The joint venture formed by Technip (50%) and Odebrecht Oil & Gas (OOG, 50%) has received a letter of award from Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) for the charter and operation, during a fixed period of five years, of two identical flexible pipeline installation vessels for a value of approximate
Atlantic Bulk Carriers Management Ltd, ship operator of Handymax, Supermax and Panamax size bulk carriers, on November 17, 2011 takes delivery of the latest addition to its fleet, M/V Desert Victory. Mr. George Filinis and Mr. Markos Charatsis, Atlantic Bulk Carriers’ Senior Captain and Chief Engine
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), a South Korean shipbuilder established in 1973 in South Korea, has awarded a $6 million+ order to Rockwell Automation and its Global Solutions team to provide emergency shutdown, fire and gas safety systems, and engineering services for four new DSME
The Shipbuilders and Shiprepairers Association (SSA) appointed David McGinley, Business Development Director Babcock as President and Lynn Tomkins, UK Operations Director, Sector Skills Council Semta as Vice President. In acknowledging their appointments David said: “I am honoured to have been appoi
Cal Dive International, Inc. announced today that the multiservice vessel Uncle John is currently undergoing an upgrade to the vessel’s dynamic positioning and derrick systems, which will enable the vessel to perform light well intervention work in water depths up to 3,500 feet. The upgrade is part
Voith currently is the only manufacturer world-wide to produce thrusters with a power of 1 500 kW based on permanent magnet synchronous machine technology (RIM drives). Recent orders for offshore applications, passenger vessels and yachts underline Voith’s position as global market leader for these
Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. announced today the execution of definitive contracts for the construction of sixteen high-specification offshore supply vessels (“OSV”), in connection with its latest newbuild construction program announced on November 7, 2011. This is the Company’s eighth newbuild
Dockwise’s new heavy lift vessel, the Dockwise Vanguard, will be able to lift and transport units of up to 110,000 tonnes. The maximum capacity of an existing vessel is 75,000 tonnes. With its width of nearly 80 metres and length of 275 metres, this is the first semisubmersible heavy lift vessel to
14 years after the disaster with the Kursk submarine in the Barents Sea, the Russian navy will finally get a modern rescue ship… (BarentsObserver) [mappress] Source: BarentsObserver, November 17, 2011
Kongsberg Evotec AS, a Kongsberg Maritime company, has been awarded a contract with Kleven Maritime (Myklebust), Sanco Shipping and Dolphin Geophysical, for the complete back-deck handling system on Sanco Shipping’s new (up to) 16 streamers seismic vessel built to be operated by Dolphin Geophysical
The Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with world-renowned Italian high-tech shipbuilders Rodriguez Cantieri Navalli, controlled by the Italian Immsi Group (Rodriquez), to establish a marine boat manufacturing industry in the Kingdom. The agreem
CSSC Guangzhou Huangpu Shipbuilding and Basic Offshore of Singapore signed on November 9th 2011 a newbuilding contract for eight platform support vessels. Eight new PSVs will be of Havyard 832 L SE design. Havyard 832 L SE is based on the Havyard 832 CD design and has been further developed in accor
The world’s fourth largest shipbuilder, STX Offshore & Shipbuilding, announced today that it had received a $310 million order to construct two container ships from an unnamed European company. The Company plans to deliver the container vessels by 2015, Reuters reported. STX Offshore & Shipbuilding
Today, Wednesday 16 November 2011, Vroon Offshore Services (VOS) took delivery of VOS Artemis from the Fujian Southeast Shipyard in China. VOS Artemis is an “A class” anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel. She is the fourth in a series of six vessels being built for Vroon at this yard, with the r
