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Hurtigruten Norway Unveils its First Zero-Emission Cruise Ship

Weeks before its 130th anniversary, Hurtigruten Norway unveiled plans for its first zero-emission ship. Initially announced in March 2022, under project name ‘Sea Zero,’ the initiative has now revealed early concept plans and renderings for the …
Jun 7, 2023 / Cruise

New Contract Win for Deepsea Yantai

Odfjell Drilling Ltd (Odfjell Drilling) announced earlier today that on behalf of CIMC OFFSHORE AS, the Company has agreed a contract with PGNiG Upstream Norway AS for the use of the drilling rig Deepsea Yantai. The contract includes the drilling of …
Jan 5, 2023 / Vessels

Tallink’s vessel Romantika to undergo regular dry-docking before proceeding to long-term charter

Tallink Grupp’s vessel Romantika (CruiseMapper) which until the start of the pandemic operated on the company’s Riga-Stockholm route, will depart from Tallinn today and head to the Turku Ship Repair Yard in Naantali, Finland, for a planned dry …
Mar 9, 2022 / Vessels

Havila Shipping ASA: New contracts

Havila Shipping has entered into a new contract with Nexans Norway AS for the subsea vessel Havila Phoenix.  Caption: Offshore Support Vessel Havila Phoenix - Image courtesy of Kurt Ove Leland The contract is in direct continuation of existing …
Mar 8, 2022 / Vessels

Hurtigruten Norway kicks off one of Europe's biggest environmental upgrades

Hurtigruten Norway has initiated one of Europe's largest environmental ship upgrades. With modern technology, the rebuilt ships will cut CO2 emissions by 25 per cent and NOx emissions by as much as 80 per cent.With the upgrades, to be completed in …
Feb 22, 2022 / Curious

ODL – PGNiG Upstream Norway awards Deepsea Yantai one well

Odfjell Drilling and CIMC Raffles have signed a contract with PGNiG Upstream Norway for the use of drilling rig Deepsea Yantai to drill one (1) well; the Copernicus well on PL 1017. The scope of work is estimated to take 45 days, and will commence …
Dec 29, 2021 / Vessels

Aker BP: Ærfugl phase 2 starts production ahead of schedule and on budget

Operator Aker BP and partners Equinor, Wintershall Dea Norge and PGNiG Norway report that production has started from Ærfugl phase 2 in the Norwegian Sea.    With this start-up, the entire Ærfugl field is now in production.   “I am very proud of the …
Nov 3, 2021 / Curious

PGS Sets Multiple Acquisition Records

In late May PGS mobilized for a simultaneous node and streamer acquisition contract for Lundin Energy Norway (and partners in PL1083) in the Barents Sea. The project was completed mid-August and during the survey PGS set several acquisition records. …
Sep 14, 2021 / Curious

PGS’ First Simultaneous Node and Streamer Acquisition Contract

PGS has been awarded a high-end 3D exploration survey by Lundin Energy Norway (and partners in PL1083) in the Barents Sea, where sparse node and high-density multisensor GeoStreamer seismic will be acquired simultaneously, building on the PGS …
Mar 17, 2021 / Vessels

Høglund signs contract with Halliburton AS to provide a turnkey retrofit of the 5932dwt RoRo - combination carrier Hannah Kristina

Høglund Gas Solutions AS has signed a contract with oilfield services provider Halliburton AS to provide a turnkey retrofit of the 5932dwt RoRo - combination carrier M/V Hannah Kristina (IMO 9159933). Hannah Kristina can operate dry bulk, wet bulk …
Mar 16, 2021 / Vessels