Keppel FELS books $218 million jack-up order

FEBRUARY 6, 2013 — Singapore’s Keppel FELS shipyard  has secured a $218 million contract from UMW Drilling 8 (L) Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of UMW Oil & Gas Corporation Sdn. Bhd. (UMW

Impairment charges hit Tidewater net earnings

FEBRUARY 5, 2014 — The most recent Annual Report from offshore services giant Tidewater Inc. (NYSE:TDW) was full of all sorts of imagery of runners, with the one sporting the company’s logo

Ensco sells two oldies

FEBRUARY 4, 2014 —  Offshore drilling contractor Ensco plc (ESV) has sold its two remaining cold-stacked jack-up rigs for $33 million. The net book value of the two rigs, ENSCO 69 and

Edison Chouest acquires Bee Mar Platform Supply Vessels

FEBRUARY 3, 2014—Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO), Galliano, LA, has acquired “effectively all of the assets” of the fleet of Bee Mar, LLC, Broussard, LA, according to a senior executive at Bollinger Shipyards.

Jackson Offshore PSV series debuts new GPA bow design

FEBRUARY 3, 2014 — The four 76-meter (252 ft) platform supply vessels building forJackson Offshore Operators at BAE Systems Jacksonville, FL, shipyard are the first in a new GPA 675J PSV series

Zamakona Shipyard launches Field Support Vessel

FEBRUARY 3, 2014—Spain’s Zamakona Yards Group recently launched the 66.8m Field Support Vessel Ocean Marlin at its shipyard in Pasajes in Northern Spain. The Ocean Marlin is the second in a series

Fourth GPA 696 delivered to Bourbon

FEBRUARY 3, 2014 — Seattle-based naval architecture and marine engineering company Guido Perla & Associates, Inc. (GPA) has marked its beginning of 2014 with the successful delivery of the GPA 696 IMR

Promar orders two PSVs from Damen Shipyards

JANUARY 31, 20014 — Geneva, Switzerland, headquartered Promar Shipping Services SA has ordered two platform supply vessels from Damen Shipyards Group. The first of the two Damen PSV 3300 design vessels will

Kongsberg to be major supplier for Petrofac newbuild

JANUARY 30, 2014 — Norway’s Kongsberg Maritime will be the supplier and integrator of all electrical, telecom and integrated control systems for the new Petrofac JSD 6000 deepwater derrick lay vessel (see

Farstad OCVs to be Rolls-Royce DP3 equipped

JANUARY 29, 2014 — Rolls-Royce has signed a contract with shipbuilding group Vard that will see its latest DP3 dynamic positioning system installed on two new offshore construction vessels on order for

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