Østensjø Rederi places order for new Ocean Energy Support Vessel

Haugesund, Norway-headquartered Østensjø Rederi has entered into a shipbuilding contract with Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Gondan covering the construction of an Ocean Energy Support Vessel (OESV).

With a length of 120 meters and a beam of 23 meters, the Ocean Energy Support Vessel (OESV) will have a capacity to accommodate 180 people in high-standard daylit cabins and will be equipped to perform a wide range of offshore energy operations , including Inspection, Maintenance, and Repair (IMR),...

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Norway’s Østensjø divests ownership stake in Edda Wind

Rendering of Edda Wind-operated service operation vessels

Norwegian shipowner Østensjø, through its wholly owned subsidiary Østensjø Wind, has agreed to sell 21.3 million shares in offshore support vessel (OSV) operator Edda Wind to relinquish any shares or rights to shares in the latter company. Østensjø Rederi has managed Edda Wind’s fleet of vessels...

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COLUMN | Quick updates: PSVs changing hands; subsea newbuilds; Guyana booming; rigs fixing higher [Offshore Accounts]

Money is being made in offshore once again, but tragically lives are also being lost unnecessarily. Earlier this week, we examined how Perenco’s dysfunctional safety culture in Gabon, leading to six people dead or lost in an explosion. This is a sad backdrop for an industry booming at last. Stop...

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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 | Disorderly dissolution? Vroon, Bourbon and DOF face uncertain futures whilst the UK beefs up its naval capacities with subsea vessel acquisitions [Offshore Accounts]

King Henry VIII of England is most famous for two things: 1) having six wives and 2) “dissolving” the monasteries. The latter was especially chaotic, being characteri ..

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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 ..

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