Ocean Rig UDW Inc., a global provider of offshore deepwater drilling services, signs contract with an oil major for the semi-submersible drilling rig 'Erik Raude'.The drilling contract is for a one-well program, with an estimated duration of up to 6 months…
COSCO Corporation (Singapore) subsidiary shipyards in China deliver bulk carriers to two European buyers.COSCO (Dalian) Shipyard Co., Ltd has delivered a bulk carrier of 92,500 dwt, Sicilian Express, a post-panamax bulk carrier and the last…
Vroon takes delivery of 'MV Sicilian Express', the last in a series of four bulkers built at COSCO Dalian Shipyard, China.MV Sicilian Express is a 92,500-dwt post-panamax bulk carrier, and her Chinese crew sails under the Gibraltar flag…
Norway's Fjellstrand AS contracted by Siem Offshore Rederi AS to construct an Ulstein SX 163 design offshore wind or oil installationl service support vessel.Main particulars of the Ulstein SX 163 are a length of 74 meters, a beam of 17 meters…
Maritime services provider Inchcape Shipping Services signs strategic partnership with offshore logistics & freight forwarder Palumbo S.P.A. to form ISS Palumbo. S.r.l. The new partnership combines ISS’s worldwide network with Palumbo’s…
Aker Solutions contracted by Dong Energy to provide well intervention services for the oil company's assets offshore Norway and Denmark. Well intervention services are carried out in an oil or gas well, with the objective of maximising production and increasing the recovery rate of oil and gas…
Gardline Geosciences & Canyon Offshore strategic alliance to provide deep-water seabed drilling service to offshore SI market.Eric Zon, Managing Director of Gardline Geosciences stated ‘this agreement is a perfect synergy to enable Gardline…
SeaRoc charter 'MPI Adventure' for Narec's offshore anemometry hub (NOAH) installation for windfarm site weather appraisal.MPI Adventure is a dedicated vessel to transport, lift and install wind turbines and their foundations; delivered in March 2011 (Qidong…
North Sea Emergency Recovery & Rescue Vessel (ERRV) operator Vroon Offshore Services (VOS) to invest $100-million in new ships.The new 'comfort class' boats - six 50m ERRVs and four 60 ERRV field support vessels - will be built in Nanjing…
Classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) publishes guidance on Ship Conversion into Surface Offshore Units & Redeployment of Surface Offshore Units.BV Guidance Note NI 593 sets out the requirements for structural assessment when operators…
Offshore Marine Management Limited (OMM) will sell the assets of its recently-rebranded personnel supply business, Main Source Offshore People Limited (MSOP) to Atlas Services Group Energy Limited (Atlas). The acquisition will see the transfer of assets including contracts and staff…
New Fjellstrand designed WindServer Trimarans for World Marine Offshore to be classed by GL.As offshore wind developments move further offshore, into deeper waters with more extreme weather conditions, the challenge of providing operations…
Island Offshore, renews Veripos's 3-year contract for precision GNSS positioning services for DP vessels.Island Offshore awards Veripos a further three-year contract for continuing provision of precision GNSS positioning services for 16 DP…
DONG Energy and Siemens Energy sign to supply & service 300 offshore wind turbines for installation offshore UKThe framework agreement is in regard to the supply and servicing of a total of 300 offshore wind turbines of 6 megawatt each, yielding a total capacity of 1…
More than $335 billion worth of expenditure is expected over the next five years on offshore oil & gas operations & maintenance (O&M), according to a new report, The World Offshore Operations & Maintenance Market Forecast 2012-2016, by Douglas-Westwood (DW)…
