A state of the art dive-support vessel is a marvel of modern technology and design. Seldom has this been more evident than in the Oceanicasub V delivered in February 2017 to her Brazilian owner Oceânica.

Sparrows Group has secured a five-year contract to deliver hydraulic, lifting and rigging services for Maersk Oil’s UK floating assets.

Statoil awards Simon Møkster Shipping AS contracts for three emergency response and rescue vessels (ERRV), and Havila Shipping ASA for one ERRV. The contacts have a total value, included options, of NOK 2.7 billion. The vessels will be part of Statoil’s area-wide emergency response on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS).

Subsea 7, a global leader in seabed-to-surface engineering, construction and services, has taken delivery of Seven Arctic and Seven Kestrel, successfully completing a substantial and targeted fleet investment program that has added six new-build vessels to the Subsea 7 fleet since 2014.

Reflecting its commitment to focus on competitiveness and strict operational and financial costs management, CGG is pleased to announce that it has agreed in principle with its longstanding partner Eidesvik and its Nordic lenders to establish a new ownership set-up for its operated fleet.

The U.S. Coast Guard awarded five firm fixed-price contracts for heavy polar icebreaker design studies and analysis Wednesday.

Fugro has secured its continued utilisation of high performance offshore IRM vessel, REM Etive, and has finalised a purchase agreement at conditions significantly more beneficial than a renewed charter agreement, with owner Solstad.

Bibby Offshore, the leading provider of subsea installation and services to the offshore oil and gas industry, is pleased to announce the long-term extension to the charter of its dive-support vessel (“DSV”) Bibby Topaz, owned by Volstad Maritime. The terms and conditions of the extended charter arrangement have been adjusted to reflect the current market environment and are now based on a more mutual sharing of risk and reward.

Ashtead Technology has expanded its equipment rental pool following a significant investment in the latest Pulsed Eddy Current (PEC) technology to deliver faster, more accurate asset integrity inspections.

McDermott International, Inc. (NYSE:MDR) announces it has acquired the newly built pipelay and construction vessel Amazon to better position the Company for ultra deepwater and SURF projects.

ELA Container Offshore GmbH delivered two Offshore Living Quarters to Belgium based G-Tec Offshore s.a. The containers were placed on board of the multi-purpose drilling vessel MV ‘Omalius’ off the coast of France. The solution on deck turned out to be very successful as the units have also been used for other projects since then.

GE Energy Connections (NYSE: GE) was recently chosen to supply its MV7Series 5 Level (MV7-5L) drive, which will sit topside on a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit for the Greater Enfield project. Located 60 kilometers (km) off Exmouth in Western Australia, the project aggregates production from the Laverda Canyon, Norton over Laverda and Cimatti oil accumulations.

Damen Shipyards Group’s range of Liquefied Gas Carriers is a response to the changes seen in the maritime LNG market in recent years. The Dutch company’s designs meet a variety of capacity requirements, from 500m³ to 7,500m³.

Ulstein and SeaOwls have launched a pioneering heavy-lift jack-up vessel design. The cruciform structural lay-out makes the solution more than 10% lighter than conventional designs. The concept aims to install the next generation 10-12 MW wind turbines in the same time frame as used today for installing 6-8 MW units.

Following the agreement made between the Government of Curaçao and Damen Shipyards Group in September last year, Damen Shiprepair & Conversion (DSC) has taken over the management of the Curaçao Droogdok Maatschappij (CDM) as of February 1st, 2017. The location will continue its activities under the name of Damen Shiprepair Curaçao (DSCu).

In December 2016 Damen Shipyards Group signed a contract with Norway-based VOLT Service AS for a Utility Vessel (UV) 4312 to be delivered in Q1 2018.