STX OSV comments on rumors of sale

Both Singapore-listed STX OSV and its majority shareholder, Oslo-listed STX Europe, have moved to downplay media reports suggesting that a sale of the company is imminent — likely to either Keppel or

IHC Offshore Systems in “hush hush” deal

Mr. W. van der Velde, Chief Technical Officer of Seaway Heavy Lifting and Mr. A.A .Kromhout, Managing Director of IHC Offshore Systems, were all smiles when they signed a recent “hush hush

Hercules liftboat engulfed in fire on adjacent rig

Hercules Offshore (NASDAQ: HERO) reports that the Mako, a 175ft class liftboat operating in Nigeria, was engulfed by a fire that originated on a third-party rig, the KS Endeavor, during the early

Rederi AB Transatlantic takes delivery of AHTS

Sweden’s Rederi AB TransAtlantic (STO:RABTB) has taken delivery of Brage Viking, the fourth in a four vessel AHTS series from Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Zamakona S.A. The vessel will be flagged up in

Dubai based unit to manage class docking of all Bourbon vessels

Paris-headquartered offshore services giant Bourbon has set up a new organization, Bourbon Docking, to help it achieve its target of 95 percent vessel availability. Located in Dubai, Bourbon Docking will manage the

Ezra kicks off 2012 with $120 million of new orders

Lionel Lee, Managing Director of Singapore based Ezra Holdings Limited says two just-announced contract wins worth up to US$120 million demonstrate the group’s “twin engines of growth in offshore support and subsea

OSX Brasil gets funding for Açu Shipbuilding Unit

OSX Brasil S.A. reports that subsidiary OSX Construção Naval S/A has received a  $227.9 million disbursement under a bridge loan entered into with the Brazilian Economic and Social Development Bank (BNDES), for

Odfjell Drilling to build sixth-generation semi for $1.2 billion BP contract

Bergen, Norway, headquartered Odfjell Drilling has been awarded a significant pre-contract award with BP for the provision of a newbuild, semi-submersible offshore drilling unit for use in the U.K.’s West of Shetland

Harvey Gulf picks ABS to class LNG-powered offshore supply vessels

Harvey Gulf International Marine has selected ABS as the classification society for its two new dual fueled LNG-powered offshore supply vessels (OSVs) being constructed at Trinity Offshore LLC. The vessels will be

Moncla Marine acquires Tetra workover barge rigs

Lafayette, La., based Moncla Marine has acquired an inland water workover barge rig fleet from TETRA Applied Technologies, LLC., reports Mike Moncla, COO of the Moncla Companies. The three 24-hour inland workover

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