Singapore’s conglomerate Keppel has been linked to a conspiracy case in Brazil, involving a now bankrupt drilling contractor Sete Brasil. The Singaporean company said that it, along with its offshore rig building subsidiary Keppel Offshore & Marine, has been named as a defendant in an action started
Engie Fabricom and Iemants completed the load-out of the topside for the 258MW Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm at the ENGIE Fabricom’s Hoboken yard on 30 May. The 1180-tonne topside was placed next to the 985-tonne offshore substation jacket on the pontoon. The jacket was loaded onto the pon
Axis Offshore, a provider of flotels for the offshore oil & gas industry, will dry dock its only operational flotel following Petrobras contract expiry in July 2016. Axis Offshore, a 50/50 joint venture between J. Lauritzen and HitecVision, said in its first quarter 2016 report on Thursday that ordi
After being stuck on Gros Cap Reef in Lake Superior for almost a week, the bulk carrier Roger Blough is now scheduled to undergo lightering operations on June 3, according to US Coast Guard. Plans continue to progress to free the 1972-built bulker, which ran aground on Friday evening, as the USCG se
Omaha-based HDR on Wednesday informed it has been named the owner’s engineer by Kinder Morgan for its Elba Island liquefaction project near Savannah, Georgia.
The Norwegian Civil Aviation Authority has extended the no flight ban on all helicopters of the H225 and AS332L2 type, meaning that the two helicopter types now cannot be used even for the search and rescue missions. To remind, the original ban, excluding SAR missions, has been in place since the fa
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier appointed Casper Toft as its new Managing Director this week. Toft comes from the position of Sales Director for MHI Vestas Offshore. He was working for seven years in business development, sales and marketing at Vestas Offshore. Toft was also involved in the commercial launc
VesselsValue, a well-known website covering the shipping sector and providing values for the shipping vessels, is moving into the offshore market. Namely, the company has launched VesselsValue Offshore, covering the offshore support vessels sector. The VV Offshore database currently has almost 6.000
Woodlands-based Anadarko said Wednesday the company is “strongly committed” to its multi-billion Mozambique LNG project despite the debt crisis in the African country and the oil price downturn. The Mozambican government has admitted in April to the existence of USD1.4bn in undisclosed loans by the
HNZ Group Inc. has won a contract to provide offshore oil and gas helicopter support to Shell’s Philippines subsidiary, Shell Philippines Exploration, BV (SPEX). HNZ New Zealand Limited has been awarded a five-year extension to its existing contract with Shell Philippines Exploration, BV (SPEX). Thi
Hong-Kong-flagged CSC Friendship has been detained by Chinese officials within an investigation into suspected tax evasion on imported oil, Reuters reports citing customs officers from Guangzhou. According to the customs office, the probe is being conducted into suspected smuggling of light cycle oi
Prosafe, an owner and operator of semi-submersible accommodation vessels also known as flotels, is working on a solution regarding the delivery of its newbuild flotel Safe Eurus to better fit its contractual obligations. Prosafe’s capital commitments for the year relate to yard installments, which m
An Italian appeals court has upheld a 16-year prison sentence for the former captain of the ill-fated cruise ship Costa Concordia, Francesco Schettino, according to Reuters. In late April, Schettino’s legal team and the prosecution launched appeals against the sentence ordered by an Italian court in
Offshore contractor Subsea 7 saw its offshore vessel charter with Petrobras terminated earlier than expected. The company said Petrobras terminated the day-rate contract for Subsea 7’s Pipelay Support Vessel (PLSV), Seven Mar, effective 31 May 2016. The vessel was working offshore Brazil. According
