Offshore Construction Vessel News


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…

DOF Group Awards North Sea Subsea Decommissioning Contract

Oct 12, 2026

DOF Group ASA announced the award of a significant contract with a North Sea operator for a subsea decommissioning campaign.The contract scope includes project management, engineering, offshore execution and disposal services for the removal…

EDF Takes Lead on Five Estuaries Offshore Wind Project as RWE Exits

Oct 12, 2026

RWE has completed the sale of its 33.33% stake in the 1.1 GW Five Estuaries offshore wind farm project in the U.K. to EDF power solutions UK and Ireland, with EDF taking over responsibility for leading the development on behalf of the joint venture partners…

Eni Agrees Indonesian Gas Asset Sales to Pertamina and Medco

Oct 12, 2026

Eni has signed two binding agreements to sell 10% interests in seven production sharing contracts (PSCs) in Indonesia to Pertamina and Medco, covering assets operated by its joint venture with Petronas.Under the first agreement, Eni will sell its 10% interests in the East Sepinggan…

Rockhopper Commits $44M to Second Sea Lion FPSO

Oct 08, 2026

Rockhopper Exploration has agreed to invest $44 million to acquire a 35% interest in the OSX-1 floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, which is planned for the accelerated development of the Sea Lion oil field in the North Falkland Basin…

Equinor Finds More Gas at Gullfaks Field in North Sea

Oct 08, 2026

Equinor and its partners have made a gas discovery at the Gullfaks South field in the Norwegian North Sea, with estimated recoverable resources of between 3.3 million and 10.3 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe).The discovery, located about 190 kilometers northwest of Bergen…

Framo Signs Record Pump Service Deal for Petrobras FPSO Fleet

Oct 07, 2026

Framo has signed a four-year agreement with Petrobras to inspect and maintain pumping systems across the Brazilian energy company's fleet of about 30 floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) units, in what the Norwegian pump manufacturer…

Chevron Joins SLB, TotalEnergies Digital Subsurface Collaboration

Oct 06, 2026

Chevron Technical Center has joined a long-term digital subsurface collaboration between SLB and TotalEnergies to co-develop technologies for reservoir engineering and geoscience.The collaboration, known as Arena, was established by SLB and…

MacGregor to Equip IWS’ Four Skywalker-Class CSOV Newbuilds

Oct 06, 2026

MacGregor has received an order from Nantong Rainbow Offshore & Engineering Equipment to supply motion-compensated cranes and gangways for four additional Skywalker-class commissioning service operation vessels being built for IWS Fleet.The…

DNV-certified chainflex® cables for offshore motion

Oct 05, 2026

More than 370 cables tested and approved for moving applications at sea.Oil platforms, gas production facilities, offshore wind farms, port facilities and ship cranes all depend on energy and data supply that keeps working while waves, weather and constant movement do their worst…

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…

Petrobras Finds More Oil in Ultra-Deepwater Amapá Block

Oct 05, 2026

Petrobras has made a new oil discovery in block FZA-M-59 in ultra-deep waters off Brazil's Amapá state after finding another oil-bearing interval while drilling deeper at its Morpho exploration well.The discovery was made at the 1-BRSA-1405-APS well in a water depth of 2…

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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