Offshore News – DP 2 Support Vessel BOURBON TRIESTE in action again – March 2023
The 16 year old DP 2 Multipurpose Subsea Services Support Vessel BOURBON TRIESTE finally left Malta for her next assignment. She entered in 2021 for cold stack at MMH Facilities as per below image – In the afternoon of Friday 25th November, 2022 she was shifted to Palumbo Malta Shipyard Ltd by 2 tugs and […]
Offshore News – Swire Pacific Offshore Fleet sold to Tidewater – 22.04.2022
On Friday 22nd April Tidewater Inc. announced the completion of its purchase of Swire Pacific Offshore Holdings Ltd., a subsidiary of Swire Pacific Ltd., for approximately $190 million after the sale was announced last 9th March. The deal will allow Tidewater to add SPO’s fleet of 50 OSVs to its own, creating one of the world’s largest OSV fleets. Part of […]
Passer By – SEA BRAVO towing OLYMPIC Z – 24.05.2021
On Monday 24th May, 2021 the 2008 built tug SEA BRAVO towing the 2007 built offshore tug/supply ship OLYMPIC Z passed by 32.2 nautical miles NNE off Malta underway from West Africa bound to Greece. SEA BRAVO is a Damen built Shoalbuster 3209 with a length overall of 32.08 metres with 9.10 metres beam and […]
Casualties – Update of BOURBON RHODE – Fourth crew member recovered – 02.10.2019
Bourbon confirmed on Wednesday that the body of a fourth crew member has been recovered following the sinking of the tug BOURBON RHODE last week. Only three of the 14 crew members have been rescued as the search continues for seven mariners still missing. The body of the fourth mariner was discovered on Tuesday and […]
Casualties – BOURBON RHODE confirmed sunk in Atlantic Ocean with three rescued – 29.09.2019
Search crews located an overturned fast rescue craft believed to be from the tug BOURBON RHODE late Saturday, Bourbon has confirmed. The craft was first located by N43RF a Lockheed WP-3D Orion NOAA Hurricane Center aircraft. And again confirmed by Falcon 50 belonging to the French Navy deployed from Dakar, Senegal. A commercial vessel participating in the operation […]
