshore drilling company Seadrill, owned by Norwegian shipping tycoon John Frederiksen, has again sought protection from its…
Oil & Gas
Pandemic causes Shell to book largest loss ever
Shell has booked its largest-ever loss of USD 21.7 billion as a result of the corona crisis. Large write-offs during the first lockdown already resulted…
Project logistics
Bertling partners with Al Khaldi to grow in Saudi market
Bertling Logistics has formed a new joint venture with the Saudi freight forwarder Al Khaldi. The new business called Al Khaldi-Bertling Logistics will open its…
Oil & Gas
Nearly 50 rigs were scrapped last year
Nearly fifty drilling platforms were scrapped in 2020, which is significantly more than in previous years, reports the French financial services provider Kepler Chevreux.
Shipping
Jumbo sets heavy lift record in port of New Orleans
Jumbo’s heavy-lift vessel Fairpartner has set a new lift record in the port of New Orleans while unloading two hydrocracking reactors for an oil major.
offshore
Boskalis acquires Rever offshore’s subsea services business
PRESS RELEASE – Boskalis has acquired Rever Offshore’s subsea services business. Rever, formally known as Bibby Offshore, offers a broad range of solutions in the…
Oil & Gas
Jumbo installs mooring system in record water depth
Jumbo Offshore has installed a 14-point FPSO mooring system at a depth of 1,760 metres, breaking its own deepwater record. The project was carried out…
Project logistics
ALS transports drilling rig in 121 packages
PRESS RELEASE – Abnormal Load Sevices (ALS) has transported a drilling rig in 121 packages totalling a volume of 6,750 cubic meters and 1,705 tonnes.…
Shipping
Jumbo uses augmented reality to pinpoint shim points on deck
Jumbo has completed the first of 2 contracts supporting Subsea 7 projects for Total in Angola. For the first time, the company has used augmented…
Heavy-lifting
Hareket awarded heavy-lift contract for Duqm refinery
PRESS RELEASE – Hareket has been selected as the heavy-lift contractor for the offsite and utility packages for the Duqm Refineries in Oman. The contract…
Oil & Gas
Pacific Drilling latest rig operator to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
New York-listed Pacific Drilling is the latest rig operator to file for a voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US to get out of a…
Oil & Gas
Sleipnir installs one of world’s smallest platforms
PRESS RELEASE – Heerema’s Sleipnir has safely installed Dana Petroleum’s new P11-Unity platform, which at 395 metric tons is one of the world’s smallest platforms.…