At the end of June, De Telegraaf, the largest newspaper in the Netherlands, concluded its Top 100 competition for Dutch ‘green’ companies. The winners, out of 25 nominees, were Moonen Packaging, Conscious Hotels and Damen Shipyards Group. The top-three greenest companies in the Netherlands were sele
Nanjing East Star Shipbuilding Co., based in China, on Monday hosted a naming ceremony for VOS Fabulous and VOS Fairness, the first two units in a series of six new classed 50m Emergency Response Rescue Vessels (ERRVs), ordered by Vroon Offshore Services in May 2012. VOS Fabulous was christened by M
GasLog Ltd. announced the delivery of the fully owned LNG carrier GasLog Skagen, from Samsung Heavy Industries. The vessel was delivered on budget and ahead of schedule. Immediately on delivery the vessel commenced a medium-term charter to Methane Services Ltd. (BG Group). The vessel is a 155,000 cu
Amarcon, a member of the ABB group, announced that it has received an order for two OCTOPUS-Onboard motion monitoring systems for Heavy freight cargo vessels KOREX SPB no.1 & 2 from CJ Korea Express. CJ Korea Express is a result of the merger between Korea Express and CJ GLS. With a head-office in S
Joint Support Ship ‘HNLMS Karel Doorman’ departed Galati, Romania, on July 22nd, and headed to the last stage of construction execution in the Netherlands. It is expected that the vessel will reach Vlissingen in 3 weeks. It has been two and a half years since the keel was laid and the works on the v
The plate-cutting ceremony was held yesterday at the Castellammare di Stabia (Naples) shipyard for the latest generation ferry that Fincantieri is building for Société des traversiers du Québec (STQ), a Canadian company that operates in maritime passenger transport. The ferry, which is scheduled for
Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) of Korea, one of the world’s leading shipbuilding companies, has recognised Wärtsilä’s contribution as a provider of high quality solutions and support by giving Wärtsilä its ‘Excellent Partner 2013’ award. A number of different suppliers to SHI were considered for the
Navigator Gas reported that it has entered into agreements to construct one 21,000 cubic meter semi-refrigerated ethylene gas carrier and two 22,000 cubic meter semirefrigerated gas carriers for a combined price of approximately $138 million. In addition the company has options to construct a furthe
World class boat building and ship repair facility, Mustang Marine has selected Exchequer accounting software from Advanced Business Solutions. Mustang Marine (Wales) Ltd is a leading boat building and ship repair based in Pembroke Dock. Their impressive engineering facility supplies boats for comme
SCHOTTEL is due to launch a new generation of Navigators with the NAV 200 at the end of 2013. A propulsion unit of this type will be on display at EUROPORT in Rotterdam. The NAV is a classic which has been established on the market for about 60 years. In principle the NAV is an […]
Brodosplit shipyard held, on July 22nd, a steel cutting ceremony for Newbuilding 524. It is a luxury passenger yacht for nautical tourism, contracted for the domestic shipping company Brodosplit-Navigation Ltd., based in Split. The 60 meters vessel will be able to accommodate 12 passengers in her si
Named after an early sea-god in Greek mythology with connotations of versatility and adaptability, Proteus forms the 5th vessel in the Osiris Projects fleet. The high performance 14.0m GRP catamaran has been designed to provide an excellent stable, comfortable and fast working platform for coastal s
Ocean Rig UDW Inc., a global provider of offshore deepwater drilling services, announced today that the company has signed definitive documentation with Total E&P Angola, following the previously announced Letter of Award, for its ultra deepwater drillship “Ocean Rig Skyros”. The contract is for 5 w
In the past weeks Damen Marine Components (DMC), part of Damen Shipyards Group, has completed several projects for the offshore, ports, defence and fishing markets. Furthermore DMC received a new ISO certificate and is expanding its business and facilities in Poland. A round-up. Offshore Damen Marin
