China’s geophysical services company BGP has signed a three year Cooperative Agreement with Norway’s TGS to acquire, process and market multi-client 2D and 3D seismic data in East Africa. The agreement includes an initial 2D multi-client 13,135 km seismic survey in west Morondava, offshore Madagascar. The newly acquired data will extend and infill the existing regional [...]
Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Statoil Petroleum AS (Statoil), on behalf of the field license partners, to provide a floating storage and offtake (FSO) unit for the Gina Krog oil and gas field located in North Sea. The contract will be serviced by a new [...]
Nor-Shipping announced today Edda Ferd Platform Supply Vessel is nominated for the 2013 Nor-Shipping Next Generation Ship Award. HRH Crown Prince Haakon of Norway will present the award when announced at the Opening Conference on June 4, 2013. The Next Generation Ship Award recognizes the yard, designer or owner with the most promising design idea for [...]
India’s drilling contractor Aban Offshore has secured a contract for its Aban Ice drillship, as reported by The Economic Times, an English-language Indian daily newspaper. According to the newspaper, the contract worth approximately $200 million comes from the India’s state-controlled oil company, ONGC. The drillship, capable of operating in water depths of up to 2000 feet, will [...]
Farstad Shipping ASA has, through its wholly owned subsidiary P/R International Offshore Services ANS, sold the PSV Lady Kari-Ann (1982, ME 202, 2,972 DWT). Delivery of the vessel to the new owner took place Tuesday 21 May 2013. Sale of the vessel will give a booked profit of approx. NOK 3.5 mill. in the 2nd [...]
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Genscape, the company that pioneered the placement of thousands of patented, in-the-field energy monitors to measure market fundamentals in real-time, today announced the acquisition of Vesseltracker.com GmbH. This acquisition significantly expands Genscape’s network of proprietary real-time energy monitors to deliver the next era in oceangoing fleet analytics and customized reporting. Vesseltracker uses sophisticated algorithms to [...]
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Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has entered into an agreement with North Sea Shipping to extend the charter hire period for the vessel Atlantic Guardian from 1 September 2013 to 1 March 2014. Furthermore, EMGS has agreed to charter the vessel for an additional period of at least two years, with three optional one-year extensions. Under [...]
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Incat Crowther has announced the launch of Swissco Cheetah, the first of a pair of 36m crewboats built by Cheoy Lee Shipyards of Hong Kong. Capable of carrying 50 tonnes of deck cargo, the 70-passenger vessel was delivered by Cheoy Lee’s Zhuhai shipyard to Singapore-based operator, Swissco Offshore, which provides marine services to the shipping and [...]
BAE Systems yesterday held a keel laying ceremony for the first of four platform supply vessels it’s building for Jackson Offshore Operators. The new vessels, which will support drilling operations in the Gulf of Mexico, reflect BAE Systems’ continued growth in U.S. commercial shipbuilding and its support to the offshore oil and gas industry. The [...]
Nam Cheong Limited Malaysia’s largest Offshore Support Vessel (“OSV”) builder, today announced the appointment of Leong Seng Keat as the Group’s Chief Executive Officer with immediate effect. He was Nam Cheong’s Executive Director, and the new appointment is in line with the Group’s strategy to strengthen and streamline the management team as it embarks on [...]
