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Maersk and The Ocean Cleanup Forge Ahead in Plastic Capture

Nov 21, 2023

Offshore vessel owner Maersk Supply Service, A.P. Moller – Maersk,  and The Ocean Cleanup have agreed to extend their collaboration to complete the validation of the system by The Ocean Cleanup which is said to be able to consistently capture significant quantities of plastic from the ocean…

Havfram Secures Loan for Offshore Wind Vessel Construction

Nov 21, 2023

Offshore wind installation company Havfram has signed a Senior Secured Green ECA Term Loan Facility to fund its two wind turbine installation vessels ('WTIVs'), currently under construction at CIMC Raffles in China.  The Facility was entered into with a syndicate led by DNB Bank ASA (Coordinator…

Standard Supply to Sell PSV Trio for $72.2M

Nov 20, 2023

Oslo-listed Standard Supply has recently agreed to sell three large platform supply vessels, Standard Viking, Standard Supplier, and Standard Defender, for a gross of $72.2 million.Adjusting for ownership, proceeds to Standard Supply will be $69…

FLNG Gimi Delivered and Sailing to Africa

Nov 19, 2023

Golar LNG has announced that the FLNG Gimi has departed Singapore’s Seatrium Shipyard and is now sailing under its own propulsion, supported by an escort tug, toward BP’s purpose-built Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) hub offshore Mauritania and Senegal…

Uzmar Begins Building New Offshore Tug for Buksér og Berging

Nov 17, 2023

Turkish shipbuilder Uzmar Shipyards in October cut first steel for a new offshore support vessel for Norway's Buksér og Berging, Norway.The Robert Allan Ltd. (RAL) designed RAmpage 4100BB-H is designed to satisfy the general demands of the offshore…

BMS Unveils Pipe Mill Barge Concept Design

Nov 17, 2023

Covington, La. based marine engineering and services firm Baker Marine Solutions (BMS) has unveiled a new pipe mill barge concept design targeting uptake in the U.S. offshore wind industry.BMS describes its new 1888 Mobile Pipe Mill Barge concept…

Vard Vung Tau Delivers SOV for Dogger Bank Operations

Nov 17, 2023

Vard, a Norwegian firm specializing in shipbuilding and design, said Friday its subsidiary in Vietnam, Vard Vung Tau, had delivered a newbuild 944 Grampian Tees service operation vessel to owner North Star.This SOV is the third of four purpose…

VARD and Windward Select Brunvoll Propulsion for New Series of CSOVs

Nov 16, 2023

Brunvoll has received an order for the delivery of propulsion and manoeuvring packages for Windward Offshore's new Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs). The order is for two vessels, with two additional vessels as an option.Windward’s…

Final Turbines Installed at German Baltic Sea Wind Farm During Stormy Weather

Nov 16, 2023

Offshore wind developer Parkwind said Thursday that it had installed the final three turbines of its 27-turbine Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm, marking the first time that turbines at a commercial fixed-bottom wind farm were installed using a floating vessel and not a jack-up unit…

Vitol Hires Ship to Load Venezuela Crude for China after U.S. Lifts Sanctions

Nov 16, 2023

Vitol, the world's largest independent oil trader, has provisionally chartered a supertanker to load oil from Venezuela for China, according to two shipbrokers and data from shiptracking firms Kpler and Vortexa.The Very Large Crude Carrier Gustavia S…

Rem Offshore Nets Multiple Offshore Vessel Deals Worth $138M in Total

Nov 15, 2023

Norway-based offshore vessel owner Rem Offshore said Wednesday it had secured multiple long-term contracts for its vessels. 'The contracts have been signed on market terms and will ensure high fleet utilization in the coming years,' Rem Offshore said…

DOF Group Secures Skandi Acergy Charter, Adds Maersk Installer to Fleet

Nov 15, 2023

Norwegian offshore vessel owner DOF Group has secured a long-term charter for one of its construction vessels and has agreed to add another construction vessel to its fleet via a two-year charter.First, DOF said that it had secured a charter…

Snam to Invest in Ravenna FSRU

Nov 14, 2023

Italian gas grid operator Snam will invest 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) in a new LNG offshore terminal near Ravenna, the company's CEO said on Tuesday.The floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) will add to another LNG terminal already set up in Tuscany…

KOTUG Bolsters Guyana Fleet with Three Offshore Terminal Tugs

Nov 14, 2023

KOTUG said Tuesday it had, via its Guyanese subsidiary KOTUG Guyana strengthened its position in Guyana with the arrival of three additional Offshore Terminal Tugs to support ExxonMobil Guyana’s offshore operations.With the arrival of KOTUG-owned ‘SD Grace’…

N-Sea Charters Offshore Support Vessel from Rederij Groen

Nov 13, 2023

Subsea services firm N-Sea Group has agreed to charter Rederij Groen's Dutch-flagged vessel 4-WINDS, an offshore support vessel built in 2012. The 4-WINDS is 60.25 meters long, with a 14.95-meter beam and a draught of 5 meters.According to N-Sea Group…

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