InterMoor completed its role in the largest foundation installation project offshore Trinidad and Tobago to date. The final stage of the project involved hooking up Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc.’s Ocean Victory semisubmersible drilling rig…
Chinese shipbuilder, SINOPACIFIC Shipbuilding Group won the bid for the construction of nine anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels for Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC) and its wholly owned subsidiary, ESNAAD. The design that won the bid is the SPA80A…
Fugro has added cable-lay services to trenching for offshore windfarm and tidal energy sectors. The company has equipped its trenching vessel, Fugro Saltire, with a compact, custom-made, cable-lay spread that comprises a reel drive system to store the cables…
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is investigating a fatal accident on board anchor handling supply vessel, Skandi Pacific, 166km northwest of Karartha, Western Australia (on the Northwest Shelf). During the early hours of 14 July…
Sea Trucks Group has announced the recent award of its first contract in Brazil. Sea Trucks will provide accommodation support services to Saipem for 300 personnel on board, including lifting operations, storage support and logistic support services for modifications works of an FPSO…
Shell Philippines Exploration agreed to a one-month extension for the firm period for the provision of Prosafe’s Safe Astoria accommodation support vessel at the Malampaya Phase 3 Depletion Compression Project offshore the Philippines. The total value of the firm extension period is US$5 million…
Dutch offshore contractor Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) sealed its deal with Jurong Shipyard to build its new mega-heavy lift crane vessel. HMC had already signed a letter of intent with the Sembcorp Marine subsidiary. Today's engineering and construction contract…
Viking Supply Ships has extended the contract with Eni Norge for the Ice-classed AHTS Njord Viking. The vessel is now firm with Eni Norge till 31st December 2016. Further, the charterer has the option to extend the charter period with 2 x 6 months…
The Fennica icebreaker vessel that Shell planned to use as part of its Chukchi Sea drilling operations had to return to Dutch Harbor in Alaska to undergo repairs after its hull was breeched, Finland-based Arctia Offshore reported today (7 July)…
Triyards has won vessel orders worth US$175 million (which excludes owner furnished equipment), resulting in visibility into the financial year ending 31 August 2017. The vessel orders for two enhanced BH450 series liftboats will be the third and fourth in the series to be built by Triyards…
EMAS Offshore secured three new awards for charters with oil majors in West Africa and Thailand valued at more than US$24 million (including options). In West Africa, EMAS Offshore’s anchor dandling tug and supply (AHTS) vessel will be…
Self-propelled self-elevating support vessels (SESVs) provider Gulf Marine Services (GMS) was awarded its first decommissioning contract for one of its large class vessels in Europe. Image from GMS…
Conductor Installation Services (CIS) completed a subsea piling operation for Subsea 7 in the UK North Sea. CIS used its remotely-operated subsea piling system, which makes it possible to drive piles as large as 42in in diameter, in water depths up to 300m…
This summer, Ampelmann will provide one of its offshore access solutions to enable ‘walk to work’ for a commissioning campaign on Premier Oil’s Solan field, West of Shetland. The Ampelmann system enables the safe and effective transfer of…
Siemens has celebrated the official christenings of the offshore wind industry’s first, purpose-built service operation vessels (SOV). The christening events took place in cooperation with Esvagt, owner of the two vessels, in Rostock, Germany…
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