Delivery – Platform Supply Vessel COCO at Malta – 07.06.2022
On Tuesday 7th June, 2022 (Public Holiday in Malta ) the 82 metre DAN flag and owned newbuilt Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) COCO entered Grand Harbour, Malta during her delivery voyage and her maiden call to Malta at 0604 hrs. She was built at Vietnam at Vard Vung Tau as yard 806 with her keel […]
Offshore News – 7 Solstad Vessels Sold For Scrapping – 05.10.2021
Solstad Offshore has sold seven older vessels for green recycling in Norway (Green Yard Feda and Green Yard Kleven) as part of the company’s rescue plan, which involves a divestment of 37 ships. The seven vessels are – FAR SOVEREIGN built by Langsten Slip & Batbyggeri, Norway as yard number 122 in 1999. Homeport is […]
Offshore – Tidewater 2012 built Platform supply vessel HANDIN TIDE
One of the frequently Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) seen around the Maltese Islands working in the Mediterranean Sea is the Tidewater owned HANDIN TIDE that used to work at West Africa and currently involved in survey operations with Fugro. She was built in China by Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding at Mawei in 2012. Her calls to […]
Offshore – OCEAN SURVEYOR in Malta – July 2021
On Tuesday 6th July, 2021 one of the former Sealion Shipping platform supply vessels (PSV) named OCEAN SURVEYOR called at Grand Harbour, Malta passing breakwaters at 1506 hrs coming from Trapani, Sicily. She was built in the UK by Babcock Marine at Appledore for Sealion Shipping as TOISA CREST in 1999 homeported at London with […]
Passers By – ALP DEFENDER towing ssdr LEIV EIRIKSSON – 09.04.2021
On Friday 9th April, 2021 the 2017 built anchor handling tug (AHT) ALP DEFENDER towing the 2001 built semi-submersible drilling rig (ssdr) LEIV EIRIKSSON from Agotnes, Norway bound to Aliaga, Turkey for breakers. LEIV EIRIKSSON was a Trosvik Bingo 9000 ultra-deepwater semi-submersible oil rig (ssdr) built at Dalian No 1 Production Yard (DSIC) , China. […]
Offshore – 3 Vroon Offshore Services Platform Supply Vessels for recycling – 16.09.2020
On Wednesday 16th September, 2020 it was announced that Vroon Offshore Services (VOS) has decided to dispose of three platform supply vessels (PSV), with the aim of “right-sizing” her PSV fleet. All 3 vessels joined the Vroon fleet on delivery from the shipyard and over the years, they have engaged in platform supply operations for a […]
Offshore – VOS PRELUDE awarded more work with Eni – 28.01.2020
Vroon Offshore Services has been awarded a charter for the platform support vessel VOS PRELUDE by Eni in the UK. The vessel has been fixed for 31 months, and will support a decommissioning campaign in the southern sector of the North Sea. Further options are also available to Eni. Recently she completed a separate charter with […]
Deliveries – Ulstein PX121 Platform Supply Vessel ENERGY DUCHESS in Malta – 08.07.2019
Golden Energy Offshore PX 121H series ENERGY DUCHESS , the first of two platform supply vessels that was launched on 27th October 2015 at the ROC yard, China entered Valletta for the first time during her delivery voyage on Monday 8th July, 2019. ENERGY DUCHESS together with her sister vessel ENERGY EMPRESS are based on […]
Offshore News – First Drillship for Turkey – 06.07.2019
FATIH is the first Turkish owned and Flagged (TUR) Drillship . She’s a a sixth generation ultra deepwater drillship owned and operated by the Turkiye Petrolleri Anonim Ortakligi (TPAO). She was built by Hyundai Heavy Industries in Ulsan at South Korea at a cost of nearly US$ 860 million, and launched on 25 November 2011 as DEEPSEA METRO II of which […]
Offshore News – Toisa sells off a total of USD 220 million of vessels – 28.02.2019
Sealion Shipping Limited (TOISA) is a British shipping and consultancy company specialised on the support of the offshore oil and gas industry. The company was established in January 1975 and in 1982 Sealion expanded its activities into the support of the offshore oil and gas industry. The en bloc transaction of three AHTSs and three […]
