Oil Senegal Support Services (O3S), a homegrown Senegalese operator set up to support servicing the country’s emerging offshore energy sector, has commissioned Incat Crowther and Penguin International to design and construct a
The Cut Off, La., headquartered Chouest group has acquired Aberdeen, Scotland, headquartered ROVOP, a leading remotely operated vehicle (ROV) company that was previously a portfolio company of Bluewater Private Equity. With the
Back in January, the Government Accountability Office issued a report criticizing two U.S. Department of the Interior agencies (BOEM and BSEE) for delays in the decommissioning of end-of-life offshore wells and platforms
Bourbon Mobility, the Paris-headquartered Bourbon Group’s offshore oil and gas personnel transfer business, has ordered six new interfield Surfer crewboats for its West Africa operations. Designed by Marseille based naval architecture firm
There’s a growing interest in subsea vessels able to work in both the oil and gas and offshore wind sectors and now Norway’s Rem Offshore and Myklebust Verft have signed a contract
Singapore boat builder Strategic Marine has delivered two new Gen 4 fast crew boats to Thailand’s Truth Maritime Services. The 42-meter vessels feature business class seats for 70 passengers and enhanced passenger
Seeing a “surge of optimism” in the offshore service vessel market, Ulstein has unveiled a design for a new subsea vessel, the Ulstein SX232, to serve both the fixed and floating offshore
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) reports that its wholly owned subsidiary, SeaLoading Holding AS has signed a charter contract for the cargo transfer vessel SeaLoader 2 with Petrobras. The two companies have also
Worldwide, decommissioning of end-of-life offshore wells and platforms is an important market for a number of specialist offshore service providers. A recent report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) indicates that the
Norwegian shipowners Eidesvik Offshore and Agalas have placed an order at Turkey’s Sefine Shipyard for a state-of-the-art, battery-hybrid methanol-fueled CSV (construction support vessel). It will be owned by an entity to be