Business & Finance
Total Secures Exploration License for Block 14 Offshore Uruguay
Total announces that it has been awarded an exploration license for Uruguay’s offshore Block 14, following the second bidding round held by the national company, ANCAP. This license remains subject to further approval by Uruguayan authorities. Block 14 has a surface area of 6,690 km² and is located
Fairmount Tows Semi-Sub Rig from Canary Islands to Brazil
Fairmount Marine’s tug Fairmount Sherpa has towed the rig ODN Tay IV from Las Palmas towards al location offshore Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. For this job Fairmount Marine was contracted by Odebrecht Oil and Gas for the third time in a row. ODN Tay IV is a semi submersible drilling rig for deep water op
Statoil and Rosneft Team Up to Explore Offshore Areas of Russia and Norway
Statoil and Rosneft signed a cooperation agreement. The companies have agreed to jointly explore offshore frontier areas of Russia and Norway and to conduct joint technical studies on two onshore Russian assets. The agreement also envisages Rosneft’s acquisition of participating interests in selecte
Statoil, Rosneft to Jointly Explore for Oil in Russian Offshore Areas
Statoil and Rosneft yesterday signed a cooperation agreement. The companies have agreed to jointly explore offshore frontier areas of Russia and Norway and to conduct joint technical studies on two onshore Russian assets. The agreement also envisages Rosneft’s acquisition of participating interests
USA: Bath Iron Works Shipyard Hands Over Future USS Michael Murphy
The Navy accepted delivery of the future USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) today from General Dynamics at their Bath Iron Works shipyard. Michael Murphy is the last DDG 51-class ship to deliver until the class restart ships begin delivering in fiscal year 2016. DDG 112 successfully completed combined sup
USA: Port of Palm Beach Restoration Project Gets Approval
The Port of Palm Beach District Commission voted unanimously, Thursday, April 19, 2012 to approve a $26 million restoration project to Slip Number 3 at the Port of Palm Beach. This historic infrastructure improvement project includes expanding the Slip on the north side to increase the width of the
Prospector Wins Drilling Contract in North Sea for Its First Jack-Up Rig
Prospector Offshore Drilling S.A. announced, April 25th, that one of its subsidiaries has received a Letter of Award (LoA) with Total E&P UK Limited and Elf Exploration UK Limited (together, “Total E&P UK”) for a drilling contract in the U.K. North Sea for its first jack-up rig, “Prospector Rig 1”.
Bernard’s Pilot Boat Fresena Arrives to German Pilots
Next Thursday, Fresena, 18 meters pilot boat will be delivered to LOTSENVERSETZBOOTE TECHNISCHE FACHSTELLE NORDWEST pilots and leave Lorient for the port of Emden in northern Germany. After FRYA delivered in May 2011, this unit is the second in a series of 4 vessels for German pilots. Marc Bernard,
Hydrex Provides On-Site Propeller Repair in Ghent (Belgium)
When all four propeller blades of a 100-meter general cargo vessel were severely bent, a repair was required by the classification society. Hydrex therefore performed a detailed video inspection, followed by a repair while the vessel was berthed in Ghent, Belgium. To make a full assessment of the da
Greece: Paragon Shipping – New Handysize Vessel Delivered
Paragon Shipping Inc., announced today that it has taken delivery of the M/V Prosperous Seas, a 37,293 dwt Handysize vessel, from the Zhejiang Ouhua Shipbuilding Co in China. The vessel has been chartered out to Cargill International S.A. for a period of 23 to 26 months at a gross daily rate of $12,
South Korea: DSME, Total Honor World Safety Day in Front of CLOV FPSO
On 26th April, Daewoo Shipbuilding Marine & Engineering and Total held a Safety Stand-Up Meeting to commemorate World Safety Day (28th of April) at the Pre-erection area in front of the CLOV FPSO. A number of people who work on the CLOV FPSO including Mr. Patrick Vallot, FPSO manager of Total, Mrs.
Cyprus: SeaBird Announces First Quarter Results
SeaBird has announced solid financial performance in the first quarter of 2012. HIGHLIGHTS – While still a challenging market environment, the first quarter showed signs of improving customer demand. Fleet utilization increased from 60% in the fourth quarter of last year to 65% for the first quarter
Brazil: TCP Paranagua Gets Two LIEBHERR’s STS Container Cranes
LIEBHERR Container Cranes Ltd. recently delivered two (2) Ship-to-Shore Container Cranes to TCP Paranagua, Brazil. The container cranes have a waterside outreach of 52.50m., span of 18m. and landside backreach of 15.00m. Total lift height under spreader is 38m. S.W.L. is 65 Tonnes under Twin Lift Sp
Chevron Thailand Hires Seadrill’s Tender Assist Rig
Seadrill has received a Letter of Award for a five-year contract for the tender assist rig T18 by Chevron Thailand Exploration and Production Ltd. Commencement of operations is scheduled for the first quarter 2014, following the delivery to Chevron of tender assist rigs T15 and T16 during 2013. The