AUGUST 20, 2014 — Cargotec reports that its MacGregor unit has secured a new contract from Chinese shipbuilder Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding for two 100-tonne active heave-compensated subsea MacGregor cranes. The cranes will
AUGUST 19, 2014 — Singapore based Swiber Holdings Limited is putting five of its vessels operating in Mexico under Mexican flag The derrick pipelay barge Swiber Concorde, previously under Panamanian registry,was the
AUGUST 18, 2014—Crude offloading operations have been temporarily suspended at the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port’s Offshore Marine Terminal while an inspection and repairs are performed on the LOOP pipeline. Estimates are that
AUGUST 15 ,2014 — China’s CIMC Raffles has delivered the ninth jack-up to be built at its Yantai shipyard to Malaysia’s Coastal Contracts Bhd. The rig, Coastal Driller 4001, is built to
AUGUST 13, 2014 — Maersk Supply Service has entered into a contract with China’s COSCO (Dalian) shipyard for building four subsea support vessels with options for two additional vessels. All the vessels
AUGUST 12, 2014 — Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. (NASDAQ: GIFI) reports that, through its subsidiary Gulf Island L.L.C., it has received an award letter from Arena Offshore, LP for the fabrication of
AUGUST 11, 2014 — Finland’s Arctech Helsinki Shipyard has won a contract worth some $380 million to building of three icebreaking stand-by vessels for Russia’s largest shipping company Sovcomflot. They will be
AUGUST 11, 2014—As of August 8, there were 60 rigs operating in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, up five from the same period one year ago, according to Baker Hughes rotary rig
AUGUST 11, 2014 — Hallin Marine founder John Giddens is back in the subsea services industry as Managing Director of a new start up, Tasik Subsea. Mr. Giddens is a former Royal
AUGUST 11, 2014—Successful sea trials of Rodi Marine’s newest crewboat the M/V Riley Claire have provided waterjet manufacturer Marine Jet Power a breakthrough in the fiercely competitive Gulf of Mexico crewboat market.