Alfa Laval has won an order to supply Alfa Laval PureSOx exhaust gas cleaning systems for retrofit installation onboard vessels. The order, booked in the Marine & Offshore Systems segment, has a value of approximately SEK 170 million (approx. USD 25.3 Million). Delivery is scheduled for 2014. Due to
MAN Diesel & Turbo recently signed a contract for the supply of 8L32/44CR B.2 engines as part of a complete propulsion package to power a seismic vessel ordered by GC Rieber Shipping of Norway. The contract contains an option for an extra vessel. Four of the engines, along with 2 × 2-speed Flender T
Alfa Laval announced that th company will supply Alfa Laval PureSOx exhaust gas cleaning systems to DFDS Seaways for three roll-on/roll-off cargo vessels to be retrofitted by the Polish shipyard Remontowa. The contract was signed in December 2012 and an initial announcement made in January 2013. Del
Clipper Bulk took delivery of the first of a series of four sister vessels from the Shin Kasado Shipyard of Imabari Shipbulding Ltd. in Japan on June 26. The vessel, named the “Clipper I-Star” after the vessel class, is a 61,000 dwt supramax bulk carrier representing the latest development in techno
As morning dawned yesterday bright and breezy on the pontoons at Seawork, a Kent company headed for the biggest vessel on the water intent on a purchase. GPS Marine from Chatham signed the contract for the 32m Damen Shoal Buster Tug (berth V30). MD, John Spencer is busy expanding the marine contract
Contracts for building the first LNG-fuelled ferry for domestic Danish trade have now been signed. This represents a major milestone as the ship will be the first LNG-fuelled ferry designed for domestic trade in the EU. 1 October 2014 is the date set for the ferry’s first journey between the island
The German navigation system integrator Raytheon Anschütz was selected by the German-based shipowner NSC to supply the latest generation of the IMO-certified Synapsis Integrated Navigation System (INS) to a series of 9,000 TEU Containership newbuildings. The new containerships are built by Korea’s H
Akdeniz Shipyard, one of the largest in Turkey, managed to win one more shipbuilding contract. The shipyard announced on June 18 that it has signed a newbuilding contract for one Fisheries Control, Audit and Research Vessel with Mediterranean Fisheries Research, Production and Training Institute. No
The first warship built by BAE Systems for the Royal Navy of Oman (RNO) as part of Project Khareef for the design, build and delivery of three corvettes, has been formally handed over in a ceremony at HM Naval Base Portsmouth today. Employees and guests, including senior representatives from the Roy
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has been awarded an oil and gas contract worth $20 million for providing power and automation technologies to a floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) built by the Chinese shipyard COSCO Nantong for Dana Petroleum. The contra
The Danish company Insatech A/S has developed the Smart Sulphur Switch S3 system (S3) that minimizes shipping companies’ additional costs as a result of the requirements stipulated in MARPOL Annex VI concerning sulphur emissions in Emission Control Areas (ECAs) in North America, the Caribbean, the B
Inocean has been awarded the job to modify container/refrigerated cargo vessels, Messina Strait and Magellan Strait, for the Dutch company, Seatrade Groningen B.V. The target is to modify existing ships in order to incorporate vessels inline with Seatrade chartering standard. The task includes ensur
The christening ceremony of Wind Force II, a wind farm catamaran built by Baltic Workboats, occurred end of May 2013 in Norddeich, the homeport of FRISIA Offshore (FO) vessels in Northern-Germany. Wind Force II is a sistership of FO-s Wind Force I and also the fifth vessel within the FO fleet. Altho
The Supacat Multi-purpose Vessel 24 (SMV24), which will transform support operations in today’s growing offshore wind farm and maritime engineering sectors, receives its official launch at Seawork International. The SMV24 is a new concept in offshore support vessels, designed to provide operators wi
