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Greater China
Beijing to tighten shipyard regulation, reduce white list
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has released a bulletin asking for opinions on proposed new regulations for…
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Europe
BW Offshore awarded FPSO contract extension
BW Offshore has announced that CNR International (Cote D’Ivoire) has exercised the option to extend the fixed term on the…
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Europe
Prosafe amends and extends contract with Petrobras
Prosafe has announced that it has signed contract amendments and an extension with Petrobras Netherlands. The semi-submersible accommodation vessel Safe…
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Asia
Keppel secures new marine projects
Keppel Offshore & Marine has announced that its subsidiary yard Keppel Shipyard has secured four contracts worth a total of…
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Asia
K Line orders five tanker newbuilds
Japan’s K Line has placed orders with local yards for three VLCCs and two aframax tankers. The company has signed…
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Europe
GC Rieber Shipping inks Angola deal with Technip
GC Rieber Shipping has announced that it has secured a time charter agreement with Technip Angola for subsea construction support…
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Europe
Bibby Offshore secures BP subsea contract
Bibby Offshore has announced that it has secured a contract to provide subsea services to BP in the North Sea.…
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Americas
Scorpio Tankers secures new loan facility
Scorpio Tankers has announced that the company has received a commitment for a loan facility up to $300m from ABN…
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Europe
GSP awarded Tunisia drilling contract
Romanian offshore service company Grup Servicii Petroliere (GSP) has been awarded an offshore drilling contract in Tunisia by Numhyd. Drilling…
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Europe
VAALCO Energy terminates Transocean rig contract
VAALCO Energy has announced that it has executed an agreement with Transocean regarding the remaining contract term associated with the…
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Greater China
ZPMC secures offshore wind contract
Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries (ZPMC) has secured a contract from state-run China Datang Corporation for a series of construction work…
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Europe
DONG Energy awarded Dutch offshore wind farms project
The Netherlands’ Minister of Economic Affairs has awarded DONG Energy the concession to build the offshore wind farms Borssele 1…
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Americas
Eagle Bulk Shipping raises $85m to fund vessel acquisitions
Eagle Bulk Shipping has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to raise $85m in gross proceeds through…
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Asia
HAL Offshore awarded ONGC deal
SEAMEC has announced that HAL Offshore, the promoter of the company, has been awarded a letter of intent by Oil…
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Europe
Dana Petroleum involved in dispute with EnQuest
Dana Petroleum has asserted that EnQuest did not have authority to drill the Eagle exploration well in the Central North…
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Americas
Sea Trucks secures Argentina pipelay contract
Offshore service provider Sea Trucks has announced that it has signed a contract with Enap Sipetrol Argentina for a pipelay…
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Dry Cargo
LT Ugland orders five bulkers at Tsuneishi Zhoushan
Isle of Man owner LT Ugland has placed orders at Tsuneishi Zhoushan Shipbuilding for the construction of five 63,000dwt bulk…
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Containers
CSCL changes direction, to be named Cosco Shipping Development
China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) has announced that the board has proposed to change the company’s name to Cosco Shipping…
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Greater China
Semisubmersible barge hits Keelung wharf
Semisubmersible transport barge Giant 6 hit a wharf at CSBC’s Keelung Shipyard yesterday around noon. The barge, owned by Dutch…
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Containers
Yang Ming sets up in Spain
Taiwanese liner Yang Ming Marine Transport has announced that it has established a subsidiary Yang Ming (Spain) to expand in…
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