Offshore News


WINS & POSH Form Indonesian Offshore J/V

Nov 26, 2012

PT Wintermar Offshore Marine Tbk (WINS) joins with PACC Offshore Services Holdings Ltd (POSH) for Indonesian oil and gas joint venture.The joint venture will own and operate two units of Indonesian flagged 100+ tons bollard pull AHTS, “WINPOSH Rampart” and “WINPOSH Resolve”…

New Offshore Vessel Oslo-Bound for Naming

Nov 26, 2012

Olympic Shipping's new 'Olympic Taurus' sails for Oslo naming ceremony on delivery by Kleven Verft.A multi-purpose offshore vessel with diesel electric propulsion, low fuel consumption and high flexibility, 'Olympic Taurus' represent a new…

Megayacht Conversion to Offshore Personnel Floatel

Nov 26, 2012

Chevalier Floatels contracts Holland Shipyards to convert its first ship to a DP2 offshore support & accommodation vessel.In response to the growing European market for wind energy, Chevalier Floatels has initiated the development of a new…

Three BMT Nigel Gee Design WSV's Launched

Nov 25, 2012

Three new Windfamrm Support Vessels (WSV) built to BMT Nigel Gee designs launched in 10 days from three different shipyards.The vessels range from a 19.4m propeller driven conventional catamaran design to a 26m Extreme Semi-Swath (XSS),…

Towering Met Mast Order for GL Garrad Hassan

Nov 22, 2012

Centrica awards contract to GL Garrad Hassan for design, supply, installation & operation of an offshore meteorological mast system. The contract is for Centrica's Celtic Array project in the Irish Sea. Located 15km north of Anglesey, the system includes a meteorological mast…

Korean Shipyard to Build New Subsea 7 DSV

Nov 22, 2012

State-of-the-art Dive Support Vessel (DSV) will be built for Subsea 7 by Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI).With accommodation for 110 people, the DSV will incorporate an 18-man saturation system supplied by Drass and rated…

Wärtsilä Wins Brazil Liftboat Genset & Propulsion Orders

Nov 22, 2012

Wärtsilä’s success in Brazilian drill ship programme continues with latest genset and propulsion order for three new liftboats.This latest in a series of contracts won by Wärtsilä is to supply complete mechanical packages, comprising the generating sets and thrusters…

COSCO Deliver FPSO Conversion

Nov 22, 2012

COSCO (Dalian) Shipyard Co., Ltd. delivera a converted FPSO, “Petrobras 63”, to a European ship-owner.The delivery documents were recently signed by and between COSCO Dalian and the ship-owner.The FPSO (Floating Production Storage & Offloading) vessel…

Petrofac Offers Accredited Offshore Safety Training in Russia

Nov 22, 2012

Petrofac Training Services' training centre the first in Russia to offer OPITO accredited OERTM, CASS & Escape Chute training.The company has achieved OPITO accreditation at its state-of-the-art base on Sakhalin Island, having continuously…

Aker Acquires Thrum Energy to Increase Atlantic Canada Footprint

Nov 22, 2012

Aker Solutions is buying Canadian asset integrity management (AIM) company Thrum Energy Inc. Thrum Energy is a St. John's, Newfoundland-based asset integrity management company. The company provides a diverse portfolio of quality services to both onshore and offshore assets in Canada…

WSV's in Difficulty in Moderate North Sea Weather

Nov 21, 2012

UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency report Yarmouth Coastguard's response to recent WSV's in distress.Yarmouth Coastguard  coordinated the response for two Windfarm Support Vessels (WSV) working at offshore windfarms involved in separate incidents…

ABB Azipods for Korea-built WIV Vessels

Nov 21, 2012

Eight Azipod C compact propulsion systems installed on 'Pacific Orca' and 'Pacific Osprey', the world’s largest wind farm installation vessels (WIV).The Azipod systems were delivered to the Samsung Shipyard in Korea from ABB’s new Azipod factory in Shanghai…

Rig Accommodation Below Par for New Danish Requirements

Nov 20, 2012

Northern Offshore receives Maersk Oil & Gas notification that rig 'Energy Endeavour' will be released from contract on May 1, 2013.The rig's accommodation unit does not meet new Danish Energy Authority requirements and its replacement is not commercially viable for either party…

BMT Acquire Australian Maritime Consultancy, Oceanica

Nov 20, 2012

BMT Group Ltd , a leading international maritime design, engineering and risk management consultancy acquire Oceanica Consultiong Pty Ltd.The acquisition of Oceanica is intended to further strengthen BMT’s capacity and technical offering in Western Australia’s buoyant market…

InterMoor UK Operations Achieves Five-Year Safety Milestone

Nov 20, 2012

InterMoor UK Operations, part of Acteon’s foundations and moorings business, has operated for more than five years without a lost time incident (LTI).  InterMoor UK Operations includes Acteon companies InterMoor Ltd, InterMoor Marine Services Ltd and ChainCo…

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