Offshore exploration, development and production continue to show increasing levels of activity. Dockwise Shipping has profited from this development by securing nine heavy marine transport contracts worth USD 33 million.
Awarded Contracts
– The company was awarded a contract by McDermott Australia Pty. Ltd. to transport a Marlin B jacket structure and a CBL 102 launch barge for the Kipper Tuna Turrum Project (KTT), which includes the development of the Tuna gas cap, Kipper field, and Turrum reservoir in the Bass Strait. The Marlin B jacket will be carried piggyback aboard the CBL 102 launch barge and transported in late Q4 2010.
– The company will also transport the SEP Orion, a self-elevating platform, for CNO (Construtora Norberto Odebrecht). The transport to Sao Luis, Brazil, will take place in Q4.
– Furthermore, after being selected as the contractor of choice by OPI International Contractors, Ltd., the company will transport a deck barge and a derrick barge to Luba, Equatorial Guinea in Q4.
– Other Q4 awards include the skid on and jack up of the Independencia I and other cargo for the Swecomex Project.
– Dockwise was also awarded the transport of four flattop barges, an intake caisson, as well as a total of 3 jack-up rigs to various locations. The West Prospero jack-up rig will be transported to Vietnam in Q3 -Q4 2010. The 191 and 255 mat-supported jack-up rigs will be transported to the Far East in Q4 for Garuda Energy.
Picture: Dockwise’s Blue Marlin carrying a heavy load (https://www.dockwise.com/page/fleet/fleetdata.html[Dockwise])
