Havyard Ship Technology in Leirvik, Sogn is the only Norwegian shipyard to be ISO certified. The company has for many years worked towards developing a production, project and quality control system in order to strengthen the quality of end products. And in March it was confirmed; Havyard Ship Techn
Prospector Offshore Drilling S.A. announced today that Total E&P UK Limited has acknowledged, by letter, that the PROSPECTOR 1 shipyard delivery date will be delayed (reference to the announcement made on 14 February 2013) and has formally communicated that they do not currently intend to exercise t
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has been awarded a major contract to design a series of four multi-purpose platform support vessels (MPSVs) for Armada Offshore MPSV Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bumi Armada Berhad, a Malaysian-based international offs
Svenja Installs First Subsea Platform to Support Costa Concordia Refloating Early this morning, the work started on Giglio Island to install platform no. 1, the biggest subsea base which, with the other 5 subsea platforms, will provide a safe supporting structure for the Costa Concordia wreck after
One of the world’s largest installation vessels will be used to install offshore wind farm DanTysk’s 80 turbines in the North Sea. The Pacific Osprey operated by Danish company Swire Blue Ocean was named in a ceremony on 3 April. Vattenfall and its partner Stadtwerke München are investing a little o
Scorpio Tankers Inc. announced today six newbuilding contracts, three time charter-in agreements, financing update and an investor conference call scheduled for April 4, 2013 at 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (the call-in details will be issued before the call). Newbuilding vessels The Company has r
Floatel International Ltd is contemplating a private placement of approximately USD 150 million through the issuance of new shares in Oslo directed towards Norwegian and international investors. “The Private Placement will further strengthen Floatel International as a leading provider of high- speci
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, today announced that the first vessel to feature Onboard DC (direct current) Grid has been delivered to Norwegian offshore owner Myklebusthaug Offshore by Kleven Yard. The system will allow the ship to operate at the highest energy efficiency l
The sixth and final Type 45 destroyer, DUNCAN, was delivered to HM Naval Base Portsmouth by BAE Systems and was handed over to the Ministry of Defence at a ceremony held on March 22. DUNCAN arrived into her new home of Portsmouth for the first time on March 22 with a combined BAE Systems and [&helli
Marine Platforms Ltd have signed a contract with Havyard Group for the delivery of a Havyard 857 IMR Subsea Vessel. The vessel will be Havyard Newbuilding No. 115 and is scheduled to be delivered in August 2014. The contract value is approx. NOK 600 million. New client in a new market MPL is a new [
Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation, an owner and operator of tanker vessels, announced today that it agreed to acquire five MR2 product tankers for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $143.8 million. Two of the vessels are 2007-built MR2 product tankers of about 51,000 dwt each with ex
Sanmar is constructing the world’s first Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) powered escort tugs. The vessels have been ordered by Buksér og Berging AS of Norway and will enter into service in late 2013. BB has signed a long term charter with Statoil ASA, the international energy company, and Gassco, the opera
Rosetti Marino SpA of Ravenna has delivered to Fratelli D’Amato SpA of Naples the new Platform Supply Vessel “FD UNBEATABLE”, the newest arrival presented by the Ravenna shipbuilder headed by Medardo Ranieri, built for the Shipping Company owned by Mr. Luigi D’Amato. Before taking on its current nam
As offshore wind farms move further out to sea demands made on support vessels are changing significantly. Essex-based CTruk Boats has had its sights set on this development for some time and recently initiated the build of a 50 tonne payload support vessel, designed to meet the tougher requirements
