Bureau Veritas formalizes guidance for FPSOs and FPUs in Brazil A new notation, IVBS-BRA, demonstrates that operators of floating assets meet the detailed scope of Brazilian regulatory requirements. IVBS-BRA…
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LADOL Free Zone celebrates historic arrival of Egina FPSO
Largest Vessel in West Africa, 330m long, Total Egina FPSO arrives at LADOL for final integration and fabrication First Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel to berth and be…
Fast track Electrical Steam Boiler module for Lancaster FPSO
Parat Halvorsen AS is proud to announce that we recently secured a contract to design and fabricate a complete, turnkey steam boiler module for the Aoka Mizu FPSO owned by…
GE’s Latest MV7-5L Drive Chosen for Greater Enfield Offshore Project
GE’s MV7Series 5 Level Drive is the Latest Addition to the MV Drive Product Portfolio The High Voltage and Smaller Footprint of the MV7Series 5 Level Drive Make It Ideal…
MISC BERHAD celebrates the sail away of MaMPU 1 marginal fields FPSO
MISC Berhad (“MISC”), celebrated the sail away of its Marginal Marine Production Unit (“MaMPU 1”), a fit-for-purpose FPSO for the development of marginal fields, in a ceremony today in MMHE…
HARRIS PYE appoints general manager for Singapore office operations
Dave Clark has been appointed General Manager of Harris Pye Singapore, part of the global engineering group. He has recently worked for BW Offshore and Maersk FPSOs in Brazil, as…
Bureau Veritas approves FPSO composite repair system
Leading international classification society Bureau Veritas has approved in principle the repair of offshore structures using the bonded composite product Coldshield, developed by Paris-based start-up Cold Pad. Coldshield is a composite…
Norton Rose Fulbright advises on US$1.12 billion Angola FPSO financing for Bumi Armada
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Standard Chartered Bank, Singapore as documentation bank on behalf of a syndicate of lenders on the US$1, 119, 702, 500 limited recourse…
Ince & Co advises Premuda subsidiary on €60 million FPSO Joint Venture
International law firm Ince & Co advised Four Vanguard Serviços E Navegaçao LDA (“FVSN”), a wholly owned subsidiary of publicly listed Italian shipping company Premuda SpA on its joint venture…
Norton Rose Fulbright advises on US$755 million Kraken FPSO financing
Global legal practice Norton Rose Fulbright has advised OCBC Bank (Malaysia) Berhad and a syndicate of lenders on the US$755 million limited recourse project financing of the “Armada Kraken” floating…
Damen contracts large EPC redeployment upgrade for Teekay Petrojarl FPSO
Teekay Petrojarl contracts Damen Shiprepair Rotterdam for the ‘EPC Redeployment Upgrade’ of its FPSO Petrojarl I Damen Shiprepair Rotterdam (DSR), part of Damen Shiprepair & Conversion (DSC), has been awarded…
Going Global, subsea vision grows compact Cougar fleet
Aiming at the global FPSO market, Subsea Vision has added another Saab Seaeye Cougar XT Compact to its ROV fleet. The compact concept is especially suited for working in strong…
DNV GL for UK Catcher FPSO
BW Offshore has chosen DNV GL to provide classification, verification and certification services for the Catcher FPSO being deployed in the UK North Sea. DNV GL is already providing similar…
Bureau Veritas to class and certify KAOMBO FPSOs for Saipem
Bureau Veritas has been awarded a contract by Saipem to provide classification and certification services for the two KAOMBO FPSOs for service off Angola. The US$4bn project for the FPSOs was…
Scanjet Marine: New package for tankers and FPSOs
The widest in-tank equipment package in the market Scanjet Marine AB and Scanvent ApS are combining product ranges to create the most comprehensive in-tank equipment package available for tankers and…
Bureau Veritas offshore rolling research rewarded
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, June 11, 2014 – A team in the R&D department of leading international classification society Bureau Veritas, working with Brazil’s Petrobras, has been awarded the prestigious OMAE 2013…
Wärtsilä topside power modules chosen for North Sea FPSO
Wärtsilä Corporation, 28 January 2014 at 10 am EET – Wärtsilä will supply a 62 MW topside power module solution for a Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel to be…
Sale of the VLCC Luxembourg
ANTWERP, Belgium, 15 January 2014 – Euronav NV (NYSE Euronext Brussels: EURN) today announced that the company sold its oldest double-hulled VLCC Luxembourg (1999 – 299, 150 dwt), for USD…
ABS Introduces Enhanced Fire Protection Guide
New Guide provides specific notations for FPSOs 11 November 2013 – (Houston) ABS, the leading provider of classification services to the global offshore and marine industries, has released the ABS Guide for Enhanced…