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Kongsberg Bags Equipment Supply Order for DOF’s New OSV

Apr 02, 2025

Kongsberg Maritime has secured a contract to supply an integrated package of equipment for a new Offshore Support Vessel (OSV) being built for ship owner DOF.The new 110-meter OSV, with a capacity to accommodate 164 people, is designed by MMC…

Petrobras Ups Ship Orders to 48 by 2026

Mar 02, 2025

Brazilian state-run oil firm Petrobras will commission four more support vessels by 2026, Chief Executive Magda Chambriard told Reuters, increasing the number of new ships aimed at supporting its operations to 48 by 2026.The reinforcement of…

Tidewater's 2024 Net Income Jumps

Feb 27, 2025

Tidewater has announced that its net income for the 12 months ended December 31, 2024 was $180.7 million, compared to $97.2 million for the previous year.The company’s revenue for the three and 12 months ended December 31, 2024 of $345.1 million and $1…

Havila Shipping Reports Stable Q4 2024 Results

Feb 26, 2025

Havila Shipping ASA announces its Q4 2024 financial results, highlighting steady freight revenues, strong fleet utilization, and the successful completion of a major debt restructuring.Key Financial Highlights (Q4 2024):Freight revenues: NOK 148…

WFW Advises Eurazeo on Investment in Offshore Service Vessel Platform

Feb 19, 2025

Watson Farley & Williams (‘WFW’) advised Eurazeo, acting as lead investor via its Eurazeo Transition Infrastructure Fund, on a $73m investment in new offshore service vessel platform MPC OSE Offshore. The platform, a joint venture between MPC Capital and O…

Offshore Service Vessels: What’s in Store in 2025

Dec 19, 2024

After what we would argue has been an incredibly eventful 2024 with massive deals, tremendous dayrate developments, further charterer backlog build, and the first series of newbuild orders in years, now comes the time when we turn our gaze towards 2025…

Huisman Hooks Crane Supply Deal for Sea1 Offshore’s New Vessels

Nov 28, 2024

Crane specialist Huisman has secured a contract for the delivery of two 250 mt Knuckle Boom Cranes, which will be installed on the Sea1 Offshore’s new offshore energy support vessel.The contract was signed with COSCO (Qidong) Offshore. The cranes…

OSV 2Q Recap: Entering the Capital Distribution Phase

Oct 24, 2024

The OSV sector has concluded its second quarter earnings season, marking another quarter with strong profitability and favorable market conditions. However, negative oil market sentiment, with the Brent price down by 19% since the start of July…

MSI: Offshore Vessel Market Rebounds as Investors Reactivate Earlier Contracts

Sep 30, 2024

Strong confidence in the offshore vessel market has seen orders placed in the previous market upcycle re-activated to take advantage of renewed investor interest, according to a new report from Maritime Strategies International (MSI).In its…

North Sea Realism in a Busy Market

Aug 28, 2024

The offshore support vessel (OSV) market is very much a global industry where ships frequently mobilize between regional markets. This offers far more opportunities than markets more closely linked to their specific local geography and operational patterns…

Bourbon, Opsealog Form Digital Partnership to Cut OSV Fleet Emissions

Jul 18, 2024

Enhanced fleet monitoring and data-driven optimization will be deployed across Bourbon’s global marine and logistics fleet of 104 vessels as part of partnership with Opsealog, aimed at boosting efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions…

Does an OSV Newbuild Boom Loom?

Jun 26, 2024

The market for offshore support vessels has experienced tremendous development in the last couple of years. And while we expect the market to continue its positive journey, we would argue that, at least on an overall basis, the market has already recovered to healthy levels at the time of writing…

Subsea Vessel Market is Full Steam Ahead

Apr 23, 2024

Since our last market update in the subsea space about a year ago both our current market view and forecasts have strengthened significantly.While the demand picture is looking solid and arguing for a strong multi-year upcycle, the supply side…

The APAC Offshore Market: Riding the Wave of Success into 2024 and Beyond

Feb 23, 2024

2023 was the first year of real recovery for owners in the offshore supply market and yet we have barely skimmed the surface of what’s to come.The market is still on an upward trajectory with charter rates accelerating month-by-month, availability changing day-by-day…

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