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Odfjell Terminals Appoints President for Global Activities

Sep 12, 2013

Odfjell Terminals, a leading global storage provider for chemicals, petroleum products and gases, is pleased to announce the appointment of David Ellis as President, effective immediately. Mr. Ellis will be responsible for the leadership of Odfjell Terminals' global activities…

Odfjell Finalizes Transaction with Lindsay Goldberg

Jun 19, 2013

Reference is made to the stock exchange announcement of 6 May 2013, in which Odfjell announced its signing of the definitive agreements to expand existing joint venture with Lindsay Goldberg to include substantially all of the Odfjell's tank terminals business globally…

WTS & Roccheggiani Sign HVAC Supply Agreement

May 28, 2013

Wilhelmsen Technical Solutions (WTS) agree with Italy's Roccheggiani to supply Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems to the offshore market.The HVAC and air handling specialists join forces to offer improved solutions to shipyards for newbuilding and after sales projects…

Deep Sea Mooring Acquired by HitecVision

Apr 29, 2013

HitecVision acquires 100% of Deep Sea Mooring, a subsidiary of Odfjell Drilling, a privately owned international drilling contractor. Deep Sea Mooring is a significant provider of rented mooring equipment, pre-lay mooring solutions and ancillary…

Odfjell Buys Chemical Tankship

Apr 23, 2013

Odfjell buys long-term chartered vessel 'MT Bow Engineer', a 30,086 dwt chemical tanker.Odfjell, a leading company in the global market for transportation and storage of bulk liquid chemicals, acids, edible oils and other special products…

U.K. Mariner Platform Contract for Odfjell Drilling

Apr 16, 2013

Statoil has awarded the contract for drilling services on the Mariner platform on the U.K. continental shelf to U.K.-based Odfjell Drilling.Odfjell Drilling will perform drilling services, maintenance of the drilling facility and drill pipe logistics for the Mariner field development…

NATO Submarine Base to Become Rig Haven

Mar 01, 2013

Norwegian Ministry of Defense approves sale of Olavsvern naval base outside Tromsø.The sale is to the investor group Triko AS which includes Odfjell Drilling, PSW Rig Service and in cooperation with Petro Support Group will create a service center for the offshore petroleum industry…

Sohar Port, Oman, Fully Operational by January 2014

Feb 24, 2013

Construction of the new 70-hectare container terminal at Port of Sohar begins shortly, operational in 2014.As part of the expansion deal, container-terminal operator Hutchison Whampoa has signed an agreement for developing the 70-hectare container…

Odfjell Reports Weak Q4 2012 Chemical Tankship Market

Feb 14, 2013

Tankship & terminal storage owners/operators Odfjell also noted significant losses at their Rotterdam terminal in its Q4 2012 report.Jan A. Hammer, President/CEO Odfjell SE comments on the financial report as follows:The chemical tanker market improved seasonally towards the end of the year…

ABB Wins $160 Million in Orders

Feb 07, 2013

Power systems for seven new oil and gas ultra deepwater drilling vessels to be built and operated in Brazil goes to ABB for $160mABB won orders worth $160m from Jurong Shipyard Pte Ltd. for the design, supply, supervision of installation…

Aker Solutions to Supply Six Jurong Shipyard Drillships

Aug 27, 2012

Aker Solutions wins contract to supply drilling equipment packages for a series of six deepwater drillships for the Brazilian market. The six new vessels will be operated by Norwegian drilling operators Seadrill and Odfjell Drilling (3 each) under 15-year charter contracts from Petrobras…

Drillship Contracts Worth US$4-billion Awarded to Sembcorp

Aug 08, 2012

Sembcorp Marine secures US$ 4.032 Billion drillship contracts from Sete Brasil.Sembcorp Marine Ltd, through Jurong Offshore Pte Ltd’s wholly-owned subsidiarieshas secured contracts from Sete Brasil Participacǒes S.A. (Sete Brasil), for the…

Saudi Owners Receive New Chemical Tanker

Aug 05, 2012

National Chemical Carriers receive new chemical tanker 'NCC Najeem' from the SHINAsb Shipyard in S. Korea.National Chemical Carriers Ltd. Co. (NCC) of Saudi Arabia, a subsidiary of The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (BAHRI) announce…

AWT Launches GlobalView Fleet Management 2.0

Feb 14, 2012

New Software Offers Port Forecasts, Ice Concentrations and Bunker Pricing Applied Weather Technology, Inc. (AWT), released GlobalView 2.0, a new version of its fleet management system featuring port forecasts, tide data, tools for customization and direct access to bunker pricing…

Odfjell Buys New Vessel

Oct 17, 2011

Odfjell entered into a contract for the purchase of MT Holly Galaxy, a 19,975 dwt chemical tanker (IMO II/III) with 22 stainless steel cargo tanks, built in 2006 at Fukuoka Shipbuilding in Japan. The vessel will be delivered in December 2011 and shall be traded regionally in South America…

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