TTS Group ASA has through its subsidiary TTS Marine AB in Sweden, signed a contract with a total value of approx. 135 MNOK (USD 22.9 million), the fifth Post-Panamax contract in 2013. The contract is with Hyundai Heavy Industries in Ulsan, South Korea, and concerns delivery of cargo access equipment
For half a century, IHC Merwede has had a strong history in the design and build of split hopper vessels. As an example, the Omnibarge is renowned for being robust, due to its well-balanced design. After the introduction of the first vessel in the early Sixties, this success story has resulted in th
Last week, Jan De Nul Group ordered a new vessel at the Uljanik Shipyard in Pula, Croatia. The vessel with a deadweight of 10,500 tonnes and a total length of 138 m will be a multipurpose vessel. It will be a trenching and offshore support vessel, a subsea rock installation vessel and a cable laying
Last week, Jan De Nul Group ordered a new vessel at the Uljanik Shipyard in Pula, Croatia. The vessel with a deadweight of 10,500 tonnes and a total length of 138 m will be a multipurpose vessel. It will be a trenching and offshore support vessel, a subsea rock installation vessel and a cable laying
COSCO (Guangdong) Shipyard Co., a subsidiary of COSCO Shipyard Group, has delivered a bulk carrier of 57000DWT, “FLAF GANGOS”, to its European buyer. The delivery documents were signed by and between COSCO Guangdong and the buyer recently. The bulk carrier measures 189.99 meters in LOA (length of al
The ROC yard, China, will be constructing two platform supply ships of ULSTEIN’s PX121 designs for the ITG Group. The contract includes an option for two more vessels. The PX121 has become very popular among various ship-owners and investment companies, and ROC is a new yard entering the stage of co
This week, Maritime Craft Services (MCS) will take delivery of one of the two additional Twin Axe Fast Crew Suppliers 2610 ordered from Damen, The Scotsman reports. After MCS took delivery of three Damen Twin Axe FCS 2610s last month, it ordered two more, named MCS Coromell and MCS Boreas. The compa
Kherson Shipyard (Ukraine), managed by Smart Maritime Group (SMG), started, on Aug 9th, sea trials for the recently launched river-sea tanker of the project RST27, the SVL Unity. The vessel, third of the tanker series being built for SVL, is intended for the sea and combined river-sea transportation
Huisman, a specialist in lifting, drilling and subsea solutions, has secured new contracts for 10 pipelay systems with various major offshore pipelay contractors. The new contracts include three 550mt Tiltable Lay Systems (TLS) and one 325mt Vertical Lay System (VLS) for Subsea 7, two 650mt TLS and
Scana Industrier ASA has through its subsidiary Scana Steel Stavanger, been awarded a new contract from Samsung Heavy Industry for delivery of steel casting intended for the Australian Ichthys project, representing a value of 36 MNOK (approx. USD 6 million). Including previously received orders from
The research ship MYA II will be handed over tomorrow to science at a ceremony in List on Sylt. Prof. Dr. Waltraud Wende, the Schleswig-Holstein Minister for Education and Research, is going to be present at the event, as well as representatives of the Federal Ministry for Education and Research. Te
The Isle of Man Ship Registry has just completed a pilot project with the Korean Register (KR) as a first step towards full recognition of the Korean classification society. The move could mean more Korean owned and classed vessels coming onto the Isle of Man flag in future. The recent delivery of t
Voith will provide Voith Schneider Propellers and turbo couplings for two fireboats designed by Robert Allan Ltd. for the Port of Long Beach, USA. With a water pumping capacity of more than 40,000 gallons per minute they will be among the world’s most powerful fireboats. The numbers are impressive:
Vard Holdings Limited (“VARD”) has secured contracts with joint ventures of DOF Subsea and Technip for the design and construction of four Pipe Lay Support Vessels (PLSVs). The contracts constitute the largest order in VARD’s history, with an aggregate order value of approximately USD 1.1 billion (N
