Offshore services – Professional Mariner

04 May

Northstar Marine to add 600-ton heavy-lift derrick barge

Professional Mariner StaffIndustry NewsOffshore services, Salvage

(CLERMONT, N.J.) — Northstar Marine has announced the construction of a new heavy-lift twin boom derrick barge capable of lifts up to 600 tons. The vessel, which will be known as Northstar 600, is currently under construction and scheduled for delivery by the end of the third quarter of 2026. Northstar 600 will be built on an ABS-classed 230-by-65-foot deck…

Internal corrosion of hoisting wire led reel to fall to OSV’s deck

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty NewsNTSB, Offshore services, U.S. Coast Guard

(WASHINGTON) — On April 3, 2025, about 2145 local time, the offshore construction vessel Island Venture’s crane was being used to lift a wire reel from the back deck of the offshore supply vessel C Enforcer in Bayou Lafourche, Port Fourchon, La. The crane’s hoisting wire parted, causing the reel to drop onto C Enforcer’s main deck. There were no…

Hornbeck, Helix merging to provide integrated offshore services

Professional Mariner StaffIndustry NewsOffshore services

(HOUSTON and COVINGTON, La.) — Helix Energy Solutions Group and Hornbeck Offshore Services have entered into a definitive agreement to combine in an all-stock transaction, establishing a premier integrated offshore services company. Upon closing of the transaction, Hornbeck shareholders will own approximately 55 percent and Helix shareholders will own approximately 45 percent of the combined company on a fully diluted…