Chemical and product tanker specialist Ardmore Shipping has named the two newest vessels to join its fleet, the Ardmore Seavaliant and the Ardmore Seaventure. The naming ceremonies for the two newbuild vessels took place at SPP Shipbuilding in South Korea, prior to the Ardmore Seavaliant being immed
Heerema Marine Contractors’ new Deepwater Construction Vessel Aegir, one of the largest deepwater construction vessels in the world, is expected to arrive in Rotterdam today for final outfitting. She began her long journey from Daewoo’s Korean shipyard in January this year and, upon arrival to the N
Seacat Services, a leading offshore wind farm vessel transfer operator, will, by the end of 2013, have invested over £15 million in manufacturing and jobs on the Isle of Wight. This entire investment has been achieved in less than two years and represents a significant cash injection into the local
d’Amico International Shipping S.A. announced yesterday that its operating subsidiary d’Amico Tankers Limited (Ireland), entered into contracts for the construction of two additional new product /chemical tanker vessels ( Hulls S408 and S409 – 50,000 dwt Medium Range ) with Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co.
ULSTEIN received DNB’s Innovation Award 2012 of 1 mill NOK in the National Final in Trondheim on 12 March 2013. ULSTEIN BRIDGE VISION™ is a concept for a modern ship bridge where safety in complex operations has been given major focus. A total of close to 700 ideas were received for the contest. “UL
Finnish Sance-Sandelin Consulting and Engineering Ltd has started cooperation with leading Norwegian Offshore and Marine industry company, Bergen Group. The contract is made between Sance and Bergen Group’s Fosen (BGF) Shipyard. The contract includes providing support in forms of HVAC and technical
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, recently won a $26 million order to supply electrical power and propulsion systems for two next generation ‘Ramform’ vessels, capable of three-dimensional (3D) seismic data acquisition for deep sea resource exploration. The ships will be constr
Scana Industrier ASA has through its subsidiary Scana Offshore Vestby, entered into an agreement with UK-based Dana Petroleum for delivery of mooring winches for their new floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) which will be used in the company’s Western Isles Development Project.
Skipsteknisk AS has today signed a contract with the Institute of Marine Research(IMR) in Bergen for the design and engineering of the “Dr. Fridtjof Nansen” replacement ship. The “Dr. Fridtjof Nansen” is owned by NORAD and operated by IMR. The ship operates mainly in southern waters, from Asia in ea
TOS has conducted the first ship delivery for Østensjø Rederi, a maritime service company based in Norway. “The ASD tug Lomax has been built by Sanmar (Turkey, Tuzla) a yard which we have done business with for many years now. They brought us in touch with Østensjø.” says Ronald van der Kolk, Manage
Following extensive research and testing, Jotun has introduced the industry’s first anti-fouling coating that includes epoxy-polysiloxane, a compound of resins and hardeners that provides highly resilient hull protection. When combined with Jotun’s proven Fouling Release Coatings (FRC) technology, t
Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited (TEN), a leading product, crude and LNG tanker operator, today announced the delivery of the fully-coated DP2 shuttle tanker, the first of its kind internationally to fly the Greek flag, with a carrying capacity of 157,000 dwt, Rio 2016. The delivery was attended by
On March 9th, the crew on the Abeille Bourbon successfully completed towing operations on the CMA CGM Marco Polo, the jewel in CMA CGM’s crown and the largest containership in the world capable of carrying up to 16,020 TEUs, as part of an type approval testorganized by the Atlantic French Maritime P
It has been confirmed that the world’s largest container ships – Triple E – will call at the Port of Gothenburg, Sweden. The ships, which can carry 18,000 containers, are currently being built at a shipyard in South Korea. The first call will be in August. Test runs have been taking place at the Por
