Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has received the Final Approval status from the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) for its Wärtsilä AQUARIUS® EC Ballast Water Management System. The approval was granted
A symbolic keel-laying ceremony on the 17th of April 2013 in Gorinchem, The Netherlands, officially launched the construction phase of 14 Damen ASD Tugs for Kuwait Oil Company (KOC). The series consist of two types, being 9 tugs of Damen’s recently launched 3212 model and 5 units of the well-known 2
The Ministry of Defence in Oman has awarded Damen Shipyards Group a contract for the construction of a Sail Training Vessel (STV). The 87-metre square rigged, three-masted steel clipper will take up her role as a flagship. In addition to its key role of training young Omani navy cadets and officers,
The shipyard industry seemed to head straight for the output-abyss just 15 months ago. Today the transition from recent years’ record high shipyard output to a more sustainable level of output appears to soft-land with global shipyard output clearly slowing down. This BIMCO analysis compares data fr
Alnmaritec, the UK’s premier specialist boat builder, announced the recent delivery of a new 50 passenger ferry to the Forth Crossing Bridge Constructors JV who are currently building the Forth Replacement Crossing over the Firth of Forth for the client, the Scottish Government. The £790M new bridge
UK based marine exhaust specialist, Halyard, has announced yet another commercial success story with renowned Great Yarmouth based boat builder Alicat Workboats, to ensure its new four WFSV (Wind Farm Support Vessels) remain quiet on the water and to provide increased comfort for those on board. Wit
Ship number two of totally twelve platform supply vessels of ULSTEIN’s PX105 design, ‘Sea Flyer’, was delivered from Zhejiang, Ningbo, to Seatankers Group on 14 May 2013. ULSTEIN delivers twelve design and equipment packages to the Chinese yard, where all the vessels for Seatankers Group will be con
CWind has placed an order for a second CWhisper SWATH, an innovative 19.5m composite workboat designed and built by Essex-based CTruk. CWind Astute, which features CTruk’s patent-applied moveable wheelhouse and pod system, launched in August last year and underwent sea trials before starting work on
Germany’s Oldendorff Carriers has declared the options for further two 36,000 deadweight handysize bulkers from the Korean owned Samjin Weihai Shipyard in Shandong Province, China. The two Units are exact repetitions of the first two ordered in June 2012 and are scheduled for delivery mid/end 2014.
Alliance Boats announced their first boat, the Alliance 9. Several years of research and development have gone into creating the multi-hulled Alliance 9 by renowned designer Adam Younger. The patent pending design promises to be smoother riding, more stable, faster and safer than any existing single
The first of Austal’s revolutionary TRI SWATH wind farm support vessels has arrived in Europe. The 27 metre Cable Bay was built for Turbine Transfers at Austal’s shipyard in the Philippines. The vessel was offloaded in Southampton, with the process and handover to the owner overseen by technical sta
Norway-based boat handling system and specialised davit supplier Vestdavit has been contracted to supply work boat and man overboard davits for four specially designed chase vessels which will support Norwegian seismic major PGS’ fleet of seismic ships. The ships are to be built at Turkey’s BEŞIKTAŞ
Further to the press release on 23 April 2013 entitled “VARD signs Letter of Intent for one Platform Supply Vessel with Simon Møkster Shipping”, Vard Holdings Limited announced that it has now entered into a contract with Simon Møkster Rederi for the design and construction of the Platform Supply Ve
Cargotec’s MacGregor has received EUR 37 million order from Hornbeck Offshore Services Inc. to deliver four 250-tonne active heave-compensated (AHC) subsea cranes for four multi-purpose supply vessels (MPSV). The cranes will be delivered between fourth quarter 2014 and third quarter 2015. The order
