Offshore contractor Allseas has signed a construction contract with Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) in China for a purpose-built semi-submersible heavy transport vessel (HTV), marking a major expansion of its fleet capabilities.The vessel…
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE), and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) have secured an Approval in Principle (AiP) from Lloyd's Register for Floating Ammonia Cracker Unit (FACU), jointly developed by the group for onshore hydrogen supply…
Singapore-based marine logistics firm Marco Polo has hired Norwegian ship designer Salt Ship Design to design the CSOV Plus, the next-generation commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) for oil and gas and offshore wind sectors.The contract…
Petrodec’s newly constructed heavy lift jack-up vessel, named Obana, has started decommissioning work in the Southern North Sea for Perenco.Obana is working on the decommissioning of the Galahad platform, after which it will move to the Amethyst field for the removal of the C1D…
Offshore vessel operator Astro Offshore, an Adani Group company, has acquired two modern platform supply vessels (PSVs) and entered the West African market, expanding its global footprint.The vessels, Astro Rastaban (built 2020) and Astro Rigel (built 2023)…
Crane specialist Liebherr will deliver two BOS 4200 offshore cranes to South Korea’s HD Hyundai Heavy Industries for installation on a floating production unit (FPU) destined for Mexico’s Trion oil field.The BOS 4200 cranes, each with a lifting…
Offshore crew transfer company Windcat has taken delivery of the Windcat Rotterdam, the first Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (CSOV) in its new Elevation Series, developed with Damen Shipyards and CMB.TECH.Built at Ha Long Shipyard in Vietnam…
U.K.-based oil and gas firm Serica Energy has achieved first lifting of oil from the Triton floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit in the North Sea since the resumption of production in July.Production continues to ramp up in line with the previously stated plan…
China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) has completed building an integrated refining and petrochemical complex in eastern China, state news agency Xinhua reported on Friday.The 21 billion yuan ($2.9 billion) project, built on the Daxie Island of eastern coastal city Ningbo…
The Northern Endeavour FPSO is being shipped by a Chinese heavy lift ship from Australia to Denmark for recycling.Installed between the Laminaria and Corallina oil fields in the Timor Sea and unproductive since 2019, its fate became the burden…
A panel session at The Heavy Lift Group’s gathering in The Hague in May put its finger on a ‘hot button’ topic in offshore logistics by focusing on the responses required from industry to fast-changing developments in the renewables sector.The…
Samsung Heavy Industries has secured orders for six LNG carriers from two shipowners from Oceania.The vessels, two for one owner, four for the other, are expected to be delivered starting November 2028.Business Korea reports that Samsung Heavy Industries has secured orders for seven LNG carriers…
EnQuest completed the removal of the Heather Alpha topsides on August 11.The Allseas-owned Pioneering Spirit heavy lift vessel removed the 15,300 tonne topsides in a single lift, the largest single lift planned in the North Sea this year.EnQuest Decommissioning Director…
Brent oil futures are hovering around $66–67 per barrel with mixed geopolitical signals, while West Texas Intermediate (WTI) has weakened relatively more.The US-China tariff truce extension by 90 days reduced bearish sentiment, while the uncertainty…
Energy industry services firm EnerMech has been awarded a two-year contract extension by BP Trinidad & Tobago to continue providing crane operations on the operator’s 12 offshore platforms in the Caribbean country.Project scope includes crane operations…
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