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Middle East
Gulf Drilling and Northern Offshore the winners as Qatar Petroleum awards eight jackup contracts
Qatar Petroleum has announced the award of contracts for a total of eight jackup drilling rigs required for the North…
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Europe
Westgarth replaces El-Mokadem as CEO of V.Group
Less than two years after he was appointed CEO, V.Group has announced that Ian El-Mokadem is leaving the company. El-Mokadem…
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Europe
Northern Drilling exercises drillship option at DSME
John Fredriksen’s rig investment company Northern Drilling has exercised its option for newbuild drillship from South Korean yard DSME. Northern…
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Europe
Belships continues rapid expansion with supramax buy
Norwegian owner Belships has acquired another bulker on the secondhand market, snapping up 2007-built Japanese supramax from Elias Kulikundis’ Prospero…
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Europe
Global Ship Lease signs two new long-term charters with Zim
London-based containership owner Global Ship Lease has signed new charters with Zim for 2000-built 5,936 teu containerships Dimitris Y and…
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Americas
McDermott awarded Amoca EPC contract by ENI Mexico
US offshore engineering firm McDermott International has been awarded a contract by ENI Mexico for engineering, procurement and construction of…
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Asia
Mercator confirms sale of its last VLCC
India’s Mercator has confirmed the sale of 2006-built VLCC for $27.5m, nearly five months after it was initially reported as…
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Europe
Aker Energy extends option on bareboat charter of Ocean Yield FPSO
Aker Energy has paid to extend an option it has for the long-term charter of Ocean Yield’s FPSO . Ocean…
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Europe
Noble Group selling off remains of bulker fleet
Freshly restructured Noble Group Holdings has revealed in its latest quarterly results that it is planning to sell of its…
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Europe
M/Maritime latest owner to join CTM’s Supramax RSA
The Mytilineos family’s M/Maritime is the third shipowner in under a month to join the Supramax Revenue Sharing Agreement, run…
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Asia
Grindrod seals financing for ultramax pair, sells handy bulker and product tanker
Nasdaq-listed Grindrod Shipping has sealed financing for two newbuild ultramaxes and also announced the sale of two of its vessels.…
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Europe
Exmar orders LPG-fuelled VLGC pair for Equinor contract
Belgian shipowner Exmar has ordered a pair of LPG-fuelled 86,000 cu m LPG carriers from China’s Jiangnan Shipyard. The vessels…
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Americas
Diamond Offshore gets long-term work for drillship pair from Woodside
Houston-headquartered offshore driller Diamond Offshore has been awarded a pair of contracts by Woodside for drillships Ocean BlackRhino and Ocean…
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Europe
Flex LNG seals sale and charterback with Hyundai Glovis for LNG carrier pair
John Fredirksen’s Flex LNG has sold 2018-built LNG carrier pair Flex Endeavour and Flex Enterprise to Hyundai Glovis for $420m.…
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Asia
Port worker dies when crane catches fire while unloading coal at Kolkata
A port worker died on Saturday when a fire broke out on the mobile harbour crane he was operating caught…
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Europe
Hans Aasnæs hired to replace Jens Ismar at Western Bulk
Norway’s Western Bulk has appointed Hans Aasnæs as its new CEO replacing Jens Ismar who leaves Western Bulk after almost…
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Europe
Minerva Bunkering appoints CEO
Minerva Bunkering, the renamed and restructured Aegean Marine Petroleum Network, has appointed Tyler Baron as its chief executive officer. Baron,…
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Europe
S.D. Standard Drilling acquires PSV in court sale
Øystein Stray Spetalen’s S.D. Standard Drilling (SDSD) has acquired 2014-built platform supply vessel for $8.1m in a court sale. The…
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Europe
KCA Deutag awarded drilling contract extension by CNOOC
Drilling and engineering contractor KCA Deutag has been awarded an extension to its existing contract with CNOOC Petroleum Europe for…
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Europe
Simon Møkster PSV fixed to Equinor
Norway’s Simon Møkster Shipping has agreed a contract with Equinor for 2013-built platform supply vessel . The vessel contract is…
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