Significant investment continues in the technologies that address the need for more efficient and environmentally sustainable power and propulsion systems. Proven experience in using LNG as a marine fuel spans over five years, with a growing number of Rolls-Royce LNG powered ships at sea. Innovative
Jotun welcomes action taken by the International Standards Organization to mobilize an expert group to start work on a common industry standard for measurement of changes in hull and propeller performance. Jotun, in cooperation with the Bellona Foundation (Bellona) and Standard Norway, has been succ
The European Commission has authorised an amendment to the restructuring plan for Brodotrogir, one of the Croat shipyards in difficulty. Indeed, the distortion of competition that may arise from the modest increase in the total amount of restructuring aid is offset by the additional compensatory mea
The A&P Group was represented at the well-attended Nor-Shipping Exhibition in Oslo, Norway last week. A&P shared a stand in the National Pavilion with its Norwegian Agents, Ulrik Qvale & Partners. The bi-annual Nor-Shipping is a leading maritime event; its top-quality, high-level conferences and pri
Huisman, the worldwide specialist in lifting, drilling and subsea solutions, recently introduced a new series of large offshore cranes. The new series include cranes with lifting capacities ranging up to 900mt and have been developed to meet the increasing demands of the offshore construction and su
Alicat Workboats and South Boats IOW will be joining forces for the first time at next week’s Seawork International event in Southampton. The companies will have their latest boats on display and it is the perfect opportunity to come aboard, have a good look around and maybe go out on a VIP trip to
In June, components weighing up to 420 tonnes each for Liebherr’s new heavy lift offshore crane CAL 45000-1200 Litronic® were loaded from Liebherr MCCtec Rostock GmbH onto two ships in the port of Rostock. These components were subsequently transported to the Crist shipyard in the Polish town of Gdy
TTS has supplied an electric operated stern ramp/door on the specialized Ro-Ro vessel “m/s Sigrid” for the Swedish shipowner SKB. In late June this year Damen Shipyards, Gorinchem, in the Netherlands and its Galati yard in Romania will deliver their newbuilding H1226, to its owner SKB, Swedish Nucle
Kongsberg Maritime has completed the installation and commissioning of an integrated bridge and automation solution during a large-scale retrofit of the Saipem 7000, an advanced Semi-submersible crane and pipelaying (J-lay) DP3 vessel. The project to equip Saipem 7000 with the latest advanced offsho
Boskalis announces that Dockwise safely and successfully offloaded the 23,000 ton Lucius spar last week for the Lucius deepwater oil and natural gas project located in the Gulf of Mexico. The Lucius truss spar, measuring 184 meters (605 feet) long and 34 meters (110 feet) in diameter, was loaded ont
Almi Tankers S.A. announced that on June 14th, 2013, the first VLCC of its newbuilding project, the M/T Hydra Voyager, was delivered to her owners at DSME’s Okpo Shipyard, and was subsequently delivered to her long term charterers, Chevron. This 319,000 DWT tanker is the first of two VLCCs from Almi
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s solutions and services provider, has been awarded the contract by Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc., of Panama City, Florida to supply an integrated solution for a new multipurpose support vessel (MPSV) for Harvey Gulf International Marine, LLC (HGIM) of New Orleans. T
The final section of HMS Queen Elizabeth, the first of two new aircraft carriers being built for the UK Royal Navy, has left BAE Systems’ shipyard at Scotstoun today to embark on a 600 mile journey to Rosyth. The Aft Island, also known as Upper Block 14, is the air traffic control tower of the [&hel
The first vessel of the Triple-E series, owned by Maersk Line, was named on Friday, June 14, in a ceremony at the Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) shipyard in Okpo, South Korea. Ane Mærsk Mc-Kinney Uggla, who is the chairman of the Moller Foundation, had the honour of naming the first
