Focal Marine & Offshore, a Singapore / Shanghai based OSV designer, has received a significant order for their 78m PSV (FOCAL 522) design, amounting up to 10 ships to be built at Xiamen Shipbuilding Industries in China. FOCAL 522 PSV design features 4,000 ton deadweight, 800 m2 deck cargo area, complement of 60 men and [...]
Ophir Energy plc announced that it has secured a drilling rig and executed a letter of agreement for Rig Share Assignment with BG Group for the continuation of its 2013-2014 East African offshore drilling programme. Odjfell Drilling is the contract counterpart and drilling service contractor. The Deepsea Metro I (DSM-1) drillship is currently being used [...]
Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry, a subsidiary of Fujian Shipbuilding Industry Group Corporation, has secured contracts for construction of ten platform supply vessels (PSV) from two clients, Nam Cheong and MK Marine, Eshiptrading writes. Accordingly, MK Marine has opted for four Xiamen design PSVs of 78M. This type of PSV encompasses 8m in length and 18.6m in [...]
Vroon Offshore Services announced that it has secured a long-term contract with BP for the provision of platform-supply and emergency response and rescue services on the UK continental shelf. These services will be undertaken by A- and B-Class field-support vessels and a platform-supply vessel. In due course one of the field-support vessels will be replaced [...]
FAFNIR OFFSHORE and REMØY MANAGEMENT have secured a six year (180 days a year) back-to-back time charter contract with the Governor on Svalbard for FAFNIR’s newly commissioned platform supply vessel. The contract is extendable two times two years and is valued at 329.3 million NOK ($56.5 million US). The ship will service the Arctic island [...]
Keppel FELS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), has secured contracts from Mexican drilling company, Grupo R, to build four jackup rigs worth US$820 million. The jackup rigs will be built to Keppel’s proprietary KFELS B Class design and are scheduled for delivery progressively from 2Q 2015 to 4Q 2015. [...]
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world’s biggest shipbuilder and leading offshore facilities contractor today announced it received a letter of award for a USD 1.3 billion order for a floating production unit (FPU) and a USD 700 million order for a tension leg platform (TLP) from Total E&P Congo on March 26. Hyundai Heavy will [...]
Otto Marine Limited, a leading offshore marine company which specialises in building complex offshore support vessels, ship chartering and offers ship repair and conversion and fabrication services, announced that PT Batamec, its Indonesia-based shipyard, has secured contracts to fabricate, assemble and deliver four pre-erected columns and pontoon blocks worth a total of S$6.3 million. Secured [...]
DeepOcean AS, a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group, has been awarded the single largest contract in the history of the company since it was founded in 1999. The contract is for a firm period of 5 years starting in the first quarter of 2014 with options for another 3 years and covers subsea Inspection, Maintenance and [...]
STX OSV Holdings Limited, one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, announced that it has secured a new contract for the design and construction of one Offshore Subsea Construction Vessel (“OSCV”) for Farstad Shipping. This newbuilding, designed for subsea and IMR (Inspection, Maintenance and Repair) operations, is part of [...]
