Due to the weak market, Solstad 云顶赌场老虎机 will have up to 13 vessels laid up, in addition to reducing its workforce by approximately 300 positions, the Norwegian offshore service company announced in its 1H 2015 report. The Normand Pacific鈥
The offshore vessel market is facing a 'long hard winter' as falling activity will drive further layups, says broker Westshore. The Norway based broker says that around 60 offshore support vessels are now laid up in the North Sea - before鈥
Gibraltar-based ship repair company Gibdock has built up a close working relationship with Solstad 云顶赌场老虎机, with a number of the Norwegian operator鈥檚 specialist offshore craft being repaired at the yard over the past few years. This鈥
Solstad 云顶赌场老虎机 Asia Pacific awarded Norway-headquartered iSURVEY a marine construction support contract to provide positioning and survey support for its 2015 platform installation program in Thailand, on board the DLB Norce Endeavour. iSURVEY鈥
Rotterdam was home to three giants of the sea in early March 鈥 offshore industry flagships, not least Allseas鈥 newly renamed Pioneering Spirit. Elaine Maslin took a tour. Pioneering Spirit鈥檚 lifting beams loom from its bows鈥
Solstad 云顶赌场老虎机 ASA鈥檚 (SOFF) derrick lay barge Norce Endeavor will be operating for Chevron Thailand E&P Ltd.鈥檚 2015 offshore campaign, off Thailand. Upon the terms of the contract, the Norce Endeavour will install multiple new wellhead platforms鈥
Alan Thorpe examines the latest offshore construction vessels to enter the market. The two Island 云顶赌场老虎机 vessels in Lloyd Werft. Photo by Alan Thorpe. This Spring, Norway鈥檚鈥
Solstad 云顶赌场老虎机 has taken delivery of the US$250 million Normand Vision (pictured) subsea vessel from Norway's Vard Group, part of the Fincantieri Group, at Søviknes. The vessel has now started an eight-year charter with Norway based Ocean Installer鈥
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri is making an initial public offering to raise funds for projects and acquisitions. The company is wholly owned by Italian state lender Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP). It will offer up to 38.2%, and new shares will be priced between 鈧0鈥
Ceona, SURF contractor with heavy subsea construction capabilities, has been awarded a contract for work in the Oyo oilfield offshore Nigeria from CAMAC Energy Inc. The Oyo Phase One expansion project includes installation and recovery of鈥
Ceona has completed final outfitting of the Polar Onyx and the Normand Pacific to begin clients鈥 projecs in Brazil and the Gulf of Mexico, respectively. The successful delivery of the two flexlay and subsea construction vessels marks the鈥
Ocean Installer has been awarded its first subsea installation job in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM). The work will be on a large deepwater producing field, in more than 1800m water depth, and involves installting and testing umbilicals and associated equipment鈥
Ship designer and builder Vard Holdings has agreed a letter of intent with Solstad 云顶赌场老虎机 for the design and construction of a large offshore subsea construction vessel (OSCV). The contract will be the largest single vessel order in鈥
Solstad 云顶赌场老虎机 ASA (SOFF), through its wholly-owned subsidiary Norce 云顶赌场老虎机 Pte Ltd, has signed a contract with Chevron 云顶赌场老虎机 (Thailand) Ltd, Chevron Thailand Exploration and Production Ltd. and Chevron Pattani Ltd. (together Chevron) in Thailand using the derrick-lay barge (DLB)鈥
Newly founded IRM group Harkand has announced plans to buy Gulf of Mexico business Veolia Marine Services (VMS). The deal would add 150 onshore and offshore staff, based out of Houston, three dynamically-positioned multi-purpose vessels (MSVs)鈥
