☀ WEATHER● RADIOAdvertise
DVDOWNUNDERVOICESAustralia · New Zealand · World
Back to Business
Business

28 October 2026

Noble offloads idle drillship for $38m

Downunder Voices Newsroom

Source reporting: Splash247

FacebookEmail
Noble offloads idle drillship for $38m

US offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has agreed to sell its 2013-built, sixth-generation drillship, Noble Globetrotter II, for $38m as it continues to dispose of underutilised drilling assets. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026. Noble has not disclosed the buyer’s identity or the rig’s intended future use. However, chief executive Robert …

About this report

Downunder Voices provides an independently written summary and community perspective based on information published by the original source. The original publisher remains responsible for its reporting.

Join our community

Follow Downunder Voices

Join thousands of readers following news and community stories from Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific.

Follow on FacebookSubmit your story

More from Business

View category
FMCSA removes 10,000-plus driver training providers amid safety pushBusiness
From FreightWaves

28 October 2026

FMCSA removes 10,000-plus driver training providers amid safety push

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has removed more than 10,000 commercial driver training providers from its federal registry since December 2025 and more than 100 noncompliant electronic logging devices from its approved list, according to the agency’s chief safety officer. Steve Dowling outlined the agency’s expanding enforcement efforts Wednesday during a keynote address at the second annual WEX OTR Summit in Jacksonville, Florida, saying FMCSA is strengthening oversight of commercial driver training, licensing, carrier registration and trucking operations. Dowling, who became FMCSA’s chief safety officer in August, said the agency is taking a more comprehensive approach to identifying unsafe trucking companies and preventing fraud before carriers enter the industry. “If we want to protect the industry, we need to make sure that we start at the driver level and how they’re trained,” Dowling told attendees.

FreightWavesOriginal source
Analysis: UPS – the cash line matters just as much as the earnings beatBusiness
From The Loadstar

28 October 2026

Analysis: UPS – the cash line matters just as much as the earnings beat

With its planned cut in Amazon volume finished, UPS is growing the volume it wants, lifting revenue per parcel faster than cost and raising its outlook for the second quarter running, and the shares rose almost 6%. Forecasts for 2026 are converging on guidance, but the sell-side analysts are split sharply on 2027, over how much of the improvement survives once fuel surcharges, one-off cash benefits and a steep fourth-quarter ... The post Analysis: UPS – the cash line matters just as much as the earnings beat appeared first on The Loadstar .

The LoadstarOriginal source

Read Next

View latest