The bodies of two more seafarers have been recovered from the anchor handler Bourbon Rhode which sank in the Atlantic.

Maersk Supply Service (MSS), a unit of AP Moller-Maersk Group, has implemented the ship management system Cloud Fleet Manager from software provider Hanseaticsoft.

The body of one of the 11 missing seafarers from the anchor handler Bourbon Rhode, which sank in Hurricane Lorenzo has been recovered.

Five commercial vessels, the French Navy and a US aircraft are in involved in the search and rescue operation for 11 crew missing from the offshore vessel Bourbon Rhode which sank in Hurricane Lorenzo.

Eleven crew are missing and three have been rescued after a Bourbon anchor handler tug sank in the Atlantic in Hurricane Lorenzo.

Whether there is really a ‘case for optimism’ in the Middle East offshore marine market was keenly discussed at the Seatrade Offshore Marine and Workboat Middle East (SOMWME) conference held in Dubai this week.

The race is on to rescue the 14 crew of the anchor handler tug supply (AHTS) vessel Bourbon Rhode which is taking on water in the Atlantic.

Solstad Offshore has clinched contracts for two of its large AHTS vessels from Total E&P South Africa.

Transocean has walked away from two ultra deepwater drillships under construction at Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) as Transocean seeks to save on a potential $1.1bn in future costs.

Topaz Energy & Marine has entered its vessel Caspian Voyager into an extended drydocking scheme with ABS meaning the maximum period is up to seven and half years rather than five.