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Jasper Offshore sells 45-year-old drillship for scrap

Photo of Jason Jiang Jason JiangSeptember 26, 2018
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Singapore’s Jasper Offshore has sold its 1973-built drillship Jasper Explorer for scrap.

According to rig broker Bassoe Offshore, the drillship was sold to cash buyer GMS for a price of $6.3m.

The 45-year old drillship was renamed many times during its service life, and it has been stacked since March 2014.

Following the sale, Jasper Offshore’s fleet consists of 41-year-old semi-submersible floatel Jasper Cosmopolitan.

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Photo of Jason Jiang Jason JiangSeptember 26, 2018
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Jason Jiang

Jason is one of the most prolific writers on the diverse China shipping & logistics industry and his access to the major maritime players with business in China has proved an invaluable source of exclusives. Having been working at Asia Shipping Media since inception, Jason is the chief correspondent of Splash and associate editor of Maritime CEO magazine. Previously he had written for a host of titles including Supply Chain Asia, Cargo Facts and Air Cargo Week.
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