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Saipem's Castoro 7 pipelaybarge departs Curacao for the last time

She first called at Curacao in December of 2012. After a fuelling stop at the Curacao Megapier, she shifted to, what was to become her temporary home base in the Caribbean, Jetty number 2 at Caracasba…

3 Drillships anchored off port Aruba

The 3 drillingris are anchored 3-6 miles South-West of Aruba, in about 65 meters of water. Picture taken from Diaro.aw website. The artilce, in local language "Papiamen…

Deepsea Metro || arrives from Brasil

Crew changes and spares deliveries are conducted regularly from the pier at St. Michaelsbay. Deepsea Metro II, moored stern to the buoy at St. Michaelsbay. Picture by Mr. Kees Bu…

Castoro 10 in Curacao for 4th time

She is being readied for her next assignment and will sail from Curacao after minor repairs, spares intake, crew changes and several miscellaneous items. While in Curacao, she offloaded her "stin…

Fourth Rowan companies' rig in Curacao

Rowan Companies are regular guests of Curacao and the Megapier, as their drillships Rowan Resolute, Rowan Reliance and Rowan Relentless preceded the latest call of the "R…

Semi submersible rig Q5000 bunkers offport Curacao

When the "MODU" (Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit) Q5000 rig arrived off port Curacao, the M/v Osprey let go and came into port for bunkers, while Curoil's tanker met with the rig off port for the b…

Drilling rig anchors off port Aruba

The Aruba anchorage is very well suited for long term stayovers and the owners of the Pacific Mistral have decided to move the vessel there. She's at the Maintenance location, about 2.5 miles West of …

M/V Fugro Americas in Aruba

The Fugro Americas was in Aruba for a little over 3 weeks. She stayed mostly off port, collecting sea-bottom samples, but came into port in-between for crew changes, provisions and spares supply. &nb…

Drillship Rowan Relentless stops in Curacao

Upon arrival, the Rowan Relentless performed a small crew change off port via launch, while the rig was on "DP", about 0.7 miles South of the Willemstad harbor entrance. The rig stayed …

Stanislav Yudin mobilization project in Aruba

The project was carried out at the Barcadera terminal, which is still under construction (to be fully ready by July 2015). The Barcadera project berth is 350 meters in length with a water depth of alm…

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