Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) has signed an engineering services agreement with Workfox B.V, a subsidiary of the Seafox Group (Seafox), to embark on an engineering study of a purpose-built accommodation jackup rig with well inte
Mammoet, a global provider of engineered heavy lifting and transport, is currently employing its Liebherr LR13000, the biggest crawler crane in the world, to install four platform legs on Van Oord’s newest wind turbine installation vessel, the Aeolus. In 12 days the giant crane has been assembled at
Imabari Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. has signed shipbuilding contracts for two vessels in Spain. The order for these vessels was received by Imabari in cooperation with Mitsubishi Corporation before foundation of MI LNG Company. These two LNG carriers will be built at Saijo Shipyard in 2017 and delivered
Two solemn ceremonies took place at Nevsky Shipyard, on April 26th 2014, the keel-laying of the medium-sized sea tanker “Academician Pashin” of 23130 project and the launching of the dry cargo vessel “NEVA-LEADER 8” of RSD49 project. The keel-laying ceremony for the sea tanker took place in the cove
CONQUEST MB1 Barge Arrives at Giglio A new sophisticated crane barge arrived yesterday evening at Giglio Island in order to carry out operations related to the fourth stage of the Costa Concordia removal project. Lamprell Sets New Guinness World Record Lamprell, a leading provider of diversified eng
Over the last week, 62 firm newbuilding orders have been reported, according to Fearnleys. Optional vessels are being declared in all segments as newbuilding prices are still firming. Vogemann has declared their option for another 4 Newcastlemax vessels from JES. Price reported to 53 mill USD, which
Fincantieri Offshore has signed a contract with AVEVA to implement AVEVA Marine software in the concept design phase of Proxima, a major offshore drillship project. Proxima is a revolutionary design with an innovative drilling system that significantly increases the speed of the drilling process. It
TTS Group ASA has, through its subsidiary TTS Marine AB in Gothenburg, signed two separate contracts with Hyundai Heavy Industries in South Korea worth approx $19.7 million. The new agreements concern delivery of Cargo Access Equipment for two new Post-Panamax Car Carriers under construction, as wel
Tsakos Energy Navigation Ltd. (TEN), a Greece-based crude, product and LNG tanker operator, said on Thursday that its public offering of 11,000,000 common shares was priced at $7.30 per share. Entities affiliated with the Tsakos Holdings Foundation, which is the company’s largest shareholder, have a
Damen is to construct a new ASD 3212 tug for Scafi, the Italian shipping group that includes a number of international towing companies. The contract cements their already strong business relationship that goes back 20 years and represents the first Damen ASD 3212 for Italian waters. This is the fif
The new-build subsea support vessel, named MV Deep Helder, was launched at De Hoop’s Foxhol Yard in Groningen on 23rd April. Deep Helder will be equipped with Survey and ROV systems, an offshore crane and 3 moonpools. The vessel will be ready for operations by July this year. A total of 50 personnel
CMM (Compagnie Maritime Monégasque S.A.M.) has taken delivery of a Damen Platform Supply Vessel 3300. The 80-metre long, 3,300t deadweight vessel CMM Gravity will be deployed in the Brazilian waters from June 2014 on a 4+4 year contract with Petrobras. The vessel will be compliant to Petrobras speci
Navigator Holdings Ltd. has exercised its option to build an additional three 35,000 cubic meter ethylene/ethane capable semi-refrigerated liquefied gas carriers, in addition to the one vessel of the same size already under construction. The three additional vessels will be built at Jiangnan Shipyar
The new Wärtsilä NOx Reducer will be fitted to two new fishing vessels under construction at the Celiktrans yard in Turkey. The ships are owned by HB Grandi, one of Iceland’s largest fishing vessel operators. Delivery of the equipment is scheduled for the second and fourth quarter of 2014. The Wärts
