Strategic Marine, a leading specialist shipbuilder in Asia-Pacific, today delivered the Jati Five crew transfer vessel to Malaysian owner, Dinasti Jati Sdn Bhd. The company also confirmed it has received an order for two further ships in the range, the Jati Six and Jati Eight. The Jati Five, ordered last year and completed to one [...]
Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA) has concluded the planned reduction of non-core personnel from the Cormorant Alpha platform in the northern UK North Sea following the detection of hydrocarbons in one leg of the platform. There were 159 people on board when the incident was discovered on January 14. On Tuesday, 92 non-core [...]
Four crew members have been kidnapped off Nigeria’s coast from an Italian platform supply vessel. Armed pirates have attecked the vessel MV Asso Ventuno, operated by Naples-based Augusta Offshore, on Sunday evening about 40 miles (65 km) off the coast of Nigeria’s Bayelsa state. “Pirates armed with guns attacked, boarded an offshore supply vessel and [...]
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Miclyn Express Offshore Limited has been awarded contracts by Saudi Aramco for three Crew/Utility Vessels. The contracts are 5 years in duration with 2 optional years to extend. The aggregate value for the firm period of the three new contracts is US$26m. The contracts will commence between December 2012 and January 2013. New vessels In [...]
U.S. offshore marine support vessel operator SEACOR Marine LLC (SEACOR Marine), located in Houma, Louisiana, has chosen Kongsberg Maritime to supply sophisticated Dynamic Positioning systems for two new 190-foot CrewZer Class Crew boats (also known as Fast supply vessels). SEACOR Lynx and SEACOR Leopard are under construction at Gulfcraft Shipyard, located in Franklin, Louisiana, and [...]
Total’s experts and specialist contractors yesterday boarded the Elgin complex and successfully carried out their objective. In a key milestone toward bringing the situation under control, the team spent nearly four hours on the Elgin complex to gather preliminary information that will be used to assist in preparation for deploying the necessary equipment to perform [...]
EDT Offshore (Cyprus), an operations and management company for offshore support and dredging services, has taken delivery of a Damen Fast Crew Supplier 3507 and an FCS 5009: the ‘EDT Leda’ and the ´EDT Nefeli´. Both are built according to the Damen Sea Axe design that reduces slamming up to 75% and increases crew comfort. [...]
China Oilfield Services Limited (“COSL”) has received a letter of endorsement from the company representative of PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited (“PTTEP”) in appreciation of a recently contracted operation performed by the COSL HYSY719 seismic vessel offshore Myanmar. HYSY719’s crew had overcome many challenges for this contracted operation, and developed an optimal operation [...]
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Incat Crowther has announced the launch of the 20m monohull crew boat Ahuva. Built by Veecraft Marine in South Africa, Ahuva will join 30m monohull crewboats Perez and Deborah in the C&I Leasing fleet in Nigeria. Ahuva is specifically designed for efficient safe crew transfer to offshore energy installations. Ahuva is powered by a pair [...]
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Australian ship builder Strategic Marine has confirmed its position as a major supplier of vessels to the Malaysian offshore oil and gas sector, securing a contract to build two 40 metre crew boats for Syarikat Borcos Shipping Sdn Bhd, an established Malaysian shipping company formed in early 1980. On delivery of the vessels mid next [...]
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