Following sea trials during the past few weeks, Dockwise now confirms the delivery of Dockwise Vanguard. The vessel has left the yard of Hyundai Heavy Industries (“HHI”) this morning and started its maiden trip. Dockwise Vanguard will sail to the Samsung Heavy Industries (“SHI”) yard in Korea to pic
Navis Engineering is supplying six DP2 systems for the new series of Fast Support Intervention Vessels (FSIVs) being built at the Piriou SEAS shipyard in Vietnam for Paris-based Bourbon, the offshore marine services provider. The first vessel in the six-ship series, the Bourbon Sirocco was delivered
GasLog Ltd. announced the delivery of the fully owned LNG carrier GasLog Shanghai, from Samsung Heavy Industries. The vessel was delivered on budget and ahead of schedule. Immediately on delivery she commenced a medium-term charter to Methane Services Ltd. (BG Group). The vessel is a 155,000 cubic m
Far Spica (STX PSV08 CD) has today Thursday 31 January been delivered from STX OSV Langsten to Farstad Supply AS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Farstad Shipping ASA. The vessel will commence a term charter contract with Statoil to support their drilling campaign on the coast of East Africa. Reference
Inocean has developed and patented a new tank system for storage of LNG in connection with floating production and storage. This gives the market a strong alternative to the very few technologies previously available worldwide. “Our system is aimed at production rather than transport of LNG,” says I
The platform supply vessel Bourbon Rainbow, Yard No. DH1004 at Zhejiang Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., was delivered on 30 January 2013. Bourbon Rainbow is the fourth and final in a series of platform supply vessels of ULSTEIN’s PX105 designs to Bourbon Offshore Norway from this yard. The ship has a length
Russian Maritime Register of Shipping has completed Approval in Principal of technical documentation for the LNG tanker that will form the basis of the LNG carrier fleet to meet the future needs of Gazprom Group. The approved type of the ship (project name – “Gaz-Ice”) in some respects exceeds the c
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has secured a contract to deliver electrically-driven RoRo equipment for two new car carriers under construction at Shin-Kurushima’s main facility, Onishi Shipyard, in Japan. Each ship will be supplied with a stern ramp, a side ramp, six internal ramps, a ramp cover and
Damen Shipyards Group introduces its newly designed Damen AHTS 200, a versatile deepwater Anchor Handling Tug Supplier able to operate in water depths in excess of 3,000 m. The AHTS 200 is the latest addition to the ongoing Damen Offshore Series. Following the company’s ambitions to increase its mar
The maritime engineering specialist HeavyLift@Sea has just presented the prototype draft for a heavy goods transporter offering highly flexible application options. With its heavy lifter HLV1600, which as a so-called multipurpose vessel can transport extremely large size part loads and bulk goods wi
South Boats IOW Ltd. has announced the launch and commissioning of the offshore wind farm crew transfer vessel, ‘Freddie S’. The vessel is a first of class South Catamaran 17.5m Vigilante design and has been delivered to Windwave Workboats Ltd. Windwave Workboats has been delivering offshore wind fa
The European Union will support with over €1.2 million from the TEN-T Programme a study aimed at identifying and addressing the potential barriers to the construction and operation of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) fuelled vessels. The project, which was selected for funding under the 2011 TEN-T Annual
On Sunday, 13th January 2013, Intership Navigation took delivery of MV DELAWAREDIEP from Rongcheng Shipyard in China. MV Delawarediep is undertaking her maiden voyage to load steel pipes from Shanghai, China to Banana, The Democratic Republic of the Congo. For the time being, the delivery of MV DELA
The cutting edge Seven Viking vessel, designed for operations in the harshest environments is being unveiled and named at a ceremony in Stavanger, Norway, by Subsea 7, Eidesvik Offshore and Ulstein today, 30 January 2013. The next generation Inspection, Maintenance and Repair (IMR) vessel, the Seven
