Marco Polo Marine Wraps Buy of Taiwan-based PKR Offshore
Singapore-listed offshore services provider Marco Polo Marine has completed the acquisition of the offshore renewables service firm PKR Offshore.Marco Polo bought the Taiwan-based company through its 49% owned joint venture company, Oceanic Crown Offshore Marine Services Ltd, through the completion of its previously announced share purchase agreement with Kerry and POSH.PKR was part of the POSH Kerry Renewables joint venture, a service provider for the offshore renewables sector that offers a suite of services across the entire life cycle of offshore wind projects. "The completion of the acquisition of [PKR Offshore ] is expected to…
Strategic Shift: POSH Focuses on Floating Wind, Divests Taiwan-based JV
PACC Offshore Services Holdings (“POSH”), a Singapore-based offshore marine services provider, said Friday it would be will be shifting its push into renewables away from operational support in the fixed wind market into the development of the fast-growing floating wind market.As such, the company said it had has divested its Taiwan-based POSH Kerry Renewables Joint Venture (“JV”). POSH entered into a share purchase agreement with Oceanic Crown Offshore Marine Services Ltd, the joint venture arm of Marco Polo Marine Ltd, to sell its entire share capital of PKR Offshore Co. Ltd. (“PKRO”)."POSH Kerry Renewables has been servicing the offshore renewables market in Taiwan since 2018.
ONGC, SCI Enter MoU
Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (ONGC) and Shipping Corporation of Indian (SCI) have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for setting up a joint venture company called Offshore Marine Services Ltd (OMSL). The joint venture company will provide end-to-end solutions for vessel operations for ONGC and other oil and gas companies. It will also develop capabilities for acquisition, repair and maintenance of offshore floating units and undertake repair and construction on long-term arrangement with shipyard facilities on preferential terms and competitive basis. ONGC will give its vessels on bare boat charter agreement to the joint venture and will retain right of first refusal on deployment of these vessels as per requirement.
