Offshore is a cyclical industry; when assets are at their cheapest, nobody wants to buy them, and nobody will lend money to acquire offshore vessels and rigs. If only I had had the foresight to buy Tidewater stock in May 2020 when it traded below US$5 per share, as opposed to US$68 on Friday. But...
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Offshore Vessel Charters News Roundup | October 19 – PSV contracts in Western Europe, construction support in Gulf of Mexico and more
Newly awarded charter contracts include those for construction, accommodation, and maintenance vessels. Deployments will take place in the US Gulf of Mexico as well as in ..
Offshore Vessel Charters News Roundup | August 4 – Accommodation contracts in the Americas, subsea support charter in Brazil, new heavy transporter for Norwegian operator
Accommodation platforms have secured additional work in Brazil and Trinidad as a Norwegian subsea support provider will deploy one of its multi-role vessels to South Amer ..
Work Boat World Offshore Vessel Charters Roundup – February 16, 2022
Installation/decommissioning and maintenance vessel operators are the main focus of this latest roundup of newly awarded charter contracts. Upcoming deployments will be i ..
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COLUMN | Prosafe and Floatel International: restructured but not safe yet? [Offshore Accounts]
Last week, Norwegian floating accommodation provider Prosafe finally announced (here) some good news, albeit not for its shareholders, who are about to be wiped out. Like ..
Work Boat World Offshore Vessel Charters Roundup – March 5, 2021
With the offshore sector as busy as ever, new charters expectedly continue to be awarded at a steady pace. It is interesting to note that the succession of recent awards ..
Work Boat World Offshore Vessel Charters Roundup – January 15, 2021
Charters for offshore vessels are already on the rise this early in 2021, indicating the much anticipated growth of a resilient sector that is steadily overcoming the ..
Norway Rejects Accommodation Vessel Mega-Merger
The Norwegian Competition Authority has rejected the proposed mega-merger of accommodation vessel operators Prosafe and Floatel on the grounds that the merger would lead to increased prices through less competition. A joint statement from the two companies said they were notified on Tuesday in a...
Petrobras Inks Three-Year Contract With Prosafe For Safe Eurus In Brazil
Prosafe has signed a contract with Petrobras Netherlands B.V. (‘Petrobras’) for the provision of the Safe Eurus semi-submersible vessel for safety and maintenance support offshore Brazil.
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The contract commencing Q4 2019 with a firm period commitment of three years will be the first for the Safe Eurus, a vessel designed and built to service the Brazilian market. Safe Eurus will be the third Prosafe vessel under charter in Brazil, with sister vessel Safe Notos also on charter...