Oslo-listed Dockwise has announced the sale of the transport ship M<V Enterprise as part of a fleet-optimisation strategy.

A senior executive of the International Maritime Contractors Association has named one of Norway's newest diving support vessels.

CGG Veritas has taken delivery of a new seismic ship co-owned with Norway's Eidesvik Shipping.

Norway's Eidesvik Offshore has committed to building another Platform Supply Boat based on using gas powered propulsion, underlining it commitment to green solutions for the oil and gas industry.

Norwegian-listed shipping companies have scored new work offshore Brazil for their platform supply boats with a number of deals for major operator Petrobras.

Subsea specialist Mermaid Maritime has taken on a new ship built by a construction yard in Bergen.

The name of a ship used by Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton is set to live on in the North Sea with the delivery of a new offshore support vessel.

Norway's DOF Installer has resolved to place new shares through a subsidiary company to raise funding for a new offshore vessel.

Shipbuilder STX Europe has linked up with a South American partner to develop a new shipyard in Brazil to serve the growing oil and gas services market there.

Offshore wind farm installation specialist Seajacks International is to build two more vessels to cope with expected future market demand.

Bergen-based GC Rieber Shipping has secured new financing to allow it to construct two newbuild inspection repair and maintenance vessels.

Shipbuilder STX Europe has been signed up to build a new platform supply vessel for Norway's for Simon Møkster Rederi AS.

Norway's Nemo Subsea has taken delivery of a newbuild dive support ship which has been completed in a Singapore shipyard.

A new construction ship is due to enter the international offshore market after being ordered by a Singapore based shipping group from an Asian shipyard.

Britain's Cammell Laird shipyard has landed a major deal to carry out a conversion work on Norway's Nexan's Skaggerak cable lay ship which involves inserting a new hull section to extend the ship by 12 metres.

Norwegian shipping group Odfjell has expressed its severe disappointment at an arbitration case ruling against Russia's Sevmash shipyard in a dispute over the delivery of 12 vessels due six years ago.

Platform supply and anchor vessel provider Deep Sea Supply saw freight revenues dip for one of its fleets in December compared with the previous month.

Support vessel provider Trico Marine has signalled fear that its fourth quarter results will be hit by a downturn in the offshore sector particularly in the North Sea.

This is the Borealis, the new heavy duty deepwater construction ship acquired by Acergy which is being constructed at the Sembawang Shipyard in Singapore to provide a new pipelayer for the global contract group.

Offshore contractor Acergy has demonstrated its confidence in the future of the global offshore oil and gas market by unveiling plans to deploy a newbuild deepwater pipelay ship to provide state-of-the-art offshore construction capability.

A newbuild subsea well intervention ship has just completed its first operation in the UK North Sea on Nexen's Buzzard field where it overcame adverse weather including 5 metre (16.4 ft) high waves and 45 knot winds to carry out a production logging programme at the Buzzard field.

Potential progress at the Copenhagen Climate Change conference is due to be demonstrated with a new type of offshore support ship which uses a fuel cell for power.

Oslo-listed shipping specialist Hurtigruten AS has landed a slice of the work relate to the huge Gorgon LNG development offshore Western Australia by securing an 18 month contract for one of its vessels.

Petrofac is still deciding what to do with the North Sea  AH001 floating production vessel bought from Hess in July this year after the production unit finished operating on the UK North Sea Ivanhoe and Rob Roy and related fields.

Dubai-based Polarcus Limited which is developing a new marine seismic fleet has had a deal with TGS-Nopec for its first vessel confirmed.

Rig operator Prosafe achieved a 96% utilisation rate for its offshore units in the third quarter this year.

Middle East-based Gulf Marine Services is declaring its intentions in the jackup vessel market with one eye on the potential for future North Sea work with two newbuilds which are under construction in Abu Dhabi.

Talisman Energy in the UK has agreed to take on new charter boats from Craig Group which will provide emergency cover for platforms in its Northern Business area in the North Sea.