Firmaet A.P. Møller, a Danish partnership, is the registered management of A.P. Møller – Mærsk A/S. Today, the Board of Directors has decided that Firmaet A.P. Møller shall step down as management on 1 January 2013. On the same date the current members of the Executive Board, Nils Smedegaard Anderse
Scottish Sea Farms has declared options to extend the contracts for Sølvtrans’ wellboats Ronja Skye and Ronja Settler for one year. The extentions are valid from 1 January 2013. After this, Scottish Sea Farms has options for further one year extentions for both vessels. Sølvtrans Holding ASA is a we
Solstad Offshore ASA (SOFF) has been awarded a contract with a large oil company for the 5500 bhp AHTS «Nor Tigerfish». The duration of the contract is 1 year firm and with 2×3 months options. The new contract will commence during August -12. Total value for the firm contract is approximatly USD 9,5
During recent years, Blue Water Shipping has increased its activities within transport and logistics to the wind industry. With a view to continue the growth and follow the development in this industry, Blue Water has decided to establish a sales and representative office in Hamburg, Germany. “Hambu
Global marine technology developer Kongsberg Maritime’s Aberdeen based underwater camera group has received contracts to supply comprehensive underwater camera packages to a total of four new state-of-the-art SMD trencher and mining vehicles being delivered to major subsea service clients. The first
An international offshore drilling company, Songa Offshore, today released the fleet update for the month of July. Songa Venus achieved an operating efficiency of 100% during the month. The rig continues to operate for Petronas Carigali in Malaysia. Petronas exercised the 1 year optional contract du
COSLPromoter, the semi-submersible platform which was delivered on 25 April by COSL Drilling Europe AS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Oilfield Services Limited, has arrived in Norwegian waters. The voyage, which took 79 days and covered 15,097 nautical miles, was successfully completed with eff
The fire onboard MSC FLAMINIA remains under control. Individual hotspots still have to be fought. Thanks to stable weather conditions, salvage and firefighting operations can be continued. The vessel is listing by 10 degrees. Since a permission to enter a coastal area is unfortunately still not gran
Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port Group (“NCSP Group” or the “Group”) announces that on 6 August 2012 its Board of Directors has approved leasing contracts for seven new cranes. The two LIEBHERR LHM 550 mobile harbour cranes have a lifting capacity of 124 tones and are planned to be used for containe
DNV’s summer students yesterday presented the results of seven weeks of intense and targeted work to develop a realistic and suitable concept for a year-round Arctic oil spill response system, including requirements for people, vessels and equipment. DNV’s summer project is an annual programme organ
Stringent conditions for approving the passage of Kattegatruten’s new fast ferry between Aarhus and Kalundborg stipulate that the fast ferry Dolphin Jet will have to reduce its sailing speed to 16 knots in Kalundborg Fjord, while the company’s cargo ship will be sailing at a speed ranging between 18
Aberdeen-based subsea installation contractor Bibby Offshore is leading the way in saturation diving safety in the North Sea after recently carrying out fully successful evacuation trials. The trials involved mating a Self Propelled Hyperbaric Lifeboat (SPHL) from the company’s Diving Support Vessel
Senior Vice President for Group HR Bill Allen has decided to leave the A.P. Moller – Maersk Group and return to the USA after seven years in Denmark. His successor will be Lucien Alziari, whom brings a strong track record from major global companies, such as Avon and PepsiCo. “The past seven years w
Aberdeen Harbour has recorded significant increases in traffic in the first six months of the year, as activity within the energy sector generally and the North Sea in particular continues to rise. Continued growth in the oil and gas sector was reflected in the increase in support vessels that used
