STX Canada Marine (STXM) will be one of the exhibit sponsors at the OPV Conference in Amsterdam, which boasts its most elite and diverse speaker faculty to date. Defence IQ consistently performs and presents a well-rounded conference focusing on current trends and expanding markets. STXM is a consul
Scheldepoort Repair & Conversion Yard has been awarded a contract to convert the jack-up drill rig ‘Shelf Explorer’ into offshore hotel accommodation. The accommodation unit will then be known as ‘Atlantic Amsterdam’, owned by Atlantic Amsterdam Pte. Ltd. in Singapore, a subsidiary of Ezion Holdings
Shipdock has reached an agreement with Spliethoff, the Amsterdam-based ship-owning company, for the largest exhaust gas scrubber unit installed so far on board a commercial vessel. Due to forthcoming new IMO sulphur legislation, Shipdock is expecting an increased demand for this type of conversion.
Bergen Group Rosenberg AS has been awarded a Letter Of Intent (LOI) from Statoil for an onshore modification project on the Njord Bravo-FSO vessel. The contract value is estimated to NOK 212 million (approx. USD 35.7 million)exclusive of options, and includes FEED study activities and EPCIc (Enginee
Seacat Services Ltd. has taken delivery of two, ‘Seacat Endeavour’ and ‘Seacat Reliance’, South Boats 19m wind farm service vessels. ‘Seacat Endeavour’ and ‘Seacat Reliance’ will be followed by four further 24m wind farm service vessels in 2012/13. ‘Seacat Endeavour’ and ‘Seacat Reliance’ have an LO
On July 21, Odebrecht Oil and Gas (OOG) promoted a christening ceremony in Singapore for the City of Itajaí FPSO (Floating Production Storage and Offloading), the company’s first floating oil production unit. The ceremony marked the start of OOG’s operations in the market of chartering and the opera
On Wednesday, 15 August 2012, Hamburg Sud celebrated the christening of its container ship “Santa Barbara” at the Yantian International Container Terminal (YICT) in Shenzhen (People’s Republic of China). Following her delivery at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd. (DSME) in May 2012,
Today, Harvey Gulf International Marine announced that it has signed long term charters for 3 of its LNG powered Offshore Supply Vessels, making Harvey Gulf the first company to build and contract Liquefied Natural Gas powered Offshore Support Vessels for Deepwater Exploration and Production in Amer
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. announced that a subsidiary has entered into a contract with Jurong Shipyard of Singapore to build a moored semisubmersible rig with delivery scheduled for the second quarter of 2014. Total cost for the project is expected to be approximately $370 million, including c
On Sunday, August 12th MEYER WERFT shipyard floated out Celebrity Cruises’ fifth Solstice-class ship “Celebrity Reflection” from its covered building dock II. With the ship being berthed at the yard’s pier, the remaining interior finishing work as well as tests and trials will be carried out in the
In 2013, the AIDAsol will be supplied with electrical energy by an LNG (liquefied natural gas) hybrid barge from Becker Marine Systems while berthed in the port of Hamburg. AIDA Cruises and Becker Marine Systems have jointly developed, with other partners, a pioneering project for an energy-saving a
Offshore handling systems specialist, Caley Ocean Systems has been awarded a contract by Babcock, to supply rescue boat davits for a new offshore patrol vessel for the Irish Naval Service (INS). The all-weather Caley davits are designed for rapid deployment, enabling boats to be held in readiness an
China’s top OSV builder Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group (Sinopacific) announced a new cooperation with the leading event organizer The Oriental Pro-Energy Consulting Organization (Topco) to jointly present Offshore Support Vessel World Forum (OSV World 2012) in Shanghai China on 11-12 Sep 2012. On Se
Today, Cochin Shipyard Limited delivered the new high-tech Rolls Royce Platform Supply Vessel of UT 755 CD design. The ship “SCI Nalanda’ was delivered to Shipping Corporation of India in the presence of the CMD, SCI, Shri S Hajara and CMD, CSL, Cmde K Subramaniam. The Protocol documents of the ship
