MacGregor to supply deck equipment for AHTS vessels

JULY 3, 2014—MacGregor, part of Cargotec, recently secured a contract with Marco Polo Shipyard Pte Ltd., Batam, Indonesia, to supply deck equipment for two 76m, 9,000 kW Anchor Handling Tug Supply (AHTS)

U.S. finally moving ahead on offshore wind?

JULY 2, 2014 — After several starts, stops and stalls, offshore wind in the U.S. is starting to pick up a favorable breeze. The U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy

Triyards delivers first BH450 liftboat

JUNE 30, 2014 — Singapore headquartered Triyards has delivered the first liftboat of its BH 450 design. The Group’s first lattice-leg liftboat, the BH 450 stands at more than 130 m (approximately

Otto Marine sells interest in Malaysian JV

JUNE 30, 2014 — Singapore listed Otto Marine Limited’s interest in Malaysian JV Go Marine has gone. The offshore services provider says that its 90%-held subsidiary Go Marine Ship Management (S) Pte

Wärtsilä gensets picked for well intervention vessels

JUNE 30, 2014 — Wärtsilä is to deliver generating sets for the two new well intervention vessels that German shipbuilder Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) is building for Norway’s Siem Offshore. Flensburg, Germany. Siem

HOS Platform Supply Vessel launched at Eastern Shipbuilding

JUNE 29, 2014—Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Panama City, recently launched the M/V HOS Black Watch, the fourth of six HOSMAX 310 design Platform Supply Vessels for Hornbeck Offshore Services (HOS), Covington, LA. Launched

Laney Chouest sworn in as New Orleans Port Commissioner

JUNE 27, 2014 —  Lousiana Governor Bobby Jindal has appointed Laney J. Chouest to the Board of the Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans. Chouest, who was sworn in during yesterday’s

Otto Marine sells three to Malaysian associate

JUNE 27, 2014 — Singapore-listed Otto Marine Limited says that subsidiaries have signed a Memorandum of Agreement to sell three 6,000 bhp AHTS — GO AVIOR, GO HAWK and GO HARRIER —

Total terminates Skandi Aker well intervention contract

JUNE 25, 2014 — Aker Solutions says its subsidiary Aker Oilfield Services has been notified by Total in Angola of the termination of a $250 million, two-year contract for the Skandi Aker

Bourbon takes delivery of 500th vessel

JUNE 25, 2014 — Paris-headquartered Bourbon has celebrated delivery of the 500th vessel. It says that this puts it in control of the world’s largest fleet of vessels operated for the offshore

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