Island Offshore orders another at Vard
OCTOBER 3, 2014 — Island Offshore, in which the Chouest and Ulstein families are partners, has placed an order with shipbuilder Vard for an 86 m x 18.5 m offshore support vessel.
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Candies newbuild to have Siemens diesel-electric solution
SEPTEMBER 29, 2014 — A 107 m x 22 m Subsea Support & Construction Vessel (SSCV) being built by Otto Candies LLC at its Candies Shipbuilding yard in Houma, LA , is
Edison Chouest Offshore’s new 300 ft Class PSV
SEPTEMBER 26, 2014—Back in May, Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, LA, delivered the Ms. Charlotte, the first in a series of four 300 Class deepwater platform supply vessels for Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO), Galliano,
DNV GL issues guidance on jacking gear
SEPTEMBER 26, 2014—Jack-up rig safety can be severely compromised by jacking gear failure. An incident in which a rig tilted in a Singapore shipyard last year injured 90 workers. In that incident,
F&G approves use of Siemens jacking control system
SEPTEMBER 25, 2014 — According to Siemens, Friede and Goldman, Ltd. (F&G) has confirmed that Siemens jacking control system is approved for use on its jack-up rig designs. F&G customers will now
Delta Subsea charters HOS Bayou
SEPTEMBER 24, 2014 — Montgomery, Texas, headquartered Delta SubSea, LLC reports that it has entered into an agreement with a subsidiary of Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. (NYSE:HOS) for the HOS Bayou, one
Havyard WE design PSV named in Svalbard
SEPTEMBER 22, 2014 — Named this past Saturday at a ceremony in Longyearbyen, Svalbord, the 88.5 m platform supply vessel Polarsyssel is the first vessel built to the Havyard 832 L WE
Incat launches world’s largest fast crew boat
SEPTEMBER 17, 2014 — A 70 m Fast Crew Boat (FCB) was named Muslim Magomayev at a ceremony at Australia’s Incat Tasmania shipyard on Monday, September 15. Designed by Incat Crowther, with
Hyundai Mipo delivers fourth PSV to BP
SEPTEMBER 17, 2014 — Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) reports that its main shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea, has delivered the fourth of four high value platform supply vessels (PSV) ordered by BP
Keppel FELS wins $227 million jack-up order
SEPTEMBER 16, 2016 — Singapore’s Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M), has secured a contract from Gulf Drilling International Ltd. (q.s.c.) of