Oceanteam Shipping ASA announced today that its new OTS 1250t modular carousel systems has completed its trials and is mobilized for Visser & Smit Marine Contractors in The Netherlands for a minimum of 200 days onboard Solstad Offshore ASA’s CSV Normand Flower for Offshore Renewables Operations in the Southern North Sea.

In Q1 2013 Fugro will take delivery of a new-built vessel, M/V Fugro Pioneer, the first of Fugro's dedicated Offshore Survey Costal Vessel series. Featured on Stand 11121 at EWEA Offshore Amsterdam, the new vessel will operate in North-West European waters.

Norwegian based NorWind Installer contracted the Ulstein Dutch design offices Ulstein Sea of Solutions and Ulstein IDEA Equipment Solutions as their design partners for a new foundation installation vessel for the offshore wind industry. The vessel is a customized version of the Deepwater Enabler design from Ulstein.

She's big, she's red and she's bound for the ice for the first time. The Royal Navy's new ice patrol ship HMS Protector sails on her maiden voyage under the White Ensign on Monday to begin eight months surveying and patrolling the frozen continent.

Island Offshore is pleased to inform that the subsea construction vessel Island Intervention has commenced her charter with Subsea 7 which is likely to keep the vessel busy until the 2nd week of December.

WHOI takes a look back at the many accomplishments by R/V Oceanus and its crew over the ship's remarkable 36-year career. Visit the R/V Oceanus Scrapbook to view remembrances of the ship.

The sister ships - which will be renamed Reef Despina and Reef Larissa - are newly-built IMR and subsea construction vessels. Designed with the Ulstein X-Bow, they have a faster transit speed in head seas, and enjoy reduced fuel consumption. The design also provides several advantages in the foreship and on the working decks making the vessels more environmentally and work friendly.

DOF Subsea has secured a campaign of work in the New Zealand Taranaki Basin for the new build DSV Skandi Singapore.

The Ulstein designed SX130 IMR vessels Neptune Despina and Neptune Larissa were named in a joint ceremony on 26 October 2011 at Zhejiang Shipyard, China. Neptune Despina was delivered to shipowner Neptune Offshore on 27 October. The second vessel is to be delivered in mid November.

On Friday, 28 October 2011 the research icebreaker Polarstern sets off on its 28th Antarctic expedition. Over 200 scientists and technicians from research institutions in 14 countries will take part in the five expedition legs. They will examine a wide variety of topics: oceanography and marine chemistry, atmospheric research and the biology of bacteria, tiny algae and animals all the way to crustaceans, fish and whales. Moreover, the Polarstern will supply Neumayer Station III in Antarctica with material, provisions and personnel.

GC Rieber Shipping has signed a two year contract for its second subsea newbuild with the Mexican company Oceanografia. The vessel, which will be named Polar Queen, has recently been handed over from the Spanish shipyard Freire Shipyard, and the contract will start up in November. Three of the four vessels in the Company's newbuilding program are thus delivered and all of them are on hire. "With the whole fleet engaged, we are very well positioned going forward," says Irene Waage Basili, CEO of the company.

Australia's Minister for Defense Stephen Smith and Minister for Defense Materiel Jason Clare have announced that the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) will lease the subsea operations vessel Windermere from Hallin Marine, a Superior Energy Services company, to reinforce the RAN's amphibious capability during the Australian region cyclone season which commences in November.

Van Oord's new flexible fallpipe vessel, the Stornes, was christened on 24 September. The event, which was attended by hundreds of guests and Van Oord employees, took place at the Wilhelmina dock in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The christening ceremony was performed by Mrs J. van Vonno, wife of former Supervisory Director W. van Vonno.

Hallin Marine, a Superior Energy Services company, announces further expansion to its fleet of offshore support vessels. The Kendal, a multipurpose subsea vessel, with both ROV and Air Diving capability installed departs for her first project with PT Pertamina Hulu Energi Offshore North West Java (PHE ONWJ) in Indonesia, this coming Saturday after the naming ceremony. PHE ONWJ, as her first customer, has engaged the vessel for a 3 month IRM campaign in North Java. For this work, the vessel has been equipped with two TMS inspection class ROV's and is supported by the project team from the Hallin office in Jakarta.

DOF Subsea is pleased to inform that they have taken delivery of Skandi Singapore, hull no 621 from Singapore Technology Marine today.