A flourishing fleet, a wide variety of assignments and the arrival of next generation personnel transport vessels: BOURBON continues to expand with success in the promising Antilles-Guyana area. In April 2009, an oil company called upon BOURBON to transport its personnel to the platforms it managed on the east coast of Trinidad. The Group then [...]
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Seaspeed Marine Consulting was recently commissioned to undertake instrumented full scale sea trials on board a fleet of fast catamaran wind-farm support vessels, covering both calm water and rough water performance monitoring. The vessels ranged in size from 18 to 24 metres in length, all with speeds up to approximately 30 knots. For the calm [...]
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Ship number two of totally twelve platform supply vessels of ULSTEIN’s PX105 design, ‘Sea Flyer’, was delivered from Zhejiang, Ningbo, to Seatankers Group on 14 May 2013. ULSTEIN delivers twelve design and equipment packages to the Chinese yard, where all the vessels for Seatankers Group will be constructed. The packages include design, engineering and equipment [...]
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CWind has placed an order for a second CWhisper SWATH, an innovative 19.5m composite workboat designed and built by Essex-based CTruk. CWind Astute, which features CTruk’s patent-applied moveable wheelhouse and pod system, launched in August last year and underwent sea trials before starting work on contract to Siemens on the London Array Offshore Wind Farm. [...]
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Island Offshore announced that Peterson SBS Den Helder BV has declared the first yearly option on the MV Island Endeavour. The Island Endeavour has performed pool supply duties for the SNS pool since 2008, without any lost time incidents (LTI) since delivery. “We thank Peterson SBS for this extension and look forward to continue the [...]
Tidewater Inc., through a wholly-owned subsidiary, has entered into an agreement with HitecVision to purchase Troms Offshore Supply AS for approximately $395 million. The acquisition of Troms Offshore, headquartered in Tromsø, Norway, will expand Tidewater’s global footprint into the Norwegian sector of the North Sea and supplement Tidewater’s experience and vessel fleet operating in harsh [...]
Air Products has signed an important supply agreement with leading shipyards Samsung Heavy Industries and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd (DSME). The contract covers delivery of nitrogen generator sets for use on the large-scale Australian offshore Ichthys LNG Project, and confirms Air Products’ position as a world leader in the liquefied natural gas [...]
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Noble Corporation today announced that the Company has been awarded a drilling contract by Statoil for a newbuild ultra-high specification jackup for use in the United Kingdom sector of the North Sea. The initial contract is for four years and is anticipated to commence during the third quarter of 2016. The total estimated value of [...]
The first of Austal’s revolutionary TRI SWATH wind farm support vessels has arrived in Europe. The 27 metre Cable Bay was built for Turbine Transfers at Austal’s shipyard in the Philippines. The vessel was offloaded in Southampton, with the process and handover to the owner overseen by technical staff from Austal’s UK office. Austal says [...]
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Boluda Ships Agency & Forwarding, a subsidiary of Boluda Maritime Corporation, has extended logistics services contract with Tidewater, a provider of offshore services to the energy industry. After a year of alliance, the companies also decided to expand and reinforce the range of provided services, as Tidewater has increased the frequency of visits to Las [...]
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