"Solstad Offshore" News

Solstad Wins AHTS Charter Deals from Total

Sep 26, 2019

French oil giant Total has awarded contracts to Norwegian shipping company Solstad Farstad for two large anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels.The offshore service and supply ship shipping company announced that the contracts were awarded…

Solstad Sells PSV Far Star

Aug 07, 2019

Norwegian offshore service and supply ship shipping company Solstad Offshore said that its subsidiary Farstad Supply has sold the platform supply vessel (PSV) Far Star.1999-built Brazilian-flagged was sold to an undisclosed buyer.The delivery of the vessel to the new owner took place on Tuesday…

Petrobras Extends Solstad Vessels Contract

Sep 16, 2019

Norwegian offshore vessel owning giant Solstad Offshore ASA has  bagged contract extensions for two of its anchor handling support vessels for Petrobras in Brazil.'Petrobras has declared their options to extend the contracts for the two AHTS´s Far Scout and Far Santana with 1 year…

Solstad CSV Secures Extension

Sep 05, 2019

Offshore shipping company Solstad Offshore has won a contract extension for its construction support vessel (CSV) Normand Pacific.The CSV has been working for the offshore cabling specialist Prysmian, which has now exercised its option to extend…

Solstad CSV Wins Contract Extension

Jul 22, 2019

Norwegian offshore service and supply ship shipping company Solstad Offshore and Mexican company Subtec S.A have agreed to extend the contract for the construction support vessel (CSV) Far Sentinel with two-and-a-half-years.The 142-meter CSV…

Energy Companies’ Pounding a Periodic Thing

Aug 06, 2019

Although Norway’s offshore segments took a pounding in share-price value on Monday — with every segment incurring losses — the consensus here is that fundamentals offshore are good, and a combination of general uncertainty and specific contract losses are what rocked investors starting their week…

Solstad Offshore Bags New PSV Contracts

May 23, 2019

Norwegian offshore service and supply ship shipping company Solstad Offshore has been awarded contracts for two platform supply vessels (PSVs) in Norway.Solstad said in a press release that Wintershall Dea had awarded a 10-well firm plus options…

​Sverre Farstad Picks Up Blue King PSV

Jun 21, 2019

The new ship owning company Sverre Farstad & Co has taken ownership of a 2016-built platform supply vessel (PSV), marking a return for the Farstad name in the Norwegian offshore sector.Farstad was one of the parties behind the June 2017 three-way merger of Norwegian ship owners Solstad Offshore…

Solstad Tallies PSV Contracts

May 20, 2019

Equinor UK Limited has declared one-year options on two Solstad Offshore ASA platform supply vessel (PSV) contracts.The Sea Frost and Sea Falcon (both 2013, PX105 Design) will now be on contract until July 2020 and November 2020 respectively…

Solstad Sells PSV

May 24, 2019

Farstad Shipping, a wholly owned subsidiary of Norwegian offshore supply vessel owner Solstad Offshore, has sold one of its platform supply vessels (PSV).According to a press release from the Norwegian offshore service and supply ship shipping company…

Some OSV Owners Feeling the Pain

May 23, 2019

While the offshore market is starting to show some positive signs, some vessel owners and operators in the sector continue to suffer.Utilization and rates for offshore supply vessels (OSV) have improved in 2019, particularly in the North Sea…

Solstad Offshore Wins Ophir Contract

Mar 27, 2019

Norwegian offshore service and supply ship shipping company Solstad Offshore ASA has been awarded a contract by Ophir Thailand (Bualuang) Limited.The contract is to perform the offshore installation of the Bualuang Charlie wellhead platform…

Solstad Offshore Fixes CSV with Subsea 7

Feb 27, 2019

Norwegian offshore service and supply ship shipping company Solstad Offshore has won a four-year contract extension with the seabed-to-surface engineering company Subsea 7 for the construction support vessel (CSV) Normand Subsea.The duration of the contract is now firm until 31…

Solstad Charters PSV Pair to Aker BP

Mar 20, 2019

Solstad Offshore announced Wednesday that Norwegian operator Aker BP has taken a pair of large platform supply vessels (PSV) on 12-month charter under a frame agreement announced earlier this month.The 2011-built Normand Arctic and 2013-built…

Solstad PSV Wins Shell Contract

Mar 31, 2019

Norwegian offshore service and supply ship Shipping company Solstad Offshore has signed a contract with Brasil Petroleo Ltda (Shell)  for the platform supply vessel (PSV) Normand Starling.The Skudeneshavn-headquartered company said in a press…

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