Success of Houston office sees Reach charter in Havila subsea vessel
JULY 24, 2018 — Havila Shipping and Reach Subsea are to enter into a contract for the subsea vessel Havila Harmony for a period of three years with two optional years. According
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Keppel O&M books contracts in Brazil and Singapore
JULY 22, 2018 — Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M) has through its wholly-owned subsidiaries secured two contracts with a combined value of about S$70 million (about US$51 million). In Brazil,
Tidewater and GulfMark Offshore to combine
JULY 16, 2018 —Tidewater Inc. (NYSE: TDW) and GulfMark Offshore, Inc. (NYSE: GLF) today announced that the boards of both companies have unanimously approved a definitive agreement to combine the two companies.
Maersk Supply Service completes 10,230 NM tow
JULY 12, 2018—Maersk Supply Service has successfully completed the tow of a semi-submersible from Las Palmas to North Western Australia. The tow was carried out by Maersk Supply Service’s 95m x 25m
Cat Multi-Engine Optimizer helps Vroon gain major fuel savings
JULY 5, 2018 — Vroon Offshore Services (VOS) reports that it hasrecently invested in technology capable of saving its clients about 100,000 liters of fuel per year, based on a nine-month test
Viking Supply sells three PSV’s, takes $12 million hit
JUNE 27, 2018 — Viking Supply Ships A/S, a wholly owned subsidiary of Viking Supply Ships AB, has today entered an agreement to sell three medium sized PSV’s, namely Freyja Viking (built
Saudi Arabian OSV operator implements ABS NS software fleet wide
JUNE 26, 2018 —ABS and Saudi Arabia’s Rawabi Vallianz Offshore Services (RVOS) are finalizing implementation of the ABS Nautical Systems (NS) fleet management software across its fleet of 44 offshore support vessels
MOL dives deeper into subsea, buys into AKOFS Offshore
JUNE 19, 2018 — Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. have entered into a share purchase agreement to acquire 50% of the shares in Oslo headquartered subsea
Danos wins coatings contract for Shell deep water platform
JUNE 14, 2018 — Shell Exploration and Production Company has awarded Gray, LA, headquartered oilfield service provider Danos a coatings contract for its Appomattox platform in the Gulf of Mexico. The coatings
Keppel O&M delivers second high spec jack-up to Borr Drilling
JUNE 13, 2018 — Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M) reports that its Keppel FELS shipyard has delivered the state-of-the-art jack-up rig, Skald, to Borr Skald Inc, a subsidiary of Borr