The Brazilian energy company Petrobras announced that together with partners BG, Galp Energia, and Repsol, and through its Tupi-BV and Guará-BV affiliated companies, it signed two contracts with the Brazilian outfit Engevix Engenharia S.A. for the…

Seadrill, Hamilton, Bermuda, has entered into a turnkey contract to build up to four new ultra-deepwater drillships at the Samsung yard in South Korea.

Huisman, the Schiedam-based designer and manufacturer of heavy construction equipment for international onshore and offshore companies, and Bakker Sliedrecht, Dutch provider of total solutions related to maritime and industrial electro techniques, have announced to expand their collaboration to China.

International classification society Bureau Veritas has published new rules for Polar Class vessels and specific guidance on ice/structure interaction.

At Muggiano shipyard, La Spezia, of Fincantieri the traditional sheet cutting ceremony marked the commencement of construction of the first of two “Falaj 2” stealth vessels which have been ordered from Fincantieri by the United Arab Emirates Navy.

Norwegian company Aker Solutions has signed a contract to design, build and supply heavy oil separation equipment to an FPSO vessel operated by OSX, an EBX group company, in Brazil. The contract value is indicated to amount to approx. NOK 40 million.