Huisman, the specialist in lifting, drilling and subsea solutions, successfully delivered the 600mt Wind Turbine Installation Crane onboard GeoSea’s DP2 jack-up vessel “Neptune”. The crane was handed over to the builder of the vessel IHC Offshore and Marine BV, part of IHC Merwede, who subcontracted
Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (Holdings) Ltd has secured shipbuilding contracts for seven vessels with an aggregate contract value of USD 206.2 million since the beginning of the year 2012. The new contracts secured comprise four (4) units of 82,000 DWT bulk carriers, two (2) units of 95,000 DWT bulk car
Grandweld Shipyards has completed delivery of ‘ARADAH’, a 55m dive and maintenance support vessel (DMSV), especially built for ADNOC. The new state- of- the- art DMSV is the first from its class to be built by Grandweld Shipyards and will serve as the flagship to ADNOC offshore fleet operating in th
With the opening of its 24th factory, the first in South America, Hempel will be better placed to serve the rapidly growing South American market. The new plant will mean shorter lead times for customers and will enable Hempel to develop and customise products to meet local environmental legislation
South Boats Special Projects Ltd. announces the launch and commissioning of its 53rd offshore wind farm crew transfer vessel, ‘Iceni Defiant’. The vessel is a South Catamaran 17m designed to operate from the locks at Grimsby Fish Dock. This vessel is the third built for Iceni Marine Services Ltd. wi
M.V.Good Trade the third vessel of six 53,000 DWT Diamond series bulk carriers built by Hindustan Shipyard Ltd. (HSL) for M/s Goodearth Maritime Limited, Chennai was delivered , in the august presence of Vice Admiral ANIL CHOPRA, AVSM, Flag Officer Commanding–in–Chief Eastern Naval Command on 17 Feb
On Thursday the 16th of February, Island Offshore took delivery of its newest member of the fleet, the Island Captain. Godmother for the vessel is Mrs. Tonje Tiley from ConocoPhillips. The Island Captains sister vessel, the Island Centurion, was delivered in October 2011. The two vessels make out to
A festive construction-starting ceremony of second serial Project 20380 corvette took place at Amur Shipyard on Feb 17; the ship was christened Gromky and is expected to join Pacific Fleet, city administration of Komsomolsk-on-Amur told Central Navy Portal. The ceremony was attended by Khabarovsk Go
Indonesian listed shipping company, Arpeni Pratama Ocean Line, is going to get two ships this month as part of its effort to boost its fleet, reports The Jakarta Globe. Oentoro Surya, president director of the company, said that the ships would be delivered from China in the next few weeks with the
BMT Nigel Gee Ltd, a subsidiary of BMT Group, the leading international maritime design and engineering consultancy, announces that it has won a contract to supply the design for the construction of eight new 20m Windfarm Support Vessels, including options, to be built by Strategic Marine, the Austr
Danaos Corporation, a leading international owner of containerships, announced that on February 16, 2012, it took delivery of its largest vessel in the fleet , the HYUNDAI TOGETHER, expanding its operational fleet to a total of 60 containerships aggregating 304,249 TEU. The HYUNDAI TOGETHER, built a
Coldharbour Marine Limited, based in Alfreton in the United Kingdom, has secured an order to retrofit its ballast water treatment system on board a VLCC with the expected completion set for late March or early April. The company will be responsible for both delivery and installation of the system. T
Viking Line’s new vessel, with the working name NB 1376, will be called the M/S Viking Grace. The vessel, which begins service in January 2013 on the Turku (Finland) – Åland Islands (Finland) – Stockholm (Sweden) route, will officially receive its name during a christening ceremony that will take pl
On 6 February 2012 the Government of the Russian Federation announced the winners of “The Prize for Achievements in Science and Technology in 2011”. SCF Group records that Mr. Sergey Popravko, Member of the Sovcomflot Executive Board and Senior Executive Vice-President, has been awarded one of these
