BP Shipping celebrates 100 years of maritime success
May 1, 2015
BP Shipping celebrates its 100-year anniversary, making it the longest continually operating company in the BP group. Formed on April 30, 1915 as the British Tanker Company,

Lankhorst completes delivery of mooring ropes for FPSO Cidade de Itaguaí
Apr 30, 2015
Lankhorst Euronete Brazil (LEB) has completed delivery of polyester mooring lines and thimbles for the FPSO Cidade de Itaguai MV26 in the

Kongsberg Maritime chosen for new West African FPSO
Apr 30, 2015
Kongsberg Maritime has been selected to supply a complete Electrical, Instrument and Telecom solution, including E-house, for the new Yinson Production (West Africa) Pte Ltd FPSO,

InterMoor completes mooring replacement project offshore Equatorial Guinea on schedule
Apr 24, 2015
InterMoor Inc. has finished replacing critical components in an FPU mooring system offshore Equatorial Guinea on schedule, enabling the prime contractor, Boskalis, to expand the InterMoor work scope. The original contract covered replacing old mooring chains and wire ropes for eight of the 12 mooring lines along with two drag anchors on Mobil Equatorial Guinea Inc.’s (MEGI’s) Zafiro Producer floating production unit. During the operation, Boskalis contracted InterMoor to replace an

Damen celebrates keel laying of two PSV 5000 vessels
Apr 23, 2015
In a keel laying ceremony attended by key client representatives, Damen Shipyards Galaţi marked the start of construction of two Platform Supply Vessels

Sembawang Shipyard wins S$56m vessel conversion deal
Apr 23, 2015
Sembcorp Marine’s wholly-owned subsidiary Sembawang Shipyard has secured a Floating Storage and Offloading (FSO) conversion contract

Global Marine continues to make waves in the oil and gas sector
Apr 22, 2015
UK-based Global Marine Systems Limited has landed a pair of high-profile contracts from Tampnet, who operates the largest offshore high-capacity

World's first subsea mining vessel to be equipped with MacGregor subsea cranes
Apr 22, 2015
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has been awarded a contract by Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding Limited for two subsea knuckle boom cranes to be installed on the world's first seabed mining vessel. Delivery of the cranes is scheduled for Q1/2017. The order was booked into first quarter 2015 order intake.The 227m production support vessel has a beam of 40m. It has been designed by Singapore's SeaTech Solutions for Dubai-based owner Marine

Bestobell Marine reaches 200th vessel milestone
Apr 21, 2015
Bestobell Marine, part of the President Engineering Group (PEGL), has reached a significant milestone in the company’s history, after receiving

Atwood Oceanics amends contract for Atwood Osprey
Apr 21, 2015
Atwood Oceanics, Inc. has entered into an amendment to its contract for its semisubmersible drilling unit, the Atwood Osprey. As previously disclosed

CAMAC Energy provides update on FPSO class certification
Apr 20, 2015
CAMAC Energy Inc. has been informed by the owner of the Floating Production, Storage, and Offloading vessel Armada Perdana, Bumi Armada Berhad, that

Transocean Ltd. provides fleet status report
Apr 17, 2015
Transocean Ltd. issued a comprehensive Fleet Status Report which provides the current status of and contract information for the company's entire fleet of offshore drilling rigs.

Ezra’s subsea division clinches several global projects totalling US$55 million
Apr 17, 2015
Ezra Holdings Limited says that the Group’s Subsea Services division, EMAS AMC, has won multiple new awards from various oil and energy companies worth

Otto Marine’s Shipyard delivers four new-build vessels
Apr 16, 2015
Otto Marine Limited says that its shipyard, PT Batamec, has completed the construction of two units of Harbour Tug and two units of Anchor Handling

Kongsberg Maritime subsea package for French Research vessel refit
Apr 15, 2015
L'Institut Polaire Français Paul-Emile Victor (IPEV – the French Polar Institute) has chosen an extensive Kongsberg Maritime subsea hydroacoustic

Polarcus at 50% completion on Capreolus
Apr 14, 2015
Polarcus has now reached the 50% completion milestone in the acquisition of the Capreolus 3D multi-client project, the largest single 3D survey ever

Technip wins subsea contract on Triton FPSO
Apr 14, 2015
Technip has been awarded a brownfield subsea contract for the Triton(1) floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, operated by Dana Petroleum,

Olympic Bibby officially christened at ceremony in Norway
Apr 14, 2015
On Thursday 9 April, the official naming ceremony took place for IRM (Inspection Repair and Maintenance) light construction vessel the Olympic Bibby, at the Kleven Shipyard, Norway.

Chevron’s Taro Special HT 100 gains interim NOL for Wärtsilä engines
Apr 13, 2015
Chevron’s new 100BN cylinder oil Taro Special HT 100 offers ship owners the ability to achieve the latest emissions legislation and has now received

Drydocks World exceeds record with 37 projects in the yard
Apr 13, 2015
Drydocks World the international service provider to the shipping, offshore, oil, gas and energy sectors handled 37 projects simultaneously in the Dubai

EMGS provides vessel update and activity for the first quarter 2015
Apr 10, 2015
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) releases information on vessel activity and utilisation 4-5 working days after the

Total E & P Angola awards Kaombo Marine Warranty Services contract to DNV GL
Apr 10, 2015
Total E & P Angola has awarded the Marine Warranty Services (MWS) contract for their flagship Kaombo project. Angola is a

CGG provides its vessel utilization for the first quarter of 2015
Apr 10, 2015
Vessel utilization for the first quarter 2015: The vessel availability rate1 was 84%. This compares to an 87% availability rate in the fourth quarter of 2014 and a 94% rate

InterMoor completes riser and mooring disconnection for major FPSO offshore Angola
Apr 6, 2015
InterMoor, an Acteon company, has successfully completed offshore operations for the disconnection and laydown of risers and mooring lines on a major floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) facility offshore Angola. InterMoor won the contract in March 2014 and completed the work on budget, on schedule and with zero incidents in Dec. 2014.