DOF sells 2001-built UT755L
FEBRUARY 28, 2017 — DOF ASA has sold its 71.9 m UT755L PSV vessel Skandi Waveney, delivered by the shipyard in 2001, to a company outside Norway and not engaged in the
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Farstad Shipping vessels win charter contracts
FEBRUARY 27, 2017 — Norway’s Farstad Shipping ASA has been awarded a number of charter contracts that, says CEO Karl-Johan Bakken, show its ability to to efficiently and safely return vessels from
Environmental regulations to shape tanker market
FEBRUARY 25, 2017—Over the next five years, international environmental regulations will have a major impact on the tanker market, according to a recent report by marine transport advisors McQuilling Services, LLC. In
McDermott acquires former Ceona flag ship
FEBRUARY 21, 2017 — McDermott International, Inc. (NYSE:MDR) has emerged as the new owner of the former flagship of the now defunct U.K. SURF and heavy subsea construction contractor Ceona. When news
Brazilian shipyard delivers 43 m subsea DSV
FEBRUARY 20, 2017 — Brazil’s Arpoador Shipyard has delivered the Oceanicasub V, the second of two Incat Crowther designed 43 m monohull subsea dive support vessels (SDSV) owned and operated by Oceanica
Coast Guard rescues four crew members from lift boat
FEBRUARY 16, 2017 — The Coast Guard rescued four crew members aboard a lift boat, the Superior Trust, as it became unstable near Southwest Pass, Louisiana, yesterday. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans
TOFCO completes milestone Trinidad and Tobago offshore structure
FEBRUARY 12, 2017 —Trinidad Offshore Fabricators Unlimited (TOFCO) recently completed work for the Juniper offshore gas platform topsides at its facility in La Brea, Trinidad. The project is the largest offshore structure
Polarcus to bareboat second vessel to Sovcomflot
FEBRUARY 9, 2017 — Geophysical company Polarcus Limited is set to bareboat charter a second of the seven seismic vessels in its fleet to the SCF Geo subsidiary of Russia’s Sovcomflot. A
Louis Dreyfus orders wind farm vessel at Cemre Shipyard
FEBRUARY 8, 2017 — Louis Dreyfus Armateurs Group, Paris, France, has ordered a new Wind Farm Service Operation Vessel (SOV) based on a design from Salt Ship Design in Stord, Norway. The
New jack-up design targets next gen wind turbines
FEBRUARY 7, 2017— Ulstein and Rotterdam headquartered offshore consultancy SeaOwls have launched a pioneering heavy-lift jack-up vessel design called SOUL aimed at installing the next generation 10-12 MW offshore wind turbines in