In the presence of the Norwegian Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs Elisabeth Aspaker, Fincantieri, one of the world leading shipbuilding companies, and the Institute of Marine Research (IMR), the Norwegian governmental body for oceanographic research and fishing, signed a contract today in O
Imagine living at sea, raising your children at sea, to going to work at sea, retiring at sea and at the same time moving around the world. Some people have dreams like these. But just a few of them try to make them come true. One of those people is Norman Nixon. Namely, he had […]
Besiktas Shipyard in Yalova, Turkey, recently delivered to the Directorate General of Coastal Safety two newbuild tugs, the GARP and SARK. These two rugged little tugs are of the TS 2000 class design from Robert Allan Ltd, Naval Architects of Vancouver Canada. Configured as conventional twin-screw t
The PALFINGER Group finalized the contracts for two acquisitions. The majority takeovers of Palfinger systems GmbH and the Megarme Group will expand PALFINGER’s portfolio for the shipping and offshore industries as the Group will henceforth provide access and working systems meeting the special dema
Maritime Communication Partner (MCP) has agreed a contract with leading subsea services company DeepOcean to provide state-of-the-art online and mobile communications for a newbuild MT6022 offshore vessel. The vessel, built by Kleven and to be chartered from REM Maritime AS, will provide Inspection,
The Finnish Transport Agency is procuring a new icebreaker to replace the old icebreaking fleet. The chosen shipyard to build the icebreaker was Arctech Helsinki Shipyard Oy. Tendering process was carried out according to the public procurement regulation. The shipbuilding contract is planned to be
Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd and Vyborg Shipyard JSC (VSY) signed, on November 26th 2013, Agreement for Cooperation to jointly participate in the potential projects issued by Russian companies. Samsung Heavy Industries is a leading Shipyard in Korea in construction of sea-going civil vessels and
During the Italy-Russia Business Forum, being held yesterday in Trieste, Fincantieri announced, in the presence of Enrico Letta, Italy’s President of the Council of Ministers, and Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, the signing of an agreement to define plans for a drillship featuri
Dorian LPG Ltd. announced that it has successfully concluded its previously announced agreement with Scorpio Tankers Inc. to acquire its Very Large Gas Carrier (“VLGC”) newbuilding contracts, associated deposits of $83.1 million, and a cash contribution of $1.9 million in exchange for 39.9 million n
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has ordered a new self-propelled megacutter from IHC Merwede. This self-propelled cutter suction dredger, with a total installed power of 23,700 kW and a pump ashore capacity of 15,600 kW, is a replacement investment. The total investment amounts to around
TTS Group ASA has, through its subsidiary TTS Offshore Handling Equipment AS, signed a new contract for a subsea crane with a total value of approximately NOK 26 million. The contract is with a European customer, and concerns delivery of an active heave compensated subsea crane for operations down t
Recently NAM selected Royal Wagenborg to support their offshore operations for the upcoming 10 years. For this assignment Wagenborg awarded Royal Niestern Sander the contract for the newbuilding of a unique vessel: the walk to work vessel. This vessel will have a crucial role in the maintenance and
Astilleros Gondan yard from Spain delivered an environmentally friendly platform supply vessel Edda Ferd to Østensjø Rederi today. The vessel is on a long-term charter contract with Shell UK and therefore it will set sail to Aberdeen in a couple of days Edda Ferd is an offshore support vessel which
Danish Yachts launched, on Nov 23rd, another SWATH (Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull), the ‘Sea Hurricane’. Due for handover during December, the vessel is the fourth in the ongoing series of carbon fibre passenger carrying vessels for the wind farm industry. With its unique ballast system that allow
