FPSO ARMADA KRAKEN spotted towed to the North Sea. The harsh-environment floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel ARMADA KRAKEN named in August 2016 was deployed to produce the heavy oil found in the EnQuest, a UK-based E&P company to operate Kraken field in the UK sector of the North Sea. At the end of October, the …
August 15, 2017
Ship of The Week – STORD DOF Rederi, a subsidiary of Norwegian shipping company DOF, has sold and delivered its anchor handling tug and supply (AHTS) vessel SKANDI STORD to Raj Shipping Agencies Ltd, India in October 2016. This is the company’s second vessel sale in quick succession after it sold the 2009-built subsea equipment support vessel …
75th anniversary of Operation Pedestal – the Santa Marija Convoy. Today 15th August 2017 marks the 75th Anniversary of the award of the George Cross on April 15, 1942, and the arrival of the convoy codenamed Operation Pedestal, commonly known as the Santa Marija Convoy, on August 15 of that year. These are probably the two …