Hopefully Jaya have upped their game.
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Deepocean expands it’s footprint:
Norwegian ocean services contractor DeepOcean has acquired Australia’s subsea services provider Shelf Subsea. DeepOcean has acquired 100% of the shares in Shelf Subsea, expanding its footprint into Southeast Asia, Australia, and the Middle East....
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The transaction enables a global expansion of DeepOcean’s operating model and access to a versatile subsea fleet. The acquisition also opens up the APAC and the Middle East markets, which have an increasing demand for subsea IMR and recycling services, and a growing offshore wind market.
An OSV setting permanent mooring in Gulf of Thailand.
NOTE: Two OSVs in tandem is needed to obtain enough pull for holding test.
To be converted for the second time:
Marine geoscience and offshore construction support player Next Geosolutions (NextGeo) has contracted Norwegian shipyard Green Yard Kleven to convert its NG Explorer MPSV into a survey vessel. NextGeo bought the 2010-built MPSV, then named Sea...
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Green Yard Kleven has previously been involved in converting this vessel for another owner, and will now extend the vessel’s lifespan once again.
The yard will deliver a complete turn-key project to NextGeo, including design and engineering, with its internal technical department supported by Nelton Design. The yard will also deliver equipment, new and second-hand, as well as coordinate the re-classing process. The vessel is scheduled for delivery by the end of 2025.
Seen here as aquaculture service vessel:
Built in China 2010 as PSV “Bourbon 121”:
https://www.ship-db.de/nawbn.php?wbn_nr=YZDYDY+821010E
Norwegian energy firm Equinor has chartered three Norwegian-flagged platform supply vessels (PSVs) for short-term work, tapping units from Tidewater and Remøy Shipping. Brokers report that Tidewater’s Sun Tide and North Purpose have been fixed for...
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Brokers report that Tidewater’s Sun Tide and North Purpose have been fixed for periods of just over one month. The 2014-built 5,630 dwt Sun Tide is understood to be earning close to $10,300 per day. Dayrates for the 2010-built 4,830 dwt North Purpose were not disclosed.
Remøy Shipping has also secured more work for the 2010-built 4,900 dwt Rem Crusader , which joined the Norwegian market in 2024 after working on the UK shelf. The vessel has been fixed on similar terms to the Tidewater ships, both in duration and rate.
Sun Tide:
North Purpose:
Rem Crusader:
PS> Tidewater Marine AS has 26 vessels under management. 25 of the vessels are flying Norwegian flag, while one is Liberian registered:
The founder of Solstad Offshore, Capt. Johannes Solstad is celebrating his 95th Birthday today:
Johannes Solstad, the founder of Solstad, turns 95 years old today
During the years, thousands of seafarers on hundreds of vessels have sailed with the Solstad flag. Offshore vessels and seafarers remain Johannes’ main interest, and he still receives market updates several times a week.
Join us in congratulating Johannes Solstad on his 95th birthday!
The Solstad Rederi history started with this ship in 1964:
“Soldrott” was a stately ship and the first in the Solstad shipping company.
Photo: Solstad
The first OSV AHTS Normand Produce, blt. 1974:
The company celebrated it’s 60th anniversary last year:
Founder, father and grandfather Johannes is now 93 years old, grandson Johannes is 21 years old, while dad and CEO Lars Peder is 53 years old. Photo: Private
Started as sailors
All three guys started out as sailors. Johannes, went to sea at the age of 17 with his father to the fisheries outside Iceand back in 1947, only two years after World War two. This was on the cutter “Ivan”. One year after he started as a deckhand on M/S Rena with Oslo as home port. It was not until 1964 Johannes Solstad decided to start the new chapter onshore. As Maritim Inspector on Madagaskar for Scandinavia East Africa Line, a daughter company of the Norwegian Americaline, he had met with Polack Synek Drotkowski at Rudolf Eidensen’s home. During their interaction, and shortly after hearing Solstad’s plan to establish his own shipping company, Mr. Drotkowski was quick with raising capital to invest in the new company.
While the youngest had his first job on board a ship in 2019, dad Lars Peder was also at sea before he went ashore in 1996. He started as a charterer before taking over as CEO of Solstad Shipping in 1999.
For the first ten years, Solstad owned dry cargo ships, but in 1973 they entered the offshore industry.
Source: https://www.kystens.no/nyheter/tre-generasjoner-solstad-feirer-60-ar/2-1-1684599
Converting OSVs to OWF operation has been the normal case, until now:
Olympic Notos is a hybrid-powered commissioning service operation vessel and was delivered to Olympic in 2024 (source: Ulstein)
Norwegian offshore vessel owner DOF has won two new long-term vessel contracts in Brazil. The company said that its 2001-built Skandi Carla and the 2006-built Geoholm have been contracted on four-year charters with Brazilian state-owned oil and gas...
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Not bad for a company that was started in 1981 by a few fishing boat owners from Austevoll, an island outside Bergen, where the company still has it’s Hq.:
Learn about DOF’s vision, values, and rich history in the offshore industry, driving excellence in subsea, marine, and renewable energy solutions.
Fleet list since start up:
Curious that there is practically no news from US OSV companies who used to dominate the OSV news.
There are, but from and about subsidiaries of US OSV companies operating abroad under various flags.
Meanwhile China is building OSVs again:
Jiangsu Dajin Heavy Industry has won an order for six 65-meter anchor handling tug and supply (AHTS) vessels. Shanghai Jiahao Marine Engineering Research and Design has been put in charge of the design and development of the vessels. All six vessels...
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All six vessels will run on electric propulsion and will be equipped with fully rotating propellers, bow and stern thrusters, and a DP-2 dynamic positioning system.
Sounds like Jiangsu Dajin Heavy Industry is busy these days:
Excluding the six AHTS vessels and according to available data, the Chinese shipbuilder has a total of 82 orders for over 950,000 dwt, including 57 general cargo ships, 12 bulk carriers, 11 container ships, and two offshore vessels, with delivery dates scheduled until 2028.
Here is an example of where US companies appear in news involving OSVs:
A third US company is involved:
[quote]Octiv® digital fracturing services to maximize stimulation equipment performance and operational efficiency.[/quote]
The North Pomore will need substantial conversion to be suitable for this contract:
Tidewater’s PSV North Pomore:
Photos: George Saunders, Aberdeen
Brazilian offshore vessel owner and services provider OceanPact has signed four new contracts with Petrobras, totalling approximately $582m (BRL 3.2bn). The contracts are for the chartering of the Parcel do Bandolim, Parcel das Timbebas, Parcel das...
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https://oceanpact.com/en/services/resources/
Petrobras is busy securing long term charters for top end CSVs:
Norwegian offshore vessel owner DOF has secured additional work with Brazilian state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras. A new contract was awarded to the 2009-built subsea construction vessel Skandi Salvador. It is contracted on a four-year charter...
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Subsea well construction and intervention services provider AKOFS Offshore has won a contract for one of its multipurpose service vessels (MPSV) with Brazilian state-owned giant Petrobras. The company’s 2009-built vessel AKOFS Santos, previously...
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Siem Spearfish as new. Photo: Vard
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