Dutch marine projects company Van Oord has completed the dredging of the outer channel to the Port of Suape in northeastern Brazil. Van Oord has deepened the access channel to the Port of Suape from 15 to 20 metres using various dredgers. The dredging of the channel up to 20 metres enables the port...
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Keel laid for FPSO for ExxonMobil’s Guyana operations
The keel of a new floating production storage and offloading unit (FPSO) has been laid at the facilities of Chinese shipbuilder Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company (DSIC). The FPSO will be named Errea Wittu. Following delivery, it will be deployed by ExxonMobil Guyana approximately 200 kilometres...
COLUMN | See you in court, part 57: Dolphin Drilling; Seatrium; Bourbon; Zachry Holdings [Offshore Accounts]
“See you in court!” is a familiar refrain and one we have often used as a headline. Offshore companies seem to get embroiled in contract disputes that end up in lengthy and expensive arbitration, or in commercial court disputes, just too often. I find it hard to believe that if this column covered...
Guatemalan operator takes delivery of new harbour tug
Guatemala-based towage company Arrendadora Continental recently took delivery of a new harbour tug built by Med Marine of Turkey. Monterrico was designed by Canadian naval architecture firm Robert Allan Ltd was a compact, multi-purpose tug with a length of 25 metres, a bollard pull of 72 tonnes, a...
COLUMN | What could possibly go wrong? Local content in Nigeria, Brazil, Saudi Arabia and Qatar [Offshore Accounts]
“They come over here, taking our jobs and stealing our women,” is a familiar refrain against foreigners all around the world, as likely to be uttered from Dublin to Durban, from Dusseldorf to Des Moines, and from Denpasar to Dubai (well, probably not the second part in the UAE, but we won’t dwell...
Dutch builder secures orders for two fast rescue boats
Habbeke Shipyard in the Netherlands has been selected for the construction of two high-speed search and rescue (SAR) boats in a series. The aluminium-hulled boats will be operated by the newly created, government-run SAR organisations on the islands of Saba and Sint Eustatius in the Dutch...
US Navy acquires coastal response boats for foreign military sales
Alabama boatbuilder Silver Ships has completed the construction and delivery of the first four coastal fast response boats (CFRB) under a contract award worth US$6.12 million from the US Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA). The vessels were designed and constructed as a part of the US Navy’s Foreign...
COLUMN | Too sweet: Tidewater; Hayfin Capital; Taiwan CSOVs; Island Offshore [Offshore Accounts]
Irish singer-songwriter Hozier recently managed to top the singles charts in Ireland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom with the indie hit “Too Sweet”, which also peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US. The memorable chorus, “I take my whiskey neat, my coffee black and my bed at...
Royal Navy patrol ship scores £204 million drug bust in Caribbean Sea
The Royal Navy offshore patrol vessel HMS Trent has seized cocaine shipments worth £204 million (US$254 million) during a recent nighttime interception in the Caribbean Sea, the navy confirmed late last week. The ship has seized £511 million (US$638 million) worth of narcotics across five...
Newly-delivered tug to support Svitzer’s Brazil operations
Towage company Svitzer has taken delivery of a new ASD harbour tug to support its operations in Brazil. Svitzer Babitonga was built by Brazilian shipyard Estaleiro Rio Maguari to a design by Canadian naval architecture firm Robert Allan Ltd. Like its sisters, it has an LOA of 23.2 metres, a moulded...