Offshore vessel News

Saudi resumes loadings in Yanbu, DHT fixes VLCC for $55m

Saudi Arabia has resumed tanker loadings at the Yanbu terminal on the Red Sea following an attack on the east – west pipeline which...

Shipowners urge Dangote to support local fleet

Indigenous shipowners have called on major cargo owners, including the Dangote Group, among others, to support local fleet development by offering long-term Contracts of...

South Korean players embark on small-scale LNG commercialization mission

Two South Korean companies, GasEntec and Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI), are pooling resources to commercialize small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) technology. The two companies have...

Denmark opens EU’s first full-scale CO2 storage site

King Frederik X of Denmark has opened the first full-scale CO2 storage site in the EU, led by INEOS Energy, with partners Harbour Energy...

Exmar’s FLNG conversion earns Bureau Veritas’ seal of approval

An approval in principle (AiP) from Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore (BV), part of Bureau Veritas Group, is paving the way for Belgian shipping...

Island Offshore’s second ocean energy construction vessel goes to Norway for completion

The second hybrid power ocean energy construction vessel (OECV) that Norwegian shipbuilder VARD is constructing for compatriot shipping group Island Offshore is on its...

Saipem picks up $350 million subsea job offshore Angola

Italy’s engineering, drilling, and construction services company Saipem has won a roughly $350 million deal with Azule Energy, a joint venture between Italy’s Eni...

New Boskalis rock installation vessel starts work offshore Poland

Boskalis’s recently commissioned subsea rock installation vessel, the Windpiper, has placed the first rock on its maiden project, the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind...

Cochin Shipyard and Drydocks World agree 50:50 India ship repair JV

Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) and DP World’s Drydocks World are set to form a 50:50 joint venture to operate and expand the Indian shipbuilder’s...

Italy’s NextGeo to open office in Germany

Italy-headquartered offshore survey specialist Next Geosolutions (NextGeo) is expanding into Germany with a new office to open in Bremen.According to the company, Bremen’s position...

Norwegian PSV to continue current charter for additional 100 days

The 2015-built platform supply vessel (PSV) Energy Paradise, owned by Norwegian Golden Energy Offshore Services (GEOS), is set to continue working for Peterson Den...

Hapag-Lloyd vessel makes Suez Canal transit

In what appears to be a one-off transit of the Suez Canal, at this point, Hapag-Lloyd’s 14,990 teu Al Jmeliyah transited the Bab el...

Saipem put in charge of commissioning services for Türkiye-bound FPU

Saipem’s scope of work for the Osman Gazi FPU, intended for the development of the Sakarya gas field in the Turkish Black Sea, will...

Shearwater to use electric ROVs for North Sea contract

Norway’s Shearwater Geoservices has secured an ocean bottom node (OBN) survey contract in the North Sea, representing the first commercial deployment of its newly...

Premier integrated offshore services company’ arises as Helix and Hornbeck complete merger

Texas-headquartered offshore energy services provider Helix Energy Solutions and Hornbeck Offshore Services, a Louisiana-headquartered supplier of offshore transport services, have completed their merger, establishing...

Half of Turbines Up at Nordseecluster A

Twenty-two wind turbines are in place at the Nordseecluster A offshore wind farm site, around 50 kilometres north of the German island of Juist,...

Iran threatens 45 blacklisted ships with seizure and fines

Iran’s Persian Gulf Strait Authority (PGSA) has published a blacklist of vessels it alleges have violated Iran’s rules for transiting the Strait of Hormuz,...

McDermott clinches over $1 billion EPCI job for ADNOC’s $6.2B giant gas project

U.S. offshore engineering and construction player McDermott has won an engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) assignment for a gas development project off the...

CK Hutchison Holdings seeks more than $1.5bn in Panama port assets damages

CK Hutchison Holdings has formally initiated international investment treaty arbitration proceedings against the Republic of Panama, accusing the country of violating bilateral investment protection...

Green light for Aker BP to deploy Noble and Odfjell Drilling rigs in North Sea

Norwegian authorities have approved drilling activities that Norway’s oil and gas player Aker BP is planning to undertake in the North Sea on the...

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