Offshore vessel design eyes market trends
By Nick Blenkey, Senior Editorial Consultant With U.S. offshore wind development being put on an indefinite pause, the offshore wind support vessel market outlook for U.S. operators and builders looks to be
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Petrobras signs contracts for 12 new hybrid PSVs
Edison Chouest Offshore’s Brazilian affiliate Bram Offshore is one of two companies that will each build and operate six new hybrid PSVs (platform support vessel) under contracts awarded yesterday by Brazilian energy
ABS wins digital twin FPSO condition monitoring contract
ABS has secured a contract to provide and test a digital twin solution for real-time condition monitoring for a Petrobras floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit. The ABS solution will provide
SeaLoading and Petrobras eye build of new cargo transfer vessel
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) reports that its wholly owned subsidiary, SeaLoading Holding AS has signed a charter contract for the cargo transfer vessel SeaLoader 2 with Petrobras. The two companies have also
Seadrill books Petrobras contracts worth $1.1 billion
In another sign of the uptick in the offshore drilling sector, Brazil’s Petrobras has awarded Seadrill Limited a pair of 1,064-day fixed-term contracts for its drillships West Auriga and West Polaris. Awarded
DOF books Petrobras contracts worth $260 million
Norway’s DOF Group ASA reports that it has won three new service contracts from Petrobras in a competitive bid process. DOF says that they include work within its core service lines of
Offshore drilling: More cold-stack floaters set for reactivation?
With demand for offshore drilling rigs pushing up, will more drilling contractors start reactivating cold-stacked floaters? London-based Maritime Strategies International (MSI) says that, while the market for floaters has long since crossed
Keppel O&M wins $2.9 billion newbuild FPSO contract
Petroleo Brasileiro S.A (Petrobras) has awarded Keppel Offshore & Marine’s Keppel Shipyard subsidiary in Singapore has won an approximately US$2.9 billion order from for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the
DOF books long term Brazil contracts
Norway’s DOF Group reports that Petrobras has awarded new long-term charter and service contracts to Norskan Offshore Ltd and DOF Subsea Serviços Brasil Ltda for AHTS vessels and ROVs. The AHTS 18000
Solstad Offshore books Petrobras contract
Petrobras has awarded, Skudeneshavn, Norway, headquartered Solstad Offshore ASA a new contract for the 2007 built AHTS BOS Turquesa The contract will start in the first quarter of 2022 and is for