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ABB to equip Allseas’ new offshore converter station transport vessel

ABB has secured a contract with Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) to supply the power and propulsion package for Allseas’ new semi-submersible heavy transport vessel...

Dragon roars with record power in Faroe Islands: Minesto hits new tidal energy output milestone

Swedish tidal energy developer Minesto has revealed an electricity generation record in the Faroe Islands, where its tidal power plant set a new production...

TGS on 4D streamer acquisition duty in Australian waters

Norwegian energy data and intelligence company TGS has picked up a new 4D streamer acquisition assignment off the coast of Australia. TGS has secured the...

More offshore drilling work for Seadrill rig trio in US Gulf and Malaysia

Seadrill, a Bermuda-headquartered offshore drilling contractor, hasĀ obtained multimillion-dollar deals and extensions of existing assignments for a semi-submersible rig and two drillships in the Americas...

Multimillion-dollar jobs take DOF’s vessel pair to Americas

DOF Group, a Norwegian operator and owner of a fleet of advanced vessels for the energy and marine sectors, has lined up work for...

Noble’s 2014-built jack-up rig scoops up new P&A job with ConocoPhillips

Noble Corporation, a U.S.-based offshore drilling giant, has lined up a new assignment for a 12-year-old jack-up rig off the coast of Norway with...

Panama Canal reduces draught for neo-Panamax locks

The Panama Canal has announced in an Advisory to Shipping that it will reduce draught for vessels transiting in the neo-Panamax locks from 26...

Mermaid Maritime establishes formal US presence

Thailand-headquartered subsea and offshore drilling services company Mermaid Maritime Public Company Limited is continuing its geographical expansion journey with the establishment of a formal...

Latest chapter up and running at Chinese oilfield project housing 19 offshore platforms

Chinese state-owned oil and gas giant China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC)Ā and its partner, the U.S.-headquartered energy firm ConocoPhillips, have brought online the next...

Murphy closing in on first oil from Southeast Asian offshore project

Houston-headquartered oil and gas company Murphy Oil is making inroads in developing an oil field off the coast of Vietnam, with the start-up on...

Stakeholders decry overlapping maritime regulation

Stakeholders have lamented that overregulation and regulatory overlap are affecting operations in the nation’s maritime industry. The concerns were raised last week at a shipping...

Lekki Port recommits to top security standards

The management of Lekki Port, promoters of Lekki Deep Seaport, has restated its commitment to maintaining the highest standards of security, operational excellence and...

2014-built drillship sports new equipment amid Noble’s upbeat rig market outlook

Noble Corporation, a U.S.-based offshore drilling giant, has fitted one of its drillships with new equipment, reflecting its confidence in a strengthening offshore drilling...

PLSVs owned by DOF-TechnipFMC JV get more time with Petrobras

Two pipelay support vessels (PLSVs) owned by a joint venture of DOF Group and TechnipFMC have secured long-term contract extensions with Brazil’s oil &...

Hybrid ocean energy construction vessel reaches Norway for completion

The first of two hybrid power ocean energy construction vessels (OECVs) that Norwegian shipbuilder VARD is building for compatriot shipping group Island Offshore has...

Shearwater to explore carbon storage potential in Australian waters

Norwegian Shearwater GeoServices has been tasked with a seismic survey offshore Australia to explore carbon storage potential in the Bonaparte Basin, marking its second...

New contracts for Singaporean vessels after completing activities ā€˜beyond their traditional scope’

Three vessels owned by Singapore’s offshore marine solutions company PACC Offshore Services Holdings (POSH) have secured new offshore contracts after completing a series of...

Local company to carry out soil investigations for Malaysian CCS developments

Malaysian offshore soil investigation and geotechnical engineering services company Helms Geomarine has been selected to support Petronas’ carbon capture and storage (CCS) developments in...

Boskalis’ new subsea rock installation vessel starts work on Polish offshore wind project

Boskalis’s new subsea rock installation (SRI) vessel Windpiper has departed the Port of Rotterdam to pick up its first load and sail to an...

Houthi threat brings Bab El-Mandeb crossings down another 50%

The number of vessels transiting the Bab El-Mandeb Strait into and out of the Red Sea averaged 31 per day over 25-26 July, according...

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