Vroon Offshore announces that yesterday, Thursday 9 June 2011, the company took delivery of VOS Vigilant. VOS Vigilant, a field-support vessel, is the penultimate in a series constructed for Vroon at the Astilleros Zamakona Shipyard, Pasaia. She will join Vroon’s extensive fleet of modern vessels pr
The largest crane in the Americas will be installed at OSX´s shipyard. The company belongs to EBX Group and it is focused on offshore marine industry. The crane will be 125 meters high (equivalent to a 40-floor building), will have a distance of 186 meters between the pillars (two times the length o
Programme of Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg presence in Gdansk, Poland, is expected to include attending the ceremony of first steel cutting for the construction of innovative, environmentally friendly, LNG powered ferry for Norwegian Owners at REMONTOWA Shipbuilding (formerly Northern Sh
Incat Crowther secures a contract to design a 45m Monohull Crew Boat. The vessel will be built by Arpoador Engenharia Ltda and owned and operated by BSCO Navigation, a subsidiary of Brasil Supply. Incat Crowther’s USA office has worked hard to develop the new design, which will meet the specificatio
Baker Hughes announced today the launch of its state-of-the-art fracturing and stimulation vessel, the Blue Tarpon™. The 300-foot ship, one of the world’s largest stimulation vessels and the seventh vessel in the Baker Hughes fleet, is designed to provide high-rate and high-volume stimulation treatm
The competition in the market for drillships is heating up with Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. threatening Samsung Heavy Industries Co… (koreaherald) [mappress] Source: koreaherald, June 9, 2011;
On 7 June 2011, at the Damen yard in Galatz, the keel was laid down for the Joint Support Ship (JSS). The ceremony was performed by Rear Admiral K. Visser of the Royal Netherlands Navy. Further construction of the vessel will largely take place at Damen Shipyard Galatz, supervised by Damen Schelde N
DNV has initiated a concept study together with industry partners – FKAB, MAN Diesel & Turbo, TGE Marine and Cargotec – to design a very large ore carrier (VLOC). The objective is to introduce innovative solutions that increase efficiency and reduce the environmental impact of bulk ship operations w
Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) has been awarded a US$142 million contract by Seadrill to build a repeat semisubmersible drilling tender (SSDT) based on the KFELS SSDTTM 3600E design. Scheduled for delivery in 2Q2013, this is the eighth drilling tender that Keppel will be building for Seadrill sin
Petrovietnam Marine Shipyard Joint Stock Company (PV Shipyard) has standardized on Intergraph®SmartMarine® 3D as its preferred 3D offshore engineering and design solution. PV Shipyard has also expanded its portfolio of Intergraph solutions and has selected other SmartMarine Enterprise solutions to s
Sanco Shipping AS has signed a contract with Kleven Maritime for one seismic ship with an option for additionally one. With this contract, the order reserve stands at 11 ships with a combined value of about 4.2 billion NOK. Kleven Maritime, Norway’s biggest Norwegian-owned shipbuilding group, has si
STX OSV Holdings Limited , one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, announced that it has secured new contracts for the construction of two Platform Supply Vessels (PSV) for Island Offshore. The total value of the contracts amounts to approximately NOK
HMCS Calgary arrived at Victoria Shipyards in Esquimalt Monday morning to launch a five-year, $351-million, mid-life upgrading… (timescolonist) [mappress] Source: timescolonist, June 9, 2011;
Earlier this year the Alnmaritec Wave Handler class boat, ‘Wave Force’ commenced line handling duties at a bulk carrier terminal near Dampier in Western Australia. This is the second of it’s line handling vessels that Alnmaritec has supplied to this region, the first boat has been successfully opera
