APRIL 12, 2016 — Siem Offshore, through its fully owned subsidiary Siem Offshore Australia Pty Ltd, was today awarded a charter contract by Woodside Energy Limited, Australia for a dual fuel (LNG/MGO)
MARCH 1, 2016 — For the third time this year, Norway’s Farstad Shipping ASA reports the sale of a platform supply vessel at a loss. This time around the vessel is the
JANUARY 22, 2016 — Norway’s Farstad Shipping ASA is booking another loss on the sale of a platform supply vessel. On January 15, it reported the sale of the PSV Far Scandia,
JANUARY 15, 2016 — Norway’s Farstad Shipping ASA today announced the sale of the PSV Far Scandia and says it will take a booked loss of around NOK 8 million (about $900,000)
JANUARY 12, 2016 – Ulstein reports that China’s Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Co., Ltd. launched sister vessels Go Matilda and Go Mundara on January 6 and 8, respectively. The ships are the second
According to the filing, “on December 14, 2015, a subsidiary of GulfMark Offshore, Inc. (“GulfMark”) entered into an agreement with Simek AS to delay the delivery of its North Sea vessel under construction in Norway from 2016 to 2017. Under the original agreement, GulfMark’s subsidiary paid 20% of the construction price within three months of contract inception, and was to pay the remaining 80%, or approximately $33 million, in February 2016 upon delivery. Under the new agreement, GulfMark’s subsidiary will take delivery of the vessel in January 2017 and will pay approximately $2 million in the fourth quarter of 2015, approximately $5 million in the first quarter of 2016, approximately $4 million in the second quarter of 2016 and approximately $22 million in the first quarter of 2017 upon delivery of the vessel.”
Eidesvik also announced that Statoil has entered into an agreement for installation of an Energy Storage System (battery solution) onboard the vessel.
The Viking Energy was the first LNG fueled PSV in the world when it was delivered in 2003, and has been on contract for Statoil since delivery. It will not, though, be the first Eidesvik vessel be retrofitted with a battery solution.
Back in May, Eidesvik announced an agreement with Lundin Norway AS for installation of an Energy Storage System (battery solution) onboard the vessel Viking Queen.
Eidesvik said that the retrofit agreement was possible through a targeted cooperation between itself and Lundin Norway AS. which has the vessel on hire, and lithium ion battery specialist ZEM AS, as supplier of the system.
JULY 7, 2015 —Norwegian shipbuilder Simek AS reports that its Yard No 133 has been sold to Edison Chouest Offshore.This will be the second ship Simek has delivered to Edison Choest, the
JUNE 1, 2015 — Wärtsilä is launching a new Platform Supply Vessel ship design at this year’s Nor-Shipping exhibition being held in Oslo from June 2 to 5. The new design builds
MAY 28, 2015 — China’s COSCO (Guangdong) Shipyard Co., Ltd. has agreed to defer delivery of two of four UT 771 CDL Platform Supply Vessels ordered by an undisclosed “American shipowner” in