Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) in Korea and Cosco Shipyard in China have selected KONGSBERG’s “Full Picture” solution with extensive Dynamic Positioning (DP), Automation, Navigation, Hydroacoustic positioning and riser management solutions for a total of nine advan
Chantier Davie Canada Inc. (‘Davie’) named yesterday the 717th ship launched at its facility, an advanced multipurpose subsea construction vessel. The cutting-edge ‘Cecon Pride’ has been built at Davie for export to Norwegian Oilfield Services company, Cecon. At 130 meters long, the Cecon Pride has
On Saturday 19th October, Rosetti Marino in Ravenna, Italy delivered Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) “HIGHLAND KNIGHT” to Gulf Offshore North Sea Ltd. headquartered in Aberdeen. This PSV was built in Rosetti Marino’s San Vitale Shipyard and it is the first of the two sister ships which were ordered in
Three children from Northside Primary School in Workington have attended a naming ceremony for a new Alicat vessel which is due to be deployed for operations at E.ON’s Robin Rigg offshore wind farm. Sally Shenton, Robin Rigg’s former site manager, officially named the Solway Challenger and local Min
Qatar: Nakilat Damen Shipyards Signs Newbuild Orders Qatar’s premier marine company Nakilat has secured vessel building and operations contracts for the Port of Ras Laffan via its joint ventures, shipbuilder Nakilat Damen Shipyards Qatar (NDSQ) and towage operator Nakilat SvitzerWijsmuller (NSW). AI
Island Offshore took delivery of the platform supply vessel (PSV) MV Island Duchess from the Vard Brevik yard in Norway on Tuesday, October 22. MV Island Duchess is the second vessel in a series of four PSVs of Rolls-Royce UT 717 CD design to be delivered from Vard Brevik in 2013 and 2014. The vesse
RINA’s Hellenic Advisory Committee meeting for 2013 was organized by RINA Hellas and took place on Tuesday the 8th of October 2013 at “TATOΪ Club” in Athens. The Hellenic Advisory Committee Members and distinguished guests were welcomed by Ugo Salerno, RINA Group CEO, George Youroukos of Technomar,
Two innovative corrosion protection coating systems, Ecospeed and Ecoshield were on display at the Hydrex booth at this year’s Offshore Energy Exhibition and Conference held in Amsterdam. Ecospeed is a glassflake reinforced, hard, non-toxic ship hull coating system which is applied once to ship hull
d’Amico International Shipping S.A., an international marine transportation company, operating in the product tanker market, announced that its operating subsidiary d’Amico Tankers Limited (Ireland) has entered in a shipbuilding contract for the purchase of four additional product chemical tanker ve
Navis Engineering Oy and Aker Arctic Technology Inc have signed a scientific and technical co-operation agreement covering the joint development of technology for dynamic positioning (DP) systems for icebreakers and ice-class vessels.The agreement was signed in St Petersburg during NEVA 2013 at the
Norfield, an international shipping company specializing in vessels for the offshore and energy sector, has ordered two 69,8 metres Seismic Support Vessels of SALT 450 SSV design. The vessels, which will be operated by Vestland Offshore AS, are ordered from Cemre Shipyard in Turkey and will be deliv
Silverstar Marine announced it has recently secured a contract to provide On-site Client Representation Services for a 70m Fast Crew Boat (FCB) for Caspian Marine Services Limited (CMS) based in Baku, Azerbaijan. The vessel is being built by Australian shipbuilder Incat Tasmania, with delivery sched
The first episode of Discovery Channel’s 6-episode TV series about Maersk Line’s Triple-E vessel will be broadcast in Denmark on Thursday 24 October on the Discovery Channel. The series will be broadcast throughout Europe and Asia in November and December followed by Latin America in February and Ma
Vroon announced that MPI Workboats has taken delivery of MPI Altisidora on 22 October 2013. MPI Altisidora is a windfarm-support vessel, built at the South Boats shipyard on the Isle of Wight. She is the ninth addition to the MPI Workboats fleet. VESSEL PARTICULARS Length overall […]
