Island Offshore announces that MV Island Crown, a purpose built Walk2Work Maintenance and Subsea Support Vessel, is due for delivery from Vard Brevik to Island Offshore end of May 2013. The vessel will comply with the SPS code with accommodation for a total of 100 persons. The vessel is outfitted fo
Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Statoil Petroleum AS (Statoil), on behalf of the field license partners, to provide a floating storage and offtake (FSO) unit for the Gina Krog oil and gas field located in North Sea. The contract will be servic
Vladimir Putin held a meeting on the current state and development prospects of the United Shipbuilding Corporation. On opening the meeting, the President announced that Vladimir Shmakov has been appointed the new head of the corporation. The United Shipbuilding Corporation was established pursuant
Together with its Italian partner yard Cantiere Navale Vittoria S.p.a., Damen Shipyards are building two Stan Patrols 5509 to the Italian Guardia di Finanza. This Italian law enforcement agency, deals with financial crime, smuggling Illigal Immigration and narco traffic and maintains a fleet of abou
Specialist boatbuilder Strategic Marine has delivered the Njord Puffin to offshore windfarm service fleet operator Njord Offshore for deployment in Northern Europe. “The Puffin is the sixth in a series of eight vessels ordered, a strong signal of our commitment to the global windfarm industry,” said
Norway-based company Eitzen Eco Bulk has ordered nine handysize dry bulk carriers from Chinese Yangzhou Guoyu Shipbuilding, Sea Trade Global reports. The significant order is worth around $21m per carrier. The 38,000 dwt carriers, will be based on DNV and China’s Shanghai Merchant Ship Design & Rese
Diana Shipping Inc. announced that on May 17, 2013, the company has signed, through separate wholly-owned subsidiaries, two shipbuilding contracts with China Shipbuilding Trading Company (CSTC), Limited and Jiangnan Shipyard (Group) Co., Ltd., for the construction of two Newcastlemax dry bulk carrie
In early February this year, Golden Stena Bulk, a 50-50 joint venture between Stena Bulk and Golden Agri-Resources (GAR), announced that it had taken over four innovative product tankers ordered by Stena Bulk in June 2012 for delivery in 2014 and 2015. Recently, the company exercised the options for
Offshore Wenduine (OW3) has been converted into a multi-purpose Catamaran Work Boat and been finalized end of April by shipyard Den Breejen under the supervision of Workships Contractors B.V. Her first job was to assist in the testing of the Amplemann L-type access system. Also, the manoeuvrability
Greek Shipping Minister, Kostis Moussouroulis revealed in his recent official visit to China that the Greek shipowners had placed an order for 142 newbuildings at Chinese shipyards. According to Official Chinese news agency Xinhua, the Minister said that, the order, which was signed last month, repr
Two newly built environmental service vessels—the boom layers and oil/debris skimmers of the R 2010 design were launched at Zvezda shipyard. The compact and maneuverable vessels are intended for emergency oil spill response situations, debris collection and many other uses typical for harbor vessels
On 14 May 2013 Igor Levit, Acting General Director of FSUE “Rosmorport”, visited the Vyborg Shipyard, LLC, where 3 diesel-electrical icebreakers of project 2900M are being conducted by order of FSUE “Rosmorport”, which acts as a client constructor. Igor Levit observed the construction progress, and
On 15 May 2013, supporting blocks for the ice-resistant fixed platform (LSP1) were launched by the LOTOS Shipyard, JSC (Astrakhan Region), this being the first facility of V. Filanovsky field in the Caspian Sea. LSP1 plan approval was carried out by the Head Office of Russian Maritime Register of Sh
During the Tugnology conference held in London on May 14th 2013, three respected companies in the tugboat industry intensified their co-operation with respect to the Rotor®tug. The agreement between the three companies, secures Cheoy Lee Shipyards Ltd with a license agreement to build Robert Allan L
