DNV GL carries out first offshore drone survey
AUGUST 14, 2017 — DNV GL surveyors have carried out the classification society’s first offshore drone survey on the semisubmersible vessel Safe Scandinavia in the North Sea. The 25,383 GT tender support
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Solstad Farstad AHT wins Brazil contract
AUGUST 14, 2017 — Queiroz Galvão Exploração e Produção S.A has awarded Solstad Farstad ASA (SOFF) a two-year firm contract for the AHTS BOS Turmalina. The 14,200 bhp UT 722 L design
M2 Subsea and Harvey Gulf in ROV services alliance
AUGUST 11, 2017 — ROV services provider M2 Subsea has formed an alliance with Harvey Gulf International Marine to provide subsea ROV services in the Gulf of Mexico. M2 Subsea’s ROVs will
Kleven finds new buyer for completed newbuild
AUGUST 9, 2017 — Norway’s Kleven shipyard has found a buyer for its Yard no. 379. The Marin Teknikk MT 6015 design offshore multipurpose vessel has gone to an unnamed “international player.” It
Russian gas pipeline prompts growth in Black Sea
AUGUST 4, 2017—Responding to what it sees as “significant growth” in the Black Sea harbor towing and offshore work market, Dutch towing and salvage specialist Multraship is transferring its 63-ton bollard pull
DONG Energy, Dominion developing Virginia wind farm
AUGUST 3, 2017— Dominion Energy Virginia recently signed an agreement and strategic partnership with Denmark’s DONG Energy to build two 6 MW turbines about 27 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach in
Seacat Services’ cats support U.K. offshore wind farm
AUGUST 2, 2017—The U.K.’s Galloper Wind Farm, currently under construction 30 km off the coast of Suffolk, will come on line in 2018, generating enough power for up to 336,000 homes. Starting
Tidewater emerges from Chapter 11 bankruptcy
JULY 31, 2017 — Offshore services giant Tidewater Inc. (NYSE: TDW) reports that effective today, the company and its affiliated chapter 11 debtors have emerged from bankruptcy after successfully completing its reorganization
Exmar takes delivery of world’s first FLNG barge
JULY 28, 2017 — Exmar has taken delivery of he world’s first barge-based floating natural gas liquefaction and storage, the Caribbean FLNG (CFLNG), from Chinese shipbuilder Wison Offshore & Marine. Delivery took
France’s first wind farm to feature floating wind turbines
JULY 27, 2017—While the United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark and others in Europe have embraced offshore wind energy, France has not yet installed any turbines offshore. That will change this year, however, with