UK-based Seajacks International has placed an order with Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) to create the largest offshore wind-farm installation vessel in the world.

Malaysia's Yinson Holdings has made a conditional takeover offer to acquire Fred Olsen Production (FOP) for NOK995.74m ($172.1m) or NOK 9.40 per share.

Representatives from major shipping nations met with the secretary-general of the IMO and board members of the ICS to discuss Arctic shipping at a private ministerial-level summit held in Oslo this week.

We take a look back at who said what at Nor- Shipping 2013 and the issues that got people talking.

Singapore-based Jaya Holdings landed long term charter contracts worth more than $60m including options for three platform supply vessels (PSVs), well ahead of their delivery dates from the shipyard.

Malaysia-based Alam Maritim Resources has been awarded a contract valued up to MYR71.5m ($23.2m) to supply a anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel.

With a growing interest in Arctic shipping and offshore exploration in the far north, Norwegian government and industry officials are calling for regulation of activities.

Discussing the future of the offshore sector at NorShipping's Agenda Offshore conference in Oslo this morning, a common theme was that of increasing automation and remote operation of vessels.

International competition among OSV design companies has “increased dramatically” in recent years, according to Ulstein Group, which yesterday scooped the ‘Ship of the Year 2013’ award for best Norwegian-built vessel announced at Nor-Shipping by...

Norway's Statoil has gone to South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) to build two harsh environment drilling rigs.