January 18th, 20190US offshore vessel operator Seacor Marine Holdings has entered into agreements to acquire three platform supply vessels from Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry (Zhoushan), an affiliate yard of Cosco Shipping Group, for a total price of around $46m.
Delivery of the vessels are expected in September 2019, January and April of 2020...
January 16th, 20190Seismic specialist Ocean Infinity has been awarded, via partner Cepemais, a contract to provide hydrographic mapping services to Petrobras in Brazil.
The project will utilise multipurpose support vessel in the Campos, Espirito Santo and Santos basins, and will see Ocean Infinity working under contract to Cepemais mapping an area of...
January 16th, 20190US food company Dole has signed shipbuilding contracts with CSSC Chengxi for two 2,500 teu boxships.
The price for each ship is $42m and the contract also includes options for an additional two vessels.
Each ship is equipped with a reefer capacity of over 900 feu. Delivery of the vessels are scheduled in 2020.
The new order is...
January 15th, 20190Offshore driller Ensco has increased its offer to Rowan Companies shareholders as it looks to finalise a $12bn agreement to combine the two companies in an all-stock transaction.
Ensco has increased the exchange ratio for the combination to 2,600 Ensco shares for every Rowan share, up 17.4% on the initial deal which had been approved...
January 15th, 20190US bulker operator Eagle Bulk has acquired the 2015-built ultramax bulker from UK-based Lomar Shipping.
Shipbroking sources confirmed that the 63,800 dwt vessel has been sold for $20.4m and renamed Cape Town Eagle.
The sale includes a balance time charter for 12-18 months at index rate with a floor.
The latest purchase has...
January 14th, 20190US offshore vessel operator Seacor Marine has acquired three fast support vessels, swapping 603,872 shares of its common stock via a private placement with affiliates of the McCall family of Louisiana.
Seacor had been operating the vessels for the past ten years under a revenue sharing agreement, the vessels pooled with four of its...
January 11th, 20190Rowan Companies, currently undergoing a $12bn combination with Ensco, has been awarded a contract in Norway by ConocoPhillips Skandinavia for 2011-built jackup rig .
The contract commences in the second quarter of 2019, and is for a period of around seven months with two additional options. The first option is for five months and the...
January 9th, 20190Sources tell Splash that US-based CarVal Investors has decided to shave off half its handysize fleet getting rid of two modern bulkers, the 35,000 dwt and the sister , both built in 2016.
Splash understands CarVal has fixed a price of $16m per ship, believed to be a good mark up from the price agreed with a yard in China when CarVal...
January 8th, 20190Noble Corporation has been awarded a contract by Esso for the deployment of its drillship in Guyana.
The contract is for a period of one year from February 2019 to February 2020, after the current contract with the Esso expires.
The latest contract also included three one-well options.
Noble currently operates a fleet of 27...
January 7th, 20190President Donald Trump and his administration in Washington are now considered to be the biggest threat to the start of the global sulphur cap due in 51 weeks’ time, according to the latest weekly report from Alphatanker, part of AXS Marine.
“Alphatanker now considers US opposition the greatest threat to the timely introduction of...
