Norway
-
Europe
Oceaneering cuts 100 more staff
Oslo: Subsea specialist Oceaneering is cutting more staff in Norway. The firm’s head of Norwegian operations, Erik Sæstad, told Sysla.no…
Read More » -
Americas
Ridgebury Crude Tankers buys two aframaxes
Athens: Ridgebury Crude Tankers (RCT) says it intends to purchase two tankers from its sister company Ridgebury Aframax Tankers (RAT) for a below-market price…
Read More » -
Europe
Bergen Group completes sale of rig yard
Oslo: Bergen Group has now come to an agreement with Semco Maritime for the sale of its rig service activity,…
Read More » -
Europe
DOF newbuild AHTS heads out on Petrobras charter
Oslo: Offshore specialist DOF has said today that its latest addition to the fleet, Skandi Angra (18,000 bhp, built 2015),…
Read More » -
Europe
Rolls-Royce Marine makes 600 redundant
Athens: Rolls-Royce is to lay off 600 employees from its marine division “in response to challenging market conditions” and the…
Read More » -
Europe
Siem Offshore signs five year deal for MSRV
Oslo: Norway’s Siem Offshore has announced that it has entered into a charter agreement with an unidentified construction diving and…
Read More » -
Americas
TGS gets approval for Mexican seismic survey
Oslo: Oslo-listed TGS has received a seismic permit from Mexico’s Comisión Nacional de Hidrocarburos (CNH) authorizing the acquisition of a…
Read More » -
Europe
Petroleum Geo-Services heads to Mexico after job cuts
Oslo: Petroleum Geo-Services commenced operations over the weekend on a 2D seismic program offshore Mexico, utilising Atlantic Explorer and Sanco Spirit, having recently…
Read More » -
Europe
Odfjell secures drillship contract offshore Vietnam
Oslo: Odfjell Drilling has secured a contract with VietGazprom to deploy 2011-built drillship Deepsea Metro I to Vietnam. The drillship…
Read More » -
Europe
Nordic American Offshore reiterates its ‘speedy availability’ for Mediterranean rescue operations
Athens: Nordic American Offshore (NAO) has responded to the news its competitor won a charter to undertake rescue missions in the Mediterranean Sea,…
Read More » -
Europe
Siem Meling Offshore PSV chartered for Triton operations
Oslo: Norway’s Siem Offshore has said today that Siem Meling Offshore, its jv with O.H. Meling & Co, has chartered…
Read More » -
Europe
Tanker Investments vows no more ships
Oslo: Tanker Investments, which was founded just over a year ago, says that the company’s asset acquisition phase is over…
Read More » -
Americas
DSD Shipping indicted in US court for obstructing justice and causing pollution
San Francisco: Norwegian shipping company DSD and several of its officers were indicted in a US court on Wednesday, charged…
Read More » -
Americas
152 Siem Offshore workers dismissed in Brazil
Oslo: Siem Offshore has reduced its Brazil headcount by 152, including 120 seafarers, as contracts in the South American nation…
Read More » -
Europe
Vard implements cost cutting as it struggles with lack of orders and foreign exchange losses
Singapore: Offshore shipbuilder Vard has released its quarterly results today, which were most notable for the company’s announcement that it…
Read More » -
Europe
Siem Shipping diversifies with twin PCTC order
Oslo: Siem Shipping, formerly Star Reefers, has lived up to its name change and moved into the PCTC segment with…
Read More » -
Europe
Simon Møkster Shipping lays off 70 and lays up two supply vessels
Athens: Norway’s Simon Møkster Shipping is to lay off 70 employees and lay up two of its vessels, while flagging…
Read More » -
Europe
Golar raises $150m in new bond issue
Athens: Golar LNG has issued $150m in new senior unsecured bonds in the Norwegian market, which will be applied for…
Read More » -
Europe
Siem Offshore sells platform supply vessel and delays four newbuildings
Athens: Siem Offshore has delayed delivery of four of the nine platform support vessel (PSV) newbuildings it has under construction in…
Read More » -
Europe
Subsea 7 cuts costs and staff, reshuffles organisation
Athens: The dire state of offshore shipping markets has forced Oslo-listed operator Subsea 7 to cut the size of its…
Read More »