Finland-headquartered DP manufacturer Navis Engineering has delivered its dynamic positioning system for the innovative cruise ferry Viking Grace. The 214-m long Viking Grace, delivered to her owner Viking Lines by the Turku-located STX Europe shipyard on January 10, 2013, is said to be one of the m
IHC Merwede is building three 550t pipelaying vessels simultaneously at its Krimpen aan den IJssel yard in The Netherlands. The keel-laying ceremony for the first of two identical 550t pipelaying vessels for TL Offshore, a subsidiary of SapuraKencana, took place on Tuesday 15 January. This event was
Heesen Yachts announced that the collaboration with the Italian designer Francesco Paszkowski is strengthening and recently led to the creation of a new design: A 58 metre with a sleek and aggressive look. The relationship between Heesen Yachts and this Italian designer dates back to the Nineties wi
CP Latina informed SD Standard Drilling Plc., that they will exercise previously granted option for purchase of B338 jack-up rig, currently under construction at Keppel FELS at the agreed gross price of USD 215 million. Financial and legal closing of the transaction is set to take place on 15th of M
In 2012 Shipyard “Ukraine” of Odessa Commercial Sea Port obtained 17 million UAH (USD approx. 2 million) revenue from ship repair activity, which is more than 14 times higher than in 2011 (1.2 million UAH). This was reported by the Director of the Shipyard Viktor Baskin to the Center for Transport S
The ceremonial raising of the flag on the last of four LNG-fueled ferries built for one of the biggest Norwegian owners –Torghatten Nord AS took place in Remontowa Shipbuilding S.A on 8th of January 2013. During three years of cooperation with the owner Remontowa shipyard constructed eight modern fe
Subsea 7’s flagship ‘Seven Borealis’, a customised SOC 5000 design designed by ULSTEIN has been nominated for the prestigious Ship of the Year Award organised by the Offshore Support Journal. The Seven Borealis measures 182.2 x 46.2 metres and has a moulded depth of 16.1 metres. This state-of-the-ar
Reef Subsea today announced they have signed a five year plus options charter for a new built dynamically positioned subsea construction vessel from Olympic Shipping AS in Norway. The vessel, to be named ”Olympic Reef”, built by Kleven Maritime in Norway, is to be delivered in August 2013. The vesse
Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has won an order from the South Korean shipyard Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) to supply Alfa Laval Aalborg heaters to a floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) which will be
Alicat Workboats will construct four bespoke aluminium catamarans for the UK energy supplier in the latter part of this year – with the first serving E.ON’s Robin Rigg Wind Farm off the Solway Firth, near Cumbria. Steve Thacker, general manager of Alicat Workboats, said: “We are absolutely delighted
DryShips Inc., or the Company, an international provider of marine transportation services for drybulk and petroleum cargoes, and through its majority owned subsidiary, Ocean Rig UDW Inc., or Ocean Rig, of offshore deepwater drilling services, today announced the sale, via novation, of two of its ta
Together with the Norwegian shipyard Fjellstrand, Siemens has developed the world’s first electrically powered car ferry. The 80-meter vessel can carry 120 cars and 360 passengers. From 2015 onward, it will serve the route between Lavik and Oppedal, across the Sognefjord. The ship’s batteries will b
Subsidiaries of Frigstad Deepwater Ltd have entered into turnkey construction contracts for the delivery of two ultra deepwater semi-submersible drilling units from CIMC Raffles in Yantai, China, with options for another four units. The 7th generation drilling units are of the Frigstad D90™ design,
Ultrabulk announced on Friday, January 11, 2013, that the company has entered into an agreement to secure a new generation Kamsarmax bulker of 81,000 dwt size, to be built by a leading Japanese shipbuilder and upon completion of construction to be placed on long term time charter of up to 13 years t
