Prospector Offshore orders two more jack-ups at Shanghai Waigaoqiao

Oslo-listed Prospector Offshore Drilling S.A. (PROS) reports that it has entered into a turnkey contract for the construction of two additional high specification harsh environment F&G JU-2000E jack-up drilling rigs at the

Two Tidewater PSV newbuilds will have Thrustmaster propulsion systems

Two 92.4 m platform supply vessels ordered from Fincantieri Marine Group’s Bay Shipbuilding by Tidewater Marine (see earlier report) are to have Thrustmaster of Texas Inc. propulsion systems. The main propulsion system

TransAtlantic takes delivery of ice class AHTS

Sweden’s Rederi AB TransAtlantic has taken delivery of Magne Viking, the third in a series of four newbuild AHTS vessels from the Astilleros Zamakona S.A shipyard in Spain. The vessel will be

Zheijang Shipyard delivers first of 10 IMR vessels to Bourbon

The Ungundja, the first of 10 DP-3, 100-meter GPA 696 IMR (Inspection, Maintenance & Repair) vessels, was recently delivered by China’s Zheijang Shipyard, part of the Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group, to Paris-based Bourbon

Nam Cheong finds customer for three AHTS newbuilds

Malaysia-based OSV shipbuilder Nam Cheong has sold three of nine 5,150 bhp Anchor Handling Towing Supply vessels that are currently being built for stock. Contracts worth a total $38 million have been

Gulmar newbuild diving/ROV support vessel heads for Brazil

Sharjah, UAE, headquartered Gulmar Offshore Limited reports that its diving/ROV support vessel Gulmar Atlantis is now on its maiden voyage from Singapore to start a minimum 6 months contract in Brazil. “Brazil

Petrobras oil and gas output increases over last year

State-owned oil company Petrobras said its oil and natural gas output in Brazil for June jumped 4% ias compared with a year earlier. Production was 2,407,366 barrels of oil equivalent per day

Polarcus secures $410 million bank facility

Dubai-based marine geophysical specialist Polarcus Limited (OAX: PLCS) says that it has signed a term sheet for a bank facility of $410 million with DnB NOR Bank ASA and DVB Bank SE,

New contracts extend Otto Marine OSV operating horizons

Singapore’s Otto Marine Limited says that its Karp Marine Limited unit has secured vessel operating contracts worth US$15 million for three of the group’s offshore service vessels. These contracts mark the Group’s

Siemens equipment for first German-built wind farm installation vessel

J. J. Sietas KG of Hamburg is the first German shipyard to build an installation vessel for the erection of offshore wind farms. Siemens Marine Solutions will supply the ship’s diesel-electric propulsion

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