High standard Floatel service in demand worldwide:
Floatel has secured another contract for one of its units, this time with Norway's Equinor for operations in Brazilian waters.
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The Floatel Triumph will come to a Gulf near you in 2023:
PS> Both Flotel Victory and Triumph where built at Keppel FELS, Singapore.
ombugge
September 6, 2021, 12:35pm
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DOF selling off older tonnage:
DOF Subsea has sold its 2001-built construction support vessel to an undisclosed international buyer. The Oslo-listed company will deliver the 104.2 m long CSV to the new owner in the third quarter of 2022 after it completes its current contract...
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Solstad is busy in West Africa:
Oslo-listed Solstad Offshore has secured multiple new medium-term contracts in West Africa. The Norwegian shipowner has signed a letter of agreements with undisclosed clients for seven platform supply vessels, set to commence in the fourth quarter of...
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ombugge
September 9, 2021, 1:58pm
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Solstad selling another AHTS as part of their plan to trim the fleet:
Fleet trimming continues at Norway’s Solstad Offshore with the sale of the 2007-built another anchor handling tug supply vessel . The buyer and the price for the Malaysia-flagged AHTS were not revealed. Delivery of the vessel has already taken place,...
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ombugge
September 27, 2021, 8:45pm
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Clarkson’s Offshore review shows improvement and brighter outlook for the Offshore markets worldwide:
That goes for the top end Seismic market as well:
Oslo-listed seismic player SeaBird Exploration, a subsidiary of Green Energy Group, has clinched a firm one-year contract for the 2009-built survey vessel with an undisclosed repeat operator. The contract will commence in November 2021 and...
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PS> The picture in the article is of another SeaBird vessel, the Voyager Explorer:
ombugge
October 13, 2021, 2:39pm
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Aquadrill (ex Seadrill Partners) is sell a 6th Generation rig for scrap while restructuring for the upturn:https://splash247.com/aquadrill-offloads-semisub-and-scores-drillship-contract/
ombugge
October 29, 2021, 4:00pm
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Normand Samson (ex Far Samson) is moving to South America:
Oslo-listed Solstad Offshore has secured a contract from an undisclosed major oilfield services company for the charter of the 2009-built construction support vessel . The vessel will be utilised on a field development project in South America for a...
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ombugge
November 22, 2021, 1:40pm
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The offshore fleet in general has shrunk and is shrinking:
Despite a significant increase in the global shipping fleet over the previous five years, the offshore sector has seen vessel numbers decline as demand remained more constrained and poor markets encouraged removals. According to the most recent...
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But not enough to reach equilibrium between supply and demand yet.
Aban Offshore is doing their part:
India’s largest offshore driller, Aban Offshore, has recently sold four jackup rigs and one drillship and also secured a long-term contract. The Chennai-headquartered company has offloaded the 2006-built jackup Deep Driller 3 to UAE-based Adnoc...
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ombugge
November 24, 2021, 10:07pm
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Looks like the better equipped CSVs and MPSVs are keeping busy:
Norwegian vessel owner and operator Volstad Maritime has been awarded a one-year time charter agreement with compatriot subsea services player DeepOcean for the 2006-built multipurpose support vessel (MPSV) . DeepOcean has been working with Volstad...
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PS> She is working in the Norwegian Sea out of Sandnessjøen at the moment.
ombugge
December 13, 2021, 4:35pm
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Norwegian offshore services player Reach Subsea has won a contract from an undisclosed client in the US Gulf for the end of 2021 and 2022 execution, representing about 230 project days. The project involves support of an ocean bottom node (OBN)...
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Coming to a Gulf near you:
OLYMPIC ARTEMIS is an Inspection, Maintenance and Repair Vessel with diesel electric frequency controlled propulsion, highly efficient azimuth thruster and a system for dynamic positioning. The vessel is equipped with a 60t AHC crane, helideck and...
ombugge
December 18, 2021, 9:46pm
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From smp.no today:
I can’t find any confirmation, but Borealis has been active buying up distressed OSVs lately.https://borealismaritime.com/fleet/
The 2 AHTS vessels belonging to K-Line is among the most powerful in the world:
KL Sandefjord is a large powerful Anchor Handler built by STX (Vard) for operations in harsh environment. Bollard Pull of 390 tons, large chain and fiber capacity, fitted with IKM WROV in hangar, makes the vessel ideally suited for pre-lay and other...
KL Saltfjord is a large powerful Anchor Handler built by STX (Vard) for operations in harsh environment. Bollard Pull of 397 tons, large chain and fiber capacity, fitted with IKM WROV in hangar, makes the vessel ideally suited for pre-lay and other...
ombugge
December 30, 2021, 12:40pm
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The BOS TURQUESA in Guanabara Bay (Brazil)
Photo: Capt Jan Plug Master Seven Rio (c)
The Accommodation vessel Edda Frides is getting around.
Norwegian floatel contractor Edda Accommodation has been awarded a new contract by Italian energy services player Saipem for the 2011-built . The world’s first purpose build offshore accommodation and service vessel will commence its contract at...
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Wonder the end game here:
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ombugge
February 4, 2022, 12:56pm
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“The market for subsea construction vessels continues to improve with strong demand from both renewable energy and oil & gas activity”:
Solstad Offshore has been awarded multiple contracts involving several of its subsea construction support vessels (CSVs). The contracts have a combined firm utilisation of 640 days, with additional options thereafter, on projects in the North Sea,...
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No, Solstad vessels are not run cheaply and crewed by “3rd world villagers”.
DOF Subsea is busy around the world:
DOF Subsea has been awarded a contract by Australian operator Woodside for subsea christmas tree retrieval and offshore support services at the Enfield field, Australia. The campaign execution will involve the recovery of 18 trees, 18 flowbases and...
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