Congress members object to CBP Jones Act move
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is going ahead with changes in its interpretations of the Jones Act that it first proposed October 23. causing considerable concern in some areas of the
Offshore
Banks take control of Bourbon assets
The assets of French offshore services giant Bourbon, which filed for court protection in back in July disclosing liabilities of over $1 billion, have been sold to a group of leading banks.
Shane Guidry takes 100% ownership of Q-LNG
Shane Guidry, CEO of Harvey Gulf International Marine, said today that he has purchased Harvey Gulf’s 30 percent ownership stake in Quality Liquefied Natural Gas Transport (Q-LNG). Guidry previously owned 70 percent
ABS awards Vard Approval in Principle for Jones Act SOV
Vard Marine Inc. has been awarded ABS Approval in Principle (AiP) t for its design of a Jones Act wind farm service operations vessel (SOV). The AiP is for a customized version
New Inmarsat service is aimed primarily at OSV operators
Inmarsat will extend its service portfolio for customers with the launch of Fleet LTE, following an agreement with subsea fiber and offshore LTE network operator, Tampnet. The new service which is primarily
Blount Boats to build two Chartwell designed CTVs for Atlantic Wind Transfers
North Kingston, R.I., headquartered offshore wind farm support company Atlantic Wind Transfers has placed an order with Warren, R.I., shipyard Blount Boats for two state-of the-art Chartwell 24 Crew Transfer Vessels (CTVs).
Jan De Nul orders giant crane ship
Belgium based Jan De Nul Group has ordered a giant crane ship at the CMHI Haimen Shipyard in China. To be called Les Alizés, it is aimed primarily at installation of new
Pirates snatch seven crew members from Swire Pacific AHTS
Swire Pacific Offshore (SPO) yesterday confirmed that its 2002-built, Singapore flagged AHTS Pacific Warden, was attacked offshore Equatorial Guinea on November 20, 2019 at approximately 05:00 local time. The vessel was supporting
Golden Energy Offshore and Kongsberg collaboration cuts operational fuel consumption
Norwegian offshore service vessel (OSV) owner and operator Golden Energy Offshore reports that its long-term collaboration on vessel performance monitoring with Kongsberg Maritime and deployment of Kongsberg’s containerized SAVe Energy battery system
Wight Shipyard calls hybrid SES crew transfer vessel a “game changer”
Britain’s Wight Shipyard Co. has released some more details of the first-of-its-kind hybrid surface effect crew transfer vessel that it is to build for offshore wind support specialist CWind. The SES will