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Solstad Offshore Nabs New Contracts for CSV Quartet

Aug 31, 2022

Norwegian offshore vessel owner Solstad Offshore has secured four new contracts for its subsea construction vessels (CSV). The contracts have a combined firm vessel utilization of 410 days, with additional subsequent options, on projects in North Europe…

Solstad Offshore Wins AHTS Deals with Equinor, Enauta

Aug 16, 2022

Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor has exercised an option to extend the contract for Solstad Offshore's Normand Ferking AHTS vessel for one more year to November 2023.Equinor has the option to extend the contract for a further one year after the expiration of the current contract…

Equinor Extends Solstad Offshore PSV Charter

Aug 09, 2022

Norwegian offshore vessel owner Solstad Offshore has secured a contract with Equinor for the platform supply vessel Normand Searcher.More precisely, Equinor has declared an option to extend the contract for the PSV for one more year to September 2023…

Solstad, Siem, Standard Supply Score Offshore Vessel Contracts

Jul 11, 2022

Norwegian offshore vessel owners Solstad Offshore, Siem Offshore, and Standard Supply have all secured offshore vessel contracts in the past few days.Solstad Offshore on Monday said it had secured a contract for the platform supply vessel Normand Swan in Australia…

One-year Charter Extension for Solstad Offshore's CSV

Jul 06, 2022

Norwegian offshore vessel operator Solstad Offshore has secured a contract extension for its construction support vessel Normand Pacific.Italy-based Prysmian, whcih provides cables and systems for energy and telecommunications, has opted to extend the Normand Pacific contract by one year…

Solstad Offshore Sells Platform Supplier to Atlantica Shipping

Jul 06, 2022

Solstad Offshore has sold the platform supply vessel Normand Aurora for an undisclosed fee.The Norwegian offshore vessel owner said that the delivery of the vessel to the new owner took place Tuesday, July 5, 2022.While Solstad did not say who the buyer was…

Solstad Offshore Wins Charters for Two CSVs

Jun 30, 2022

Norwegian offshore vessel owner Solstad Offshore has secured charters for the construction support vessels Normand Cutter and Normand Sentinel.The Normand Cutter has been awarded a contract with an unnamed customer in South America. The firm…

Solstad Sells PSV Normand Corona

Jun 14, 2022

Solstad Rederi AS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Norwegian-based offshore shipowner Solstad Offshore ASA, has sold the platform supply vessel (PSV) Normand Corona.The 85.65-meter-long Normand Corona was built at Kleven Verft in 2006.The vessel was handed over to its new owner on June 14…

Solstad, DeepOcean and Østensjø Launch Remote Ops Venture

Jun 15, 2022

A group of companies working in the offshore energy industry are teaming up in an effort to fast-track the journey toward remotely managed services, including onshore remote operations centers and unmanned surface vehicles (USV).Solstad Offshore…

AMSC to Buy Normand Maximus OSCV for $157M. Agrees Charter with Solstad Offshore

May 12, 2022

American Shipping Company ASA (AMSC) has agreed to acquire the Normand Maximus construction support vessel from Maximus Limited, a company controlled by its secured lenders.In parallel with the transaction, AMSC will enter into a long-term bareboat…

Aker BP Charters Large PSV from Solstad Offshore

May 11, 2022

Norwegian oil and gas company Aker BP has chartered Solstad Offshore's large platform supply vessel Normand Arctic.The platform supplier will be used to support Aker BP's activities on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.According to the shipowner…

Solstad Offshore Sells Six Offshore Vessels. Completes Fleet Trimming Program

Apr 07, 2022

Norwegian offshore vessel owner Solstad Offshore has sold six more vessels, wrapping up its fleet 'right-sizing' plan announced in 2020.As previously reported, back in 2020, Solstad Offshore said that, as part of its restructuring agreement…

Solstad Offshore Reels in $26M in PSV, AHTS Contracts

Apr 19, 2022

Norwegian offshore vessel operator Solstad Offshore has won contracts for four of its platform supply vessels, as well as for several anchor handlers.When it comes to the PSVs, the contracts are for the vessels Normand Tantalus, Normand Serenade…

Sasanof-1 Drilling: Rig Preps, Checks Underway ahead of Offshore Mobilization, Western Gas Says

May 12, 2022

Valaris' MS-1 semi-submersible drilling rig, currently anchored in the Dampier outer harbor in Australia, is on schedule to start tow to the Western Gas' Sasanof-1 location on Monday, May 16, 2022, the oil and gas company said Thursday. 'Western…

Solstad Offshore Sells Two AHTS Vessels

Feb 11, 2022

Norwegian offshore vessel owner Solstad Offshore has this week sold two anchor handling tug and supply vessels, in line with its objective to reduce fleet size to a level of 80-90 vesselsThrough its subsidiary Solstad Rederi AS, the company sold the AHTS Normand Master and Normand Mariner…

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