PARAT Halvorsen as has been rewarded a new contract with Vard Singapore Pte. Ltd for their NB792, a Platform Supply Vessel to be constructed at their shipyard Vang Tau in Vietnam. The 1250kW electric boiler will be delivered as a combined Hot Water & Steam Boiler. PARAT will deliver a complete boile
NAVALU has launched the SeaFox, an offshore wind farm service catamaran, for the UK wind farm service provider Enviroserve Ltd. Working in close collaboration with Enviroserve, Navalu’s in-house design team have been able to produce a crew boat, designated the NxS 24, that meets the demands of windf
Scorpio Bulkers completed a private placement of 33,400,000 new ordinary shares of $0.01 par value at a subscription price of NOK 53.50, raising approximately $300 million in gross proceeds (the Private Placement). The proceeds from the Private Placement will be used to partly finance construction o
Damen Shiprepair & Conversion has developed a new innovative product, the ‘Quick Docking/Fuel Saving’ package. This offers owners a fast and low-cost additional docking with the sole aim of reducing fuel consumption in between the five-year statutory survey period. The first vessel booked under the
Maersk Drilling has ordered a new ultra harsh environment jack-up rig, XL Enhanced 4, to be built at the Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) shipyard in South Korea. The rig is scheduled for delivery in mid-2016. The total project cost for the rig is USD 650m including a turnkey contra
Inocean has been awarded the contract for the Concept and option for FEED for the Statoil CAT I Drillship. “The most important contract for Inocean ever,” says Jon Erik Borgen, CEO of Inocean. “Being developed for arctic operations, we are probably speaking of the most advanced and sophisticated uni
Teekay LNG Partners L.P. yesterday announced that it has agreed to acquire a second 155,900 cubic meter liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier newbuilding from Awilco LNG ASA (Awilco), a Norway-based owner and operator of LNG carriers. The vessel, the second of two vessels to be acquired by the Partner
Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS), an IACS-member classification society and NAPA, a leading software house for ship design and operation today announced that RS will take NAPA software into use to be able to serve their customers even better. Further expansion of RS presence on new and tra
Grieg Star declared its option to build two more supramax dry bulk vessels. The vessels are the last two ships of a series of four, based on a building contract entered into with Yangzhou Dayang Shipbuilding in China in June. During 2012, Grieg Star took delivery of two 58,000 dwt. supramax newbuild
Two years after the establishment of Semco Maritime’s new rig yard at the port of Esbjerg, Esbjerg has developed into an important international hub for upgrade and repair of drilling rigs in the North Sea. The activity is high at yard in Esbjerg, where about 100 people are engaged in the service an
Nordic Yards started construction of two ice-breaking rescue and salvage vessels for the Russian Ministry of Transport today. The cutting of the first steel section, which traditionally marks the start of flame-cutting, was celebrated at the Wismar yard in the presence of representatives of the Russ
The platform supply vessel ‘Blue Protector’ was delivered from Ulstein Verft on 23 September 2013. The vessel is owned by Blue Ship Invest and managed by Atlantic Offshore. The vessel is going to the spot market in the North Sea. ‘Blue Protector’ is the final newbuild in a series of six platform sup
Finnish Sance-Sandelin Consulting and Engineering Ltd gets breakthrough in Norway offshore and marine market area and the company has started big recruitment project. Sance has agreed with its Norwegian collaboration partner to start cooperation and answer to the requirement of Norway’s marine and o
Heerema Marine Contractor’s new Deepwater Construction Vessel (DCV) Aegir was christened in the Rotterdam Calandkanaal (NL) recently with a spectacular show to mark the festive occasion. The christening was performed by Mrs Ann Vardeman. This state-of-the-art vessel is capable of executing complex i
