Oceanteam settles IP suit out of court

FEBRUARY 15, 2016 — Norwegian operator Oceanteam reports that it has reached an out of court settlement over an intellectual property infringement case that it filed against ship design specialist Sawicon AS

Sete woes help push Sembcorp Marine into loss

FEBRUARY 15, 2016 — Singapore based Sembcorp Marine posted a 2015 net loss of Singapore $290 million (US $207.3 million) on revenues of  Singapore $4.97 billion, down 15% from FY 2014’s Singapore

LNG fueling facility is another first for Harvey Gulf

FEBRUARY 12, 2016 — New Orleans headquartered Harvey Gulf International Marine has opened the first marine LNG fueling terminal in North America. Less than one year after taking delivery of Ameica’s first

Mitsui takes $95 million hit on Teekay AHTS quartet

FEBRUARY 12, 2016 — Japan’s shipbuilder Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (MES)  is facing a $95 million loss on the four 306 ton bollard pull Ulstein SX157 design ocean going AHTS

Eidesvik gets first offshore wind sector contract

FEBRUARY 9, 2016 — Norwegian offshore service vessel specialist Eidesvik has chartered its subsea vessel Acergy Viking to Siemens Wind Power for nine months as an accommodation and service vessel in German

Grounded wind turbine installation barge capsizes

FEBRUARY 4, 2016 – Danish offshore windfarm installation specialist A2Sea reports that, due to harsh weather, its jack-up installation barge Sea Worker capsized Tuesday night while still grounded after a January 27

MacGregor claims major advance in handling loads at depth

FEBRUARY 3, 2016 —In what its Vice President, R&D and Technology, Baard Trondahl Alsaker calls “an important advance for handling loads at depth,” Cargotec Corporation’s MacGregor subsidiary and Parkburn Precision Handling Systems

Chinese yard to build Zentech-design liftboats

FEBRUARY 2, 2016—Zentech Incorporated, Houston, TX, has signed contracts with China’s CSSC Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding Company Limited for the construction of two Z-210 Mobile Offshore Units. These contracts were finalized based on

BP pulls plug on Support Vessel contract with Oceaneering

FEBRUARY 2, 2016 — Oceaneering International, Inc. (NYSE: OII) reports that a unit of BP p.l.c.  (NYSE: BP) has exercised its right, under a Field Support Vessel Services contract that was entered

Polarcus trims executive positions

FEBRUARY 1, 2016 — More heads are rolling at seismic vessel operator Polarcus under what the geophysical company says is a plan providing it with “a business model to withstand a prolonged

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