Maersk Drilling names giant jack-up
MARCH 24, 2014 — In a ceremony held at the Keppel FELS shipyard, Singapore, March 21, Karen Tiffen, wife of Martin Tiffen, Managing Director of Total E&P Norge AS, named the ultra
Offshore
BP back in the lease sale arena
MARCH 20, 2014 — BP was the high bidder on 24 tracts in yesterday’s Central Gulf of Mexico lease sales with bids for $41.6 million. BP was back in the arena within
DOF Subsea charters third Jones Act vessel
MARCH 20, 2014 — DOF Subsea, a subsidiary of Norway’s DOF ASA, has chartered a third Jones Act vessel to support ongoing operations in the Gulf of Mexico. Following on from the
Damen delivers “Twin Axe” workboat to Njord Offshore
MARCH 18, 2014 — U.K. offshore wind farm support vessel operator Njord Offshore has taken delivery of its first 26 m Twin Axe catamaran work boat from Damen Shipyards Group — just
Jaccar moves to take majority stake in Bourbon
MARCH 17, 2014 — Jaccar Holdings, the private investment company controlled by Jacques de Chateauvieux, Chairman of the Board of Bourbon, is preparing a bid for the Paris headquartered offshore services giant.
Damen completes six vessel PSV series
MARCH 14, 2014 — With the official christening of the World Sapphire, Damen Shipyards has completed the delivery of a six ships series of platform supply vessels to Norwegian company World Wide
Toisa MOCV to have Siemens drive and power solutions
MARCH 13, 2014 — The Ulstein X-bowed multipurpose offshore construction vessel (MOCV) that Hyundai Heavy Industries is building at its Ulsan, South Korea shipyard for Toisa Ltd (see earlier story) will have
Rolls-Royce opens new training center in Brazil
MARCH 12, 2014 — Rolls-Royce has opened a new training center to cater for customers operating vessels with Rolls-Royce systems in Brazil’s deep water oil and gas fields. The center is located
CIMC Raffles books jack-up order
MARCH 12, 2014 — Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore Limited (CIMC Raffles), a wholly-owned subsidiary of CIMC Group, has secured an order from Thaumas Marine, a subsidiary of Malaysia’s Coastal Contracts Bhd, to
Vard gets LOI for its largest ship yet
MARCH 11, 2014 — Vard has received a Letter of Intent from Solstad Offshore for the design and construction of a large offshore subsea construction vessel (OSCV). If firmed up, the contract