Offshore Vessels News


DOF Inks Extension Deal for Skandi Nomad Subsea Vessel

5 hours ago

Norwegian offshore vessel owner DOF Group has secured a contract extension for its construction support vessel (CSV) Skandi Nomad.The 12-month extension will keep the vessel on firm contract until November 2027.The extension follows the exercise of an existing contract option…

IWS Fleet Hires Kongsberg Maritime to Equip Four CSOV Newbuilds

Oct 13, 2026

Kongsberg Maritime has secured a contract with IWS Fleet, a subsidiary of Integrated Wind Solutions (IWS), to provide vessel design and integrated technology systems for four new commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs) intended for offshore wind operations…

Hampidjan to Supply Heavy-Lifting Slings for Cadeler's Wind Ace

Oct 13, 2026

Hampidjan Advant has signed an agreement with Cadeler to manufacture and supply heavy-duty lifting slings for the East Anglia TWO offshore wind farm project in the North Sea off the east coast of England.The equipment will be used aboard Cadeler's new wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV)…

OEG to Supply Temporary Power for Hornsea 3 Offshore Wind Farm Buildout

Oct 12, 2026

OEG has been awarded a contract by Ørsted to supply temporary power for the construction of the Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm, covering offshore converter station commissioning and wind turbine installation and commissioning activities.Under the contract…

Iran Weighs US Response as Hormuz Reopening Talks Stall

Oct 12, 2026

Iran is still reviewing a US response to its proposal regarding the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and will reply to Washington via intermediaries when the review is over, foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday.Baghaei…

Viking Energy PSV Moves Closer to Ammonia Operations

Oct 09, 2026

Azane Fuel Solutions has received approval from Norway's Directorate for Civil Protection (DSB) to conduct a test bunkering of up to 73 tonnes of ammonia aboard the Viking Energy platform supply vessel (PSV), marking a milestone in its conversion to ammonia propulsion…

Seatrium Signs FSRU Conversion Deal with Excelerate Energy

Oct 08, 2026

Seatrium has secured an engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning (EPCIC) contract from Excelerate Energy to convert an LNG carrier into a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU), with an option for a second conversion…

Cadeler Wraps Up Turbine Installation Job at Poland’s First Offshore Wind Farm

Oct 07, 2026

Danish contractor Cadeler has completed installation of all 76 wind turbines at the 1.2 GW Baltic Power project, Poland's first offshore wind farm, using its jack-up vessels Wind Osprey and Wind Mover.The completion of the turbine campaign moves…

Normand Maximus CSV Set for $125M Ownership Transfer

Oct 06, 2026

Solstad Offshore has exercised an option to purchase the construction support vessel (CSV) Normand Maximus for $125 million via its subsidiary, with the acquisition scheduled to be completed in October 2027.Solstad Offshore’s subsidiary Normand Maximus declared the purchase option on October 6…

MISC Names First of Three LNG Carriers for QatarEnergy

Oct 06, 2026

MISC has named Th’ailib, the first of three new 174,000-cubic-metre liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers secured under long-term charter agreements with QatarEnergy, at Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) in South Korea.Th’ailib will enter a firm 15-year charter with QatarEnergy starting in 2026…

Vard Expands Ship Design Operations in Vietnam

Oct 05, 2026

Norwegian shipbuilder Vard, part of Fincantieri, has opened a new design and engineering office in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and plans to grow its workforce there to more than 40 engineers in the coming years.The new Vard Design and Engineering…

Reach Subsea Keeps Deep Cygnus Subsea Vessel for Another Year

Oct 05, 2026

Reach Subsea has exercised a one-year option to extend the charter for Deep Cygnus subsea vessel from Havila Subsea & Renewables, keeping the vessel in its fleet through March 2028.The original charter, announced in July 2022, covered a four-year period with an option for an additional year…

Iran Set to Keep Hormuz Shut Until Seven Demands Are Met

Oct 05, 2026

The Strait of Hormuz will not reopen until seven Iranian conditions set out in a June interim agreement with the US are met, state media reported Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf as saying on Sunday.Iran presented a proposal…

DOF Nears Large Contract for I-Class Vessel

Oct 02, 2026

DOF Group has received a letter of intent for a contract valued at between $50 million and $100 million that would secure work for one of its I-class vessels in the first half of 2028.The scope includes DOF's in-house project management and engineering…

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