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Norwegian OSV suppliers merge

Jul 28, 2016

Norwegian offshore support vessel firms Solstad Offshore and REM Offshore are to merge, creating a company with 62 vessels. Solstad will offer new shares to fund the deal, with REM's shareholders due to receive a share of them.  'The…

Vard terminates Rem vessel deal

Jun 29, 2016

Vard Holdings has terminated a shipbuilding contract for one offshore construction and anchor handling vessel with Rem Offshore in return for compensation. The contract with REM was struck last year in June 2014, and the vessel is already in the early stages of construction…

DeepOcean lands Tullow Ghana contract

Apr 14, 2016

DeepOcean and Tullow have entered a three-year contract for vessel operations, offshore Ghana. DeepOcean’s Ghana arm will provide a light construction vessel (LCV) to Tulllow Ghana in the agreement, which comes with options for two further years…

Bourbon to use Kongsberg E-LARS

Oct 12, 2015

Kongsberg Evotec, a fully owned subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime, signed an agreement with Bourbon Offshore Norway for the delivery of the E-LARS launch and recovery system for remote operated vehicles (ROV). The delivery will take place in December 2015…

DeepOcean providing MPV for Tullow

Feb 19, 2015

Tullow Ghana awarded DeepOcean Ghana a contract to provide the services of a multi purpose construction vessel (MPV) offshore Ghana. DeepOcean will provide the inspection, survey and subsea construction on the Tullow operated deepwater Jubilee and TEN fields…

Dual-fuel PSV starts North Sea contract

Jan 04, 2015

Siem Offshore recently accepted delivery of its newbuild dual fuel PSV Siem Symphony from Hellesøy Verft Shipyard in Norway. The vessel is now at work in the Norwegian offshore market. Built to Wärtsilä’s VS 4411 DF design, Siem Symphony can be powered by either LNG or marine diesel oil…

Statoil receives world's largest LNG powered PSV

Dec 01, 2014

Norway’s Kleven Verft delivered the Rem Eir platform supply vessel (PSV) to Remøy Shipping for a Statoil long-term charter contract. The Rem Eir is the world's largest environmentally friendly LNG powered PSV, measuring 92.5m in length and a deck capacity of 1080sq m…

Charting Norwegian shipbuilding

Dec 01, 2014

In 2005, Norway’s Ulstein Group introduced the X-Bow to the market, a design feature that increases crew comfort onboard offshore vessels, while giving the opportunity to keep up speed in foul weather or the option of reduced fuel consumption…

On the horizon

Oct 06, 2014

Alan Thorpe examines the latest offshore construction vessels to enter the market. The two Island Offshore vessels in Lloyd Werft. Photo by Alan Thorpe. This Spring, Norway’s…

Rem Offshore orders ice class OCV

Jun 05, 2014

Vard Holdings Limited has secured a contract for the design and construction of one offshore construction and anchor handling vessel (OCV) for Rem Offshore. The contract value is approximately NOK800 million (US$1.3 million). The vessel will be the VARD 2 06 design (pictured)…

Arctic PSV for Rem Offshore

Jan 23, 2014

Kleven has signed a contract with Rem Offshore for the building of a platform support vessel (PSV) specially designed to operate in challenging arctic conditions (pictured). The type VS 485 MK III ARCTIC design includes a number of features for ice prevention and de-icing…

Fugro tapped to survey mammoth Gorgon Project

Dec 23, 2013

Fugro will provide survey services in support of Subsea 7 Australia Contracting Pty Ltd’s heavy lift and tie-ins contract on Chevron’s Gorgon Project, located about 60km offshore Western Australia. The contract involves the provision…

Offshore Solutions signs Maersk contract

Sep 24, 2013

Offshore Solutions BV (OS), the joint venture between AMEC and Cofely Nederland NV, has signed a North Sea contract with Maersk Oil UK to provide marine access support to the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit Global Producer III…

Damen looks offshore

Sep 01, 2013

High activity levels in the North Sea are making an attractive market for Damen Shipyards. Last year, its biggest newbuild market was in tugs and work boats, with 80 delivered. Now, the firm has turned its attention to oil and gas industry support vessels with its new Damen Offshore Series…

Marine access step-changer

Apr 08, 2010

Mounted onboard the GDF Suez E&P Nederland chartered multi-purpose supply vessel REM Mermaid, Offshore Solutions BV’s offshore access system has notched up over 1000 operational connections without any lost time incidents. The OAS, a heave compensated…

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