Solstad Farstad Sells 2010-Built AHTS to DOF
Offshore service vessel giant Solstad Farstad has sold off its first vessel since its formation last month following the mega-merger of three leading OSV companies in Norway. The vessel, the...
Offshore service vessel giant Solstad Farstad has sold off its first vessel since its formation last month following the mega-merger of three leading OSV companies in Norway. The vessel, the...
The first of four new long-haul towing and anchor handling tugs for ALP Maritime has returned from sea trials where it achieved an impressive 309.6 tonne bollard pull during testing. The ALP...
Students from the Global Executive MBA program at the UCLA-NUS (National University of Singapore) have approached gCaptain recently with some fairly specific questions directed to the segment of our audience involved in anchor...
Here is some tilt-shift video showing a anchor handling operations aboard an AHTS. Tilt-shift photography uses a special high angle lens that creates the effect of a miniature, toy-like scene. The...
Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. (NYSE:TOO) announced today that it will be entering the l0ng-haul ocean towage and offshore installation business with the acquisition of Netherlands-based ALP Maritime Services B.V. “The strong fundamentals...
Technip UK Limited has exercised the first of two yearly options to extend existing frame agreement with Solstad Offshore ASA (SOFF) for the supply of vessels for construction and subsea...
Viking Supply Ships announced today 4 new charter contracts for their anchor handlers, “Loke Viking”, “Magne Viking”, “Brage Viking” and “Balder Viking” with a “major oil company” according to an...
Vallianz Holdings Ltd, a Singapore-based offshore services provider has joined forces with Rawabi Holdings to create a new Saudi Arabian-based subsidiary focused on providing offshore marine services in the Middle East....
After reporting two straight years of losses, and nearly 24 months without a single shipbuilding contract, Singapore-based Otto Marine has just been awarded a $27.8 million newbuild order for a...
Netherlands-based Damen Shipyards Group unveiled today the AHTS 200, the latest vessel within their “Offshore Series” of designs. A powerful, and versatile deepwater Anchor Handling Tug Supplier (AHTS), this ship is...
Rolls-Royce announced today the signing of an £18 million contract with Italian shipyard Rosetti Marino S.p.A for the design and delivery of an integrated power & propulsion and equipment system...
The Shipping Corporation of India Ltd. (SCI) accepted delivery of an Anchor Handling, Towing & Supply (AHTS) vessel MV SCI Kundan on 3 April 2012. This is the second of two...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f678c_k4SUc Here is some on-the-water footage of Shell’s new 360-foot ice-class AHTS, the M/V Aiviq, said to be one of the largest and most technologically vessels of its kind. The $200...
Shell Exploration and Production says it has taken delivery of the M/V Aiviq (pronounced ‘eye-vik’), a 360-foot ice class anchor handler built by Edison Chouest Offshore in Larose, Louisiana. Built...
Maersk Supply Service has won three new contracts with the Brazilian state owned oil company Petrobras (SAO:PETR3) for anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) services offshore Brazil. These 4-year contracts commencing...
Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering) announced today that its marine arm, ST Marine, has won two shipbuilding contracts worth about S$75m from Swire Pacific Offshore Operations (Pte) Ltd (SPO),...
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/33955961[/vimeo] Nice work by Andreas Storebø on DOF Subsea’s Skandi Vega. Background on the Skandi Vega… The Skandi Vega is an Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessel (AHTS) designed for deepwater anchor handling....
Global Workboats will take delivery of the 7,200 bhp AHTS in-line with the Group’s strategy to build a strong chartering fleet to tap on pockets of demand in Africa, Australia...
Greatship Global Offshore Services Pte., a Singapore incorporated subsidiary of Greatship (India) Limited (GIL), has taken delivery of GREATSHIP VIMLA, a 150T Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessel (AHTS), from Drydocks...
SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)–STX OSV Holdings Ltd. (MS7.SG), a Singapore-listed shipbuilder, Wednesday announced it has secured new contracts for the construction of two vessels valued at NOK1.2 billion (US$218 million) from...
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