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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Eidesvik orders world’s first methanol-fueled CSV

Two CEOs talk up propsects for methanol-fueled CSV

Norwegian shipowners Eidesvik Offshore and Agalas have placed an order at Turkey’s Sefine Shipyard for a state-of-the-art, battery-hybrid methanol-fueled CSV (construction support vessel). It will be owned by an entity to be named Eidesvik Agalas AS, with Eidesvik holding a 50.1% majority stake, with the remainder owned by Agalas, which last year ordered its first vessel, an advanced offshore cable layer, at Sefine.

Set for deliver in 2026, the newly-ordered methanol-fueled CSV will be equipped...

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VESSEL REVIEW | Ronja Herøy – Norway’s Sølvtrans places large-capacity wellboat into service

Norwegian fish transport company Sølvtrans recently took delivery of a new wellboat built by Sefine Shipyard of Turkey. Designed by Salt Ship Design in compliance to DNV class requirements, Ronja Herøy is the first in a series of wellboats that will each have transport capacities of up to 5,000...

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COLUMN | Quick Updates: Atlantica buys DOF’s supply vessel flip; Maersk sells anchor handlers; battery power drive gains momentum in UK and Norway; Ocean Infinity wins grant; more cable layers ordered [Offshore Accounts]

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 […]

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VESSEL REVIEW | Gåsø Odin – Large hybrid wellboat with advanced fish treatment and transport systems

Norwegian aquaculture support vessel operator Frøy Gruppen has taken delivery of a new wellboat built by Sefine Shipyard of Turkey. Designed by Møre Maritime in compliance to DNV class rules, Gaso Odin measures 83.2 by 20 metres and has capacity for 4,500 cubic metres. The vessel is powered by a...

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Offshore Vessel News Roundup | September 12 – Norwegian and Dutch cable-layers, UK hybrid crewboat and a recyclable workboat

Deliveries include a cable-lay vessel for a Dutch operator and two crewboats for separate customers in the UK. Construction has meanwhile begun on a new cable-lay vessel for a Norwegian owner. Van Oord takes delivery of cable-layer Van Oord has taken delivery of a new cable-laying vessel built by Norwegian shipyard Vard. Calypso will be […]

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VESSEL REVIEW | Bakkafossur – Hybrid wellboat for Faroese seafood company

Faroe Islands-based seafood company Bakkafrost has taken delivery of a new large hybrid wellboat built by Sefine Shipyard of Turkey to a design by Danish naval architectu ..

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VESSEL REVIEW | Marlin – Turkish multi-role USV for coastal and offshore naval use

The Turkish Defence Industry Agency has unveiled a new locally-built unmanned surface vehicle (USV) to be fitted with gun, torpedo, and missile armament for surface warfa ..

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