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Sevan Marine ditches asset sale plans

Rig owner Sevan Marine has ditched plans to sell assets. At its quarterly results presentation the Norwegian company said it had received indicative expressions of interest from industrial parties regarding the purchase of certain assets of Sevan Marine.

“These offers reflected a discount to the current market value of the company,” the firm said in a release.

Sevan Marine appointed Pareto Securities in April 2015 to explore potential strategic options for the company.

Sevan Marine said today it will now focus its efforts on “independently developing, marketing and supporting the execution of projects based on its unique cylindrical hull design”.

Sevan Marine registered a net loss of $11.6m in the second quarter.

Sam Chambers

Starting out with the Informa Group in 2000 in Hong Kong, Sam Chambers became editor of Maritime Asia magazine as well as East Asia Editor for the world’s oldest newspaper, Lloyd’s List. In 2005 he pursued a freelance career and wrote for a variety of titles including taking on the role of Asia Editor at Seatrade magazine and China correspondent for Supply Chain Asia. His work has also appeared in The Economist, The New York Times, The Sunday Times and The International Herald Tribune.
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