Kleven has signed a contract with Olympic Shipping for the building of an IMR vessel of MT 6021 design. The contract value is around NOK 400 million (approx. USD 64.7 million), and the vessel will be delivered from Kleven Verft in March 2015. “It is a great pleasure for us to be able to contribute [
The first of two Damen Twin Axe Fast Crew Suppliers has officially been handed over to British company Sure Wind. A specialist in the German offshore wind market, Sure Wind already has work for the two newbuild FCS 2610 vessels. The first vessel Sure Star will head straight to Esbjerg and will then
Belships ASA will from now on concentrate 100% on the dry bulk market. In accordance with this shift in strategy M/T Belaia will be redelivered to owners at expiry of current c/p to Lauritzen Tankers around March 2014. The owners are closely related to Imabari Shipbuilding and will in return replace
The d’Amico Group has launched four new state of the art “eco-ship” vessels in Ulsan, Korea, designed in collaboration with the Hyundai Mipo Dockyard. The four new units will be added to the fleet of tankers belonging to d’Amico Tankers Ltd, 100% owned by d’Amico International Shipping, guaranteeing
Sharjah based Petrofac is to build the Petrofac JSD 6000 deepwater derrick lay vessel, a customised ULSTEIN SOC 5000 developed by Dutch design company Ulstein Sea of Solutions. The vessel will be constructed at the ZPMC yard in China and be available for construction and installation activities in e
On 20 January, a naming ceremony was held for the new state-of-the-art gas carrier Velikiy Novgorod, ordered by Sovcomflot group of companies (SCF) for transportation of LNG for Gazprom group. The ship will operate under a long-term time-charter agreement with OAO Sovcomflot and will reinforce posit
Three Crewmen Rescued after Vessel Caught Fire in North Sea Three crewmen have been rescued off Lowestoft this afternoon after their vessel caught fire in the North Sea. BMT, Sigmund Present HMS Illustrious Design Concept BMT Nigel Gee (BMT), in partnership with Sigmund Yacht Design, has conceived a
M/T Borgøy, the world’s first tug to be fuelled by the much more environmentally friendly liquefied natural gas (LNG), completed her sea trials successfully this month and started her maiden voyage on 14th of January. The tug is designed by Norwegian Buksèr og Berging in-house team with the assistan
Croatian shipbuilding company Uljanik has entered into a contract with Marflet Marine from Spain for the construction of two 50,000 DWT MR vessels. These IMO II type chemical tankers will be built by Uljanik’s subsidiary shipyard 3. Maj. The first one is scheduled for delivery by the end of 2015 and
Clean Marine has been selected by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding in China to supply exhaust gas cleaning systems (EGCS) for two 38,000 dwt. Chemical Tankers being built for Stolt Tankers and NYK Stolt Tankers. The two vessels are built in a series of six sister ships, where the remaining four vessels
Diana Shipping Inc. has completed a drawdown of US$18 million, through two separate wholly-owned subsidiaries, under a term loan facility it has signed for up to US$18 million with Commonwealth Bank of Australia. The proceeds will be used to partially finance the acquisition costs of two Panamax dry
Beacon Holdings Group has ordered a harsh environment semi-submersible GM4-D rig from Yantai CIMC Raffles. They have also secured an option to build a second rig from the shipyard. The rig they have ordered has been given the name Beacon Atlantic, and planned delivery is the fourth quarter of 2016.
Marin Teknikk AS has entered into a contract with China’s Yantai Raffles Offshore Limited (CIMC Raffles), for design & engineering delivery of a large Well Stimulation Vessel to Norshore, in Sotra, Norway. The vessel will be of the MT6028 design with a complete installation of oil well drilling equi
Life is being breathed into Britain’s biggest warship as helicopter carrier HMS Ocean gets ready to emerge from a 15-month revamp. The Mighty O has been out of action since late 2012, undergoing a £65m overhaul in her home base of Devonport. As 2014 begins, so sailors have begun to re-join Ocean in
