Oaktree-backed Harkand charters HOS OCV
MARCH 31, 2014 — IRM, survey and light construction contractor Harkand has entered into a charter agreement with Hornbeck Offshore for the Jones Act qualified offshore construction vessel HOS Mystique for a
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SX 157 award biggest yet for Ulstein D&S
MARCH 31, 2014 — Ulstein has released a few more details of the four SX157 design ocean going tugs that Japan’s Niigata Shipbuilding & Repair in Japan will be build for the
Volstad newbuild has permanent magnet tunnel thruster
MARCH 28, 2014 — A Subsea IMR and Construction Vessel under construction for Ålesund, Norway, headquartered Volstad Shipping AS will be the first commercial vessel to be supplied with Rolls-Royce tunnel thrusters
Coastal wins OSV orders, jack-up in works
MARCH 28,2014 — Malaysia’s Coastal Contracts Bhd has reported its first shipbuilding contracts for 2014. Worth a total of approximately RM178 million (about $55 million), they cover three offshore support vessels and
Keeping Canadian oil sands moving
MARCH 27, 2014—Alberta, Canada has some of the world’s largest proven reserves of oil—about 170 billion barrels. Almost all of those reserves are locked away in oil sands (more commonly referred as
Rowan newbuild first with ABS ISQM notation
MARCH 27, 2014 — Classification society ABS reports that Rowan Companies’ newbuild Rowan Renaissance drillship is the first in the world to have earned ABS’ Integrated Software Quality Management (ISQM) notation. Capable
Nordic American Offshore appoints CEO
MARCH 27, 2014 — Tor-Øyvind Bjørkli (42) will join Nordic American Offshore as CEO, effective April 1, 2014. Mr. Bjørkli will be working out of the Oslo office on the same premises
Oceanteam and Diavaz form new company
MARCH 26, 2014 — Oslo-listed Oceanteam Shipping ASA reports that, together with Mexico’s Grupo Diavaz, it has established a new shipping company named DOT Shipping. Oceanteam, whose business includes the owning, chartering
Shipyard De Hoop wins order for Transmix vessel
MARCH 25, 2014 — Shipyard De Hoop, which has shipyards in Lobith and Foxhol in the Netherlands,has won an order to design and construct a 68.23 m x 15. 77 m offshore
Rolls-Royce packages ordered for two more Chellsea PSVs
MARCH 24, 2014 — Rolls-Royce is to provide integrated design and equipment packages for two more offshore supply vessels to be built at COSCO (Guangdong) Shipyard Co., Ltd in China for Singapore