Reef Subsea AS announced today that they have been awarded a contract with Talisman Energy (UK) Ltd for the provision of two maintenance support vessels. Reef Subsea’s newly delivered vessels, Reef Despina and Reef Larissa, will fulfil the contract for Talisman, which involves supporting the company
Synapsis Bridge Control, the new generation of the Raytheon Anschütz bridge system, is the world’s first navigation system which has been type approved according to IMO’s new Performance Standards for Integrated Navigation Systems (INS). In an official ceremony, the nominated body Germanischer Lloyd
Applied Weather Technology, Inc. (AWT) and Transas Marine today announced an integration of two key on-board tools – AWT’s BonVoyage System (BVS), the world’s most popular on-board weather routing system, with Transas’ market-leading Electronic Chart Display Navigation System (ECDIS) – to help Capta
The twin-screw tug Husky, owned by Island Shipping is en route from Norfolk to her home port of Wicklow following over 300 days of successful charter on Sheringham Shoal Offshore Windfarm. The multi-purpose, shallow draft tug has provided logistical support to and from the offshore windfarm. The oth
Vizada, the leading provider of global satellite-based mobility services recently acquired by Astrium, and Vizada Elite Partner SRH Marine Electronics S.A. have signed a 24-month agreement with Danaos Shipping Co. Ltd to equip the company’s fleet of vessels with a full broadband communications syste
On May, 4th 2012 the signing of the acceptance-transfer acts for the self-propelled bilge dredger «Ivan Cheremisinov», purchased by FSUE “Rosmorport” for the needs of the Astrakhan branch, took place. At this moment the vessel is located in the Tuapse seaport, where it is passing the customs clearan
ERRIA, a shipping company specialized in providing administrative ship management, announced that it has sold and transferred vessel named Erria DORTHE in Doc 4 at Fayard in Munkebo on May 3, to the Uni-Tankers shipping line. Erria DORTHE is the fifth of nine vessels that the company is planning to
Fairmount Marine’s tug Fairmount Sherpa has towed the rig ODN Tay IV from Las Palmas towards al location offshore Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. For this job Fairmount Marine was contracted by Odebrecht Oil and Gas for the third time in a row. ODN Tay IV is a semi submersible drilling rig for deep water op
Gardline and sister company Alicat workboats will be exhibiting at the Seawork 2012. Gardline will be on stand B177 and Alicat on stand B47. Alicat will be showcasing its latest catamaran at V31. The exhibition takes place in the Canary Islands Fruit Terminal, 103-104 Herbert Walker Avenue, ABP Sout
Prospector Offshore Drilling S.A. announced, April 25th, that one of its subsidiaries has received a Letter of Award (LoA) with Total E&P UK Limited and Elf Exploration UK Limited (together, “Total E&P UK”) for a drilling contract in the U.K. North Sea for its first jack-up rig, “Prospector Rig 1”.
St. Petersburg-based Baltic Fuel Company LLC (BFC) has delivered the first bunker fuel shipment under a contract with cruise operator Carnival Cruise Lines. The BFC’s bunkering tanker Kapitan Shiryaev supplied today, May 4, 2012, 600 tons of heavy fuel oil and 80 tons of diesel fuel to the cruise sh
STX OSV Holdings Limited, one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, announced that it is strengthening its technology and engineering competence through two separate transactions. Seaonics AS, a subsidiary of STX OSV, is in the process of acquiring a sha
Germanischer Lloyd (GL) announces the release of the first comprehensive set of classification rules for Crew Boats and Offshore Wind Farm Service Craft. As the energy industry expands and installations are pushed ever further offshore and into more challenging environments, the vessels servicing th
Germanischer Lloyd (GL) has released updates to its Rules for Seagoing Ships and Naval Vessels. The updated Rules came into effect on 1 May 2012. Changes have been made to the following GL Rules for Seagoing Ships: Classification and Surveys, Hull Structures, Machinery Installations, Electrical Inst
