Scottish offshore wind farm Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) has entered the first phase of offshore construction, with Saipem’s vessel S7000 set to start installing pile casings at the site some 15 kilometres off the Fife coast. The 197.5-metre semi-submersible crane vessel will also prepare the seabed for t
Ventus Marine has taken delivery of crew transfer vessel (CTV) Ventus Lugang which will service the Formosa 1 offshore wind project in Taiwan. Ventus Lugang was delivered on 1 August at the Port of Kaohsiung and will join its sisters CTV Ventus Beigang and service accommodation transfer vessel (SATV
Canadian shipping company Canada Steamship Lines has sold the 35,656 dwt self-unloader MV Salarium for demolition in Turkey.
Solstad Offshore has secured a contract with Ocean Installer for a high capacity construction support vessel (CSV) Normand Vision. The contract starts in 1Q and the firm and optional periods cover the majority of 2021, Solstad said on Thursday. Built in 2014 by Vard, the Normand Vision is capable of
China’s OuYang Offshore has awarded AqualisBraemar the construction supervision contract for two newbuild self-elevating wind turbine installation vessels (WTIVs). The vessels, OuYang 003 and OuYang 004, will be constructed at the Dayang Offshore Equipment’s shipyard in China. AqualisBraemar’s on-si
Oceanteam’s construction support vessel (CSV) Southern Ocean has secured a new contract with Fugro Australia. The works on this contract offshore Australia are scheduled to begin in Q4 2020. The works are expected to have a duration of approximately 30 days. Henk van den IJssel, CEO of Oceanteam, sa
Hermitage Offshore and 28 subsidiaries have filed for voluntary Chapter 11 petitions amid global oil slump and coronavirus pandemic.
The first in a series of six LNG-powered neo-Panamax containerships being built for Singapore’s Eastern Pacific Shipping has completed gas trials in South Korea. The ship named Tenere will be chartered by CMA CGM that is also building a series of giant LNG-fueled vessels. The French firm will charte
A Vietnam-flagged cargo vessel ran aground in the waters between Nagubat Island and Liwagao Island in Antique, the Philippines, on 13 August 2020, the Philippine Coast Guard said.
Norwegian shipping company Flex LNG will add another vessel to its fleet next week boosting the total number of carriers in operation to eight. South Korea’s DSME will deliver the 173,400-cbm Flex Artemis on August 17, according the firm controlled by billionaire John Fredriksen. Once delivered, the
The container terminal in Beirut sustained only minor damages and has restarted its operations, German shipping major Hapag-Lloyd said in an update.
DOF, a Norwegian offshore vessel operator, has sold two of its vessels, one to an unnamed buyer and the other to a recycling yard in Turkey.
Shipbuilder Damen recently launched two 85-tonne bollard pull ASD Tugs 2813 for Boluda Towage Europe at Damen Song Cam Shipyard in Vietnam.
Heerema’s giant semi-submersible crane vessel Sleipnir has removed Shell’s 10100 mT Brent Alpha jacket, which was located in the UK North Sea.
