Dubai-based Drydocks World has been awarded a contract to refurbish and extend the operational life of the Baobab Ivoirian FPSO by floater expert Modec. The project is scheduled to begin in May 2025 and last for eight months. It will include extensive structural improvements to the vessel,...
https://splash247.com/drydocks-world-scores-fpso-refurbishment-deal-from-modec/
One of the cargoes that made the most headlines last year is still making news in the new year. Locals living near the Ivory Coast’s largest port, Abidjan, have voiced concern about a cargo of potentially explosive ammonium nitrate onboard the Barbados-flagged Zimrida just off the shoreline. The...
https://splash247.com/controversial-ammonium-nitrate-shipment-sparks-protest-in-ivory-coast/
Norwegian offshore vessel owner DOF has been awarded a contract by Altera Infrastructure to install FPSO and FSO units for the Phase 2 development of the Eni-operated Baleine field offshore Ivory Coast. The project includes the complete installation of seabed mooring systems, flowline between the...
https://splash247.com/dof-wins-installation-deal-for-baleine-fpso-and-fso/
DEME has won several dredging contracts on the African continent with the first of these scheduled to begin before the end of this year. In Grand-Lahou in Ivory Coast, DEME will carry out dredging and coastal protection works to stabilise the sand barrier between the Tagba Lagoon and the ocean. The...
Altera Infrastructure has landed contracts with Eni for its cylindrical-shaped floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel Voyageur Spirit and the shuttle tanker Nordic Brasilia offshore Ivory Coast. The vessels are set for deployment on the Baleine field with a 15-year firm contract....
Finally, Singapore-headquartered Britoil announced last week that it had completed the purchase of most of the offshore fleet of Vroon, the Dutch ship-owner. Britoil bought 29 offshore support vessels, plus a small oil spill response vessel from Vroon. Golden Energy Offshore had announced in August that it was buying four large PX121 design platform supply […]
UK offshore services firm Petrofac has been awarded a facilities management contract for the recently acquired by CNR International. The initial three-year, multi-million-pound contract will see Petrofac’s Asset Solutions business providing integrated services for the floater. The FPSO has an oil...
https://splash247.com/petrofac-pens-services-deal-for-ex-bw-offshore-fpso/
Tidewater’s Pac Man-like expansion continues, and the market loves the strategy. Tidewater stock finished up 10 per cent on the week on Friday, July 7, at a record high ..
New projects in the pipeline include cable and turbine installation works in the German and Danish sectors North Sea, a site survey in support of Australia’s first offs ..
The , a Singapore-flagged bunker tanker boarded by pirates off Ivory Coast on April 10, was found over the weekend will all crew reported safe. Another tanker in the area was able to pick up the Success 9’s distress call, at which point an Ivory Coast navy patrol ship was deployed to the scene....
https://splash247.com/missing-tanker-found-off-ivory-coast-all-crew-safe/