Norway’s DOF Subsea Rederi has ordered a new offshore construction vessel from STX OSV. The order was placed in conjunction with DOF Subsea’s sale of its under-construction newbuild at STX OSV, Skandi
Denmark’s A2SEA (owned 51 percent by DONG Energy and 49 percent by Siemens Wind Power) has signed a contract with Chinese shibuilder COSCO Shipyard Group Co., Ltd., for the construction of a
China’s COSCO (Guangdon) Shipyard Co., Ltd. is to build up to ten Rolls-Royce design UT 771 CDL Platform Supply Vessels for an as yet unnamed “American shipowner.” A stock exchange announcement says
Houston-headquartered Vantage Drilling Company (NYSE Amex: VTG) reports that it has signed a definitive agreement with Valencia Drilling Company to acquire the rights and obligations under the construction contract for the ultra-deepwater
Hercules Offshore, Inc. (Nasdaq: HERO) reports the execution of a definitive agreement to acquire the offshore drilling rig Ocean Columbia from a subsidiary of Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (NYSE: DO – News).
Heavy lift specialist Dockwise Ltd. reports that it has received six new contract awards, totaling $57 million, for execution in the first half of 2012 and in 2015. The wins include a
Island Offshore, in which the Chouest and Ulstein families are partners, has ordered an advanced subsea support vessel from STX OSV. To be built to the Rolls-Royce UT 737 CD design, it
ABS is to class a first-of-its-kind Arctic Containment System (ACS), slated for deployment in June 2012 to serve all exploration activities in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas offshore Alaska. The non self-propelled
The tides of the New Jersey shore have enough energy to power 200,000 homes says a new study released by Natural Currents Energy Services, LLC, a company focused on developing tidal power
Houston headquartered Helix Energy Solutions has placed a $385.5 million order with Singapore’s Jurong Shipyard, a Sembcorp Marine subsidiary. It covers construction of a newbuild semisubmersible well intervention vessel. Owen Kratz, Helix’s