BIG AWARD WINNER

The ‘Offshore Support Vessel of the Year Award’ for 2012 was won by North Sea Shipping’s ‘North Sea Giant’, built to DNV class at the Metalships & Docks shipyard in Vigo, Spain Read the rest of this entry »

DEEP DRILLING DEAL

Nautronix has been awarded a contract to supply NASDrill RS925 deepwater acoustic positioning systems for Rowan’s new ultra deep-water drillships. Read the rest of this entry »

DP INVESTMENT

Canadian DP training centre, Holland College has received funding that could mean smooth sailing for attracting more students to Summerside. Read the rest of this entry »

DP ONLINE TRAINING

A leading online trainer and C-MAR’s, The DP Centre have come together to create an innovative new DP training tool. Read the rest of this entry »

CREW SHORTAGES BECKON

Operators of offshore supply vessels say they are bracing for a shortage of qualified crew members that could drive up costs and hamper the pace of deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico more than two years after the BP oil spill. Read the rest of this entry »

THE REAL DEAL

Rolls-Royce, the global power system company, has secured a Ā£6 million contract to provide an integrated design, power & propulsion and equipment systems package for an offshore supply vessel to be built at Norwegian ship yard Simek AS for ship owner Atlantic Offshore. Read the rest of this entry »

ABS DRILLING DEAL

Ensco plc has selected ABS as the classification society for its latest advanced-capability, ultra deepwater drillship to be built at the Samsung Heavy Industries, Co. Ltd (SHI) Shipyard in Geoje, South Korea.Ā  Read the rest of this entry »

CAT CAUGHT

Hallin Marine’s Australian operation has entered into a long term charter with Fremantle-based Salter Offshore for the DP catamaran “Outer Limit”. Read the rest of this entry »

ARMADA EXPANDS

Bumi Armada Bhd has expanded its anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel fleet by two vessels to 27 vessels. Read the rest of this entry »

JACKING UP

Fugro and Van Oord are developing an innovative ā€œwalking jack up bargeā€ called the WaveWalker 1. Read the rest of this entry »