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

Norwegian players plan OSV sector merger

FEBRUARY 6, 2017 — With tough times persisting in the offshore services sector, stakeholders are planning a three way merger of Solstad Offshore, Farstad Shipping and Deep Sea Supply. What will emerge,

DOF Subsea wins three year IMR agreement

FEBRUARY 3, 2017 — DOF Subsea has been awarded a three-year IMR frame agreement with one of the major oil and gas companies in the Asia Pacific region. DOF Subsea says it

Baleària orders two more LNG-fueled ferries

FEBRUARY 1, 2017 — Almost exactly one year after ordering a giant 232.2 m LNG fueled “smart” cruise ferry at Spain’s LaNaval shipyard, ferry operator Baleària has signed a EUR 200 million

Arctech names first of Sovcomflot Sakhalin-2 support vessels

JANUARY 31, 2017 — Finland’s Arctech Helsinki Shipyard yesterday held a naming ceremony for a new ice-breaking platform supply vessel (IBSV) commissioned by Russia’s SCF Group (Sovcomflot). Named for Gennadiy Nevelskoy (1813-1876),

Key approval for New York offshore wind farm

JANUARY 26, 2017 — New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the Board of Trustees of the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) voted to approve America’s largest offshore wind farm, and

VIDEO: Ulstein wins order for offshore wind CSV

JANUARY 24, 2017 — Norway’s Ulstein Verft AS shipyard will build a DP2 Construction Support Vessel (CSV) for Netherlands based Acta Marine B.V. Primarily aimed at the offshore wind market, the vessel

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