Norway-based international provider of marine services in the offshore and towage sectors Østensjø Rederi has been awarded a contract by a major European energy company for operation in the renewable sector.The contract commenced in November…
Norway's Havila Shipping has entered into a charter contract with Equinor UK for the platform supply vessel (PSV) Havila Borg.The offshore service vessel (OSV) operator said in a press release that the contract was for approximately four months for the Havila Borg…
British ship insurer UK P&I Club has launched offshore cover providing a comprehensive package to meet liabilities and losses incurred by MembersThe UK P&I Club, in conjunction with Thomas Miller Specialty Offshore (TMSO), has launched a range…
When GAC South Africa’s team in Cape Town was appointed to handle the passage of two tugs, Fairmount Summit and Fairmount Expedition, towing the floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) Berge Helene bound for the Far East, the odds seemed to be stacked against them…
Kotug International’s offshore division assisted Allseas with the transfer and transport of Shell’s Brent Delta topsides after the record-setting removal of the structure by Pioneering Spirit. Image from Kotug…
Atlantic Offshore, together with Statoil, have decided to convert the Ocean Response tug/supply vessel to act as full oil recovery and oil spill vessel within the NOFO 2009 regulations. The vessel will then have more flexibility to serve as an emergency and response vessel…
Plans to put a team of eight salvors on board the grounded semisubmersible oil rig Transocean Winner have had to be called off because the conditions are unsuitable to winch them down safely, according to the Maritime & Coastguard Agency…
No pollution has been detected in the area of a rig which grounded on the Isle of Lewis, off Scotland, early Monday morning, says the UK's Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA). The MCA said, despite two of four fuel tanks on the Transocean…
Damage assessments by Smit Salvage and Transocean staff who boarded the grounded semisubmersible drilling rig Transocean Winner off the Isle of Lewis, Scotland, say two of its fuel tanks appear to have been breached. UPDATE: No pollution has been found at the site…
A semisubmersible drilling rig has grounded on the Isle of Lewis, off the far west of Scotland, according to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA). The rig, Transocean's Transocean Winner, was being towed at the time, but the tug,…
InterMoor's Brazilian subsidiary successfully completed its involvement in the decommissioning operations of the OSX-1 FPSO (floating production, storage and offloading). InterMoor was responsible for the disconnection of the submerged turret production system (STP)…
A jacket built for the for the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm offshore substation by Sembmarine SLP in Lowestoft, England, sailed away from the yard yesterday (11 May). The 1500-tonne structure that has dominated Lowestoft’s port skyline…
Farstad Shipping has been awarded two charter contracts from Petrobras for operations offshore Brazil. There will be a four-year contract for the PSV Far Strider expected to begin in April 2016. Petrobras has also awarded the anchor…
Image: ASD Tug 2913/Damen Shipyards SAAM SMIT Towage, the joint venture between SAAM of Chile and Dutch company Royal Boskalis Westminster, has signed a contract for the purchase of a Damen Tug 2913 for delivery in early 2016…
MacGregor entered into an agreement with Guangzhou Shunhai Shipyard to deliver anchor handling winch packages for five 48m anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels. Each will have a 75-tonne bollard pull and one 40m AHTS vessel with a 70-tonne bollard pull…
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