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Thursday, January 5, 2017
PSV Normad Skipper
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Offshore Supply Vessel Market Faces More Restructuring in 2017 -Nordea

OSLO, Jan 5 (Reuters) – Thorodd Bakken, head of Nordea Norway’s Corporate & Investment Bank, expects more restructuring to take place in the

January 5, 2017
Total Views: 15

Tuesday, October 4, 2016
Ships at anchor off Singapore.
Maritime News

Singapore Junk Bonds Slump as Chartering Group Swissco Seeks Restructuring

By Netty Ismail and David Yong (Bloomberg) — Singapore’s junk-bond market is suffering its worst rout in at least four years as debt restructurings

October 4, 2016
Total Views: 75

Wednesday, September 14, 2016
Singapore’s Marco Polo Marine Seeks to Delay Bond Payment Amid Business Review
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Singapore’s Marco Polo Marine Seeks to Delay Bond Payment Amid Business Review

by David Yong (Bloomberg) — A Singapore provider of barges and tugs for coal, steel scrap and iron ores plans to ask bondholders for approval to delay

September 14, 2016
Total Views: 44

Thursday, September 8, 2016
Deep Investment Cuts Slow Rebound for Offshore Oil Services -Bourbon
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Deep Investment Cuts Slow Rebound for Offshore Oil Services -Bourbon

PARIS, Sept 8 (Reuters) – French oil services company Bourbon said on Thursday that any rebound in oil and gas prices will take a while to reach

September 8, 2016
Total Views: 7

Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Norway’s DNB: Oil Industry Suppliers Face Years of Restructuring
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Norway’s DNB: Oil Industry Suppliers Face Years of Restructuring

By Stine Jacobsen STAVANGER, Norway, Aug 30 (Reuters) – Restructuring the debt of struggling offshore oil service vessel (OSV) and drilling rig companies

August 30, 2016
Total Views: 39

Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Damen Wants You to Convert Your Laid-Up Platform Supply Vessels
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Damen Wants You to Convert Your Laid-Up Platform Supply Vessels

With the increasing number of laid up platform supply vessels due the downturn in the offshore oil and gas industry, Dutch shipbuilder Damen Shipyards

March 29, 2016
Total Views: 79

norwegian shipowners
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Norwegian Shipowners See Tighter Access to Capital in Weak Market

By Henrik Stolen OSLO, March 29 (Reuters) – Access to capital for cash-hungry Norwegian offshore shipowners is expected to tighten further as lower

March 29, 2016
Total Views: 44

Wednesday, March 9, 2016
Havyard Buyer Bails
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Havyard Buyer Bails

The unidentified buyer of a new-design subsea vessel at the Norwegian ship technology company Havyard has cancelled the shipbuilding contract amid horrible

March 9, 2016
Total Views: 50

Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Offshore Vessel Market Set for Consolidation, Owners Say
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Offshore Vessel Market Set for Consolidation, Owners Say

OSLO, March 1 (Reuters) – A glut of offshore supply vessels and falling demand from oil firms will trigger a restructuring of the still-fragmented

March 1, 2016
Total Views: 48

Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Solstad Offshore Says Consolidation Needed to Restore Profits
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Solstad Offshore Says Consolidation Needed to Restore Profits

OSLO, Feb 24 (Reuters) – Offshore supply vessel owners must form larger companies in order to restore profitability to an industry battered by plunging

February 24, 2016
Total Views: 49

Tuesday, February 2, 2016
Norway Waves License Fee for Laid-Up Offshore Vessels
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Norway Waves License Fee for Laid-Up Offshore Vessels

OSLO, Feb 2 (Reuters) – Owners of ships serving the oil industry will be exempt from paying license fees for 2016 on vessels that have been mothballed,

February 2, 2016
Total Views: 7

Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Havila Shipping’s Debt Plan Fails to Gain Support
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Havila Shipping’s Debt Plan Fails to Gain Support

By Luca Casiraghi (Bloomberg) — Havila Shipping ASA said it has so far failed to get enough support from bondholders to postpone repayments on 5.7

January 19, 2016
Total Views: 8

Monday, January 4, 2016
Video Shows Swiber AHTS Aground in Mexico
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Video Shows Swiber AHTS Aground in Mexico

A Swiber offshore vessel kicked off the year running aground along a stretch of beach near the port of Dos Bocas in Paraíso, Tabasco,

January 4, 2016
Total Views: 34

Tuesday, December 8, 2015
Offshore Supply Vessel Owners Face Bankruptcy with Drop in Drilling Rigs
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Offshore Supply Vessel Owners Face Bankruptcy with Drop in Drilling Rigs

By David Wethe (Bloomberg) — The relatively unheralded corner of the oil sector that sends supply boats out to offshore oil rigs may see bankruptcies as

December 8, 2015
Total Views: 40

Monday, November 16, 2015
Ship Photos of the Day – New Ultra-Light Intervention Vessel MV Brandon Bordelon
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Ship Photos of the Day – New Ultra-Light Intervention Vessel MV Brandon Bordelon

Today’s ship photos show Bordelon Marine’s new MV Brandon Bordelon, a DP2 Ultra-light Intervention Vessel (ULIV). The vessel is the latest in the

November 16, 2015
Total Views: 86

Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Singapore Offshore Vessel Owners Tap Alternatives to Scarce Bank Funding
Maritime News

Singapore Offshore Vessel Owners Tap Alternatives to Scarce Bank Funding

  By Rujun Shen SINGAPORE, Oct 20 (Reuters) – Offshore services firms in the Asian oil hub of Singapore are turning to higher-cost alternative

October 20, 2015
Total Views: 79

Monday, October 12, 2015
Vroon to Lay-Up A Dozen Offshore Vessels
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Vroon to Lay-Up A Dozen Offshore Vessels

  Netherlands-based Vroon Offshore Services will be laying up 12 offshore vessels “as a direct result of the ongoing slump in offshore oil and gas

October 12, 2015
Total Views: 114

Friday, October 2, 2015
Farstad Shipping to Lay Up Five Vessels
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Farstad Shipping to Lay Up Five Vessels

  Farstad Shipping said Friday it is planning to lay up two platform supply vessels and three anchor handling tugs in Norway, marking the latest

October 2, 2015
Total Views: 49

Monday, September 28, 2015
Havila Shipping Lays-Up Anchor Handling Tugs
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Havila Shipping Lays-Up Anchor Handling Tugs

  Norwegian offshore vessel owner Havila Shipping ASA says it has decided to lay up two anchor handling tugs (AHTS) amid weakened demand for offshore

September 28, 2015
Total Views: 76

Friday, September 25, 2015
Viking Supply Ships Latest to Announce PSV Lay-Ups
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Viking Supply Ships Latest to Announce PSV Lay-Ups

  Swedish shipowner Viking Supply Ships says that due to the continued market the company is forced to lay up three platform supply vessels. The vessels

September 25, 2015
Total Views: 18
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