Iceland has announced its intention to build a new port in north-eastern province Finna Fjord, in cooperation with Bremenports, in order to take advantage of increasing interest from shipping in the Arctic Ocean.
New York-listed Atwood Oceanics has exercised an option with South Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) to build a fourth ultra-deepwater drillship at a price of $635m.
Netherlands offshore services company Rederij Groen has taken delivery of the ‘Aquarius-G’ and sister ship ‘Astra-G’ - two purpose-built “chaser” vessels – from Damen.
China Oilfield Services Limited (COSL) has placed a bumper order for 15 offshore support vessels (OSVs) as it seeks to enlarge its operations in the deepwaters of China.