
An ultra-deepwater drillship, owned by Transocean, has kicked off its assignment with BP in the Gulf of America, formerly the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB), a Finland-based financial institution of the Nordic and Baltic countries, has signed a 10-year loan agreement with compatriot shipowner ESL Shipping to finance the construction of four IA ice-classed green Handysize ships.