September 4th, 20190Offshore service provider Fugro has been awarded a multi-year contract by Germany's Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency for a geotechnical site investigation project in the German North Sea and Baltic Sea. The programme will be completed in three phases over the next three years, and comprises geotechnical investigations at...
September 2nd, 20190Maersk Drilling jackup rig has had an option exercised by Wintershall Noordzee for one additional well. The one-well extension, at the Sillimanite field in the Dutch North Sea, will have an estimated duration of around 100 days. Commencement is scheduled for mid-2020 in continuation of the 2009-built rig’s current...
August 29th, 20190Sweden’s Thun Tankers has placed an order for a 4,250 dwt product tanker at Dutch yard Scheepswerf Ferus Smit, with delivery scheduled for October 2020. The vessel will be built with a “Not Always Afloat But Safely Aground” design, and on delivery will go onto a long-term charter with UK-based Geos Group. The design enables the...
August 28th, 20190Construction support vessel , owned by France’s Bourbon and Dutch outfit Oceanteam, has been awarded an extension until mid-November 2019. The initial charter started in 2016, and with options can be extended through to the first quarter of 2020. The 2007-built vessel has been assisting with installing jumpers and X-mas trees for...
August 28th, 20190Dutch owner Vroon says that its 2017-built PSV has started a new contract with Premier Oil. The vessel has been brought in to support Premier Oil’s drilling campaign, providing supply vessel duties for the Ensco 123 jackup rig in the North Sea. The contract commenced at the end of July and is scheduled through into the fourth...
August 26th, 20192In a revolutionary move to clean up the industry two of Europe’s largest port cities could start issuing identical green shipping regulations so as not to harm economic competition, and they are seeking other European ports to sign up to the new initiative. Local politicians in Rotterdam and Hamburg have met and are seeking an...
August 20th, 20190Shell Tankers has entered into two agreements to charter a total of 14 LNG dual-fuel tankers. The energy major will charter ten aframax oil tankers from South Korean owner Sinokor, which has just placed orders for the vessels at Samsung Heavy Industries with delivery scheduled in 2021. Separately, Shell has agreed long-term...
August 20th, 20190Dutch heavylift shipping company Jumbo has teamed up with compatriot marine biofuel company GoodFuels to test marine biofuel on an offshore decommissioning project in a bid to move the offshore support sector towards renewables. The Jumbo collaboration follows GoodFuels’ completion of two deliveries of sustainable drop in biofuel in...
August 9th, 20190The Port of Rotterdam is pushing other ports, agents and lines around the world to share data to improve efficiencies during port calls. Europe’s largest port has created a new company PortXchange Products to offer its Pronto platform and app to ports around the world. The move has powerful strategic partners in the form of Shell...
July 30th, 20190Dutch company Royal Boskalis Westminster has been awarded a contract for the seabed intervention and shore crossing activities for Woodside Energy’s proposed Scarborough export gas pipeline in North West Australia. The contract has a potential value of EUR145m ($161.5m) if all options are called. The seabed intervention and shore...
