China’s ZTT Submarine Cable & System has launched Lan Hai Ling Hang, a new self-propelled cable-laying vessel (CLV) for offshore wind and subsea power interconnection cabling work. According to the company, the vessel is equipped with a 16,000-ton cable carousel, a DP2 dynamic positioning system and
Belgian shipping company Exmar has taken delivery of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier (LNGC), which will be upgraded to function as a floating transshipment unit (FTU), dedicated to the LNG bunkering market.
Greece’s Asso.subsea has reported it was purchasing the inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) vessel Viking Reach from the joint venture of Reach Subsea and Eidesvik Offshore, following the sale announcement from earlier today. It was reported today, August 4, that Eidesvik Reach, in which Eidesv
Bourbon’s new inspection, maintenance, and repair (IMR) vessel has entered into service and is starting its first long-term contract offshore India. Bourbon Evolution 810 has diesel-electric propulsion, is fitted with two active heave-compensated cranes with lifting capacities of 40 and 150 tons, an
Eidesvik Reach, the joint venture of Reach Subsea and Eidesvik Offshore, is selling its 2009-built, 85-meter-long inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) vessel Viking Reach. The joint venture, in which Eidesvik holds a 50.1% ownership interest and Reach Subsea 49.9%, has entered into a memorandum
MidOcean Energy, a liquefied natural gas (LNG) player formed and managed by the U.S.-headquartered investment company EIG Global Energy Partners (EIG), has secured another investment, which enables Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK), Japan’s shipping and logistics major, to widen its LNG footprint.
Huisman has been selected to deliver advanced lifting and handling systems for an offshore installation vessel being built for the joint venture (JV) of Norwegian Solstad Offshore and Netherlands-based SBM Offshore. Awarded by CIMC Raffles Offshore, the contract will see Huisman deliver an integrate
The first of two hybrid power ocean energy construction vessels (OECVs) that Norwegian shipbuilder VARD is building for compatriot shipping group Island Offshore has arrived in Norway from Romania for the final phase of outfitting. Island Offshore placed an order with VARD for the design and constru
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 & gas company Petrobras. Under the contract amendments, Skandi Buzios has been awarded a 516-day extension and Skandi Recife a 550-day extension. Prev
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 offshore wind farm site in the Polish sector of the Baltic Sea. In an update posted on social media, Boskalis said the SRI vessel will load 45,500 metric tons of
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 construction support projects said to be beyond their traditional scope. POSH reported on July 30 that its multi-purpose servic
Norwegian vessel owner and operator Golden Energy Offshore Services (GEOS) has secured a term contract valued at approximately £4.85 million (over €5.6 million) for one of its platform supply vessels (PSVs) to be deployed on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). The contract for the PSV Energy Pace was a
The vessel fleet required for first phase operations of the Northern Lights CO2 project in Norway has been completed with the arrival of the fourth liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2) carrier from China. Northern Purpose, custom-designed to transport liquefied CO2 as part of the world’s first cross-bord
BC Ventures, a 50/50 joint venture between subsidiaries of Bermuda-based Borr Drilling and CME as its long-term well construction partner in Mexico, has completed the acquisition of five jack-up rigs from Fontis Finance, an indirect subsidiary of Bermuda-headquartered Paratus Energy Services. For a
