Marine construction giant Allseas has won a mega-contract from TransCanada covering ­installation of a 700-kilometre, 42-inch subsea gas pipeline that will run from near Brownsville in southern Texas to Tuxpan in the southern Mexican state of Veracruz.

Rumours have been swirling in pipelay circles of late that Allseas was poised to win the award, and company president Edward Heerema confirmed to Upstream this week that the job is now in the bag.

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