Tag: Maersk

In an exclusive interview to CNBC at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Mr Skou, told that there are opportunities for growth in oil business, especially in the North Sea sector.

Following the organisational review of Maersk Oil headquarters carried out in late 2016, Maersk Oil Danish Business Unit has announced that it will simplify its organisation. As part of the first phase, Maersk Oil DBU plans to reduce by up to 160 employees. This is subject to statutory consultation and local labour law.

The containership Gustav Maersk was refloated after it grounded while transiting in the Strait of Messina, Southern Italy.

Maersk Drilling has announced that it has taken delivery of its fourth XLE jack-up rig, the Maersk Invincible, from DSME in South Korea. Maersk Invincible will now mobilise to the North Sea and will in the second quarter of 2017 commence a five year firm contract with Aker BP for plug and abandonment work on the Valhall field.

Maersk Line has added one more port to its services. The port in question, is one most important port for transportation of commercial goods within the Bushehr province in Iran.

Maersk Oil has issued a notification to the Danish gas market announcing that an economically viable solution for full recovery of the remaining resources in the Tyra field has not yet been identified, and that production from the Tyra field is consequently expected to cease 1 October 2018.

Maersk Group’s offshore vessel division said on Thursday that two of its anchor handling tug supply vessels sank off of Ile de Sein as they were being towed to a scrapyard.

Denmark’s Environmental Minister came under fire last week for failing to provide concrete answers to questions Maersk’s end-of-life vessels. All opposition parties called on the Danish Government to ensure that Maersk’s vessels cannot be broken down in beaching yards.