April 24th, 20190Offshore construction support vessel Southern Ocean, owned by Bourbon and Oceanteam, has entered into a contract with Fugro to support a project off the coast of Australia. The vessel will undertake a program of IRM work for Fugro, and mobilisation will start mid May 2019 once its current charter with McDermott in India has...
April 18th, 20190Australia’s MMA Offshore has been awarded a contract by Woodside to provide accommodation and walk-to-work vessel services, supporting platform maintenance operations at Woodside’s Australian assets. MPSV will have a gangway system installed to allow the transfer of personnel between the Woodside platforms and their accommodation...
April 5th, 20190Dockworkers in Sydney and Brisbane have gone on a 24-hour strike today to protest Hutchison Ports ongoing refusal to move away from outsourcing of jobs and overseas remote controlling of already semi-automated equipment. “Outsourcing our jobs for greater profit and remote controlling to workers that may be paid $2 per hour will...
April 4th, 20190Maersk Drilling has been awarded a long-term contract by Inpex Australia for 2010-built semi-submersible . The three-year contract, with Inpex and joint venture participants, is for drilling at the Ichthys gas and condensate field offshore Western Australia. Commencement is scheduled for the second quarter of 2020 and the deal...
March 26th, 20190The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has detained a German bulker at Port Kembla after crew aired their grievances about working conditions onboard. Crew on the , owned by Hamburg-based Blumenthal JMK, complained to a local transport union about inadequate food and shore leave. "The complaints relate to insufficient food...
March 15th, 20190Australian offshore vessel owner MMA Offshore has been awarded a drilling support contract by Santos. The contract will see MMA Offshore provide three vessels, made up of two anchor handling tug supply vessels and a platform supply vessel. The vessels will provide services including rig tows to and from field, infield rig moves and...
March 13th, 20190Two of the world’s largest liners are joining forces to offer a unique Europe – Oceania service. MSC and CMA CGM have announced the formation of a new vessel sharing agreement for the trade from Europe to the Indian Ocean and Australia. From mid-September 2019, the carriers will operate a joint service which will return from...
March 13th, 20190Norway’s Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract by Chevron Australia to support the delivery of a subsea compression system at the Jansz-Io field, offshore Australia. The master contract includes the front-end engineering and design of a subsea compression station and will also cover an unmanned power and control floater, as...
February 26th, 20190Two Korean firms are partnering to chase FSRU projects. EPIK, which has an FSRU project at the Australian port of Newcastle underway, is teaming up with Hyundai LNG Shipping in the new venture. Jee Yoon, EPIK’s founder and managing director, said, “partnering with Hyundai LNG Shipping marks a key strategic milestone for EPIK,...
February 18th, 20190Adding to dry bulk’s woes, China is believed to have imposed import restrictions for Australian coal to a number of key ports in the country's northeast, in a move to shed domestic coal capacity and boost domestic coal prices. Last year, China imposed similar coal import restrictions at several ports on its southeast...
