Offshore vessel News

Japanese long-distance cable-laying vessel receives general design approval

  Japanese classification society ClassNK has issued its General Design Approval (GDA) for a cable-laying vessel (CLV) developed by Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line),...

Kongsberg Maritime equipment ordered for South Korean cable laying vessel

  Norway’s Kongsberg Maritime has been appointed to deliver an integrated technology package for what is said to be South Korea’s first specialized HVDC installation...

Transocean’s backlog stands at $6.1 billion in the wake of $610M rig deals

Within its latest quarterly fleet status report, Transocean confirmed an aggregate incremental backlog associated with new fixtures of approximately $610 million. As a result,...

Surging Oil Tanker Rates Tipped to Go Even Higher

The cost to hire oil supertankers could be headed for the highest levels this decade on the growing risk of a major US attack on Iran,...

NextGeo vessel en route to Middle East to support Saipem

Next Geosolutions’ recently purchased offshore subsea construction vessel (OSCV) is currently en route from Italy to the Middle East to commence operations for Saipem.Last...

Vantage Drilling’s 2010-built drillship lines up multi-year gig in India

Vantage Drilling International, a Bermuda-exempted offshore drilling contractor, has landed a long-term assignment for its 16-year-old drillship off the coast of India with the...

serious work in North Sea and Australia for DOF vessel duo

Norwegian vessel owner DOF Group has secured a new deal in the North Sea for an anchor handling (AH) vessel and prolonged an existing assignment...

MacGregor subsea crane for South Korean floating wind construction vessel

MacGregor will supply a 400-ton active heave compensated (AHC) subsea crane for a new floating wind construction vessel (FWCV) that Jiangsu Dajin Heavy Industry...

South Korean shipyard delivers MOL’s newbuild LPG carrier hired by TotalEnergies

    Japan’s shipping giant Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has taken delivery of a newbuilding LPG dual-fuel very large gas carrier (VLGC) from Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries in...

Valaris drillship undergoing upgrades in Spain as another rig reaches Brazil

A 2014-built drillship, owned by the Bermuda-incorporated offshore drilling contractor Valaris, has come to Brazilian waters ahead of its assignment with Equinor Energy do...

Petrobras scoops up multibillion-dollar oil deals in India

Brazilian state-owned energy giant Petrobras has sealed oil sales agreements with Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL).While...

Cancelled sailings pierce New Year optimism

Container market volatility has continued into the New Year with the expected pre-Lunar New Year rush grinding to a halt well ahead of the...

Subsea construction vessel now ready for inter-array cable installation

  DeepOcean has upgraded a multifunctional subsea support and construction vessel it chartered from Olympic Subsea with dedicated cable-lay and installation capacity for offshore wind.The...

Vantris wins T&I work from Petronas for two field developments offshore Malaysia

Vantris Energy, formerly known as Sapura Energy, will provide transportation and installation (T&I) of offshore facilities for the Sepat and Belud South projects Petronas Carigali...

Dark Mode Exodus: Sanctioned Venezuelan Tankers Slip Past U.S. Oil Blockade

Jan 5 (Reuters) – About a dozen tankers loaded with Venezuelan crude oil and fuel have left the country’s waters in dark mode since the start...

Exmar wraps up its largest ship-to-ship ammonia transfer

Belgian shipping company Exmar has tucked a new milestone under its belt by finishing its largest ship-to-ship (STS) transfer of ammonia to dateWhile revealing...

Customs, NDLEA seize 30.1kg of cocaine hidden on foreign vessel at Apapa port https://maritimetodayonline.com Customs, NDLEA seize 30.1kg of cocaine hidden on foreign...

“This achievement reflects the strong inter-agency synergy between federal government entities and our commitment to intelligence-led enforcement,” he stated. “While criminal elements seek to...

Nigerian Police Arrest 22 Crewmembers After Finding Small Cocaine Shipment

Nigerian authorities have arrested 22 crewmembers from a bulker after finding a small shipment of cocaine aboard the vessel. In November, the bulker Aruna Hulya...

Sanctioned Oil Tanker Goes Aground on the Rocks in Aegean

A sanctioned shadow-fleet tanker has run aground off the coast of Bozcaada, Turkey, prompting a large-scale emergency response. The vessel is the same tanker that...

Customs, NDLEA discover 30 slabs of Cocaine inside ship at Apapa Port

In a significant blow to international drug trafficking networks, officers of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Apapa Area Command, in collaboration with the National...

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