Island Offshore took delivery of the M/V Island Duke from Vard Brevik today. This vessel is the first in a series of four UT717 CD design PSV vessels, which will be delivered from Vard Brevik in 2013 and 2014. The vessel’s DW is 3,800 tons and a with an 800 m2 cargo deck, its typical work […]
The FREMM multimission frigate on order for the Royal Moroccan Navy is pursuing sea trials off the French coast in preparation for delivery later this year. In June, French naval shipbuilder DCNS successfully completed a third series of trials to test the performance of the ship’s combat system. The
Remontowa Shipbuilding S.A. signed a contract on 5th of July 2013 for building two specialist vessels intended for supplying oil drilling and oil mining rigs. The ships will be constructed for one of the biggest Norwegian offshore fleet owners. They have already been contracted for maintenance of a
Fincantieri has received an order from Regent Seven Seas Cruises for the construction of a super luxury cruise ship. The new ship will be called “Seven Seas Explorer”. She will be assigned to Sestri Ponente (Genoa) shipyard and her delivery is scheduled in summer 2016. The contract is worth approxim
On Slipway No.2 of Uljanik shipyard, on July 4, the keel was laid for the first of two contracted ferries (RO-PAX) designed for the transportation of passengers, trucks and other vehicles in the Caspian Sea region, the yard No. 501. The vessel is being built for “State Service of Maritime and River
On Slipway No.2 of Uljanik shipyard, on July 4, the keel was laid for the first of two contracted RO-PAX ferries designed for the transportation of passengers, trucks and other vehicles in the Caspian Sea region, the yard No. 501. The vessel is being built for “State Service of Maritime and River Tr
The Arbitration Court in Stockholm has now delivered the judgment in the arbitration between Bergen Group and Stocznia Gdansk SA in Poland. The judgment entails that Bergen Group must pay EURO 3.6 million to the hull yard in Poland. Bergen Group will study the judgment carefully before deciding on f
IHC Merwede has announced that it has signed two new contracts for the EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) delivery of offloading system packages for five FPSO vessels (floating production storage and offloading). The first of these packages will be placed on to one of MODEC’s FPSO vesse
Norwegian Deck Machinery (NDM) announced that the company has secured a new contract with Havyard Ship Technology for delivery of winches to their newbuilding 115 for Marine Platforms Limited (MPL). The vessel is a Havyard 857 Subsea IMR vessel and will be delivered from the yard in Q3 2014. For thi
Volstad Shipping AS has signed a contract with Tersan Shipyard in Turkey regarding building of a Subsea IMR and Construction Vessel. The contract was signed July 4th 2013 and is subject to satisfactory financing. The new vessel has main dimensions of 128.5m x 25m and is of ST-259 design. Estimated d
Yesterday, Alicat Workboats reached a milestone as they successfully completed the 30th vessel lift using their new 200T Wise travel hoist. Only opened 76 days ago, at opening day on 24th April 2013, the lift has now averaged one lift every 2.5 days since it opened. This latest vessel was the Kings
Prospector Offshore Drilling S.A. (PROS) announced today the company has reached an agreement with Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Offshore Co., Ltd. (DSIC Offshore) to extend the expiry dates on two of its rig construction option agreements that were previously due to expire on 30 June 2013. These rig
Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries (DMHI) delivered on 28 June 2013 the first of four 8,600 TEU containerships, the 116,079 DWT “CSAV TOCONAO” to Zodiac Maritime Limited (UK). The vessel was ready for delivery well before the contractual delivery date. Nevertheless, further to the mutual agreement bet
Work will begin on the UK Navy’s next-generation tankers in a year’s time after design teams in the UK completed their plans for the four vessels. RFA Tidespring, Tiderace, Tidesurge and Tideforce will provide the Fleet – including the giant future carriers – with fuel, water, spare parts and other
