Last week we looked at Britoil’s acquisition of 30 offshore supply vessels (OSVs) from Vroon for a price we estimated to be in the region of US$239 million, and the acquisition of the Vroon Offshore Services management teams in Singapore and Italy. We noted how the Dutch Bank ING had foolishly cut a side deal […]
Orange Marine
VESSEL REVIEW | Sophie Germain – France’s Orange Marine acquires cable-layer
French subsea company Orange Marine has taken delivery of a new cable-laying vessel built by Colombo Dockyard of Sri Lanka. The vessel has been named Sophie Germain in honour of a famed 19th century French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher. It was designed by Norway’s Vard Design in...
Offshore Vessel News Roundup | August 17 – French cable-layer, Norwegian unmanned craft order plus US and Qatari crewboat construction
A French operator takes delivery of a new cable-lay vessel while a Singaporean yard launches the first in a series of three crewboats destined for the Middle East. Construction starts on a new compact crewboat for deployment at US offshore wind farms. Finally, a Norwegian joint venture places an order for a new unmanned craft […]
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COLUMN | The Twelve Days of Christmas 2022: Day 4 to 6: Global Marine, Jan de Nul, Seatankers, Østensjø Rederi, Reach; Transocean and DSME; liftboat safety [Offshore Accounts]
On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me… a partridge in a pear tree, according to the ancient English carol, but at Baird Maritime, that’s the cue for a ..
Marine Projects Vessel News Roundup | November 24 – Danish turbine installation vessel order, Indonesian large dredger and more
An Indonesian owner will welcome a new stationary dredger to its fleet early next year and a Danish operator will soon deploy a survey boat for harbour support work in Co ..
Sri Lankan yard lays keel of Orange Marine’s new cable laying ship
Sri Lankan shipbuilder Colombo Dockyard has laid the keel of a new 100-metre cable laying and repair vessel ordered by France’s Orange Marine. The BV-classed vessel ..
COLUMN | Crossed wires: the cable-lay business undergoes another paradigm shift [Offshore Accounts]
The offshore wind revolution is creating unprecedented demand for offshore cable installation. For most of the history of the offshore industry, electrical cable connecti ..
Vard design for French cable ship
Norway-based designer and shipbuilder Vard is helping the French cabling firm Orange Marine expand […] The post Vard design for French cable ship appeared first on Offshore Energy.
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Orange Marine to build new cable ship
Orange Marine said on Wednesday it will build a new cable ship that will […] The post Orange Marine to build new cable ship appeared first on Offshore Energy.
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