Offshore

Scorpio Bulkers has sold a kamsarmax bulker for $18m as it looks to transition it business to offshore wind.

Qatar’s Milaha has penned a memorandum of understanding with US oilfield services firm Schlumberger Limited to order oil well stimulation vessels for work in Qatar.

Portonave is acquiring 25 new terminal tractors – reinforced trucks exclusively for handling containers inside the port – and two lithium battery-powered forklifts, through an investment of $3m.

DP World has signed a deal with Kalmar, part of Cargotec, for 12 Ottawa T2 terminal tractors and two empty container handlers to be deployed at the DP World Caucedo terminal in the Dominican Republic.

In a surprising turn of events, President Donald Trump signed a Presidential order extending an existing oil drilling ban off the Florida Gulf coast, out 10 years, to 2032.

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) schemes could well generate a new income stream for beleaguered offshore contractors, according to Oslo-based analyst, Rystad Energy.

Norway’s Solstad Offshore has inked an agreement with Orsted for the hire of a construction support vessel (CSV) to support its offshore wind farm projects in Taiwan.