Bourbon News


Bourbon Aims to Step Up Crew Boat Comfort

Jul 16, 2019

Offshore personnel transport provider Bourbon Mobility said it is proposing services inspired by the aviation industry for its customers.The company has called on the expertise of the PEUGEOT Design Lab for the design of new cabins developed in a range of three comfort levels: Business Class…

Oceanteam Bags CSV Gig

Jun 28, 2019

Norway's Oceanteam Shipping said that its construction support vessel (CSV) Southern Ocean will support Fugro for a deepwater remotely operated vehicles (ROV) subsea installation project off the coast of Sabah, Malaysia.The offshore services…

Bourbon BoD to Analyze Restructuring Proposals

Jun 19, 2019

Following the submission of financial restructuring proposals subject to conditions precedent, the Board of Directors of BOURBON Corporation reviewed today the two proposals which are considered relevant to the interests of the group, its employees…

Bourbon's Creditors Seal Restructuring Deal

Jun 05, 2019

The creditors of indebted French marine services company Bourbon reached a restructuring deal that would give them control of the company, protect jobs and draw new liquidity.Bourbon has been hurt by market overcapacity and a fall in spending on services by upstream oil and gas companies…

CSV Southern Ocean Wins Fugro Offshore Gig

Apr 24, 2019

Construction support vessel (CSV) Southern Ocean, which is jointly owned by Bourbon and Oceanteam, has been hired to support Fugro off the coast of Australia.'Bourbon - Oceanteam’s CSV Southern Ocean has entered into a contract with Fugro and…

Bourbon Wins Shell Contract in Bulgaria

Mar 28, 2019

Bourbon Marine & Logistics said on Thursday it has been awarded a contract from Shell to support the oil major's exploration drilling in the Black Sea offshore Bulgaria.The French services company said its project scope covers the full logistics solution project management…

Glomar Offshore Buys Bourbon Duo

Mar 07, 2019

Dutch offshore support vessel operator Glomar Offshore announced Thursday it has purchased a pair of support vessels from French owner Bourbon Offshore.The 2008-built Bourbon Arethuse and 2009-built Bourbon Amilcar will be renamed Glomar Worker and Glomar Supporter…

Bourbon Advises of General Waiver Renewal with Lenders

Jan 03, 2019

Bourbon has announced the renewal of the general waiver with its leasers and debt holders representing the majority of the group’s debt, thus allowing it to suspend the payments of its loans and debt.According to Bourbon, the waiver allows it to stay focused on its operational priorities…

Floating Wind Turbine Installed at Kincardine

Nov 27, 2018

Contracted by the Spanish construction group Cobra, Bourbon Subsea Services completed the installation of the first wind turbine at Cobra Wind’s Kincardine site, Scotland, off the coast of Aberdeen this summer.For Bourbon Subsea Services the…

Subtech Wins Middle East Contracts

Nov 21, 2018

Specialist marine and subsea services provider Subtech Group announced on Tuesday it has recently secured multimillion dollar contracts with an oil and gas contractor, supporting a number of offshore and subsea projects across the Middle East…

Tidewater & GulfMark Consolidation Creates Largest OSV Fleet

Nov 16, 2018

VesselsValue's Head of Offshore Charlie Hockless weighs in on the merger between Tidewater and GulfMark.'The consolidation between GulfMark and Tidewater is a positive for the market. With Tidewater’s steadfast and unyielding attitude towards the scrapping of non-performing vessels…

'Recovery' Led by OSVs with Engineers On Board

Nov 14, 2018

A report back in 2014 from numbers crunchers Rystad Energy — about the timing of an upturn for subsea engineering — appears to be proving largely true. Recovery, it said, would begin haltingly in two parts: first subsea services and then subsea equipment…

Bourbon Awarded Floating Wind Farm Work

Oct 22, 2018

Bourbon Subsea Services has been selected by Windplus to install three floating wind turbines of 8.3 MW, 20 km off Viana do Castelo, Portuguese coast. These turbines, with a total capacity of 25 MW, are the most powerful in the floating offshore wind industry…

Ampelmann wins Al Shaheen supply gig

Dec 06, 2017

Ampelmann will supply its A-type gangway system to North Oil Co. (NOC) on the chartered Bourbon Gulf Star DP2 72 PAX support vessel to the Al Shaheen field, offshore Qatar. This diesel electric, 73m vessel is currently deployed to the Al Shaheen oil field…

Bourbon appoints new CEO

Sep 08, 2017

Bourbon Offshore has appointed Gaël Bodénès as its new chief executive officer. Bodénès will replace Christian Lefèvre, who will leave his position on 1 October to join Jaccar Holdings. The board of directors of Bourbon paid tribute…

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