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Seaway, Cortland in topside installation

Sep 16, 2015

Cortland Co. delivered a precision lifting solution for the successful installation of a topsides module offshore in the UK North Sea Cortland worked with Seaway Heavy Lifting who were contracted for the transportation and installation of the module…

A soft touch for heavy lifting

Jul 01, 2015

Three firms have joined forces to lighten the load of offshore heavy lifting game. Elaine Maslin found out more. DeepTek drum winch, with 150m  test length of LankoDeep AHC rope, installed on Jebsen and Jessen 110-tonne knuckle boom crane…

UK partnership opens new academy

May 27, 2015

UK Total Solutions (UKTS) and Gateshead College will open a new oil, gas and renewables academy, the first in the northeast, following a six-figure investment in a purpose built facility, which will provide a gateway to an industry career and help resolve some of the industry’s skills shortages…

Cortland wins Rolls Royce fiber rope contract

May 05, 2015

Rolls Royce awarded Cortland a contract to supply its BOB 12x12 fiber rope for use on Rolls Royce's next fiber rope deployment system (FRDS). The FRDS system, which will have a single fall capacity of 150t, is being built for AKOFS Offshore…

Osbit lands well intervention work

Mar 24, 2015

Helix Energy Solutions awarded Osbit Power a contract to manufacture three sets of offshore well-intervention equipment that include intervention tension frames (ITFs) and walk to work access systems. A…

Balmoral designs Western Isles mooring connection system

Mar 18, 2015

Dana Petroleum awarded Balmoral Offshore Engineering a contract to design and manufacture key components for a pioneering mooring system to be used on its Western Isles project in the challenging northern sector of the North Sea. Image…

Intecsea to FEED Buckskin/Moccasin

Feb 26, 2015

Chevron awarded INTECSEA a contract to provide engineering and long-lead procurement services for the front-end engineering & design (FEED) phase of the Buckskin/Moccasin development in the Gulf of Mexico. Map provided by Chevron…

Huisman wins Maersk crane order

Jan 26, 2015

COSCO (Dalian) Shipyard awarded Huisman a contract for the delivery of four customized 400mt rope luffing knuckle boom cranes and two 100mt knuckle boom cranes onboard four new subsea support vessels (SSVs) for Maersk Supply Service. MT 6027…

Lankhorst offers KOTUG's innovative KO-LINK towing ring

Sep 23, 2014

The innovative KO-LINK towing ring, developed by international maritime service provider KOTUG International BV, is now available exclusively from maritime ropes supplier, Lankhorst Ropes, under a worldwide marketing agreement. The KO-LINK…

Reflex Marine's FROG-6 approved for Mexico

Aug 27, 2014

The Mexican Merchant Marine has approved Reflex Marine, a global provider of safe marine transfer solutions to the offshore, marine and renewables industries, to sell its crane transfer device, the FROG-6, in Mexico. The certification…

Focusing on Europe

Aug 04, 2014

Cable laud sling production at Hendrik Veder Group in Rotterdam. Photo from Hendrik Veder Group.  Rotterdam-based Hendrik Veder Group moved into the fiber rope domain last year when it bought manufacturing firm G…

Synthetic opportunities

Aug 04, 2014

Crews ready a Samson Amsteel Blue Rope Sling for a ‘wet handshake’ operation on the Cascade Chinook Project. Photos from Samson.  Synthetic rope will never fully replace steel wire rope…

From simulation to WRR

Aug 01, 2014

ENI’s Goliat FPSO. Image from ENI Norge.  Offshore lifting combines heavy offshore assets with detailed analysis and product care. Elaine Maslin found out more at the North Sea Offshore Crane and Lifting Conference…

Bilfinger picked for Murchison decom job

May 20, 2014

Aberdeen-based industrial services contractor Bilfinger Salamis UK is to provide fabric maintenance services support and access solutions to Aker Solutions for the first stage of decommissioning CNR International’s Murchison platform. First commissioned in 1980…

Huisman to launch new crane at OTC

Apr 24, 2014

Huisman will introduce a new patented crane type during this year’s OTC: the ‘Rope Luffing Knuckle Boom Crane’. These new active heave compensated (AHC) cranes combine the benefits of a normal Rope Luffing Crane and a traditional Knuckle Boom Crane…

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