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PROSAFE announces contract extension for Safe Boreas
CNOOC Petroleum Europe Limited has exercised two of the three 30-day options available to them, to extend the Safe Boreas at the Buzzard platform complex in the UK sector of the North Sea until end-September 2021. Caption: Accommodation vessel Safe …
Jul 12, 2021 / Vessels
Equinor hires M.A.R.S. Europe for Veslefrikk B recycling
Equinor awards Modern American Recycling Services Europe the contract for deconstruction and recycling of Veslefrikk B Equinor Energy AS has on behalf of the partners of the Veslefrikk license chosen Modern American Recycling Services Europe …
Jul 5, 2021 / Vessels
Keel-laying milestone for UECC’s third LNG battery hybrid PCTC
Construction of the third in a series of ground-breaking newbuild LNG battery hybrid PCTCs for United European Car Carriers (UECC) reached a significant milestone this week with keel-laying at a Chinese yard.The ceremony at Shanghai’s Jiangnan …
May 21, 2021 / Vessels
UECC floats first of three LNG battery hybrid PCTCs
In a major step toward achieving sustainable shipping, the first of three LNG battery hybrid PCTCs commissioned by United European Car Carriers (UECC) was launched in an official ceremony Monday 12 April at the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai. The …
Apr 15, 2021 / Vessels
Boluda Deutschland awarded Baltic Sea maritime rescue contract by German government
The company is a subsidiary of Boluda Towage Europe, Boluda Corporación Marítima’s towing division in Germany, the Netherlands, United Kingdom and BelgiumWith the tugboat BREMEN FIGHTER, Boluda Towage has won the Federal Republic of Germany …
Mar 9, 2021 / Vessels
Safe Boreas to provide accommodation support at Buzzard
Prosafe has signed a contract with CNOOC Petroleum Europe Limited for the charter of the Safe Boreas to provide gangway connected operations supporting the Buzzard platform complex in the UK sector of the North Sea. The firm duration of the contract …
Mar 1, 2021 / Vessels
Petrojarl Banff FPSO to Be Recycled in Denmark
M.A.R.S. Europe said it has been awarded a contract by Teekay Petrojarl Floating Production UK Ltd. for dismantling and recycling of the Petrojarl Banff floating production, storage and offloading unit (FPSO). The deal includes engineering, …
Jan 19, 2021 / Vessels
Svitzer Europe strengthens its operations in the Port of London with new tugboat
Leading global towage operator Svitzer Europe announced on Thursday (Jan 07) that it has signed a contract with Damen Shipyards Group for the delivery of Svitzer Thames, an 80 ton bollard pull azimuth stern drive (ASD) tug, to support its operations …
Jan 8, 2021 / Curious
Svitzer to commence operations in Emden Germany
Expansion into Germany’s third-largest North Sea port comes as next step in Svitzer’s sustained growth strategy.Leading global towage operator Svitzer Europe will start a new towage operation in the seaport of Emden - Germany’s third-largest North …
Oct 19, 2020 / Curious
Hyundai Heavy Industries in talks with EU over Daewoo acquisition
Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings Co. has been in talks with the European Union's (EU) antitrust watchdog over its acquisition of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. amid the suspended probe into the deal, a company official said Friday. …
Sep 25, 2020 / Curious