Offshore vessel News

Port connectivity index reveals tumbling crises are engines of change

The Port Liner Shipping Connectivity Index (PLSCI) scrutinised the fine tuning under liner shipping’s bonnet and found that successive crises during this decade have...

Orient Overseas Container Line’s (OOCL) liftings on transpacific routes were 608,979 teu, up 21.5% in the second quarter of 2026, compared to the year-ago...

Velesto scraps proposed sale of 16-year-old jack-up rig

Malaysia’s Velesto Energy, owner of premium jack-up rigs, has called off a deal to offload a 2010-built jack-up, retaining the rig in its fleet A sale...

Noble’s 2013-built drillship lines up 296-day Southeast Asian job

Noble has secured a new contract for its Noble Viking drillship with an undisclosed company to support offshore drilling operations in Brunei. The deal covers...

Another contract extension with Ocean Installer for Solstad’s advanced CSV

Norway’s Solstad Maritime has secured a contract extension with compatriot marine construction and operations player Ocean Installer, part of the Moreld Group, for an...

Wallenius Wilhelmsen trials Oceanbird wing sail at sea

Oceanbird, a wind propulsion joint venture between Alfa Laval and Wallenius Lines, announced the successful installation and sea trial of its Wing560 on a...

CMA CGM and Asyad Group build new Sohar terminal

France’s CMA CGM announced on 29 June, during the official visit to France by the Sultan of Oman, Haitham bin Tarik, that it had...

Attack on Ever Lovely in Hormuz ‘unprovoked and unjustifiable’ – Singapore

The Singapore-registered container ship Ever Lovely was hit by unknown projectile while leaving the Strait of Hormuz on 25 June. It was the first vessel...

DOF vessel wins ‘very large contract’ in North America

DOF Group has secured a “very large” three-year contract in the North America region for its subsea construction, IRM & ROV services vessel Skandi Involver.The...

2009-built source vessel to work in West Africa for three months

After completing work in the Western Hemisphere, Cyprus-headquartered SeaBird Exploration, a wholly owned subsidiary of SED Energy Holdings, is taking its source vessel to...

First of five Hapag-Lloyd dual-fuel retrofits completed by Everllence

The 10,100 teu Seaspan Yangtze, built in 2014 and chartered to Hapag-Lloyd, has undergone a successful three-month dual-fuel engine retrofit at Cosco Shipping Heavy...

Solstad vessel nets contract extension before upcoming long-term deployment

Norway’s Solstad Maritime has won a contract extension for its 2007-built construction support vessel (CSV) Normand Energy with an undisclosed client,The extension period of...

Chiyoda, NYK and KNCC jointly pursuing global carbon capture and storage projects

Japanese engineering company Chiyoda Corporation, compatriot shipping major Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line), and its Norway-headquartered affiliate Knutsen NYK Carbon Carriers (KNCC) have...

Two new campaigns with Equinor to keep Reach Subsea’s USV at work

Norway’s Reach Subsea has secured two new call‑offs under its frame agreement with compatriot state-owned energy firm Equinor which will see its uncrewed surface...

With well duo online, two more left to go into production mode in Brazil

Brazilian oil and gas company PRIO, formerly known as PetroRio, has started production from the second well at its subsea tie-back project in the...

Shipping in the line of fire – Iran war one month on

The conflict has all but closed the Strait of Hormuz left thousands of ships stranded, and at least 18 vessels struck in direct attacks...

Seadrill’s CCO steps into CEO role

Seadrill, an offshore drilling contractor, has decided to hand the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) position to its Chief Commercial Officer (CCO). Seadrill has made a...

War in Iran – congestion, rerouting of trade and higher fuel prices

Uncertainty remains over how long conflict in the Arabian Gulf will last and the duration of its disruption to shipping and trade It was little...

Hanwha Ocean delivers second of four VLCCs to DHT Holdings

Bermuda-headquartered crude oil tanker company DHT Holdings has taken delivery of the second of four very large crude carriers (VLCCs) being constructed in South...

One oil & gas, two offshore wind campaigns on schedule for TGS’ seismic vessel

Norwegian energy data and intelligence company TGS is set to deploy its seismic vessel Ramform Vanguard for an oil & gas site survey, followed...

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