A Dutch-based shipping company, Vroon, has announced the launch of its new AHTS vessel, the VOS Character. Vroon announced via social media that the launch took place last Thursday, May 12, at the Fujian Southeast Shipyard in Fuzhou, China. VOS Character is a 65 meters long, 6,500 horsepower, DP-2,
Forum Energy Technologies has promoted Prady Iyyanki to the role of president and chief operating officer. Iyyanki has served as the company’s executive vice president and chief operating officer since January 2014. Before joining Forum, he had 17 years of experience with General Electric managing v
No less than 10 technology developers and associations gathered to found “Friends of Floating Offshore Wind”, a group which will promote the interests of floating offshore wind in Scotland and UK. The group, comprising Pilot Offshore Renewables, Hexicon, RES Offshore, IDEOL, Floating Power Plant, Gl
Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum said a Memorandum of Understanding has been signed with Jordan for the use of excess capacity at the FSRU Golar Eskimo moored in Aqaba.
A number of pirates were repelled from boarding a container ship as they approached the vessel in five skiffs while it was underway in the Gulf of Aden, according to data released from IMB Piracy Reporting Centre. Namely, the pirates were interrupted in their intent when a security team from Solace
Norwegian oil company Statoil has been awarded acreage in five production licences in the Barents Sea, following today’s announcement of results of the 23rd offshore licensing round in Norway. Statoil will operate all five licences and has obligation to drill five exploration wells. “The Norwegian c
A Nigerian national, identified as Robert M. Saigba, has claimed ownership of the mysterious crewless ship Tamaya 1 that washed ashore on Liberian coast on May 3, Agence Africaine de Presse (APA) writes citing a statement from the country’s Defense Ministry. As disclosed, the ship was bought in 2015
It is essential that new orders are placed within the next three to six months for the yard industry to fill up its orderbooks for 2017, according to Danish Ship Finance. The orderbook is rapidly approaching the low levels seen at the start of 2013, but 2016 looks to be a reasonable year for shipbui
Thirteen companies have been offered ten production licences consisting of 40 blocks in total in the 23rd licensing round in Norway. Five of the thirteen companies have been offered operatorship. The licensing round was announced in January 2015, making new exploration acreage available in the south
Norwegian oil company Statoil, has launched an in-house investigation into the helicopter accident on April 29, when a CHC-operated helicopter carrying 13 people crashed near Bergen. The helicopter was flying back to shore from Statoil’s Gullfaks B platform, when the incident happened. All aboard di
BP has announced that the subsea construction vessel (SCV) “Khankendi” was recently re-floated into the Caspian Sea at the Baku Shipyard quay in Azerbaijan. The vessel has been specifically designed and built to install the subsea structures of the giant Shah Deniz Stage 2 gas development project. T
Sri Lanka decided to ditch the plans to build a 500-megawatt coal-fired power plant and turn to an LNG-fired option, according to the country’s petroleum minister Chandima Weerakkody.
Oslo-based benchmarking and market intelligence platform for containerized ocean freight Xeneta is proposing a radical solution in container shipping – the commoditization of containerized freight. With ultra-low container rates, multiple operators being on the brink of bankruptcy, and adversarial r
MG3, a provider of geoscience solutions, has purchased the DP2 vessel MV Ocean Spirit (formerly MV Highland Spirit) to expand its services to the marine geoscience and ROV survey industry. The company said that the multipurpose DP2 vessel will enable it to provide clients with a modern cost-effectiv
