Sevan Drilling ASA has today taken delivery of Sevan Louisiana from Cosco Quidong Shipyard (Cosco) in China. Sevan Louisiana is Sevan Drilling’s third deep water drilling rig and will start the transit to the US Gulf of Mexico. It is expected that the rig will commence operation for LLOG Bluewater t
The European Parliament adopted yesterday in Strasbourg the new Ship Recycling Regulation by a large majority. The final text is the result of a compromise reached last June between the Council under the Irish Presidency, the Parliament (Schlyter report) and the Commission. The new EU Regulation wil
Central Industry Group N.V. (CIG) announced the strategical repositioning of the company as an innovation-driven, technologically advanced conglomerate operating in various areas of steel-constructional design, engineering and production, with shipbuilding as a core activity. CIG’s success has been
Two weeks before the doors open at Europort, Rotterdam, organiser Ahoy is finalising arrangements for the event that promises to provide a benchmark for the ‘state of the global maritime and offshore industry’ in late 2013. Alongside attendees at its Advanced Technology Conferences industry seminars
TTS Group ASA has, through its subsidiary TTS Marine AB in Gothenburg, signed a new contract for equipment for the Post Panamax car carriers market with a total value of approx. $13.5 million. With this contract TTS has further strengthened its leading position within the emerging Post Panamax PCTC
Maaskant Shipyards Stellendam (NL), part of Damen Shipyards Group, has been contracted again by Rederij Groen (NL) after delivering two chasers, the ‘Aquarius-G’ and the ‘Astra-G’, earlier this year. The new Seismic Research Support Vessels’ deliveries are planned in the third quarter of 2014, while
Gondan Shipyard, on Friday Oct. 18th, launched an advanced platform supply vessel named STRIL LUNA (Construction C456) which is being built for the Norwegian shipowner Simon Møkster. The vessel of Rolls Royce UT-Design™ type UT 776 WP is designed to satisfy demands of the offshore industry. STRIL LU
One of the Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) Access Competition winners Umoe Mandal has signed a contract to build their vessel – the Wave Craft. The new concept is extremely fast, which opens up shorter weather windows for maintenance, and the air cushion provides good stability for tr
DeepOcean AS, a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group Holding BV, has entered into a five and a half year charter agreement starting March 2016 for a new build installation vessel. This key enabler will enhance DeepOcean’s current service offerings in the SURF (Subsea Umbilicals Risers & Flowlines) segment
Imtech Marine was selected as supplier of the new Research Vessel ‘Sonne’. Imtech designs and installs the complete HVAC system for accommodation areas, laboratories and machinery spaces, as well as the redundant cold and warm water supply system with a combination of turbo chillers and absorption c
Fincantieri, the world leader in cruise ship construction, and Seabourn, a Carnival Corporation & plc brand, have signed a letter of intent for a new ultra-luxury cruise ship. The new ship, due to join the Seabourn fleet in the second half of 2016, will be built according to the standards and techni
The new flag ship of AIDA Cruises will be christened in 2015 with the name AIDAprima. AIDA Cruises is the first cruise line to have a ship setting sail from a German port all year round. Starting on June 20, 2015, Hamburg will be the departure and arrival point for AIDAprima on its seven-day round-t
Astilleros Zamakona shipyard in Bilbao, Spain has delivered new wellboat Ronja Polaris to Sølvtrans Rederi AS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sølvtrans ASA. The ”state-of-the-art” vessel, which is of Rolls-Royce NVC 386 design, features an advanced diesel-electric propulsion system including two Rolls
In preparation for the 2014 World Cup, followed by the Olympic Games in 2016, Rio de Janeiro State in Brazil has decided to greatly expand the transport capacity of the Rio de Janeiro – Niterió shipping route. An order has been placed with Afai Southern Shipyard China for the building of 7 double-en
