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GC Rieber finds more work for ‘Polar Onyx’
Norwegian offshore shipowner GC Rieber Shipping has secured a time charter agreement for its Polar Onyx SURF vessel. GC Rieber said on Monday that the charter would begin shortly and would see the vessel continue operating in West Africa. The time charter is for four months but could go as far as si
GC Rieber Secures New Charter for Polar Onyx
Norwegian offshore vessels provider, GC Rieber Shipping, has entered into a four-month time charter agreement for the SURF vessel Polar Onyx. The charter should start shortly and will see the vessel continue operating in West Africa. The current charter agreement has two month options that could fol
Top news, Feb 27 – Mar 5, 2017
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Turkish Tanker Seized in Libya
Turkey-flagged chemical tanker Haci Telli was seized by Libyan militants after it enter the country’s port of Zuwarah on February 24, according to local media. The 2,800 dwt Haci Telli, operated by Turkish shipowner Transpasifik, was allegedly arrested due to the operator’s outstanding debt of USD 4
Nigeria files new charges against Shell, Eni, others over 2011 oilfield purchase – court documents
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s financial crime watchdog has filed new corruption charges against Royal Dutch Shell <RDSa.L>, Eni <ENI.MI> and others regarding the $1.3 billion purchase of a long-disputed oilfield in 2011, according to court documents released on Thursday. The charges of conspiracy to c
Polarcus bags more 3D seismic work
Marine seismic acquisition company Polarcus has finalized a contract for a 3D marine seismic acquisition in Australia and extended a deal for a seismic acquisition project in West Africa. Polarcus said on Friday that the Australian seismic work would deliver a high quality broadband data-set utilizi
Polarcus Scores More Work
Polarcus has finalized a contract for 3D marine seismic acquisition in Australia, and secured a 30-day extension to the West African campaign. The Australia program should deliver broadband data-set utilizing one of the Polarcus X-bow vessels. The project is due to start in Q3 2017 and will run for
Platform supplier prolongs stay at Total’s Egina project
Caracal Oil & Gas Support Group has secured a contract extension for the platform supply vessel (PSV) Hellespont Dawn for the provision of transportation and logistics support services on Total’s Egina field off Nigeria. Caracal said on Thursday that this award of a term charter was in addition to p
Angola Cables Picks Ciena for Monet Submarine Cable
Angola Cables has selected Ciena’s GeoMesh and Blue Planet solutions to support its new service launch on the MONET subsea cable. This 10,556 km route will provide more than 25 Tb/s of traffic on Angola Cables’ network between the U.S. and Latin America’s business hub of São Paulo, Brazil. Angola Ca
Petrobel extends contract for Saipem’s jack-up
Egyptian company Petrobel has extended a contract for Saipem’s jack-up rig for work offshore Egypt. According to data from VesselsValue, Petrobel extended the contract for the Saipem-owned Perro Negro 4 jack-up drilling rig by two additional years last Friday. The contract started on Wednesday, Marc
OFE: Asian VLCC Rates to Continue Falling
Very large crude carrier (VLCC) rates on the AG/Japan route tumbled by nearly w10 points within a day to w60 on Tuesday, according to Ocean Freight Exchange (OFE). The drop comes on the back of S-Oil placing its tanker Australis on subs for an AG/Onsan run at w54.75, as charterers “went for the jugu