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  • LS Marine Solutions picks Turkish shipyard for cable layer construction

    LS Marine Solutions picks Turkish shipyard for cable layer construction South Korean subsea cable contractor LS Marine Solutions has signed a construction agreement with Turkey’s Tersan Shipyard to build a high-voltage direct current cable-laying vessel. According to the company, the new vessel will be Asia’s largest and one of the top five in its class…

  • Shelf Drilling wins Saudi Aramco rig extension deal

    Shelf Drilling wins Saudi Aramco rig extension deal Oslo-listed jackup rig player Shelf Drilling has landed a five-year contract extension with Saudi Aramco for its High Island V unit. The total added contract value is about $133m, the UAE-based company said in a filing. The extension will take effect immediately following the current fixture, securing…

  • Denmark extends life of two more offshore wind farms

    Denmark extends life of two more offshore wind farms The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has extended the life of two offshore wind farms, which together have been in operation for almost 50 years. The Agency has notified the owners of the Middelgrunden and Nysted offshore wind farms that it will be extending their permits for…

  • ECO Liberty, first U.S.-built plug-in hybrid SOV named in NOLA

    ECO Liberty, first U.S.-built plug-in hybrid SOV named in NOLA In a ceremony held in New Orleans this past Saturday, Louisiana First Lady Sharon Landry officially christened the Edison Chouest-built hybrid SOV ECO Liberty. The ceremony marked the culmination of a major investment in the U.S. shipbuilding industry by Equinor, the developer of the Empire…

  • Fugro scores $340m Petrobras deal

    Fugro scores $340m Petrobras deal Dutch contractor Fugro has emerged as the successful bidder in four multi-year tenders from Petrobras for the inspection and monitoring of subsea infrastructure in Brazil. The contracts, worth about $340m, should start in the fourth quarter of 2025 and span four years with potential one-year extensions. The work scope will…

  • DOF lands $275m in Brazilian vessel contracts

    DOF lands $275m in Brazilian vessel contracts Norwegian offshore vessel owner DOF has picked up two significant long-term contracts in Brazil with state-controlled oil giant Petrobras, securing more than $275m in combined value. The first contract involves the 2009-built anchor handling tug supply vessel (AHTS) Skandi Logger. The vessel will enter into a four-year contract…

  • New ABS technical paper explores offshore floating CO2 injection

    New ABS technical paper explores offshore floating CO2 injection ABS has published a new technical paper on offshore floating CO2 injection that provides analysis of the offshore technologies supporting carbon capture and storage (CCS). This much-publicized approach to supporting heavy industry’s journey to lower carbon energy solutions, frequently involving injection of carbon into depleted offshore…

  • Fugro nets work on Eni’s deepwater gas project in the Mediterranean

    Fugro nets work on Eni’s deepwater gas project in the Mediterranean Dutch surveyor Fugro has been awarded a contract to conduct a comprehensive site characterisation programme for a deepwater gas project in the Eastern Mediterranean. The project is operated by Italian major Eni and is located off the coast of Cyprus. Geo-data acquisition is scheduled…

  • Bernhard Schulte Offshore takes delivery of new CSOV Windea Curie

    Bernhard Schulte Offshore takes delivery of new CSOV Windea Curie Bernhard Schulte Offshore (BSO) has taken delivery of its latest Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (CSOV) from Ulstein Verft in Norway. The newbuilding, which was christened Windea Curie, on June 26, is now being deployed for its charterer, offshore transmission system operator TenneT, to support its…

  • BOEM publishes PNOS for U.S. Gulf oil and gas Lease Sale 262

    BOEM publishes PNOS for U.S. Gulf oil and gas Lease Sale 262 The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management yesterday announced the publication of a Proposed Notice of Sale (PNOS) for an oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of America. As directed by Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum and outlined in the PNOS,…

  • SLB OneSubsea wins contract for Northern Lights phase two CO2 project

    SLB OneSubsea wins contract for Northern Lights phase two CO2 project SLB OneSubsea, a joint venture backed by SLB, Aker Solutions, and Subsea7, has secured an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract from Equinor for the second phase of the Northern Lights CO₂ storage project offshore Norway. The contract covers the delivery of two satellite…

  • Strategic delivers another Gen 4 fast crew boat

    Strategic delivers another Gen 4 fast crew boat Singapore shipbuilder Strategic Marine reports that it has successfuly delivered TMS Tah Muang, the latest 42-meter Gen 4 fast crew boat (FCB) to join the growing fleet of Bangkok-headquartered Truth Maritime Services (TMS), a subsidiary of Thailand’s Prima Marine Group. This is the fourth high-performance vessel delivered…

  • Solstad pens two CSV contracts in South America

    Solstad pens two CSV contracts in South America Norwegian offshore vessel owner Solstad Offshore has signed contracts for two of its construction support vessels (CSV). Solstad said in late April that it won deals for three vessels in Brazil. However, all of the contracts were subject to board approval. Two were for yet unnamed AHTS…

  • SeaBird Exploration changes name following merger

    SeaBird Exploration changes name following merger Marine seismic specialist SeaBird Exploration has changed its name to SED Energy Holdings following the successful merger with Singapore’s tender drilling rig specialist Energy Drilling. The name and ticker code change, now ENH, will be effective on Euronext Oslo Børs from and including June 20, 2025. Final approval of…

  • Wilson Sons to support TotalEnergies offshore oil production in Brazil

    Wilson Sons to support TotalEnergies offshore oil production in Brazil Wilson Sons, the largest integrated port and maritime logistics operator in Brazil, has signed a new agreement with TotalEnergies to provide logistics support to oil production activities in the Lapa field off Brazil. The field is located in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin,…

  • North and South Carolina governors call for continuation of offshore drilling moratorium

    North and South Carolina governors call for continuation of offshore drilling moratorium North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein and South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster yesterday called on the Trump administration to maintain its moratorium on offshore drilling off the North and South Carolina coasts. Gov. Stein is a Democrat. Gov. McMaster is a Republican. “Because of…

  • Oceaneering scores Gulf of Mexico vessel contract

    Oceaneering scores Gulf of Mexico vessel contract Houston-based oilfield services provider Oceaneering has, through its offshore projects group (OPG), secured a vessel services contract with an undisclosed major operator in the Gulf of Mexico. The agreement will see the US-flagged 2013-built multipurpose vessel (MPSV) Harvey Deep Sea deployed to carry out subsea inspection, maintenance, and…

  • Chartwell Marine designs CTV to support legacy offshore wind turbines

    Chartwell Marine designs CTV to support legacy offshore wind turbines NR Marine Services has commissioned UK-based ship designer Chartwell Marine to design a new CTV, which will be capable of supporting older generation assets, now referred to as legacy turbines. These vessels will still be constructed and outfitted with modern technologies to maximise vessel fuel…

  • Oceaneering enters vessel services agreement for Harvey Deep Sea

    Oceaneering enters vessel services agreement for Harvey Deep Sea Houston-headquartered Oceaneering International, Inc. (NYSE:OII) reports that its offshore projects group (OPG) business segment has entered into a vessel services agreement with a major operator for use of the MPSV Harvey Deep Sea. The MPSV Harvey Deep Sea, currently chartered by Oceaneering through February 2027, is…

  • Petrobras launches survey tenders for offshore wind pilot project

    Petrobras launches survey tenders for offshore wind pilot project Brazilian state-owned oil and gas company Petrobras has launched two tenders for an offshore wind pilot project off the coast of Rio de Janeiro state. One tender is for the acquisition and processing of geophysical data in ultra-shallow waters off São João da Barra. The acquisition,…

  • Clarksons Port Services to support O&M of RWE’s German offshore wind farm

    Clarksons Port Services to support O&M of RWE’s German offshore wind farm German utility RWE has signed two deals with Clarksons’ port services unit to support operations and maintenance activities at the Nordseecluster offshore wind project. Clarksons Port Services will construct a new warehouse facility in the port of Eemshaven in the Netherlands. The facility…

  • Nova Scotia premier pitches 40GW offshore wind energy plan

    Nova Scotia premier pitches 40GW offshore wind energy plan The Canadian province of Nova Scotia has proposed a major offshore wind project with the end goal of constructing enough turbines to generate 40GW of electricity over the next decade. The premier of Nova Scotia, Tim Houston, outlined the plan, which would, if executed, cover around…

  • Megamas contracts Ulstein for cable-layer design

    Megamas contracts Ulstein for cable-layer design Singapore-based Megamas Resources Pte Ltd has placed a contract with Norway’s Ulstein Design & Solutions AS covering the engineering phase of a fiber-optic cable-laying vessel (CLV) based on the Ulstein SX228 design. It plans to built it at Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven GmbH. Capt. Tiew Sien Kheng, managing partner at…

  • VIDEO: Prysmian Monna Lisa named Norway’s Ship of the Year 2025

    VIDEO: Prysmian Monna Lisa named Norway’s Ship of the Year 2025 Norwegian trade magazine Skipsrevyen, which has annually honored world-class Norwegian shipbuilding and design since 1997, has named the cable-laying vessel Prysmian Monna Lisa its Ship of the Year 2025. Built and designed by Fincantier’s Norwegian subsidiary Vard, Prysmian Monna Lisa is owned by Italian…

  • Bumi Armada JV nets three-year FPSO charter in India

    Bumi Armada JV nets three-year FPSO charter in India Malaysian oilfield services company Bumi Armada and its joint venture partner Shapoorji Pallonji Energy (SP Energy) have won a contract from ONGC for the bareboat charter of the Armada Sterling II FPSO. The vessel will continue operating on ONGC’s Cluster 7 field about 210km off the…

  • New A-O-S G-class vessel M/V Gamekeeper is ready for operations

    New A-O-S G-class vessel M/V Gamekeeper is ready for operations American Offshore Services (A-O-S) reports that it has taken delivery of M/V Gamekeeper, the fourth addition to its growing G-class fleet, from Metal Shark boats. The vessel and is now operational, ready to support projects along the U.S. East Coast. The 30-meter, U.S.-built, Jones Act-compliant…

  • BOEM moves ahead on potential offshore minerals lease sale

    BOEM moves ahead on potential offshore minerals lease sale In line with President Trump’s executive order on “Unleashing America’s Offshore Critical Minerals and Resources,” the Department of the Interior is initiating the process to evaluate a potential offshore minerals lease sale in the waters offshore American Samoa. This marks the first such action by Interior…

  • SSY to launch offshore drilling rig business

    SSY to launch offshore drilling rig business UK shipbroking group SSY has revealed that it would be further expanding its offshore offering with the launch of a dedicated rig business later this year. Nicholas Wagner-Larsen, an experienced offshore and rig broker, will join SSY in September to head up the new rig division. He is…

  • Eni selling nearly half of its carbon capture business to BlackRock’s GIP

    Eni selling nearly half of its carbon capture business to BlackRock’s GIP Italian giant Eni has signed an agreement to enter into a period of exclusivity with BlackRock’s Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) regarding the sale of a 49.99% stake in its carbon capture business. During the exclusivity period, GIP will progress the confirmatory due diligence…

  • Noble fixes rig on UK carbon storage project

    Noble fixes rig on UK carbon storage project Offshore rig owner Noble Corporation has secured work for its jackup Noble Innovator on the UK North Sea carbon storage project. The New York-listed Texas-headquartered driller has won a new contract from BP which will see the 2003-built ultra-harsh environment unit drill six firm wells for the…

  • Gibdock completes renewal work on Technip’s Deep Blue

    Gibdock completes renewal work on Technip’s Deep Blue DeeGibraltar ship repair yard Gibdock has completed a significant assignment in the offshore market, after Technip entrusted the yard with the repair and renewal of Deep Blue – the flagship of its specialized pipelay and subsea construction fleet. Gibdock repeat customer Technip relocated Deep Blue from the…

  • Steerprop introduces its largest retractable thruster yet

    Steerprop introduces its largest retractable thruster yet Finnish propulsion specialist Steerprop has expanded its range of retractable thrusters with its biggest unit to date. Designed for offshore vessels and workboats that need high-performance station-keeping or thrust boost capabilities, the SP 45 R will be introduced on several offshore, renewables and special purpose vessels. “Steerprop provides…

  • BW Offshore swoops on laid-up FPSO

    BW Offshore swoops on laid-up FPSO Floater specialist BW Offshore has sealed a deal to buy an idle FPSO, calling the acquisition a strategic move to secure a high-quality production asset amid a tightening market with few comparable opportunities available. The Oslo-listed company is adding the 2006-built Nganhurra for an undisclosed sum in a transaction…

  • Cadeler buys Chinese-built wind turbine installation vessel

    Cadeler buys Chinese-built wind turbine installation vessel Copenhagen-headquartered offshore wind installation player Cadeler has bought a newly constructed jackup wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) from Shanghai Boqiang Heavy Industry. The company acquired the 2024-built Boqiang 3060 vessel, set to be renamed Wind Keeper. The vessel is fitted with a Huisman main crane with a 2,200…

  • Subsea 7 hot streak continues with West Africa contract

    Subsea 7 hot streak continues with West Africa contract Offshore engineering and services player Subsea 7 has announced a third contract award in as many days, this time in West Africa. Under the contract, Subsea7 will be responsible for transporting and installing flexible pipelines, umbilicals, and associated subsea components for the connection of an FPSO…

  • Morek Engineering unveils floating wind installation vessel concept

    Morek Engineering unveils floating wind installation vessel concept A consortium led by Morek Engineering has unveiled its design concept for a new vessel class for the floating offshore wind (FLOW) market, having completed the first feasibility stage. Consortium partners include naval architects Solis Marine Engineering, innovation specialists Tope Ocean, marine operations specialists First Marine Solutions,…

  • Petrobras pens EPCI deal with Subsea 7 worth nearly $1.5bn

    Petrobras pens EPCI deal with Subsea 7 worth nearly $1.5bn Brazilian oil and gas major Petrobras has signed an engineering, production, construction, and installation (EPCI) contract with Subsea 7 for the Búzios 11 Project, worth R$8.4bn ($1.48bn) The contract establishes a minimum requirement of 40% local content, but the expectation is to reach a percentage…

  • Norway opens bidding for 1.5GW of floating wind

    Norway opens bidding for 1.5GW of floating wind The Norwegian Ministry of Energy is calling for applications to its tender for three floating offshore wind project areas at Utsira Nord. Each project area may have an installed capacity of up to 500MW of floating offshore wind. Interested parties must submit applications by September 15. According…

  • Denmark sets up offshore wind tender with up to $8.3bn in subsidies

    Denmark sets up offshore wind tender with up to $8.3bn in subsidies The Danish government has revealed it would launch a 3GW offshore wind tender this autumn. The country also decided to support developers with two-sided contracts for difference after last year’s tender attracted no bids. The three tenders cover two areas in the Danish…

  • Lamprell pens wind installation vessel deal with Dong Fang Offshore

    Lamprell pens wind installation vessel deal with Dong Fang Offshore UAE-based fabricator Lamprell has signed a memorandum of understanding with Taiwanese owner and operator Dong Fang Offshore for a newbuild wind turbine installation and maintenance vessel. The GustoMSC-designed NG-9000X vessel will be built in compliance with Taiwanese shipping law. It will feature a heavy-lift crane,…

  • McDermott completes FPU floatover for Scarborough

    McDermott completes FPU floatover for Scarborough McDermott reports that it has completed the safe, successful completion of fabrication, construction, and offshore floatover of the Scarborough floating production unit (FPU) topside and hull structures for Woodside Energy. The contract, awarded in 2021, followed the successful delivery of front-end engineering design for the Scarborough Energy Project’s FPU…

  • Equinor extends stay for Simon Møkster ERRV trio

    Equinor extends stay for Simon Møkster ERRV trio Norwegian energy major Equinor has exercised the first extension option for three Simon Møkster Shipping’s emergency response and rescue vessels. The vessels in question are the 2003-built Stril Poseidon, the 2011-built Stril Merkur, and the 2008-built Stril Herkules. The vessels will continue their services on the Norwegian…

  • What’s in “The One Big Beautiful Bill” for offshore?

    What’s in “The One Big Beautiful Bill” for offshore? The House Ways and Means Committee yesterday released its proposed mark up of the of the 2025 tax reconciliation bill: “The One Big Beautiful Bill.” While it’s for sure big, opinions on its beauty differ. Though there are some welcome tax cuts, there are also cut…

  • Olympic scores long-term CSOV contract with Aker BP

    Olympic scores long-term CSOV contract with Aker BP Norway’s Olympic has secured a five-year firm contract with Aker BP for the construction service operation vessel (CSOV) Olympic Notos. The deal with options for another five years will see the 2024 Ulstein-built unit serve as a dedicated walk-to-work vessel at the unmanned production platform Munin in…

  • Esvagt and KMC Line firm up Korean offshore wind venture

    Esvagt and KMC Line firm up Korean offshore wind venture Danish offshore wind vessel operator Esvagt has officially formed a joint venture with South Korean shipping company KMC Line. The jv named KESTO will target the growing South Korean offshore wind market, where current plans include as much as 18.3 GW offshore wind to be…

  • Fugro gets more survey work on UK offshore wind farm

    Fugro gets more survey work on UK offshore wind farm Dutch surveyor Fugro has been awarded a contract to perform comprehensive geotechnical surveys for the eastern array of the Dogger Bank South (DBS) offshore wind farms. The initiative is led by RWE and Masdar to develop one of the UK’s most powerful offshore wind energy…

  • ARO Drilling agrees extensions for five jackups with Saudi Aramco

    ARO Drilling agrees extensions for five jackups with Saudi Aramco ARO Drilling, a joint venture of New York-listed offshore driller Valaris, has signed extensions for five jackup rigs with Saudi giant Aramco. The extensions, all for five years, were signed for the Valaris 250, Valaris 116, Valaris 146, Valaris 140, and Valaris 141 or as…

  • DO’s four new diesel-electric C-CSOVs feature MAN L21/31 gensets

    DO’s four new diesel-electric C-CSOVs feature MAN L21/31 gensets The four 96-meter construction and commissioning service offshore vessels (C-CSOVs) on order in China for operation by Deutsche Offshore Schifffahrt (DO) [see earlier story] will each feature three MAN 8L21/31 MK2 gensets. New joint venture orders offshore energy C-CSOV quartet The vessels are being built at…

  • Valaris bags $135m drillship deal in Africa

    Valaris bags $135m drillship deal in Africa New York-listed offshore driller Valaris has been awarded a five-well contract offshore West Africa for one of its drillships. The contract, awarded to the 2014-built Valaris DS-15 drillship by an undisclosed client, is expected to begin in the third quarter of 2026. Based on an estimated duration of…

  • DOF vessel duo get work off Brazil

    DOF vessel duo get work off Brazil Norwegian offshore vessel owner DOF has been awarded contracts in Brazil for two of its vessels. The 2007-built diving support vessel Skandi Achiever was awarded an offshore service and survey contract in Brazil in support of a SURF project with operations planned to start in early May and…

  • Allseas taps Wuchang Shipbuilding for offshore vessel duo

    Allseas taps Wuchang Shipbuilding for offshore vessel duo Swiss-based marine construction specialist Allseas has ordered two offshore construction vessels from Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group in China. The vessels are based on the SALT 308 OCV design, they feature advanced equipment and systems to deliver enhanced performance, flexibility, and functionality. Each vessel will measure 100 metres…

  • Dong Fang Offshore orders third CSOV from Vard

    Dong Fang Offshore orders third CSOV from Vard Taiwanese owner and operator Dong Fang Offshore (DFO) has ordered another commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) from Fincantieri-controlled Norwegian shipbuilder Vard. The vessel will be a sister ship to the two CSOVs contracted in May 2024, and follows the order of a subsea construction vessel from the…

  • DFO back at Vard for a third CSOV

    DFO back at Vard for a third CSOV Taiwan’s Dong Fang Offshore (DFO) has exercised an option in its most recent subsea construction vessel contract with Fincantieri’s Vard subsidiary and is adding a third commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) to the two it ordered in May 2024. The third CSOV will be a sister to…

  • VIDEO: Two North Star CSOVs are now alongside the quay at Vard Langsten

    VIDEO: Two North Star CSOVs are now alongside the quay at Vard Langsten Two advanced commissioning service and operations vessels (CSOVs) under construction for Aberdeen, Scotland-headquartered North Star are now alongside the quay at the Vard Langsten shipyard in Norway, marking an important step in the long lasting cooperation between North Star and Fincantieri’s Norwegian…

  • PD Ports planning development of $260m UK offshore wind hub

    PD Ports planning development of $260m UK offshore wind hub PD Ports has revealed plans to build one of the UK’s largest offshore wind manufacturing and installation hubs – the Teesport Offshore Gateway – an investment worth around £200m ($267m). The project will unlock just shy of 730,000 sq m of development potential for a…

  • Dutch government scales back offshore wind to preserve fisheries

    Dutch government scales back offshore wind to preserve fisheries The Dutch government has reduced its offshore wind targets and removed one of the zones set for offshore wind development to give more room to the fishing sector. The authorities decided to amend their North Sea Programme and, with it, reduce the offshore wind energy target…

  • LS Marine Solution gets cabling deal on Taiwanese offshore wind farm

    LS Marine Solution gets cabling deal on Taiwanese offshore wind farm South Korea’s LS Marine Solution has won a $15.8m contract for the installation of subsea cables at a wind farm off Taiwan. The contract is LS Marine Solution’s first overseas order and the first time a South Korean company has entered the international subsea…

  • Saipem wins $590m deal for work on Eni’s UK CCS project

    Saipem wins $590m deal for work on Eni’s UK CCS project Italian offshore engineering and construction giant Saipem has won a contract from Eni for work on the Liverpool Bay CCS project in the UK. The value of the contract is estimated approximately €520m ($592m) over the three years required to complete the project. The…

  • Cairn hires EMGS for 3D survey off India

    Cairn hires EMGS for 3D survey off India Norwegian seismic service provider Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has been hired by India’s Cairn Oil & Gas to conduct a 3D controlled source electromagnetic survey for its exploration campaign in the deepwater Krishna-Godavari block on India’s east coast. Cairn will be one of the first companies in India…

  • Trump executive order gives green light for deep sea mineral recovery

    Trump executive order gives green light for deep sea mineral recovery President Trump yesterday signed an executive order entitled “Unleashing America’s Offshore Critical Minerals and Resources.” Though the White House has yet to release anything beyond the text of the order, the Department of the Interior published a factsheet created by the U.S. Geological Survey…

  • Yinson Production secures $100m financing deal

    Yinson Production secures $100m financing deal Singapore-based floater owner and operator Yinson Production has successfully structured and arranged a standby letter of credit and guarantee facility of $100m. The company added that the three-year facility, with options for extensions, expands Yinson Production’s “strategic financing toolkit to support the continuous growth” of the company. According to…

  • Vantage Drilling bags $80m drillship deal

    Vantage Drilling bags $80m drillship deal Offshore drilling contractor Vantage Drilling has received a conditional letter of award from an undisclosed client for the 2010-built drillship Platinum Explorer. The company stated that the conditional letter of award has a 90-day validity period. The contract value is around $80m with an anticipated 260 days required to…

  • Tokyo Kisen takes delivery of first of two Incat Crowther CTVs

    Tokyo Kisen takes delivery of first of two Incat Crowther CTVs Japanese operator Tokyo Kisen Co Ltd has taken delivery of JCAT HIBIKI 2, the first of two new Incat Crowther crew transfer vessels (CTVs) custom designed to service Japan’s growing offshore wind energy sector. Constructed by Cheoy Lee shipyard in China, the first vessel…

  • Geoquip secures German North Sea wind farm contract

    Geoquip secures German North Sea wind farm contract Swiss-based offshore geotechnical data acquisition specialist Geoquip Marine has been awarded a survey contract by clean energy asset manager Luxcara for the Waterekke offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. The Njord Partners’ portfolio company, led by former PGS boss Rune Pedersen, said the work scope…

  • Two crewmen injured as OSV hits wind turbine in Dutch North Sea

    Two crewmen injured as OSV hits wind turbine in Dutch North Sea The Royal Dutch Sea Rescue Society (KNRM) has stated that it evacuated two injured crewmen from an OSV that hit the base of an offshore wind turbine in the North Sea. The 1990-built Glomar Venture, owned by the Dutch offshore support vessel player…

  • NTSB: Engine failure leads to $2.4 million passenger vessel fire

    NTSB: Engine failure leads to $2.4 million passenger vessel fire Debris in an engine’s lube oil system led to a diesel engine failure and an engine room fire aboard a passenger vessel docked in Portland, Maine, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday. The 300-foot, 2004-built passenger vessel Ocean Navigator (originally delivered as the Cape…

  • Strategic Marine delivers two more fast crew boats to TMS

    Strategic Marine delivers two more fast crew boats to TMS Singapore shipbuilder Strategic Marine has delivered two more fourth-generation fast crew boats (FCBs) to Thailand’s Truth Maritime Services (TMS), a member of Prima Marine Group. This latest FCB delivery follows the successful handover of the first two generation-four FCBs, TMS Ranod and TMS Raman, in…

  • New U.S. OCS oil and gas lease sales in the works

    New U.S. OCS oil and gas lease sales in the works Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum last Friday directed the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to initiate the first step in a public engagement process to develop a new schedule for offshore oil and gas lease sales on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).…

  • ScottishPower Renewables hires vessel trio for work on UK offshore wind farm

    ScottishPower Renewables hires vessel trio for work on UK offshore wind farm ScottishPower Renewables, part of Spain’s Iberdrola, has signed charter agreements with NR Marine Services and OEG to provide vessels to support the construction of the East Anglia Three offshore wind farm. The charter deals are worth over £16m ($21.2m) and all vessels will…

  • Saipem and Lamprell extend offshore cooperation with Saudi Aramco

    Saipem and Lamprell extend offshore cooperation with Saudi Aramco The Saudi giant has renewed long-term agreements with the Italian offshore engineering and construction giant Saipem and UAE-based fabricator Lamprell. Saipem’s agreement with the Saudi firm is now set to run until the end of 2027. With this renewal, the company is confirmed in the exclusive…

  • Blystad PSV scores Shell fixture

    Blystad PSV scores Shell fixture Norwegian shipping investor Blystad Group has seen its platform supply vessel secure employment for up to six months in UK waters. The 2010-built Songa Commander, commercially and technically managed by Remøy Shipping, has been fixed to Shell for three months firm at an undisclosed dayrate. Offshore brokers report the contract,…

  • Deugro takes delivery of first Rotra wind turbine component carrier

    Deugro takes delivery of first Rotra wind turbine component carrier Freienbach, Switzerland-headquartered project cargo specialist Deugro and its partners, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S and Amasus Offshore B.V., have announced the delivery of the Rotra Futura and the delivery its sister vessel Rotra Horizon. Built at the Zhenjiang Shipyards, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China, both vessels upont…

  • Cyan’s Sentinel Marine contracts MPSV newbuilds in China

    Cyan’s Sentinel Marine contracts MPSV newbuilds in China Aberdeen-based offshore support vessel specialist Sentinel Marine is expanding its fleet through a deal with China’s Jiangmen Hangtong Shipbuilding for up to four multipurpose newbuildings. The shipbuilding contract involves one firm 65-m energy support vessel with options for three more units. The newbuild, which takes the company’s…

  • Subsea7 extends fixture for Eidesvik JV vessel

    Subsea7 extends fixture for Eidesvik JV vessel Subsea7 has extended the contract with Eidesvik Seven Chartering, the company’s joint venture with Norwegian owner Eidesvik, for the subsea vessel Seven Viking. The Oslo-listed offshore engineering and services player has exercised the remaining option for 2026 and added 2027 as another firm year. The deal for the…

  • April 2025

    April 2025 Our April issue of Marine Log is now available, and we’ve packed it with insights into some of the most pressing issues facing the offshore maritime industry today. The post April 2025 appeared first on Marine Log. Heather Ervin Go to marinelog

  • DOF secures CSV work offshore Australia

    DOF secures CSV work offshore Australia Norwegian offshore vessel owner DOF has won a contract award for subsea mooring installation services in the Asia-Pacific region. The contract will utilise the 2010-built construction support vessel (CSV) Skandi Hercules with related moorings and installation subsea services. The scope of work includes DOF’s in-house project management and engineering,…

  • HSM Offshore bags substation deal for 960MW UK offshore wind farm

    HSM Offshore bags substation deal for 960MW UK offshore wind farm ScottishPower Renewables, part of Spain’s Iberdrola, has awarded an engineering, procurement, construction, installation, and commissioning contract for work on the East Anglia Two offshore substation and jacket foundation to HSM Offshore Energy. HSM will deliver the 5,100-tonne offshore high-voltage substation and its 3,700-tonne jacket…

  • Stena Drilling drillship wins more work off Suriname

    Stena Drilling drillship wins more work off Suriname Stena Drilling, the Aberdeen-based business of Sweden’s Stena, has won a contract for one of its drillships with subsidiaries of Shell in Suriname. The contract for the campaign was awarded to the 2008-built Stena DrillMax drillship by Shell subsidiaries KE STP Company and BG International. The deal…

  • Borr Drilling jackup scores 120-day contract in Benin

    Borr Drilling jackup scores 120-day contract in Benin Lime Petroleum, a subsidiary of Singapore-based Rex International, has hired a Borr Drilling-owned jackup rig for work off Benin. The oil and gas player signed a deal with a Borr Drilling subsidiary for the Gerd jackup, which will be used to work for 120 days. The rig…

  • France risks missing offshore wind target without policy reform

    France risks missing offshore wind target without policy reform France is currently on course to miss its offshore wind installation target unless permitting and a more favourable investment climate is created, a new research claims. The Institute for Energy Economics for Financial Analysis (IEEFA) claimed in its new paper that France has a very low…

  • Eneos Drilling seals jackup deal in Vietnam

    Eneos Drilling seals jackup deal in Vietnam Japanese offshore contractor Eneos Drilling has secured employment for one of its jackup rigs in Vietnam. The Tokyo-based subsidiary of Eneos Xplora has fixed the 2018-built Hakuryu-14 to Japan Vietnam Petroleum Company for work on two wells in Block 15-2 offshore Vung Tau. The contract is set to…

  • Octopus Energy buys into UK offshore wind farm

    Octopus Energy buys into UK offshore wind farm UK-based Octopus Energy has made another investment in the offshore wind sector, this time via the acquisition of a 10% stake in the East Anglia One wind farm. The 714MW wind farm is located 43 km off the coast of Suffolk in the East of England and…

  • Atlantica PSV fixed to Shell

    Atlantica PSV fixed to Shell Oslo-based Atlantica Shipping has seen one of its platform supply vessels contracted long-term in UK waters. Shell is taking the 2003-built Skandi Caledonia on hire for at least one year, with further extension options attached to the contract. The PSV, acquired by Atlantica in 2023 from DOF, which continues to…

  • Dong Fang Offshore orders subsea construction vessel at Vard

    Dong Fang Offshore orders subsea construction vessel at Vard Taiwanese owner and operator Dong Fang Offshore (DFO) has returned to Fincantieri-controlled Norwegian shipbuilder Vard for at least one subsea construction vessel. The subsidiary of Hung Hua Construction, with a fleet of more than 15 offshore vessels, is paying €113.5m ($126m) to see the firm vessel…

  • DFO awards Vard EUR 113M subsea construction vessel contract

    DFO awards Vard EUR 113M subsea construction vessel contract Fincantieri’s Norwegian subsidiary Vard reports that it has signed a contract with Taiwan-based Dong Fang Offshore (DFO) for the design and construction of one offshore subsea construction vessel of Vard 3 39 design. The EUR 113.5 million contract includes options for additional vessels. The hull of…

  • Saipem rakes in $720m for work in Middle East and Guyana

    Saipem rakes in $720m for work in Middle East and Guyana Italian offshore engineering and construction giant Saipem has won two brand new contracts worth approximately $720m. The first contract encompasses the engineering, procurement, construction, and installation activities for the repair of damaged subsea pipelines for an unnamed major client in the Middle East. The…

  • DOF Sea Dragon OSV will feature a range of Kongsberg Maritime solutions

    DOF Sea Dragon OSV will feature a range of Kongsberg Maritime solutions More details are emerging about the OSV (offshore support vessel) that the Crist shipyard in Poland is building for DOF. Provisionally named Sea Dragon, the OSV is set to assist operations off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. As we reported earlier, the 110…

  • TGS gets OBN work in Gulf of Mexico

    TGS gets OBN work in Gulf of Mexico Oslo-listed seismic data specialist TGS has kicked off a new multi-client ultra long offset OBN data acquisition campaign in the Gulf of Mexico. The so-called Amendment 4 project will expand node coverage in TGS’ multi-client library, adding over 1,100 sq km in the Mississippi Canyon, Ewing Banks,…

  • Norway’s sovereign wealth fund buys stake in two RWE offshore wind farms

    Norway’s sovereign wealth fund buys stake in two RWE offshore wind farms Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), the manager of the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund – often referred to as the Oil Fund – worth over $1.75trn, has bought a 49% stake in two offshore wind projects from German utility RWE. The fund bought…

  • Subsea7 awarded Northern Lights contract

    Subsea7 awarded Northern Lights contract Oslo-listed Subsea7 has won a contract from Equinor worth between $50m and $150m for the second phase of the Northern Lights CO2 transport and storage project offshore Norway. Subsea7’s scope includes engineering, procurement, construction and installation of a five-kilometre CO2 pipeline, as well as installation of integrated satellite structures, umbilicals,…

  • Fugro survey vessel arrives safely to port following grounding

    Fugro survey vessel arrives safely to port following grounding Fugro’s survey vessel, Fugro Mercator, has been towed to a shipyard for inspection following a grounding incident on March 22. After the incident occurred, the 11-strong crew were evacuated and taken ashore. Fugro said at the time that a salvage operation was being prepared together with…

  • US federal judge blocks offshore lease sale over impact on Rice’s whales

    US federal judge blocks offshore lease sale over impact on Rice’s whales A federal judge has blocked an oil and gas lease sale in Gulf waters off the coast of Louisiana after finding that authorities did not take into account the impact of new offshore drilling on the highly endangered Rice’s whale. The ruling from…

  • Dolphin Drilling makes Bryce permanent CEO

    Dolphin Drilling makes Bryce permanent CEO Semisub rig owner Dolphin Drilling has appointed Jon Oliver Bryce permanent chief executive officer. Bryce stepped up from chief strategy officer to take over from Bjørnar Iversen on an interim basis in January. Before joining Dolphin Drilling, he held senior and leadership roles at Awilco Drilling and Odfjell Drilling.…

  • Borealis Maritime offloads four PSVs

    Borealis Maritime offloads four PSVs UK-based shipping asset manager Borealis Maritime has sold four of its platform supply vessels. The Christoph Toepfer-led company is shipping out the 2013-built 3,500 dwt Aurora Pearl, Aurora Diamond, Aurora Emerald and Aurora Sapphire for an undisclosed sum. The Aurora Pearl was picked up by Grupo TMM in Mexico, while…

  • US VP on Greenland trip accuses Denmark of not keeping it safe from Russia, China

    US VP on Greenland trip accuses Denmark of not keeping it safe from Russia, China Reuters Go to baird maritime

  • Aquaterra wins well intervention work in Nigeria

    Aquaterra wins well intervention work in Nigeria UK-based Aquaterra Energy has secured a multi-year contract with Intrepid Energy Limited to deliver a bespoke subsea well intervention equipment package for a project in Nigeria. The well access package will enable Intrepid Energy to conduct intervention operations across multiple mature oil wells in the region, supporting enhanced…

  • Island Drilling scores Equinor contract

    Island Drilling scores Equinor contract Norwegian rig owner and operator Island Drilling has won a long-term contract from Equinor for plug and abandonment work on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The contract, starting in the first quarter of 2026, is for a firm period of three years plus five one-year extension options. The firm deal, involving…

  • Bardex and Gabriel Engineering aim to redefine floating offshore wind mooring solutions

    Bardex and Gabriel Engineering aim to redefine floating offshore wind mooring solutions Though U.S. offshore wind is in a hiatus, that’s not the case in the rest of the world and Goleta, Calif.-headquartered Bardex Corporation and U.K.-based Gabriel Engineering Group have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on cutting-edge anchor, mooring, and precision-component technologies…

  • Ingka, Oxan, and Avapa to develop two floating wind farms off Italy

    Ingka, Oxan, and Avapa to develop two floating wind farms off Italy IKEA owner Ingka Investments and French offshore wind developer Oxan Energy have partnered with Avapa Energy on two floating offshore wind development projects in Italy. The projects have the potential to reach a total installed capacity of 2.45GW. The two offshore wind projects…

  • Shell chooses McDermott for engineering and procurement services

    Shell chooses McDermott for engineering and procurement services Houston-based offshore contractor McDermott has been selected by UK supermajor Shell for an enterprise framework agreement for engineering and procurement services and integrated project management team services. McDermott said that the agreement has a duration of three years with two one-year optional extensions. The scope of the…