Last February, five Maritime Engineering bachelor students of the Delft University of Technology (the Netherlands) finished their Minor on Arctic Engineering. In cooperation with Damen Shipyards Group and other partners this project has now resulted, amongst others, in a new Arctic vessel: the Damen
Strainstall’s new Offshore wind farm Vessel Management System (OVMS) provides the potential for significant improvements in the numerous transfer vessel movements that support operation and maintenance activities in the offshore wind energy industry. The system builds on the very successful Integrat
BMT Scientific Marine Services has announced an expansion of its operations team with the appointment of Phil Hart as the new Vice President of Operations and Jeffrey Lewis as Vice President – Client Support Operations. Phil has over 17 years of experience in the offshore industry, including project
The delivery of the ‘Aquarius-G’ and her sister ship ‘Astra-G’ to offshore services company Rederij Groen marked a milestone in Offshore Support Vessel construction. Never before, such Chasers have been purpose-built. The vessels have been designed by Saltwater Engineering in close cooperation with
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has been contracted by Norwegian cruise and ferry operator, Color Line, to retrofit four exhaust gas cleaning systems to the company’s ‘SuperSpeed 2’ Ro-pax ferry. The contract was signed in June and the installation is expecte
NDM announced that they have signed a contract with VARD Aukra for supply of a large equipment package to their newbuilding for Simon Møkster Shipping. The vessel, of VARD’s own PSV 06 LNG design, is scheduled for delivery in 1Q 2015 from Vard Aukra in Norway. The hull will be delivered from VARD in
At the occasion of the International economic forum of St Petersburg, GTT and FESRC have signed an agreement for the design and construction of LNG carriers in the Russian federation on June 21st 2013. This agreement is particularly aiming at developing the construction of LNG carriers in the far ea
Vroon Offshore Services (VOS) announced that the company has taken delivery of a new PSV addition to their offshore fleet. VOS Purpose, a platform-supply vessel (PSV), is the second of two 75-mtr PSVs built at Fujian Southeast Shipyard in China. The vessel was delivered on Friday 21 June 2013, in Ch
Aker Solutions ASA and Statoil ASA have cancelled a contract for delivery of a semi-submersible rig capable of year-round well-intervention services on the Norwegian continental shelf. The companies in April 2012 agreed Aker Solutions would build the so-called Category B (Cat B) rig and use it to pr
MOL Comfort Suffers Damage During Trip to Jeddah Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. informed that the MOL-operated containership MOL Comfort suffered a crack amidships and ingressed water in the hold while under way from Singapore to Jeddah on the Indian Ocean on June 17, 2013 due to inclement weather. MOL C
UNIVERSAL AFRICA LINES LTD (UAL) has named its new build 8,600dwt cargo ship MV UAL Texas at a festive event at the Cruise Terminal Rotterdam. Shipyard Bodewes launched the MV UAL Texas in May in the Netherlands. As well as the ship naming, the event also celebrated the new name for UAL’s global age
Gudrun is almost ready for her journey into the North Sea. Today the platform deck was moved to the barge at the yard in Haugesund. The operation of moving the enormous structure started in the morning of June 18. It took the entire day. This afternoon a relieved and satisfied Aibel project director
Today at Saint-Petersburg International Economic Forum Russia’s largest shipping company OAO Sovcomflot has signed an agreement with OAO United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) on the reservation of construction slots for the placement of orders to build further gas carriers of the Velikiy Novgorod se
Seadrill Limited has entered into new contracts for the construction of two high specification jack-up drilling rigs at Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Offshore Co., Ltd. (DSIC Offshore) in China. The newbuild rigs are scheduled for delivery during the fourth quarter of 2015 and the first quarter of 20
