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Every Vessel Hunter story on Offshore: 81 stories, from 28 July 2026 to 9 October 2026. Newest: "Tanker hit off Qatar, Muuga ferry race and an Arctic loop". Each story links to the ships and ports it names, so a name in the text opens the record behind it.
Tanker hit off Qatar, Muuga ferry race and an Arctic loop
The Maritime Briefing of 9 October 2026: Acers struck off Qatar, Malaysia on shadow fleet transfers, TT-Line on Muuga-Vuosaari and Dubai Tower's Arctic loop.
Solstad Offshore exercises $125m option to buy CSV Normand Maximus
Solstad Offshore has declared a $125m purchase option on the 2016-built construction support vessel Normand Maximus, with delivery in October 2027 and debt financing planned.
Aframax Rio burns off Sochi, 12 hurt on On Peace in Hormuz
The Maritime Briefing of 7 October 2026: Aframax Rio on fire off Sochi, 12 seafarers injured on On Peace, Solstad buys Normand Maximus and Queen Anne moves to P&O.
Black Sea sinkings, Hormuz strikes, Japan names 35 ships
The Maritime Briefing of 6 October 2026: Alfa Watan and Royad Mammadov sunk by drones, five Hormuz incidents, Japan's first ship sanctions and a $117m VLCC resale.
Maritime Briefing of 29 September 2026
The MAIB's Argos Georgia report, the shadow fleet's move to the Russian flag, Global Car Carriers' 20-ship orderbook, Dunkirk's pick of TiL and a 60,000-tonne lift for Statfjord A.
Pioneering Spirit lift capacity raised to 60,000 tonnes for Statfjord A removal
Allseas has upgraded Pioneering Spirit's topsides lifting system from 48,000 to 60,000 tonnes to remove Equinor's Statfjord A topside in one piece, and appointed ABL as warranty surveyor.
Maritime Briefing of 26 September 2026
A seafarer killed on the Cape Dao in Hormuz, salvage begins on the Caroline Bezengi, Onex's five VLCCs, Navios at HJ Shipbuilding, and Ima gas for Nigeria LNG.
TotalEnergies and AMNI sanction Ima gas field to feed Nigeria LNG Train 7
TotalEnergies and AMNI have taken the final investment decision on the Ima gas field off Nigeria, which will supply about one-third of the gas for the Nigeria LNG Train 7 expansion from 2028.
Maritime Briefing of 25 September 2026
The MSC Hermes III is adrift and unmanned off Vietnam, Aramco restarts part of its East-West Pipeline, and five container lines have more ships on order than in service.
Shell completes $840m sale of Na Kika and Coulomb interests to Talos and Ridgewood
Shell Offshore has completed the sale of its Na Kika platform and Coulomb field interests in the US Gulf to Talos Energy and a Ridgewood Energy affiliate for about $840m in cash.
2020 Bulkers signs binding deal to buy AHTS AS and build a fleet of 15 anchor handlers
Oslo-listed 2020 Bulkers has signed a binding agreement to acquire AHTS AS, valuing its ten anchor handlers at $264m, and launched a private placement of up to $175m.
Jan De Nul orders second trenching support vessel for cables
Jan De Nul has ordered a second trenching support vessel, an exact sister to Isambard K. Brunel, taking its subsea cable newbuilding programme to five ships and its cable fleet to fourteen.
LS Marine Solution books record $113m Shinan Ui cable contract
LS Marine Solution has converted its preferred-bidder position at the 390 MW Shinan Ui offshore wind project into a KRW 156.9bn contract with Hanwha Ocean.
Cadeler's Nexra and Vattenfall to develop turbine exchange methods
Cadeler's service platform Nexra and Vattenfall have signed a memorandum of understanding on major component exchange methods for large offshore wind turbines.
Taiwan-flagged cable layer Oceanus 1 enters service at Kaohsiung
Oceanus 1, a Taiwan-flagged cable-laying vessel with an 8,000-tonne carousel, arrived at Kaohsiung on 16 September after handover from her Vietnamese builder.
Maritime Briefing of 22 September 2026
Tanker freight is now large enough to reroute trade, the crew of an LNG carrier report attackers reaching cargo safety systems, and MSC opens talks on Germany's stake in Meyer Werft.
Maritime Briefing of 16 September 2026
The TD3C benchmark passes $1m a day and ten-year-old VLCCs outprice newbuildings, Oman cancels its Salalah conference, and Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd return four more services to the Red Sea.
Maritime Briefing of 15 September 2026
Gulf crude exports pass 10m barrels a day on facilitated Hormuz transits, Somali pirates release the Sward after a ransom, and a ro-ro ferry sinks in the Java Sea with 243 aboard.
Maritime Briefing of 14 September 2026
German dock workers decide on indefinite strikes, a Qatari LNG carrier transits Hormuz for the first time since July, and liner carriers ask the IMO to cap undeclared batteries.
Maritime Briefing of 12 September 2026
Houthi forces reached the Bab el-Mandeb, a dry dock fire at Qingdao killed 25 workers, MSC kept buying secondhand tonnage and the container fleet closed on 34 million TEU.
Shearwater Puts Electric ROVs Into Service on a North Sea Node Survey
Shearwater GeoServices is deploying newly installed electric ROV systems commercially for the first time on a seven-week ocean bottom node campaign in the central North Sea.
Maritime Briefing of 8 September 2026
The day in shipping: Rosneft opens its Arctic export terminal, fire hits the icebreaker Admiral Makarov, Panama defers a draft cut, and a sanctioned roro is struck off Crete.
Ventura Takes On Deep Value Driller and Lands $58m Petronas Job
Ventura Offshore will manage the drillship Deep Value Driller for Eldorado Drilling and has secured a one-well contract with Petronas in Indonesia worth around $58m.
Maritime Briefing, 7 September 2026: Hormuz, Congestion, Yard Money
Two seafarers dead aboard the VLCC Sidr, Jebel Ali falling out of the top ten container ports, and US East Coast box rates breaking $10,000 per FEU for the first time since 2022.
Hanwha Ocean Certifies a Low-Carbon FPSO Design Ahead of the Venus Bid
The yard is competing with SBM Offshore for a $3bn FPSO contract on TotalEnergies' Venus development offshore Namibia, where emissions weigh heavily in the evaluation.
Floatel Triumph Lined Up for Brazilian Safety Unit Work in 2027
Floatel International has received a letter of intent for the semi-submersible Floatel Triumph to provide maintenance and safety unit services offshore Brazil from 2027.
MacGregor Gangway Certified for Transfers Between Two Floating Vessels
MacGregor's Horizon gangway has received DNV certification for floating-to-floating personnel transfer, enabling motion-compensated walkways between two independently moving vessels.
Solstad Wins $62m Petrobras Contract for CSV Normand Valiant
Solstad has secured a two-year contract with Petrobras worth about $62m for the construction support vessel Normand Valiant, starting in the fourth quarter of 2026.
CB&I Lands Three-Year Ivory Coast FPSO Services Contract
CB&I Asset Solutions will run operations, maintenance and integrity management on an FPSO off Ivory Coast under a three-year contract worth between $50m and $100m.
Chilean Study Confirms Antarctica Subsea Cable Is Technically Feasible
A feasibility study led on behalf of Chile's telecoms regulator has mapped two subsea cable routes to Antarctica, the larger connecting nine landing points across five countries' bases.
Kongsberg Maritime Wins Deck Machinery Contract for Asian FPSO
Kongsberg Maritime will deliver a fully integrated mooring and deck machinery package for a new FPSO serving an offshore development in Asia, with equipment delivery due in mid-2027.
Petrobras Field Passes Four Billion Barrels As Pre-Salt Turns Twenty
Petrobras has recorded a milestone at its Tupi field in the Santos Basin, which has passed four billion barrels of oil equivalent in cumulative production, the first asset in the company's 73-year history to reach that figure.
Solstad Books Construction Vessel For Six Years Of West African Subsea Work
Norwegian offshore vessel owner Solstad Maritime has signed a letter of intent with an undisclosed client for the construction support vessel Normand Cutter, covering three firm years with a further three years of options.
Singaporean Operator Wins Subsea Diving Work In The Arabian Gulf
A Singapore-based offshore marine services company has secured a lump-sum contract for subsea diving and installation work in the Arabian Gulf, with offshore execution scheduled for the third quarter.
Two Tugs Complete Six-Week Ocean Tow Of Production Vessel
Two anchor handling tugs have completed a tow of a 315-metre floating production, storage and offloading vessel from the Campos Basin off Brazil to a port in northern Denmark, a voyage of roughly six weeks.
Nigeria Approves Framework Aimed At Fifty Billion In Deepwater Investment
Nigeria's president has approved a new fiscal and regulatory framework for deepwater oil investment which the government says could attract up to fifty billion dollars, in a measure intended to support projects including a major
Contractor Wins Flexible Pipe Work On Angolan Deepwater Project
An offshore engineering contractor has been awarded a contract described as significant, a category indicating a value between 75 and 250 million dollars, for flexible flowlines and risers on a deepwater project offshore Angola.
Italian Contractor Adds Large Middle East Offshore Award To Summer Run
An Italian energy services contractor has won an offshore engineering, procurement, construction and installation contract in the Middle East worth about 1.8 billion dollars.
Gulf Of Mexico Lease Sale Rebounds But Falls Short Of Last Year's Record
The third Gulf of Mexico offshore lease sale of the current programme raised 82.7 million dollars in high bids across 59 blocks, well below the record first auction a year ago.
Saipem wins around $2bn FPSO contract off Indonesia
Saipem has won an EPCI contract worth around $2bn for an FPSO at Eni's Kutei North Hub development off East Kalimantan, Indonesia.
Offshore Field Development Spending Forecast To Reach 137 Billion Dollars
Global offshore field development investment is forecast to reach 137 billion dollars this year, with project sanctioning close to double the level of the preceding period.
Larsen & Toubro wins ultra-mega offshore order from ADNOC
The offshore arm of Indian engineering group Larsen & Toubro has secured what the company classifies as an ultra-mega order from ADNOC Offshore, placing the award above 15,000 crore rupees, or roughly 1.7 billion dollars.
Viking Reach sold to Greek subsea contractor for trenching work
Eidesvik Offshore and Reach Subsea have agreed to sell their jointly owned inspection, maintenance and repair vessel Viking Reach, with the buyer subsequently identified as the Greek subsea contractor Asso.subsea.
Saipem wins $930m of Eni work led by Ivory Coast deepwater project
Saipem has secured contracts worth approximately 930 million dollars, or around 800 million euros, from Eni, with the largest element covering the third phase of the Baleine development offshore Ivory Coast.
Odfjell semisub back at work after blowout preventer dropped to seabed
The 2009-built semisubmersible Deepsea Atlantic has returned to work more than three months after dropping a blowout preventer to the seabed during installation.
TGS wins 100-day ocean bottom node contract in AMME region
Oslo-listed seismic specialist TGS has won a new ocean bottom node contract covering the Africa, Mediterranean and Middle East region.
Petrobras delays restart of P-52 platform after gas leak investigation
Petrobras says its P-52 offshore platform remains shut down nine months after a flammable gas leak, with no timetable yet set for restarting production.
Seamec to provide diving support on ONGC's ageing DSV fleet
Indian offshore vessel operator Seamec has agreed to provide subsea diving services on two diving support vessels working for state energy producer ONGC.
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