Under-construction semi sinks at shipyard

DECEMBER 30, 2013 — Bergen, Norway, headquartered  Odfjell Drilling reports that on December 28 the semisubmersible offshore drilling rig Deepsea Aberdeen, currently under construction at Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) in

Drydocks World signs MOU with MARS

DECEMBER 12, 2013 — Dubai’s Drydocks World and Maritime World have signed a MOU with MARS Fundusz Inwestycyjny Zamkniety (MARS Closed-End Investment Fund), a Warsaw, Poland, based company, that manages multiple companies

Brazil rig project involves major logistics moves

OCTOBER 25, 2013 — With Brazil’s offshore industry requiring ever bigger and more complex floaters, shipbuilders require increasingly complex logistics solutions to bring components together from different fabrication sites and then transport

Dockwise Vanguard gets drydocking gig

AUGUST 8, 2013 — The  world’s largest semisubmersible Heavy Transport Vessel (HTV), Dockwise Vanguard, was recently used as an alternative to a dry dock. Disney Cruise Line passengers get a view of

Aker Solutions and Statoil cancel Cat B contract

JUNE 24, 2013 — Aker Solutions ASA and Statoil ASA have canceled a contract for delivery of a semisubmersible rig capable of year-round well-intervention services on the Norwegian continental shelf. The companies

Keppel O&M wins order for Caspian Sea semi

JUNE 4, 2013 — Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd through its subsidiaries Caspian Rigbuilders BV (an affiliated company of Keppel FELS) and Caspian Shipyard Company (CSC), has secured a contract from Caspian

Diamond Offshore orders semi at HHI

MAY 29, 2013 — Houston based Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (NYSE: DO) today announced an agreement with South Korean shipbuilding giant Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. to build a new Moss CS60E

Keppel says Naftogaz semi contract has fallen through

MARCH 12, 2013 — It looks like Singapore’s Keppel FELS shipyard won’t be building two Black Sea semisubmersibles for Naftogaz of Ukraine any time soon. Keppel Corporation announced the contract, which would

Justice Department files civil suit against ATP

FEBRUARY 12, 2013 — The United States yesterday filed a civil action in the District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana against ATP Oil & Gas Corporation and ATP Infrastructure Partners,