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Offshore support vessels 
Coast-guard, salvage, ice-breakers
North Sea 
U.S. Gulf 
Brazil 
West Africa
Seismic market 
S.U.R.F (subsea umbilicals risers and flowlines)
Drilling market

Production market (surface systems)
Prospects 



The offshore and specialised ships markets
 in 2003

 

This past year we have seen a slowdown in the offshore industry. Once more, high gas and oil prices did not provide the incentive needed to boost exploration and production efforts due to consumption rates not living up to analysts' predictions and actually dropping from previous years. We expect to see this market downturn to continue, coupled with an oversupply of vessels through late 2004.  

With the globalisation of the offshore markets becoming more prevalent as  is the case with West Africa and Mexico, operators are now becoming more inclined to build high-tech vessels at ever lower prices. As efficiency and lower cost demand increases, operators are taking a harder look at renewing their fleets in low-wage shipbuilding countries like China and maybe soon India, to make economic sense of the low charter rates prevailing. Many key players do not see an end to these decreased rates and are strategizing to build no more or even less than the operators demand to fulfil their support requirements and still produce revenue on new capital expenditures. 

Facing the globalisation of the offshore markets and the faster pace of tonnage shifting to markets in pursuit of sustainable day-rates, operators and contractors need also to change their market stance by increasing their presence worldwide. A key condition to either access or develop market share in the prevailing West African and Brazilian offshore operations is the obligation to incorporate more and more local content.  

This is much in line with what has been successfully done in Brazil over the years. The West-African way has been to enforce joint ventures with international companies, although recently Angolan rules were amended so as to allow foreign operators or contractors to bid directly for jobs. The Mexican national oil giant Pemex deals exclusively with Mexican companies, leaving it up to them to find partners internationally. The vessel age-span for by Pemex is narrowing sharply and 2003 saw their first newbuilding-for-term-charter enquiry.
 

Offshore support vessels

The Anchor Handling Tug/Supply (AHTS) and the Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) fleet utilisation along with rates continued to drop in the main markets throughout the year with the exception of West Coast Africa. Lower drilling activities combined with lower rates and continued deliveries of uncommitted newbuildings have both contributed to this imbalance. 

Operators like Groupe Bourbon, Sealion or Vroon are now engaged in large and challenging new construction programmes in China. Vessels being built there are no longer dedicated to one single market but have been designed with versatility enabling them to get employment worldwide moving from North Sea to West Coast Africa, from US Gulf to Middle East Gulf, all the more that companies like Pemex (Mexico) requirefor all newly contracted vessels to have keel lay dates of 1997 or newer. This requirement is already in place phasing out all older tonnage as new units take their place. 
 


 

Coast-guard, Salvage, Ice-breakers

It was a good time for owners having AHTS with ice-breaking capabilities available in the Baltic early 2003. They were able to play a long and cold season assisting vessels which were frozen in for weeks on end. Damaged vessels were taken out of Russian waters on a LOF-basis and others on healthy rates. Following the environmental disasters of 'Erika' and 'Prestige' as well as the consequences of a strong winter and difficult ice conditions, it is with interest that we note the increasing coast-guard contingency in vulnerable areas.  

  • Les Abeilles International was awarded the long-term French Navy contract upon which they ordered two tailor-made UT 515 Deep Sea Salvage Tugs - 200 t bollard pull - to be built at Myklebust Mek in Norway for deliveries first half of 2005.
  • Rem'y Shipping AS did the same for the Norwegian Coast Guard with one UT 512 Deep Salvage Tug - 110 t bollard pull - to be built at S'viknes Shipyard for delivery early 2005.
  • Far Eastern Shipping Company ordered 1+1 Icebreaking AHTS with stand-by and supply class at Kv'rner Masa Yards for delivery in May 2005. These are to be chartered by ExxonMobil, operator of the Sakhalin-1 project.
  • CJSC Sevmorneftegaz ordered 1 + 1 icebreakers of the MOSS 828 MISV design at Havyard Leirvik AS. The contract value is in the region NOK 430m and the vessel is to be delivered in September 2005. 
  • Smit continued growing in size with the acquisition of the remaining 50.1 % share in URS, Unie van Redding- en Sleepdienst N.V., the leading offshore and towage operator in Belgium. This share was then sold again to Fairplay of Germany.
  • UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency took over the long term chartered 180 t bollard pull 'Anglian Sovereign' from Klyne Tugs, she is the second salvage tug of her class to join the Agency after the 'Anglian Princess'.
  • CCG, Canadian Coast Guards, will have to either refit their existing 'Louis St Laurent' (built in 1969) or to order a new vessel.
     
North Sea

The offshore oil and gas industry in Norway and in the UK struggles with low activity levels leading to substantial lay-offs of workforce in all sectors. The scenario is certainly not improved by Norway's minority coalition government struggling to find common ground on the reopening of petroleum exploration and production areas off the Lofoten islands. However, a go-ahead was given on the development of the Norsk Hydro-operated Ormen Lange field and all the major sub-contracts for this $ 10 bn project will be awarded within 2004. 

Statoil and Norsk Hydro were the big winners in Norway's latest licensing round, where 13 companies received offers for 19 production licences and 39 blocks in the North and Norwegian Seas. All of the new licences are located close to existing production infrastructure and are likely to lead to more subsea developments and exploration drilling. We hope that the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy will push the licence winners to fast-forward the work programmes for these new blocks in order to increase the overall activity in the region.  

In the support market, the spot market never gained the expected summer momentum this year, but peaked at poor levels in April with large AHTS obtaining up to $ 26,000 per day, whereas the larger PSVs were averaging $ 14,000. But the low drilling activities, combined with a constant feed of uncommitted PSV/AHTS newbuildings and a steady supply of sublet tonnage, have seen a market paying in general below the $ 9,000 per day for AHTS. 

The North Sea offshore shipyards and subcontractors, all being at the end of the chain, suffered from the lack of orders. The remains of the old orderbook emptied into an already flooded market and the overall lay-off of the labour force accelerated.  

Groupe Bourbon's share acquisition in Havila ASA was completed with a full take-over of the company in 2003 renaming it Bourbon Offshore Norway. The take-over included the PSVs and the large AHTS under construction in Norway, now most likely bound for West-Africa in a move where Groupe Bourbon draws on its increasing market presence and long experience. Towards the end of the year, BON placed a repeat order of the UT 745E multi-purpose PSVs already under construction at Aker Langsten. Prior to Groupe Bourbon's final share acquisition in Havila ASA, Havila Shipping bought out Havila ASA stand-by fleet and now consists of 10 vessels, many of which are very modern. 

District Offshore entered into an agreement with Boa Offshore to establish a 50/50 joint venture called DOF BOA AS. This new company bought the modern AHTS 'Boa Giant' and the 'Boa Hercules'. 

DOF was also busy buying the 'Northern Admiral', a large MPP AHTS built in 1999, being on a term contract to Norsk Hydro.  

'Viking Energy' and 'Stril Pioner' were delivered this year from Kleven Shipyard to Eidesvik AS and Simon M'kster Shipping respectively. These large PSVs are equipped with an innovative dual-fuel solution that burns mainly LNG for power generation
 

U.S. Gulf

Charter rates this year have hit all-time lows with lower than normal fleet utilisation as a result of the exodus of over 22 drilling rigs to Mexican and West African waters. Operators have laid up old tonnage en mass awaiting a resurgence of drilling activities which are not expected to gain momentum until late 2004. These high levels of availability have spawned aggressive pricing by owners leaving most operators wondering when the bottom will be hit. With the rig count stagnant and only a few new field development projects in the works, OSV owners and service contractors appear to be headed for a rough winter. 

US based operators have continued to strategically consolidate their fleets:  

  • the newly incorporated Rigdon Marine (Groupe Bourbon), will take delivery of its first vessel from Bender shipbuilding February 2004 with all following 9 vessels to be delivered within mid 2005,

  • Tidewater has acquired Ensco Marine boosting its fleet by  27 Gulf of Mexico vessels. They have also initiated newbuilding contracts totalling over $ 100 m for  6  AHTS, 2 FSVs, and 2 PSVs,

  • Hornbeck Offshore has acquired Candy Fleet adding an additional 5 PSVs to  its fleet,

  • Otto Candies LLC has taken delivery of 2 units from De Hoop Shipyard in Holland and also 2 PSVs from Houma Fabricators in Louisiana. Otto Candies also placed an additional order for a PSV at Houma Fabricators. All vessels are expected to work for Pemex in Mexico.

Efforts continue by US operators to lobby US Congress to pass a bill blocking foreign investment by non-US operators in US Jones Act fleets. This revised bill would also disqualify US companies from fleeing to offshore countries in order to avoid US taxes from participating in US Jones Act qualified contracts for coastal trade.
 

Brazil

The Brazilian oil company Petrobras announced this year its aggressive renewal plan of offshore supply boats serving their upstream strategy. Petrobras disclosed the chartering plans of 18 newbuildings and 21 upgraded vessels for periods of 8 and 4 year terms respectively. The newbuildings are estimated to generate revenues of $290 m to the Brazilian shipbuilding industry and an associated cost of $50 m to the refurbished vessels. 

On the horizon, Brazil has projected adding shipbuilding capacity worth a total of $ 500 m collectively in Bahia, Parana and Espirito Santo states. The country of Brazil is a flurry of hot alternative shipbuilding hubs of investments, projected new shipyards, the promising leasing of an existing government yard and the possibility of reopening 3 local yards being among the shipyard news. The local corporation Camargo Correa projects a spending of US$ 50 million in a yard located in Espirito Santo state while the Brazilian government has suggested two international shipyards, already operating in their markets, with a $ 250 m investment.  

An interesting occurrence in that respect was that NorSkan Offshore Limitada, the 50/50 j/v between DOF and Solstad, bought Trico Offshore Limitada which sole asset was a UT 722 L under construction at the Eisa shipyard in Rio against a long term contract to Petrobras.
 

West Africa

Benefiting from a steady demand from the production market, mainly in Nigeria, Angola and Equatorial Guinea, the offshore utilisation rate remained on the high side in 2003, though absorbing new tonnage, and rates remained healthy. In the best case, the spot and term rates should remain at the same average levels in 2004. 

From these above briefly described facts, one can easily deduct that the fleet of offshore vessels dedicated to production will expand further, which is why two main shipowning joint ventures Sonatide and Sonasurf have been created to cover the needs of OSV in Angola, with a third one Angobulk having been set up in 2003. These three joint ventures employ about 60 vessels offshore Angola. 

OSV owners think that more and larger PSVs will be in need off the west coast of Africa as well as dedicated offshore vessels to carry out subsea works with ROVs, this means bigger units with large accommodation and DP2.
 

Seismic market

Few opportunities arose in this market as the volume demand for 2D and 3D data also suffered from the general stagnation of the demand from the exploration sector. However the four remaining major operators have maintained their effort in R&D, and the solid streamers technology becomes a key asset to guarantee one's position.
 

S.U.R.F (subsea umbilicals risers and flowlines)

Even though in general the employment rates of key subsea construction vessels were on the high side, all contractors have suffered from the increasing imbalance between risk and reward which is evidenced by the poor financial health of several major contractors. Oil companies commercial policy has been slowly but surely leading the latter into the red area by off-loading always more and more risks and liability onto their sub-contractors.  

The industry anticipates a real slow down in 2004, which should significantly affect the utilisation rate of the major construction and pipe-lay units. As of today one can hardly expect an up-turn before 2005, which shall be automatically due to a wave of projects reaching the stage of construction completion and installation. 

West Africa and the Gulf of Mexico have again been among the best opportunities. 

Hyundai is poised to expand its construction and pipe-laying capacities in the Far Eastern market, but the lack of valuable assets should lead HHI to build some of these in their own facilities.  

Along with their new business model, Stolt Offshore is committed to sell some of  its older or non-core assets. This has proven to be somewhat difficult due to the adverse market conditions. On the other hand the same contractor is about to refurbish its LB200 lay-barge due to the installation of the 540 km of 44-inch diameter gas pipeline linking Ormen field to the Norwegian shore. 

In consequence there were no real changes in the fleet with the exception of the conversion of the Solstad 2001 built cableship, 'Normand Cutter'. She is being converted into a construction and pipe-lay vessel on a long term charter to Saipem's subsidiary Sonsub.  

The ROV service market to the production and drilling industry has considerably consolidated since Oceaneering acquired the ROV business from Subsea 7, as well as the Stolt Offshore ROV business, thus becoming an uncontested world leader. 

The fibre optical market remains very low although maintenance keeps a certain level of activity. The major operators envisage a slow up-turn by 2005 once again linked to the increase demand derived from the 'internet network and its associated technologies'.
 

Drilling market

This sector has experienced a year of "consolidation", that is to say that the 6 major drilling contractors have worked to maintain fleet utilisation rates. They have continued to cut costs and to rebuild their cash position, not only to survive another year of stagnation in 2004, but also to be prepared for the next wave of investments. Generally the market remains oversupplied with rigs in all water depth segments and all geographical areas, thus contractors hesitate to plan large, speculative and costly movements of rigs. 

In the rig construction and upgrade side, the world leader,  Keppel, has completed the acquisition of Verolme of the Netherlands. Furthermore, the company is about to open a new facility in Kazakhstan - Aktau - to cope with the Kashagan development in the North Caspian Sea. After the construction of a "mode V" jack-up rig for Transocean Sedco, one has to underline the record breaking achievement of the semi-submersible 'Maersk Explorer' built and delivered in Baku by the same rig builder. The yard is now involved in the construction of a production jack-up rig for BP.
 


 

 

Production market (surface systems)

By the end of 2003, Exxon and Sonangol announced that 16 deepwater oil discoveries (1,000/1,500 meters water depth) were made on block 15. This represents a potential to recover more than 4 billion oil-equivalent barrels, whilst Total and Sonangol have made 15 important deepwater oil discoveries on block 17. The West African offshore market was still buoyant in 2003. The immediate future for 2004 is slightly less promising as one foresees that oil companies will consolidate their production through their existing investments in deep offshore. Furthermore, majors will do their best to connect the production coming from additional wells to existing FPSO such as Rosa & Lirio fields developed by Total in Angola. All blocks should ensure a high level of activity in Angola. 

In Brazil, Petrobras issued a tender for the construction of two giant production semi-submersibles, 'P51' and 'P52', linked to a national demand for economical returns in terms of construction and operation. In 2004, Fels Setal should be awarded the first contract despite the uncertainties due to the tax regime applicable to this project.  

This year has seen the physical completion of major FPSO projects such as the 'Bonga', giant 2 million bbl, in Nigeria as well as the award by Total to a consortium headed by Technip of a contract for the construction of the 'Dalia' FPSO, a 2 million bbl. This unit will complement the giant 'Girassol' FPSO on the Total Angolan block 17.  

The BP Angola 'Plutonio', another 2 million bbl giant FPSO, should be built by HHI, whilst one expects finally Chevron Texaco Nigeria to issue its tender for the construction of the 'Agbami' 2 million bbl FPSO. 

The strong demand for general shipbuilding, combined with the slow down of the offshore demand for the construction of large surface systems, has led the HHI offshore division to steer slightly off its course by taking an order for the construction of a batch of ten Aframax ashore. 

Sakhalin-1 and 2 will continue to provide a lot of work to contractors all through the year 2004
 

Prospects

E&P spending should steadily increase in 2004 with no real impact in the offshore service markets before the end of the year 2004. Although the medium term prospects are not so brilliant, the outlook for a full recovery certainly lies in the sharp increase of the Chinese and generally Far Eastern demand for energy. CNOOC has been busy, taking significant shares in oil and gas fields located far from its local acreage of the Bohai Sea. For the first time ever the market recovery might come from the Far East.
 



Shipping and Shipbuilding Markets in 2003

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Port of Livorno, new observatory to find solutions to the problem of port congestion
Leghorn
Marilli: We will seek solutions to reach the possible revocation of the port fee
Lockton PL Ferrari closed the last fiscal year with gross revenues of 34 million dollars
Genoa
Insurance premium volume rose to 350 million
Polish Trans Polonia Group acquires Dutch Nijman/Zeetank Holding
Tczew
It specializes in the transportation and logistics of liquid and gaseous products
d'Amico Tankers Sells Two 2011-Built Tankers for $36.2 Million
Luxembourg
They will be delivered to buyers by the end of July and on December 21st.
The Italian Merchant Marine Academy plans 13 new free courses
Genoa
Over 300 positions available
A delegation of Wista Italy visits the ports of Catania and Augusta
Catania/August
The association is made up of women who hold positions of responsibility in the maritime, logistics and trade sectors.
In the first five months of 2025, the port of Algeciras handled 1.9 million containers (-6.3%)
Algeciras
Empty containers decreased by -5.5% and full ones by -6.4%
Reway Group enters the port railway infrastructure maintenance sector
Licciana Nardi
Two contracts awarded by the AdSP of the Eastern Ligurian Sea
Delcomar and Ensamar take over maritime services with the smaller Sardinian islands
Cagliari
The tender for the six-year concession of the connections has been awarded
Port of Trieste, the newly appointed Gurrieri torpedoes the newly appointed Torbianelli
Trieste
Russo (Pd): it's a squalid power game
Singapore's SeaLead expands its maritime shipping offering to connect Turkey and Italy
Singapore
Route connected to services transiting the Suez Canal
The US Container Security Initiative program has been extended to Morocco
Rabat
Amrani: Let's consolidate Tanger Med's role as a safe and world-class maritime hub
Very positive first quarter for Greek Euroseas
Athens
Pittas: the positive momentum continued in the second quarter
Assonat and SACE present a plan for Italian tourist ports
Rome
Kuehne+Nagel has opened a new branch in Naples
Milan
The aim is to support the operational growth of the group in Southern Italy
RINA has acquired the entire capital of Finnish Foreship
Helsinki
The Helsinki-based company specializes in consulting in the field of marine and mechanical engineering.
Container traffic down at Barcelona and Valencia ports in May
Barcelona/Valencia
Resumption of containers in transit at the Catalan port
Annual cargo traffic in Greek ports stable in 2024
Piraeus
Domestic volumes are growing, while foreign trade is decreasing
Perplexity of freight forwarders, customs agents and maritime agents of La Spezia at the transfer of the port of Carrara to the Tuscan AdSP
The Spice
Timidly, they "hope for consideration for the progress made so far"
Francesco Mastro appointed extraordinary commissioner of the Southern Adriatic Sea Port Authority
Rome
He will take up office on June 30th.
John Denholm to be new president of the International Chamber of Shipping
Athens
He will take over from Emanuele Grimaldi in a year
Extraordinary commissioners of the two Ligurian Port System Authorities have been installed
Genoa/La Spezia
Matteo Paroli and Bruno Pisano at the helm of the institutions
Container traffic at Hong Kong port drops sharply in May
Hong Kong
1.05 million TEUs were handled (-12.7%)
Assogasliquidi-Federchimica shows the way to accelerate the decarbonization of road and maritime transport
Rome
Amadei: Our sector is ready and the time has come for courageous industrial choices
Eagle S tanker command blamed for cutting submarine cables in Gulf of Finland
Advantages
The accident was caused by the ship's anchor
Online platform to report critical issues that put transport workers at risk
Genoa
It was prepared by Fit Cisl Liguria
GNV to create a direct summer connection between Civitavecchia and Tunis
Genoa
It will run alongside the historic route via Palermo
The unification of Grimaldi's concessions in the port of Barcelona has been completed
Madrid/Barcelona
The contract expires on September 20, 2035.
In the first five months of 2025, cargo traffic in Russian ports fell by -4.9%
St. Petersburg
A decrease of approximately -12% was recorded in May
Raben Logistics Group Creates Subsidiary in Türkiye
Milan
It will have 20 employees and a 2,000 square meter cross-dock warehouse
Alberto Dellepiane confirmed as president of Assorimorchiatori
Rome
The composition of the entire association leadership remains unchanged
Agreement between Fincantieri and Indonesian PMM to develop solutions to face new unconventional underwater challenges
PORTS
Italian Ports:
Ancona Genoa Ravenna
Augusta Gioia Tauro Salerno
Bari La Spezia Savona
Brindisi Leghorn Taranto
Cagliari Naples Trapani
Carrara Palermo Trieste
Civitavecchia Piombino Venice
Italian Interports: list World Ports: map
DATABASE
ShipownersShipbuilding and Shiprepairing Yards
ForwardersShip Suppliers
Shipping AgentsTruckers
MEETINGS
The Assarmatori assembly will be held in Rome on July 1st
Rome
"Mediterranean against the current" the theme of the meeting
The public meeting of the International Containers Studies Center will be held in Genoa on July 2nd
Genoa
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
US has its eye on Greek ports
(Kathimerini)
Proposed 30% increase for port tariffs to be in phases, says Loke
(Free Malaysia Today)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
Structural adaptation works on dock 23 of the port of Ancona awarded
Ancona
Intervention worth over 11.8 million euros
Conference on the role of LNG and bioLNG for the decarbonisation of transport and industry
Rome
The Federchimica-Assogasliquidi event will take place on Monday in Rome
Dutch Bolidt increases presence in cruise ship sector with acquisition of American Boteka
Hendrik Ido Ambacht
Contship Italia has acquired the Genoese customs services company STS
Melzo
The Ligurian company was founded in 1985
Francesco Benevolo has been appointed extraordinary commissioner of the AdSP of the Central-Northern Adriatic Sea
Rome
He is the operations director of RAM - Logistics, Infrastructure and Transport
Montaresi resigns as commissioner of the Eastern Ligurian Port Authority
The Spice
In the eight months of administration - he underlines - we have not lost even a second
Gurrieri has been appointed extraordinary commissioner of the AdSP of the Eastern Adriatic Sea
Trieste
Pending the completion of the formal process for the designation of the president
The commissioners of the AdSP of Western Liguria have handed over their mandate to Minister Salvini
Genoa
The decision is part of the process of designation and nomination of the new leaders
Confetra criticizes the provisions of the decree-law Infrastructure for road transport
Rome
The Confederation urges the blocking of the process of appointing the presidents of the port authorities
Taiwanese Evergreen, Yang Ming and WHL saw revenue decline in May
Keelung/Taipei
The decline is accentuated for the two main companies
South Korea's KSOE wins order to build eight 15,900 TEU containerships
Seongnam
The unit value of each vessel is approximately $221 million.
First port terminal for car traffic of Greek Neptune Lines
Piraeus
It will be inaugurated next year in the French port of Port-La Nouvelle
The assembly of the association of Genoese maritime agents and brokers will be held on June 16th
Genoa
Round Table on Genoa, the hub of the North West and the Mediterranean
BN di Navigazione Board of Directors Renewed
Genoa
BluNavy aims to reach one million passengers by 2025
Viking Line designs world's largest all-electric ro-pax vessel
Viking Line designs world's largest all-electric ro-pax vessel
Åland
Record Monthly Container Traffic at Turkish Ports
Ankara
In May, almost 1.4 million TEUs were handled (+17.6%)
Sergio Landolfi has been elected president of the Customs Association of the Port of La Spezia
The Spice
The board of directors has been renewed
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