offshore supply vessel

USA’s largest-ever offshore supply vessel transforms to superyacht

Voyager Maritime Alliance Group (VMAG) announced the completion of the biggest project in their 30-year history, the largest superyacht conversion to ever occur in the US. The ‘Big Project’ converted an ex-offshore supply vessel to a superyacht.

The conversion of the vessel began in Louisiana in 2015, and now is the largest private converted yacht to have ever taken place.

The vessel was launched initially in 1997 as the 63-meter Candy Trader offshore supply vessel, later renamed HOS Trader. The...

https://safety4sea.com/usas-largest-ever-offshore-supply-vessel-transforms-to-superyacht/

Vessel hits wind turbine as master takes unnecessary risk

The German Bureau of Maritime Casualty Investigation published its report on the offshore supply vessels Vos Stone, which hit a wind turbine under construction. Both the ship and the turbine were damaged, while three people sustained minor injuries.

The incident

On 10 April 2018, Vos Stone was operating in the AOWF at TP AB01, a wind turbine under construction. While the team was making the necessary preparations to to feed the cable at TP AB01, they were called back due to deteriorating weather...

https://safety4sea.com/vessel-hits-wind-turbine-as-master-takes-unnecessary-risk/

Watch: Leviathan jacket in place offshore Israel

Noble Energy, U.S. oil and gas company, has launched the jacket for the Leviathan drilling platform offshore Israel. The jacket took 18 months to build. Also, the company stated on November 2018, that the construction of the Leviathan project had been 67% complete, with expected first gas sales on schedule by the end of 2019.

During Q3, Noble finalized the installation of subsea trees and progressed fabrication of the deck and jacket.

The company also completed two of the four production wells...

https://safety4sea.com/watch-leviathan-jacket-in-place-offshore-israel/

Norwegian offshore owners impacted by inflated market values

According to Vessels Value, leading offshore owners are feeling the impacts of overzealous valuations of the past. Because of today’s offshore market conditions, asset values have suffered greatly, making vessel financiers worried about the prospects of recouping money lent to finance inactive offshore fleets.

The market valuations are more than likely breaking mortgage covenants, and the write downs that are necessary are more significant because of the original generous valuations of these...

https://safety4sea.com/norwegian-offshore-owners-impacted-by-inflated-market-values/

Goliat field supply vessel completes shore power connection

In November 2018, Vår Energi and Simon Møkster Shipping agreed to upgrade the supply vessel Stril Barents to reduce CO2 emissions. The upgrade involves the installation of shore power connection, along with a new battery solution for energy storage on board. Now, the shore power connection has been tested and is operational.

Stril Barents is a supply vessel for the Goliat platform in the Barents Sea, one of the oil fields on the Norwegian shelf with the lowest CO2 emissions.

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https://safety4sea.com/goliat-field-supply-vessel-completes-shore-power-connection/

Carbon Trust focuses on ways to reduce offshore vessels emissions

The Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) announced a competition to accelerate the development and uptake of new technologies, in order to reduce emissions and fuel consumption in offshore vessels. For this reason, it also called the industry to respond to a Request for Information (RFI) for the competition.

The RFI is the first step in the competition that will have an estimated funding envelope of circa £400,000. The results from the RFI will help measure the current interest and...

https://safety4sea.com/carbon-trust-focuses-on-ways-to-reduce-offshore-vessels-emissions/

USCG explores first regulation that defined ‘Offshore Supply Vessels’

The Outer Continental Shelf National Center of Expertise (OCSNCOE), the repository of US Coast Guard expertise and best practices on Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) activities, published the latest issue of ‘Drill Down’. The latest issue further explores Public Law 96-378 , the first regulation that defined offshore supply vessels.

‘Drill Down’ is the OCSNCOE’s outreach and knowledge management tool for sharing in-house expertise with a broader audience, to assist in educating those interested in...

https://safety4sea.com/uscg-explores-first-regulation-that-defined-offshore-supply-vessels/

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