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Europe
Ampelmann awarded offshore contract by DeepOcean
Dutch offshore service provider Ampelmann has secured a contract with DeepOcean to support the hook-up and commissioning of the Valhall…
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Middle East
Polarcus awarded seismic project in the Americas
Dubai-based offshore survey specialist Polarcus has been awarded a wide-azimuth project to be acquired in the Americas. The company will…
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Europe
Diana Shipping enters tanker sector with acquisition of Maersk aframax pair
Greek dry bulk operator Diana Shipping, led by Simeon Palios, is entering into the tanker trades via the acquisition of…
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Greater China
Brightoil hires former chairman as adviser
Financially troubled Brightoil Petroleum has announced that it has employed Sit Kwong Lam, former chairman of the company, as the…
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Europe
Torm acquires four MR tankers
Danish tanker operator Torm has agreed to buy four 2011-built MR tankers from German owner Offen Claus-Peter to expand its…
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Europe
Navios takes over ownership of Shoei Kisen panamax
Angeliki Frangou-led Navios has acquired the 2014-built panamax bulker from Japanese owner Shoei Kisen. The vessel is currently chartered to…
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Europe
Boskalis clinches $126m worth of subsea contracts
Boskalis Subsea Services, part of Boskalis’ offshore energy division, has secured multiple contracts worth a total of over EUR100m ($126m)…
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Asia
Environmentalists slam port authority over size of fine handed to KMTC
Local environmentalists in Thailand have slammed the paltry fine handed to South Korean owner KMTC, the operator of feeder containership…
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Greater China
Rizhao Port Jurong eyes $66m Hong Kong IPO
Rizhao Port Jurong, a joint venture between China’s Rizhao Port and Singapore’s Jurong Port, is expected to start its initial…
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Asia
Vinalines reclaims illegally sold stake in Quy Nhon Port
Vietnam’s state-run shipping company Vinalines will regain control of Quy Nhon Port in the south of the country after it…
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Americas
Helix Energy Solutions takes control of Subsea Technologies Group
Houston-based offshore energy service provider Helix Energy Solutions Group has acquired a majority stake in Subsea Technologies Group Limited (STL),…
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Europe
John Fredriksen initiates tanker newbuild spree in China
Norwegian shipping tycoon John Fredriksen has started a new round of tanker fleet expansion with a newbuilding program in China…
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Containers
Weekly Broker: MR sales lead the pack
This past week has seen healthy activities continue in the sale and purchase market in both the bulker and tanker…
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Asia
MPA Singapore revokes bunker supplier licence of Southernpec
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has revoked the bunker supplier licence of Southernpec with effect from May…
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Europe
Prosafe secures long-term contract with Petrobras
Cypriot offshore platform operator Prosafe has secured a contract with Petrobras for the provision of semi-submersible vessel Safe Eurus for…
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Asia
Swiber creditors approve Seaspan restructuring proposal
The creditors of financially troubled offshore marine group Swiber Holdings have given the green light to a restructuring proposal by…
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Europe
Wood secures Australian subsea contract from Chevron
Offshore engineering service provider Wood has secured a contract with Chevron Australia to provide subsea integration and flow assurance front-end…
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Greater China
China Ocean Industry forced to transfer Nantong Xiangyu shares
Hong Kong-listed shipbuilding group China Ocean Industry has received an enforcement order by a court in Jiangsu, ordering the company…
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Europe
Belships raises $8.3m via private placement
Norwegian owner Belships has successfully raised NOK72.6m ($8.3m) through the allocation of 10.37m new shares. Danske Bank, Norwegian Branch, DNB…
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Europe
Olympic Shipping awarded multiple new contracts
Norway’s Olympic Shipping has been awarded new contracts for the deployment of three of the company’s offshore support vessels. Olympic…
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