Category: SOV

  • VIDEO: Eastern Shipbuilding completes HOS Rocinante conversion to SOV

    VIDEO: Eastern Shipbuilding completes HOS Rocinante conversion to SOV Panama City, Fla.-based Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. (ESG) has redelivered the HOS Rocinante,to Hornbeck Offshore Services following its conversion to a first-of-its-kind U.S.-flagged Service Operation Vessel (SOV). Hornbeck Offshore Services taps Eastern for OSV to SOV conversion The redelivery of the vessel marks a major milestone…

  • LD Armateurs SOV duo will have Schottel Rudderpropellers

    LD Armateurs SOV duo will have Schottel Rudderpropellers French shipowner and maritime services provider Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (now LD Armateurs), has selected SchotteL to supply RudderPropellers Dynamic (SRP-D) for two new Service Operation Vessels (SOVs) that will operate for Swedish-headquartered energy company Vattenfall (see earlier story). The new walk-to-work vessels have been designed by Norway’s…

  • North Star’s new 2024 ESG report shows big advances in sustainability

    North Star’s new 2024 ESG report shows big advances in sustainability Aberdeen, Scotland-headquartered offshore vessel specialist North Star has released its 2024 ESG report that shows that the company has made major advances in sustainability, including an18% reduction in fleet CO2 emissions. North Star says that a £400 million (about $546 million) ongoing commitment as…

  • New hybrid-electric SOV for EnBW’s He Dreiht offshore wind farm enters construction

    New hybrid-electric SOV for EnBW’s He Dreiht offshore wind farm enters construction Cochin Shipyard has started building a hybrid-electric service operations vessel (SOV) for North Star, which […] The post New hybrid-electric SOV for EnBW’s He Dreiht offshore wind farm enters construction appeared first on Offshore Energy. Adrijana Buljan Go to offshore energy biz

  • LDA and Vattenfall in long term three-SOV agreement

    LDA and Vattenfall in long term three-SOV agreement Swedish-headquartered energy company Vattenfall has selected France’s Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) to build, own, and operate up to three Service Operation Vessels under long-term contracts. LDA was selected following a complex and competitive European tender process that took place throughout 2024 and that concluded late December. The…