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Seacontractors Acquires Anchor Handler Pair from Boskalis

Nov 13, 2023

Dutch marine services provider Seacontractors announced it has acquired two secondhand anchor handling tugs from Boskalis.Classed by Bureau Veritas with an unrestricted sailing area, the 2013-built Seraya and Sentosa each offer 120 tons bollard pull capability…

Reach Subsea Partners with Agalas for New IMR/Survey Vessel

Nov 10, 2023

Reach Subsea, a Norwegian subsea services company, has signed a long-term charter contract with Agalas for a modern IMR/Survey vessel to be built in Turkey.According to Reach Subsea, to be hired on three or five-year charter, will has a low emission…

Cummins Working with Ocean Infinity on Methanol Retrofit Project

Nov 09, 2023

Cummins is working with partners in the U.K. to develop and deploy a methanol conversion kit for an engine aboard an Ocean Infinity offshore support vessel (OSV) as the maritime industry works toward transitioning to cleaner fuels.The engine…

Senesco Launches New CTV for WindServe Marine

Nov 09, 2023

Senesco Marine on Wednesday launched a new Jones-Act-compliant crew transfer vessel (CTV), WindServe Journey.WindServe Marine, a sister company to the North Kingstown, R.I. shipbuilder—both part of the Reinauer Group—will operate the CTV to serve the U…

New Addition to Viking Supply Ships Fleet: Normand Statesman, Now Odin Viking

Nov 09, 2023

Swedish offshore support vessel owner Viking Supply Ships has taken delivery of the Normand Statesman AHTS vessel, under a bareboat charter deal signed with the vessel owner Ocean Yield in March 2023.As previously reported, Viking Supply Ships…

MMA Offshore Expands Fleet with 2016-Built Vessel "Offshore Solution"

Nov 09, 2023

Australian offshore vessel operator MMA Offshore has acquired the vessel “Offshore Solution” to supplement its multi-purpose support vessel fleet. The Offshore Solution is a 2016 European-built, 54-meter, DP-2 multi-purpose support vessel fitted with two deck cranes…

ABS Approves New FPSO Newbuild Hull Design Concept

Nov 08, 2023

Classification society ABS announced it has granted approval in principle (AIP) for a the Sterling Streamline, a next generation concept design for large floating production storage and offloading unit (FPSO) newbuild hulls from India's Shapoorji Pallonji Energy (SPE)…

Van Oord Wins $533M in Offshore Wind Contracts in Poland and Taiwan

Nov 08, 2023

Dutch offshore installation firm Van Oord has been awarded two new offshore wind projects Baltic Power in the Baltic Sea and Greater Changhua 2b and 4 in Taiwan. The contracts have a combined value of more than EUR 500 million (~currently around 533 million)…

Icon Offshore Secures AHTS Deal with SEA Hibiscus

Nov 07, 2023

Malaysian offshore vessel owner Icon Offshore unveiled Thursday that it had received a Letter of Award from SEA Hibiscus for the provision of one 60MT anchor handling tug supply vessel to perform their 2023/24 drilling campaign. The provision of service started on October 24…

Power Transferred Successfully to Crew Transfer Vessel Using Oasis Power Buoy

Nov 07, 2023

Oasis Marine, a company specializing in marine charging solutions, said Tuesday it had successfully transferred power through the Oasis Power Buoy to a Crew Transfer Vessel.  'This pioneering achievement paves the way for hybrid and fully electric vessels in offshore wind farms…

AD Ports Group Acquires 10 Offshore Vessels in $200 Million Deal

Nov 07, 2023

AD Ports Group said Tuesday it had acquired offshore vessels from E-NAV, for around $200 million, to bolster offshore operations in the Middle East and Southeast Asia.According to AD Ports, the vessels make up a well-maintained, diversified fleet with an average age of around 9 years…

Finland Receives LNG Cargo, Books More for the Winter

Nov 06, 2023

A tanker carrying liquefied natural gas (LNG) docked at Finland's Inkoo terminal on Sunday and has begun unloading, energy company Gasum said on Monday, the second cargo to arrive since the damage last month to a Finnish-Estonian pipeline.The Arctic Princess…

Ship Shortage Dealt Death Blow to Orsted's New Jersey Offshore Wind Hopes

Nov 05, 2023

Danish energy firm Orsted's shock decision to cancel two offshore wind farms off New Jersey this week was based in large part on big delays securing the ship it needed to build the project, company officials said.The world's biggest offshore wind…

Viking Supply Ships Takes Delivery of Andreas Viking AHTS

Nov 03, 2023

Swedish offshore vessel owner Viking Supply Ships has taken delivery of the Andreas Viking AHTS, previously known as the Far Senator.In March 2023, Viking Supply Ships said it would take two Ocean Yield-owned AHTS vessels, Far Senator and Normand Statesman…

Wagenborg Offshore Takes Delivery of Subsea Support Vessel Kingsborg

Nov 02, 2023

Wagenborg Offshore has taken delivery of the Kingsborg subsea support vessel.Kingsborg is a subsea support vessel, converted from a platform supply vessel, that will support subsea activities and decommissioning works in the southern North Sea in a long-term agreement with an energy major…

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