Brazilian shipyard delivers 43 m subsea DSV
FEBRUARY 20, 2017 — Brazil’s Arpoador Shipyard has delivered the Oceanicasub V, the second of two Incat Crowther designed 43 m monohull subsea dive support vessels (SDSV) owned and operated by Oceanica
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Coast Guard rescues four crew members from lift boat
FEBRUARY 16, 2017 — The Coast Guard rescued four crew members aboard a lift boat, the Superior Trust, as it became unstable near Southwest Pass, Louisiana, yesterday. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans
TOFCO completes milestone Trinidad and Tobago offshore structure
FEBRUARY 12, 2017 —Trinidad Offshore Fabricators Unlimited (TOFCO) recently completed work for the Juniper offshore gas platform topsides at its facility in La Brea, Trinidad. The project is the largest offshore structure
Polarcus to bareboat second vessel to Sovcomflot
FEBRUARY 9, 2017 — Geophysical company Polarcus Limited is set to bareboat charter a second of the seven seismic vessels in its fleet to the SCF Geo subsidiary of Russia’s Sovcomflot. A
Norwegian players plan OSV sector merger
FEBRUARY 6, 2017 — With tough times persisting in the offshore services sector, stakeholders are planning a three way merger of Solstad Offshore, Farstad Shipping and Deep Sea Supply. What will emerge,
DOF Subsea wins three year IMR agreement
FEBRUARY 3, 2017 — DOF Subsea has been awarded a three-year IMR frame agreement with one of the major oil and gas companies in the Asia Pacific region. DOF Subsea says it
Arctech names first of Sovcomflot Sakhalin-2 support vessels
JANUARY 31, 2017 — Finland’s Arctech Helsinki Shipyard yesterday held a naming ceremony for a new ice-breaking platform supply vessel (IBSV) commissioned by Russia’s SCF Group (Sovcomflot). Named for Gennadiy Nevelskoy (1813-1876),
Reach takes Havila Shipping vessel for three years
JANUARY 23, 2016 — Haugesund, Norway, headquartered Reach Subsea has entered into an agreement with Havila Shipping ASA for use of the subsea vessel Havila Subsea for three years. The agreement also
VIDEO: Ulstein Verft delivers its largest OCV yet
JANUARY 20, 2017 — Norway’s Ulstein Group has delivered Island Venture, the largest Offshore Construction Vessel (OCV) yet built at its Ulstein Verft shipyard. Owned by Island Ventures 5 LLC, a joint
Emerson solution picked for Sleipnir ballast control system
JANUARY 5, 2017 — Heerema Marine Contractors has chosen Emerson Automation Solutions to provide a valve remote control (VRC) system for the world’s largest semi-submersible offshore crane vessel, SSCV Sleipnir, currently under