Category Ship building
Norwegian offshore support vessel owner DOF Subsea has been awarded several contracts in the past weeks. In a statement on Thursday DOF Subsea said that in Asia Pacific, it secured several contracts and work under existing frame agreements, securing utilization of the vessels Skandi Singapore and Skandi Hercules. The scope of work includes project management,
Norwegian offshore shipping company Farstad Shipping has been awarded several new charter contracts for its platform supply vessels (PSVs). Namely, Farstad informed on Monday that BG Tanzania has awarded contracts to the 2012-built PSV Far Skimmer, the 2013-built PSV Far Starling, and another 2013-built PSV Far Sitella to support the company’s drilling operations off the
Brazil’s state-owned oil giant Petrobras has reached a new monthly record in pre-salt oil and natural gas output due to a start-up on Lula Central, in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil. Petrobras said on Thursday that its total production of oil and natural gas in July was of 2.89 million barrels of equivalent oil per
The Malaviya Seven offshore support vessel, detained in UK in June over ‘slave-like’ conditions aboard, has reportedly been released. To remind, the Indian-flagged vessel, with Indian crew, had been detained since June 15, after the authorities in Aberdeen, Scotland, seized the vessel upon the discovery that the owner GOL Offshore had not paid wages to
A newbuild emergency response rescue vessel (ERRV) has been delivered to offshore vessel operator Sentinel Marine by China’s Cosco Shipyard, a 51% owned subsidiary of Cosco Corporation, in Singapore. Cosco said on Tuesday that Cosco Dalian Shipyard delivered the vessel to the buyer and that the delivery documents were signed by Cosco Dalian and the
One of Vroon’s platform supply vessels (PSVs) has been chartered by Ztechnologies to test a new offshore access gangway system in the Dutch section of the North Sea. Vroon reported through its social media channels on Monday that Ztechnologies, a provider of offshore mooring and gangway solutions, chartered the PSV VOS Prime for testing of
GC Rieber Shipping has secured a time charter agreement with Technip Angola for the SURF vessel Polar Onyx. The vessel will conduct SURF and construction duties in Angola. The charter starts prompt and lasts for up to two months. GC Rieber noted that the charter is in direct continuation from the previous charter in UK
Sea Trucks Group, a provider offshore support services to the oil & gas industry, has signed a contract with Enap Sipetrol Argentina for a pipelay construction project for its PIAM Project in the Magallanes Field, offshore Argentina. The scope of work covers engineering, project management and installation of 3 pipelines of various sizes ranging from
Norwegian offshore shipping company Farstad has reached an agreement with its lenders over a delay of its financial covenants. The company on Monday said that as the first step of an economic restructuring of the Farstad group, Farstad and a majority of its secured lenders on June 30, 2016, entered into a standstill and deferral
Oil services company Aibel in Singapore has been awarded the E&P contract for modifications on Woodside Energy’s Ngujima-Yin floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit, offshore Western Australia. The FPSO is part of Woodside’s Greater Enfield Project which was recently approved for development. Greater Enfield is located 60 km off Exmouth in Western Australia. The