GC Rieber Shipping has entered into a three-year charter agreement with the UK Ministry of Defence (“MoD”) for the vessel “Polarbjørn”. The contract commences medio April 2011 and expires in March 2014. The contract with MoD will in combination with the recently announced charter agreement for the C
Today both, AFS Transport (Rotterdam) BV & AFS Transport (Airfreight) BV, obtained the AEO status. The AEO certificate was handed over by Dutch customs AEO means Authorized Economic Operator and in order to obtain the status, the company needs to meet the following standards: – To be a solvent compa
Converteam announces today the signing of an agreement with GE pursuant to which the financial Converteam shareholders commit to sell their shares to GE. Pierre Bastid and Florent Battistella will retain a significant shareholding in Converteam after the closing of the transaction. This agreement is
Aker Solutions has completed loading eight subsea templates destined for Eni Norge’s Goliat project in the Barents Sea… (offshore) [mappress] Source: offshore , March 30, 2011;
Siem Offshore Inc. announces that it will enter into the business for submarine cable installation, repair and maintenance projects. The Company has identified the installation of submarine cables and associated services to be an emerging growing market, both with respect to field and landfall cable
TGS announces that it will conduct extensive reprocessing of over 13,550 km of 2D multi-client seismic data located in waters off the Faroe Islands. This project, designated Offshore Faroe Reprocessing 2011, will extend to the UK/Faroe border. The data for the reprocessing has been made available by
This will be the year Statoil is planning and realising several fast-track developments on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). Two new projects are being launched these days, namely Gamma/Harepus and Snorre B template. A plan for development and operation (PDO) of Gamma/Harepus is to be submitted
Zarubezhneft, Bashneft and Rosneft are considering building a pipeline to ship oil from their fields in the Nenets Autonomous Distict… (rzd-partner) [mappress] Source: rzd-partner , March 29, 2011;
Leading international oilfield services company Expro today announces the award of a UK well test and subsea services contract with EON Ruhrgas. The three-year contract, worth up to £2million, involves work on the Huntington project, which is EON’s first Central North Sea field. All its previous wor
Live action for MacArtney underwater equipment at the Ocean Business exhibition in Southampton The MacArtney Underwater Technology Group will be conducting diver demonstrations of underwater cameras and live comparison of sonar technologies at Ocean Business exhibition in April – with presentations
Siem Offshore and Capricorn Greenland Exploration 1 Ltd. have agreed contracts for three PSVs and two AHTS vessels for the Operator’s 2011 exploration campaign West of Greenland during the Summer Drilling Campaign 2011. The PSVs Siem Louisa, Siem Danis and Sophie Siem, shall perform regular supply d
Rutland Partners, the turnaround and restructuring specialist, is pleased to announce the €31 million acquisition of GEMS International NV (“GEMS”) which engages in subsea technical analysis and surveying. Rutland has invested €16 million for a majority shareholding in GEMS. Rutland was introduced t
Siem Offshore Inc. is in discussions to acquire the remaining 50% ownership interest in the shares of Overseas Drilling Ltd (“ODL”) from a subsidiary of Transocean Ltd. for USD 22.5 million. The acquisition will be subject to a definitive purchase agreement. ODL is a debt-free company and owner of t
STX OSV Holdings Limited (“STX OSV”), one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, is pleased to announce that it has secured a new contract for the design and construction of a Platform Supply Vessel with NorSea Group AS. The vessel will be of STX OSV’s ow
