GE’s Power Conversion business has started fitting the latest generation of Integrated Platform Management System (IPMS) to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) ships WAVE KNIGHT and WAVE RULER. The technology will extend the life and versatility of the IPMS fitted to the two ships, helping the RFA to ma
Last Monday January 21st the brand new Damen Stan Pontoon 9127 (SPo 9127) was handed over to Damen’s long term customer EDT Offshore. The ‘EDT REGAS’ was delivered from stock with a delivery time of 2 weeks after the contract. The SPo 9127 has a length of 91,5, a beam of 27,4 and a height […]
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has this week successfully completed the installation of the first MT30 gas turbine into the Royal Navy’s new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, at Babcock’s Rosyth shipyard in Scotland. The MT30, at 36 megawatts (around 50,000 horsepower), is the wo
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has received a repeat order to provide a hybrid exhaust gas cleaning and SCR system. The contract was signed in December 2012. The systems provide universal compliance with sulphur limits including the North American ECA, the 2
Nordana, a Danish shipping company, has placed an order for the construction of four 12,100dwt multi-purpose heavy lift vessels with Taizhou Sanfu Ship Engineering Co., Ltd. The new vessels with lifting capacity of 500 tonnes will be built according to a new energy-efficient design of heavy lifters
Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) yesterday delivered its second new ferry inside just a few weeks to Turkish shipping company Ulusoy Sealines. In December the yard handed over “Ulusoy 14” (Hull No. 753) and yesterday it was the turn of “Ulusoy 15” (Hull No. 454). The two RoRo ferries, each o
Evergas announced that it has secured 15-year shipping agreements with INEOS Europe for the transportation of ethane into Europe from the US Mariner East project. Under such agreements Evergas will build and operate new customized vessels that will be dedicated to the transportation of ethane from M
The Macleod is the latest addition to the RAmparts 3000 series of ASD tug designs by Robert Allan Ltd., delivered to its owner; Rio Tinto – Dampier Salt Ltd. in the summer of 2012. Constructed at Uzmar Shipbuilding in Izmit, Turkey, the Macleod will operate at the Cape Cuvier bulk terminal in Wester
State-of-the-art IMR (Inspection, Maintenance and Repair) vessel of SX148 design ‘Seven Viking’ was delivered from Ulstein Verft to Eidesvik Seven yesterday, 23 January 2013. The vessel will now head for Stavanger, where she will be named on Wednesday 30 January, before starting operations for Stato
Less than two months after opening their office in Stavanger, Norway, Damen Shipyards delivers a Stan Tug 1004 to the Norwegian Shipbuilding company SIMEK AS in Flekkefjord. The Stan Tug was shipped to Norway last Monday on the Wagenborg carrier MV SAMIRA from Rotterdam Waalhaven. Damens first strid
Fassmer has presented three new specialized vessels in a wide range of products developed by its experienced naval architects and engineers in order to reach efficient solutions to the offshore challenges. Using its expertise in specialized vessels, Fassmer has developed a variety of assets to suit
Vroon announced the order of a newbuilding subsea-support vessel (SSV) at Fujian Southeast Shipyard in China, with an option for another one. The vessel follows the two SSVs built at the Shipyard in 2012 for Vroon Offshore Services (VOS Shine and VOS Sweet). The new vessel, to be named VOS Sugar, is
Early on Friday, 25th January, 2013 MEYER WERFT latest newbuild AIDAstella will leave the building dock I. The docking procedure will start at approx. 7:30 h. Around 10:00 h AIDAstella will be shifted into the Yard’s harbor where several tests will be carried out. Berthing of the ship at the outfitt
Scorpio Tankers Inc. announced yesterday that it has reached an agreement with Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Ltd. of South Korea for the construction of two 50,000 deadweight ton product tankers to be delivered in May and June 2014. In addition, the Company has taken delivery of four previously announced ti
