FEBRUARY 5, 2014 — Eastern Shipbuilding Group’s Allonton Shipyard, Panama City, FL, last month launched the sixth of twelve offshore service vessels it is building for Hornbeck Offshore Services. The vessel, the
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
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
JANUARY 23, 2014—Amid a positive outlook for the offshore oil and gas industry in 2014, senior oil and gas professionals are forecasting tighter monitoring of capital expenditures (CAPEX) this year, according to
JANUARY 22, 2014—Marine Assets Corporation, headquartered in Dubai, UAE, recently handed over the Compact Semi-Submersible (CSS) Olympia, a DP-3 Accommodation Vessel, to Brazil’s Gran Energia. The accommodation vessel will go to work
JANUARY 17, 2014—Beacon Holdings Group has ordered a harsh environment ice class semi-submersible GM4-D rig from offshore rig builder Yantai CIMC Raffles that will be delivered in the fourth quarter of 2016.
DECEMBER 18, 2013 — Rederi AB TransAtlantic subsidiary Viking Supply Ships (VSS)(OSE:VSS01) has opened an office in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. Viking Supply Ships has had several vessels working in Canada over
DECEMBER 17, 2013 — Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen has been appointed president of DNV GL Maritime. He will take on the role January 1, 2014. He will be member of the DNV GL Executive
OCTOBER 23, 2013—One of the largest shipbuilders of offshore service vessels in the world, Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc., Panama City, FL, continues to launch and deliver new tonnage for the deepwater Gulf
OCTOBER 15, 2013—The U.K.’s Osiris Hydrographic & Geophysical Projects, part of Bibby Marine Survey Services, has begun construction of a sister ship to the SWATH survey vessel Bibby Tethra. To be called