Maritime news

Monitor breaking maritime news and insights for profitable, efficient and safe shipping.

Tagged in NATO

Viking Supply Ships secures contract for operations outside Australia

Viking Supply Ships has signed a contract for Far Senator (TBN: Andreas Viking) for operations outside Australia. With operations performed by Go Offshore, the vessel will be operated under a time-charter with an international oil company. Go …
Oct 12, 2023 / Vessels

Viking Supply Ships AB enters into two bareboat charters with purchase options and obligations

Viking Supply Ships AB (VSS AB) has today entered into an agreement with Ocean Yield AS to charter the two 2013 built AHTS Vessels, Far Senator and Normand Statesman, for a period of five years.  VSS AB will have purchase options during the …
Mar 14, 2023 / Vessels

Far Senator and Normand Statesman Bareboat arrangements

Normand Chartering AS, as subsidiary of Solstad Offshore ASA has since October 2020 chartered the vessels Far Senator and Normand Statesman on bareboat terms.  Ocean Yield ASA has exercised its right under the bareboat charters to have the …
Mar 14, 2023 / Vessels

WATCH: Can Turkey close the Turkish Straits against Russia?

Ukraine has asked Turkey to close the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits to Russian ships as Russia launched air and ground assaults on its neighbor. The request puts NATO member Turkey which shares a maritime border with Ukraine and Russia in the …
Feb 28, 2022 / Curious

Solstad Offshore announces long-term contract awards in Australia

Solstad Offshore ASA announced on Wednesday (Dec08) contract award for two vessels in Australia. Caption: Offshore Tug/Supply Ship Far Senator - George Adamson The AHTS Far Senator and PSV Far Seeker have been awarded a contract by Santos WA Energy …
Dec 10, 2021 / Vessels

Danish Defence and DFDS enter into new agreement

Tuesday, DFDS and the Joint Movement and Transport Organisation (JMTO), which provides strategic transport for Danish military missions, have entered into a new agreement.According to the agreement, a total of seven freight ferries (ro-ro) will be …
Nov 24, 2020 / Curious

Ocean Yield signs restructuring implementation agreement with Solstad Offshore for the vessels Far Senator and Far Statesman

Reference is made to Ocean Yield ASA’s (Ocean Yield) stock exchange notice on 31 March 2020 where Ocean Yield informed that its fully owned subsidiary, F-Shiplease AS, had agreed on a plan to finalize the negotiations for an agreement in relation to …
May 11, 2020 / Vessels

Ocean Yield: Extension of standstill agreement and restructuring outline with Solstad Offshore for the vessels Far Senator and Far Statesman

With reference to Ocean Yield ASA’s (Ocean Yield) press releases on 20 December 2018, 20 June 2019 and 31 October 2019, F-Shiplease AS, a fully owned subsidiary of Ocean Yield, agreed yesterday to extend the standstill period with Solstad Offshore …
Apr 1, 2020 / Vessels

Solstad and Ocean Yield extend standstill for anchor handling duo

Ocean Yield, a ship-owning company with investments in vessels on long-term charters, has agreed an extension of the standstill agreement with Solstad Offshore for the Far Senator and Far Statesman anchor handlers. Caption: Offshore Tug/Supply Ship …
Nov 1, 2019 / Vessels