Dutch surveyor Fugro has picked up two platform supply vessels for conversion into geotechnical assets. The Sea Goldcrest and Sea Gull delivered in 2019 and 2020, respectively, from Fujian Mawei shipyard in China to Jon Fredriksen’s Seatankers and managed by Remoy Shipping in Norway have been...
https://splash247.com/fugro-to-bolster-geotechnical-capacity-with-conversion-of-newly-acquired-psvs/
Wilhelmsen Ship Management and MPC Capital have agreed to acquire 100 % of the company Zeaborn Ship Management. The acquisition is the next milestone in the partnership between Wilhelmsen and MPC Capital and their shipmanagement joint venture Wilhelmsen Ahrenkiel Ship Management and tanker...
https://splash247.com/wilhelmsen-and-mpc-capital-acquire-zeaborn-ship-management/
Nasdaq-listed Greek tanker owner Performance Shipping is expanding its fleet with new contracts at China Shipbuilding Trading and CSSC-affiliated Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding (SWS) for the construction of two LNG-ready LR2 aframax product and crude oil carriers. The 114,000 ships, costing...
Eyal Ofer-controlled Zodiac Maritime has partnered with classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) and South Korea’s HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) and KEPCO E&C to develop nuclear-propelled ship designs. As the shipping industry looks more closely at nuclear as a future...
https://splash247.com/eyal-ofers-zodiac-maritime-eyes-nuclear-powered-ships/
Istanbul-based Beks Ship Management and Trading ends the year where it started. Brokers note that the Bekmezci family has flipped its first and only newcastlemax after toying with it for a year, pocketing $1.5m on selling the 206,000 dwt Beks Brown, ex Cape Maple. In the first month of the year,...
Monaco-headquartered Greek shipowner Safe Bulkers has sealed a deal for another kamsarmax newbuild which will deliver from an unnamed Japanese yard in the first half of 2026. The 82,000 dwt ship, a sister vessel to several Safe Bulkers newbuilds, has been designed to meet the Phase 3 requirements...
https://splash247.com/safe-bulkers-signs-for-another-kamsarmax-newbuild/
Oslo-listed offshore engineering and services player Subsea 7 has won a contract extension worth between $50m and $150m from BP under an existing frame agreement for subsea construction, inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) services. Under the two-year extension, Subsea7 will provide an IRM,...
https://splash247.com/subsea-7-awarded-north-sea-contract-extension-by-bp/
Belgium’s Exmar is moving into next year with new leadership. Carl-Antoine Saverys will take the helm from Francis Mottrie at his father Nicolas Saverys-controlled gas shipowner and infrastructure provider. Carl-Antoine Saverys spent the past six years in deputy roles at Exmar’s infrastructure...
Norwegian firm Hercules Supply has emerged behind an order for up to three multipurpose offshore support vessels (MPSVs) at Fujian Mawei shipyard in China. The deal covers one firm 88-m-long newbuild, designed by Breeze Ship Design. The unit will be fitted with battery hybrid propulsion, moonpoool...
https://splash247.com/hercules-supply-books-up-to-three-mpsvs-at-fujian-mawei/
Norway’s DOF has secured two projects with an estimated combined revenue of approximately $30m. The first contract covers engineering, preparation, removal, and disposal (EPRD) for an FPSO cessation project in the North Sea. Under the contract, DOF will disconnect, transport and pre-moor the...