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Shearwater secures offshore survey contract from Premier Oil
Shearwater GeoServices, a joint venture between GC Rieber and Rasmussengruppen, has secured a contract from Premier Oil to conduct a…
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Europe
Subsea 7 deal dead as McDermott shareholders vote for CB&I merger
Kristian Siem’s Subsea 7 has withdrawn its takeover offer for McDermott International after the US offshore services company’s shareholders voted…
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Europe
Arne Fredly adds management layer to Hunter Group
Norwegian investor Arne Fredly has set about adding a layer of management to his new VLCC vehicle. Last month, Fredly,…
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Europe
DOF Subsea vessel fixed to Fugro
DOF Subsea has been awarded a contract by Fugro for 2002-built multipurpose CSV . The vessel contract commences early May,…
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Europe
Oceanteam secures CSV contract extension
Oceanteam has secured a one-month contract extension for construction support vessel Southern Ocean from an undisclosed client. The extension will…
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Europe
Shearwater GeoServices awarded offshore survey contracts
Shearwater GeoServices, the seismic joint venture between GC Rieber Shipping and Rasmussengruppen, has been awarded a contract to acquire 3D…
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Europe
DOF Subsea awarded several new Asia Pacific contracts
Norway’s DOF Subsea has been awarded several contracts in the Asia Pacific region. Construction support vessel Skandi Hercules has been…
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Europe
Borr Drilling offloads 14 elderly Paragon jackups
Norway’s Borr Drilling has sold 14 ageing jackup rigs en bloc to a non-drilling company, rigs it acquired as part…
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Europe
Vard to build cable lay vessel for Prysmian Group
Norwegian offshore shipbuilder Vard has been awarded a contract by Italy’s Prysmian Group to design and construct a cable laying…
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Europe
Klaveness launches dedicated new combination carrier company
Norwegian owner Torvald Klaveness has created a new company, Klaveness Combination Carriers (KCC). “The new company will be the leading…
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Americas
McDermott management stands firm in face of growing Subsea 7 overtures
Top management at American offshore firm McDermott International remain resolute against the takeover overtures from Kristian Siem’s Subsea 7. The…
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Europe
Fredriksen lifts stake in Avance Gas to near 20%
John Fredriksen forked out NOK64.1m ($8.05m) yesterday to acquire 3 million Advance Gas shares via Hemen Holding, lifting his stake…
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Europe
DeepOcean appoints new CEO
Norwegian subsea operator DeepOcean, fresh from acquiring ROV specialist Delta SubSea earlier this week, has announced the appointment of Øyvind…
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Europe
Veterans appointed to head up new autonomous shipping line
Massterly, the new autonomous shipping joint venture created by Wilhelmsen and Kongsberg, has appointed Tom Eystø as managing director and…
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Europe
Wilson sells vintage bulker
Norway’s Wilson has sold the 1976-built bulk carrier Wilson Rye to an unnamed party for €525,000 ($640.6k). The Kleven-built vessel…
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Europe
Solstad Farstad continues to trim its anchor handling fleet
Norway’s Solstad Farstad has sold 2008-built anchor handling tug supply vessel Nor Chief to an undisclosed third party. The vessel…
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Europe
DeepOcean acquires Delta SubSea
Norway’s DeepOcean has acquired US remotely operated vehicle specialist Delta SubSea in a move to expand its presence in the US…
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Europe
Havila Shipping secures PSV extension from Maersk Oil
Norwegian OSV operator Havila Shipping into an agreement with Maersk Oil and Gas, an affiliate company of Total, for a…
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Europe
Subsea 7 moves to acquire McDermott for $2bn, wants CB&I deal scrapped
Kristian Siem-led Subsea 7 has proposed a deal to the board of US offshore firm McDermott International to acquire the…
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Europe
Statoil awards Njord Bravo FSO upgrade contract to Aibel
Norway’s Statoil, on behalf of the Njord license, has awarded a NOK1.3bn ($166.7m) contract to Aibel for the upgrading of…
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