There was only one story in offshore this week, the news that Greek shipowner Evangelos Marinakis has doubled down on this bet on the platform supply vessel (PSV) market by making the single biggest order in the entire segment in the last decade. His Capital Offshore has placed an order for four firm diesel-electric, DP2, […]
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Harold Macmillan was supposedly once asked what the most troubling problem of his time as British Prime Minister was. “Events, my dear boy, events,” was his reply. I thought I had this week’s column nailed well in advance, but offshore is an industry especially susceptible to unexpected and hard to predict “events”. So, we must […]
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One of the delights of the offshore market recovery has been the surge in charter rates for platform supply vessels (PSVs) around the world. Tidewater’s triumphant presentation at the Barclays CEO Energy Conference earlier this month showed the potency of the market recovery that the company has driven ever onwards and upwards after its acquisition […]
China Oilfield Services (COSL), a company under the Sinoocean Group, has taken delivery of a new jackup offshore drilling rig from local shipyard Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy I ..
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A newbuild platform supply vessel (PSV) has joined the fleet of Chinese offshore services provider Sinoocean. The DP2-capable Guohai Minle was built by the Wuchang Shipbu ..
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China Oilfield Services (COSL), a company under China’s the Sinoocean Group, has taken delivery of a new platform supply vessel (PSV) from China Shipbuilding Industry C ..
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A new LNG-fueled offshore guard vessel has been delivered to a Chinese oil and gas support company while two new crewboats will enter service with a UK operator. Orders h ..
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New offshore vessel deliveries include two new standby vessels, a platform supply vessel (PSV), a massive crane ship for offshore piling, and a commissioning service oper ..
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China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has begun operation of a new semi-submersible drilling platform optimised for deepwater oil and gas exploration work. The ..
The Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group (WS), an affiliate of China Shipbuilding Industry Company (CSIC), has handed over a new offshore guard and standby/supply vessel t ..