The British Diving Support Vessel Wellservicer made a brief appearance in Halifax yesterday, spending just under 11 hours tied up at Woodside. She sailed Just before 10pm. She recently completed work in the Whiterose field off Newfoundland, and Is now going to be used to perform the following operations on
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Atlantic Towing, Limited has purchased a second Anchor Handling Offshore Supply vessel from JAYA, and is expected to take delivery of the vessel during the first quarter of 2014. She will be known as the Atlantic Merlin. This vessel is a Wartsila designed VS 4622 CD anchor handling offshore supply
Over the Lunch Hour, the supply Vessel Riverton Put into Halifax. Riverton is currently woirking for shell on their offshore exploration off Nova Scotia, and is shuttleing supplies back and forth from the siesmic vessles.
Offshore exploration is ramping up, with 3 more Western Geco Survey ships due. Ocean Odyssey(Above) is already tied up at pier 27, and the port is showing that Geco Tau, and WG Magellen and WG Cook are due to arrive. WG Magellen and WG Cook are interesting vessels, as they
The Siesmic Vessel Ocean Odyssey arrived this morning and tied up at Pier 27. Built in 2005, and owned by the Norwegian firm Remoy Shipping, she is currently on charter to Western Geco. Western Geco Previously was doing work of Newfoundland.
(Above) Carnival Paradise departing Tampa (Below) Bulker Bulk Chile (Above) USCG Patrol on the Intracoastal Waterway. (Below) REM Poseidon, Offshore construction vessel.
Scunda Canada LP’s New Platform supply vessel Scotian Sea Arrived in halifax this morning. She is currently tied up at Woodside. Built in 1997 by Kværner Kleven Leirvik, she is a Ulstien 6065 design, orignally operating as Havila Runde. A General Aragement Draving is Available Here (PDF)
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) released its investigation report (M11N0047) into the November 2011 striking incident involving the supply vessel Maersk Detector and the mobile offshore drilling unit GSF Grand Banks in the White Rose oil field off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. The Report Found Poor communication
last summer, Atlantic towing Announced they had purchased the Jaya Supreme, To be come Atlantic Kesteral. An Article in the March issue of Tug and OSV Magazine lets slip at the End that Atlantic Towing has also purchased her sister ship Jaya Soverign. No ATL Bird name has yet been