Offshore project and engineering company Semco Maritime has extended its contract with Port of Cromarty Firth for the Queens Dock facility at the Invergordon Service Base, Scotland’s leading marine facility for rig projects.

Maersk Drilling’s ultra-harsh environment jack-up Maersk Innovator has completed a successful yard stay at Invergordon, during which main contractor Semco Maritime has extended the cantilever alongside various other maintenance and updating projects.

Watch this amazing video of Maersk Inspirer as it enters our dry dock at Hanøytangen, Norway! Maersk Inspirer was the second CJ70-X150 rig to visit our dry dock. Last year, we reinforced the rock bottom of our dry dock with easy dry-docking of this exact type of jack-ups in mind. Watch video - open YouTube

Lars Jønholt Halvorsen has been appointed Managing Director of Semco Maritime Norway as per 1 August. Based in Bergen, Halvorsen now heads all Semco Maritime activities in Norway, including the rig facilities at Hanøytangen, Bergen, as well as Semco Maritime’s offices in Kristiansand and Stavanger.

Semco Maritime has been chosen to prepare the Floatel Victory accommodation rig for a new assignment for Maersk Oil in the UK sector. Watch Floatel Victory's arrival - open YouTube

Semco Maritime has completed a winterization provisioning on a Noble jackup for a future deployment to a cold-weather climate. The order follows an exclusive partnership agreement with offshore winterization supplier Advanced Mat Systems (AMS).

Semco Maritime has been chosen to prepare the West Elara jack-up rig for a new assignment for ConocoPhillips. Semco Maritime has won the contract to upgrade the West Elara jack-up rig. Following upgrade, the rig will sail out to undertake a long-term contract in the North Sea for ConocoPhillips, starting up in 2018. West Elara, owned by North Atlantic Drilling, will call at the Semco Maritime rig...